After the jump there are some photos of Google office in Zurich. It’s very Geeky.

www.popgive.com: Google Office in Zurich via kwout

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I like this nap pod photo captured by Erin Siegal/REUTERS in Google headquarter in Mountain View:

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GmbmG or Give me back my Google is a custom search engine that cleanup Google search results, removing the annoying affiliate links (kelkoo, …). This is useful when searching information on a product. By default Google results are bloated with those links which are most of the time irrelevant. Here is a extract from the […]

I’m a little sceptic about  Backle. I don’t know if it is serious or if it is a big joke. Anyway, Backle is a google custom search page completly black that is suppose to save energy compared to the standard Google blank page. I reproduce a part of their description below:

 
Blackle saves energy because the […]

Daniel Miessler posted an interesting article regarding the encryption of Gmail and other Google services communication. First the article shows using TCPdump capture why it is dangerous to not use encryption when connecting to Gmail. Then the well known workaround is described: use https instead of http when connecting to Gmail. But when using link […]

This LifeHack post list some Enhancement Requests for the Google Web Applications (Gmail, Google Reader, Gcal, Google doc & spreadsheet). At least for Gmail, the requests are relevant:

Sorting should be available. Even if the google way to find something in Gmail is to use the search form.
Two panes: It’s frustrating to loose the inbox view […]

Google released a service to create custom search engine. I played a little with the tool to create a dedicated Excel search engine. Here are some information taken from the FAQ:

What it is?

A Custom Search Engine is a tailored search experience, built using Google’s core search technology, which prioritizes or restricts search results based on […]

Google Earth satellite view of this location in Germany shows a huge bug (see below). There is a discussion on slashdot about explanations of this phenomenon. The most interesting explanation is given here:
Interesting find - a first. It looks like a thrips, a very small (1mm or so) insect. The size might explain how it got […]

Sign-up new writely account is open since yesterday (August 17th 2006). Then I sign-up for a new account and trying to publish to my Wordpress blog using writely. The interface is simple yet full of features. There are 2 levels of menu at the top. The features that I found interesting are:

The ability to edit […]

The “Tour de France” official website allow to see the route in 3D using Google Earth.