Google’s Carbon Footprint: Does a Harvard Prof’s Claims Put Google in Hot Water?

Harvard professor Alex Wissner-Gross made waves recently by suggesting that making a couple of Google searches are just as bad for the environment as the cup of tea you drink while you’re making them (he has since backed away from the claim ). Wissner-Gross’s study says that the energy needed to [...]

Tips for maximizing Your Google AdSense Revenues

Despite what you may hear, the Google AdSense program is not for everyone. There are some types of web sites that do poorly no matter how hard the owners try, and there are others that should be doing well but the webmaster simply isn’t putting in the effort to make things happen.
Despite what you may [...]

Move Your Web Clippings Out of Google Notebook

f you have been using Google Notebook to capture all your web clippings, here’s some bad news. Google has decided to stop further development of Google Notebook including the browser extension that was commonly used to clip text notes from web pages.
Alternatives for Google Notebook Users
Google will no longer offer Notebook to new users but [...]

Google Docs & Microsoft Office Live With ‘Gears’

Google took an important step forward Monday in its rivalry with Microsoft Office Live, reporting that Google Docs will allow users to edit word processing documents offline.
Google said users of its Google Docs word processing application can use Google Gears to save and then edit documents without being connected to the Internet.
“Cloud computing is great, [...]

Google unveils “white space” airwaves plans

Google Inc on Monday unveiled plans for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves, and sought to alleviate fears that this might interfere with TV broadcasts or wireless microphones.
In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the Internet leader outlined plans for low-power devices that use local wireless airwaves to [...]