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Googleholic for October 31st, 2006

In this issue of Googleholic we cover:
- GDrive one step closer
- Video search rivals are getting heat from YouTube
- Google's debate on freedom of speech
- Google is on the lookout for ad partners in the Philippines
- Google announces the winners of the 2006 Anita Borg Scholarship
GDrive one step closer
Google owns almost all of the Gdrive domain names possible, so is it any closer to being released?
Video search rivals are getting heat from YouTube
Google recent acquisition is proving the importance of video search. The competition is going to have to step up if they want to compete.
Google's debate on freedom of speech
Amongst the topics, how to connect Africa to the internet.
Google is on the lookout for ad partners in the Philippines
Google has a lot of plans for the Philippines, but they aren't being released yet.
Google announces the winners of the 2006 Anita Borg Scholarship
Scholarships range from $5000 - $1000
The past week in Google news:
- Google has acquired JotSpot
- Google Video does revenue sharing
- Google Code Jam Winner
- Froogle successor uncovered?
- Comedy Central yanks clips from YouTube
- Open your ears for audible Google AdSense
If you have any tips, tricks, or anything Google, you can always drop us a line!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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Jordan Running said 11:48AM on 10-31-2006
"Google announces the winners of the 2006 Anita Borg Scholarship"
Must.. Resist.. Assimilation.. Joke.
(Resistance is futile. Har.)
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Dubi K. said 4:11AM on 11-01-2006
Just saw this on Gmail chat - now messages on chat can be sent even when the other person is off-line. The messages are received on the other person's gmail as emails with the subject "chat with X".
This has no documentation as far as I can see on the gmail help of news pages, but it works!
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