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Adequate PDF Viewer Got By Gmail

Adequate PDF Viewer Got By GmailA nice upgrade courtesy of Google Docs has been received by Gmail's integrated software-free PDF viewer. The good thing is that now when someone opens up a PDF in Gmail, it won’t fire up his native PDF viewer like the slow-to-load Adobe Acrobat. Instead it will send him to the document reader built into Google Docs.

Furthermore, the updated page view will let the user hop around the document a whole lot faster and its built in zoom will scale the text so that it fits the user’s monitor with a higher degree of detail than the text resizer found in the browser.

Indian Court Asked For Ban On Google Earth

Indian Court Asked For Ban On Google Earth An Indian court has asked the government to impose ban on 'Google Earth' due to the security reasons.

Google Earth is an online satellite imaging tool which is being used by the terrorist to target important places in the world. It has also been established that militants used maps from this web tool to target various places in Mumbai, killing 170 innocent people, including security personals.

Sarah Palin: McCain's Pick Topped 2008 Google Search Charts

Sarah Palin: McCain's Pick Topped 2008 Google Search ChartsSarah Palin may have been on the losing end of the Republican ticket, yet she topped the web search chart, confirms Google’s list of the most popular searches in 2008, which the internet search giant released on Wednesday.

At the number two positions of ‘fastest-rising’ searches around the globe was Beijing Olympics 2008. Facebook login and Tuenti, a Spanish social networking website followed the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Top Google Searches Of 2008 In India

Top Google Searches Of 2008 In IndiaThe second India Zeitgeist report (globally the report is in its 9th year), which offers a perspective on the year’s major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted by users in India, declared that Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif is the most-searched person in India; that ‘recession’ does not figure among the top search for ‘economic terms’; that ‘How to reduce weight’ is a major concern among Indians; and that Goa is everyone’s favourite destination.
 

Facebook tops Google UK’s most searched term list of 2008

London, December 10 : Facebook has emerged as the clear winner when it comes to Google UK's most searched term of 2008.

The social networking site beat BBC to the top spot followed by the popular video sharing You Tube.

eBay, the online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide, grabbed the fourth place.

Wrapping up the top five terms surfed on the world's most popular search engine was the ever-increasing hunt for games, reports the Sun.

Interestingly, Matt Brittin, Google UK director, revealed that the economic slump and companies' employee lay-offs had led millions of surfers searching for "jobs" in the top 10 list.

Ban On Google Earth Sought By PIL

Ban On Google Earth Sought By PIL  A public-interest litigation (PIL), seeking a ban on Google Earth has been initiated in the Bombay High Court, following the unfortunate episode that hit Mumbai less than a fortnight ago.

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