Real World Computing

Today I downloaded and installed Google Chrome Beta from; http://www.google.com/chrome Installation The download was fast (it's a fairly small file) and installation is simple... Too simple in fact. It doesn't give you much choice about where you put things. There's also not much available in the way of configuration at the moment. What was nice is that it correctly recognised Mozilla Firefox 3 as my main browser and imported my bookmarks etc. One thing that may annoy is that it modifies the registry to run Google Update on Startup. When it starts, it gives you an option immediately, to change your search engine - or keep google, that's a nice touch. Google is obviously trying to appear as if they're not a monopoly. Disclaimer It's important to remember that this is a beta product and in no way represents the final finished product. General Look and Feel At this point it's very rough around the edges, though I'll admit that the tabs are nice - even i...

A couple of days ago, I was checking a Gmail on the BlackBerry and noticed that Google had sent through a link to the Google Mobile Update applet. Since I love new gadgets, especially from Google, I quickly downloaded it. This utility is impressive. It does the same thing as Google Updater does on the PC (which is more or less a google style Windows Update). On the mobile, it lets you update the following; Search Google Maps Gmail News Google Sync Google Reader Google Docs Picasa and the Updater Applet itself. I didn't have all of these but decided to add them anyway. For me, the "New ones" were Google Sync, Reader, Docs and Picasa. I had the other apps, albeit older versions. Google Sync This synchronizes your Google Calendar with your Blackberry Calendar - and - if you've got a domino server running, you can sync with that too. This means that your three calendars can always be in synch. Obviously, this isn't for everyone as some people share their Google c...

I know I was going to continue on Domino's BlogSphere but I just had to mention this... Google Blogger just keeps on getting better and better. Today, my RSS feeds gave me a post on Blogger's New Slideshow tool entitled Show off your photos with the new Slideshow . This is very impressive. It allows you to add a layout element that will display your photos from a given folder in Picasa Web Albums . The integration between Google's applications is spectacular. What's more, it's not limited to Google - It works with Flickr and Photobucket too as well as other sites supporting Media RSS. Add this to features like the ability to publish RSS entries of interest directly from your feeds in Google Reader and (sorry IBM/Lotus BlogSphere) Google Blogger is, at least for the moment IMHO, the untouchable king of Blog tools. IBM - If you're reading, this sort of integration is the main reason why you should be putting more effort into integrating your systems (and oth...