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14 personalized start pages compared

Personalized Start Page showdownThe proliferation of personalized start pages since the inception of "Web 2.0" seems to be increasing at an exponential pace. If you've got the feeling that your personalized start page just isn't giving you the features you feel you need, or you're simply wondering what all this nonsense about a personalized start page is all about, check out Mashable's overview and comparison of 14 of the most popular current personalized start pages.

The review features descriptions of what's to like and not to like about each of the offerings, but the cherry on top is the grid at the bottom of the article that compares each start page on a feature-by-feature basis.

Filed under: Productivity, Web services, Google, Mozilla, Browser Tips

Put Google Personalized Home in your Firefox sidebar

Google Personalized Home sidebarThis idea seems a little obvious in hindsight, but I didn't think of it, Google field technician Erica Joy did: Rather than keeping Google Personalized Home (a.k.a. Google IG) open in a tab, change the layout of your Gadgets so they're all in the left column, then configure Firefox to open it in the sidebar. That way you can always have quick access to your Personalized Home without switching away from the page you're interested in. For complete instructions, head over to Erica Joy's blog.

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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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