July 2008

Live Search homepage revamped

by Amit Verma July 31, 2008

Live Search homepage (www.live.com) is revamped with a pleasing background. It is rolled out in US only, you can see it via this link: http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-us. This link will change your location to US. The background will change over the time. Do you need a laugh? Try the link in the left-bottom corner.

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Cool CUIL

by Amit Verma July 29, 2008

This cool search engine Cuil is launched by ex-googler. It is quite impressive and provides search result in multi-column interface. You can switch between 2 and 3 column layout. Cuil claims that it searches three times more pages than google and ten times more than Microsoft. Some of the features of Cuil are: Some times [...]

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GMAIL even more secure

by Amit Verma July 29, 2008

Gmail supports secure connection (https protocol) but it wasn’t default. Gmail uses HTTPS while login but once you are in the mail it uses HTTP instead of HTTPS untill you append HTTPS in the URL https://mail.google.com instead of http://mail.google.com). Google has added a new feature so that you can turn secure connect to default. To [...]

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Exams are over

by Amit Verma July 29, 2008

Finally my exams are over. I am back in action .

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KNOL by google

by Amit Verma July 24, 2008

I am still on leave but couldn’t resist writing about KNOL. Google was testing it for last few months and today it is made live for everyone. It is similar to wikipedia but it has a few advantages over wiki. Check the differences at http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/compare-google-knol-wikipedia-encyclopedia/3961/ PS: Tomorrow is my last exam and the last day [...]

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I am at amit.me

by Amit Verma July 18, 2008

I have setup my site on a new domain, amit.me. Previous domain still exist. You can visit me on both the domains amitverma.name and amit.me.

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Gmail contact groups

by Amit Verma July 17, 2008

Gmail automatically creating contacts is that all of the addresses we email subsequently show up in auto-complete which may lead to cluttered address book. Gmail team has come up with a solution. Gmail separates contacts into two groups: “My Contacts” and “Suggested Contacts.” This feature rolling out this week. Click here to know more

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Remote sign out in Gmail

by Amit Verma July 15, 2008

Secure your gmail account. Now you can remotely sign out your gmail account. You can also check the previous sessions and where else your gmail account is open. Click here for more detail.

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