Googleholic for April 24th 2007

by Chris Gilmer Apr 24th 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover:

Will Google's earning streak continue?
MySpace takes on Google
Here come the Google-DoubleClick group complaints
Google's user empowerment
Test a Google design prototype

Continue reading Tuesday's Googleholic...

Will Google's earning streak continue?
If the buying of high profile companies continues, it should!

MySpace takes on Google
Could Google news be in trouble with the recent launch of the MySpace news aggregator.

Here come the Google-DoubleClick group complaints
First the complaints started rolling in from Microsoft, now they are coming from privacy groups that want regulatory intervention.

Google's user empowerment
Google's future is all about the user.

Test a Google prototype
Paste some javascript into your url bar to test a new redesign experiment.

Last weeks Google news...

Make sure to check in for Friday's Googleholic Google News report.

If you have any tips, tricks, or anything Google, you can always drop us a line!

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Featured Time Waster

Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

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