December 14, 2006

http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Mis%C3%A9rables+Original+Broadway+Cast

http://www.last.fm/music/Enya

http://www.last.fm/music/Patsy+Cline

http://www.last.fm/music/Etta+James

http://www.last.fm/music/Clannad

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Google Toolbar for Firefox

1) Google Reader button/dropdown with new messages
2) Google Docs button/dropdown with recent docs
3) Buttons linking to every Google service, not just a random assortment … e.g. Google Book search, Google AdWords, etc.

Since, bizarrely, Google has not managed to provide simple integration across all its services (and by that i simply mean a customizable nav bar that is the same/configurable across all services) at least they should do it in Firefox.

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Official Google Blog: Now you can search for U.S. patents

We’ve all heard about the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell — famous inventors whose creative minds changed the course of history. But there are many more like them, and millions of inventions that have been patented in the U.S. alone — from useful everyday items such as adhesive tape and contact lenses to, er, things useful in specific situations, like this shark protector suit or this amusement device incorporating simulated cheese and mice.

Today, we’re excited to be releasing the beta version of Google Patent Search, which makes it easy to search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that interest you. Start your exploration at www.google.com/patents or visit the Advanced Patent Search page to search by criteria, including patent number, inventor, and filing date. You can view images of original patents online.

Google Patent Search uses much of the same technology that powers Google Book Search, so you can scroll through pages and zoom in on text and illustrations just like you can with books.

It’s a natural extension of our mission to make this public domain government information more easily accessible using Google’s search technology. We’re pleased to have started with over 7 million patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and look forward to expanding our coverage over time.

Update: Removed mention of saving and printing as we’re still working on that.

It will be a while before Google matches all the functionality and content that LexisNexis and West have available, but this is a bad sign for the database giants …

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Official Google Blog: Holiday goodies from Picasa Web Albums

Print ordering is my favorite—it’s something you have told us you’ve wanted since we first launched. Now, when you or anyone else views photos in Picasa Web Albums, there’s an option to order prints directly from the site. We currently offer prints and products from Shutterfly and PhotoWorks, but we’ll be adding more soon.

Excellent! My wife was just asking about this yesterday. Shutterfly is my mom’s favorite.

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