Lifesperience

Competition is a great thing, even if it's a case of  the David (Bing) vs Goliath (Google) of search engines.  It is a great day for amateur bloggers as Google search now has the option to filter images by usage rights as per  Matt Cutts  on Twitter.  This new filter now easily lets you choose which images you can freely use for either commercial or non-commercial purposes instead of having to spend time digging through the advanced search option.   Apparently, Bing has had this feature (I have not used it enough to have noticed that option) for a while. To access this feature,  simply perform a Google image search , then click on "search tools," then "Usage Rights," and finally one of the five options from the drop down menu. As usual, nothing is perfect, and per the Google help page , there is a disclaimer: Before reusing content that you've found, you should verify that its license is legitimate and check the exact terms of reuse st...

I remember back in the late 90's and early 2000's when manufacturers tried to push internet appliances to the masses that were clearly not ready for prime time.  They were slow, extremely limited, and expensive.  Compared to the computers of even those times, they just were not very compelling items to buy and so most of them vanished into obscurity. Enter Google's " Chrome OS" which is meant to someday be a full on operating system (according to Google) but for now is primed to be a low cost and entry level OS for basic internet needs. It has the same idea as those older internet appliances but just works a whole lot better.  The OS is basically a Chrome browser that is disguised as a desktop OS with your data and apps stored in the cloud.  This makes Chrome OS a light weight, snappy operating system that can be installed on a variety of low cost devices.  Google already has laptops and netbooks based on Chrome OS on the market and as of today their partne...