this could give the romantic PINOYs an idea how to use technology when proposing to their chosen ones, see how Google software engineer Ari Gilder used Google Maps to direct his girlfriend around New York en route to her prize, a wedding proposal.

see more [http://www.pilipinas.it]

It took me hours to figure out what works and what doesn’t with their supposedly “new” Yahoo! Profile service (which includes following their links from here to there and never back). So to save you from pulling your hair out or kicking your AVR or punching your monitor (or prevent you from realizing that Yahoo should probably have sold itself to Google so their engineers and web developers can fix this mess), I am sharing with you what little I found.

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for the first time Facebook has overtaken google as the most popular site last week in the US. Facebook accounts for 7.07%, while Google only has 7.04% of all American Web traffic.

read more [itpinoy.blogspot.com]

Here it is, 2009’s Top 10 US Lists. American Idol still dominates American homes; without a doubt Google is still numero uno in the Internet but Yahoo tops Mobile service. Surprise, surprise- Twilight Saga: New Moon isn’t number one in the Box Office. Twilight did make it top in DVD sales. Really? Taylor Swift’s album is tops? Check out the most downloaded and most listened to song in 2009 and more….

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Kenny Rankin died of lung cancer

Kenny who? The name just rang a tiny bell in my mind and the first thing that came into my mind was Chicken Roasters and the unit of temperature we get to convert from Kelvin in grade school science class…[Read More]

Which is more pleasing to hear: I Googled Bing… OR …I Binged Google?

Microsoft, in its bid to capture the search engine market, lauched its repackaged search engine, Live Search, which is now called Bing.[Read More]

Philippine Independence Day Google Logo

Google is known to add pizzazz to their already very colorful trademarked logo for every significant event within a year[Read More]

Refine your image search with visual similarity!

Google Labs just launched a new tool – Similar Images, which allows users to to search for images using pictures rather than words.

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The same day last year my colleague sent me an email about Virgle a joint-project involving Google whose objective is human settlement on Mars…. [Read more]

it has been revealed that a single google query consumes the processing power of 1000 machines!

google‘s jeff dean, also shared some growth numbers from 1999 to 2009 and that while both search queries and processing power have gone up by a factor of 1000, latency has gone down from around 1000ms to 200ms.

read more [http://itpinoy.blogspot.com]

We all know that “Google” is already synonymous to “search”. Its a tool I use daily that I think I won’t be able to live without. My genuine interest about the company has lead me to read about their story.

Here are 10 things I learned From Google. [Read more...]

yesterday jan 31 @ around 630am(pst)/1030pm(manila), this text tagged all google search results as “This site may harm your computer!” scary huh? it indeed happen!

the official google blog have apologized and attributed this to a human error.

a routine process done by google is to tag web sites with this text if it was found to have malicious background processes and is listed in a file they maintain.

read more – http://itpinoy.blogspot.com.

the last quarter of 08 was a bombardment of IT layoffs in the Philippines. @ the start of 09 there had news that microsoft itself will lay off 15000 of its workforce worldwide. here comes another sad news – google has announced layoffs of around 100 people – most of them from HR.

in the local scene, we just got a news today that Accenture Manila released around 500 of it’s people today Jan15?!!!

read more @ http://itpinoy.blogspot.com

Viet Nam’s Ministry of Information and Communication was reported to have started regulating Blogging and plans on getting in touch with Google and Yahoo! to create “the best and healthiest environment for bloggers”.

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In line with Google’s 10th Year Anniversary, they are releasing new products and upgrades one after another.  Just today they released the New Picasa Web Albums and Picasa 3.0 Beta, and Chrome.

Simply put, the new Picasa products (Web and Desktop) has become a Photo Suite (IMO), while Chrome if you still haven’t heard, is Google’s very own FLOSS Browser!

Details about the three products are available here and here.

Earn cash! Search More Efficiently and Intelligently! Get the Results You Want!

Before you scream, “not another search engine?!” Scour, the months old search engine is really something that you must take notice and even capitalize on just because it offers something NO OTHER search engine does- REWARD its readers! It sounds banal I know but that’s just the best way to put it, you earn points every time you use Scour.

After garnering enough points for doing what you already do daily, Scour will send you a VISA Gift card anywhere you are in the world!

Search + Points= CASH Gift Card. No brainer.

Think Google is the coolest thing ever to come in the Internet? Think again!

READ MORE ABOUT SCOUR HERE!

Or is it too early to pass judgment?!

See, what it all comes down to an ordinary internet user like me is relevance! When I search for something online, a keyword or a phrase, I’d like my search engine to be able to give me results that are useful, sensible and applicable to me. Unfortunately, I did not find that at all with Cuil.

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Do you have your dream job? How about a dream company to work with? Have you thought that after graduating from college, you’ll land a high-paying job? Will you fight or commit a crime just to be in your desired position? How far are your limits to conquer the career you ever wanted? Certainly, many would love to work at GOOGLE Company!

This is why they say Google was voted as the company most wanted to be worked for

We already knew that working for Google had certain advantages, but, believe me, this giant of the search motor takes the welfare of its employees seriously … as shown by this decompression (stress) capsule that is impermeable to sound and light …

More after the jump at http://www.obnoxiousqueer.com

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Hey, have you seen this?

It’s the new look of Gmail called “Redesigned”, want to know more?

Click here NA!