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Holiday templates to keep you organized 
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The holidays are upon us, and there's much to do: Gifts to be wrapped, lights to be strung, candles to be lit, and a long list of tasks at the home and the office. A little creativity can come in handy at this time of year. You can save time and money with the Google Docs template gallery for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Whether you're a small business owner or the chief holiday orga
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Calling all musicians: Join YouTube's Symphony Orchestra
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
YouTube is offering musicians around the globe the opportunity to join a symphony orchestra via video through the world's first collaborative online orchestra. This is a chance to perform alongside world-renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, learn from composer Tan Dun and many members of the London Symphony Orchestra, and consult with pianist Lang Lang. All video entries will be combined into
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Countdown to 2009
(unknown author) via The Official Google Blog on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
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Is that page US only?
The end of the year is a wonderful time to reflect, celebrate, and look forward to new things to come. This is also a season when things tend to get a bit too hectic. So we wanted to share some tips that we hope will help make the best of your holidays and year-end celebrations.We'll be counting down to 2009 with on
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The Santa countdown begins...
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
I remember when I was 8 years old standing in the middle of our living room, gazing at our Christmas tree. I dared not blink, fearing that the twinkling tinsel, gleaming lights, and the pile of festively wrapped gifts would all be gone when I opened my eyes again. Once I finally hopped into bed, still wide-awake and staring at the ceiling, I listened to every gust of wind, every creak of the rafte
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Get holiday gift ideas and special savings
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Today is Cyber Monday and we know many of you have holiday shopping on your mind. If you're not sure what to buy for that special someone, or if you're looking for ways to save on your holiday purchases, Google Product Search and Google Checkout can help.Our Product Search team recently pored over millions of aggregated (and anonymous
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Triple silken pumpkin pie takes the prize
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
What is the first thing that most people associate with Thanksgiving? Well, probably turkey, but pumpkin pie comes in a close second. As I am not a fan of the traditional pumpkin pie, I set out on a quest to find a delicious alternative this year. My search led me to a robust cookbook sitting on my kitchen shelves. Sheri Yard's
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Actividades por el DÃa de la Seguridad Informática
Daniel Helft via The Official Google Blog - Lat on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
El próximo 30 de noviembre se celebra el DÃa de la Seguridad Informática con el fin de contribuir a generar conocimiento sobre la importancia de la seguridad en el mundo de la tecnologÃa para proteger tanto equipos y sistemas informáticos de manera de garantizar la seguridad de la información.
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Sorting 1PB with MapReduce
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
At Google we are fanatical about organizing the world's information. As a result, we spend a lot of time finding better ways to sort information using MapReduce, a key component of our software infrastructure that allows us to run multiple processes simultaneously. MapReduce is a perfect solution for many of the computations we run daily,
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Our international approach to search
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
In previous posts in this series, you have read about the challenges of building a world-class search engine. Our goal is to make Google’s search be relevant to all people, regardless of their language or country. As my colleague Amit Singhal
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SearchWiki: make search your own
(unknown author) via The Official Google Blog on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
Shared by Rick Dillon
Awesome. I have wanted the ability to ban certain sites from my results for a while (like swik.net).
Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there
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Transgender Remembrance Day
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
We believe great ideas can come from anywhere and everyone. And we aspire to be an organization that reflects global diversity, because we know that a world's worth of perspectives, ideas and cultures leads to the creation of better products and services. We have more than a dozen employee-driven resource groups, from Gayglers to GWE (Google Women Engi
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Lively no more
(unknown author) via The Official Google Blog on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
Shared by Bwana
Well that didn't last long.
In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it's the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people's
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Lively no more
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it's the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people's lives. But we've also always accepted that when you take these kinds of risk
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The Final Inch
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
(Cross-posted from the Google.org blog)Early readers of the Google.org blog may recall us embarking on a film project portraying public health heroes working in the field to eradicate polio. Gone from the modern world, ne
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LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
The Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination; The Mansell Collection from London; Dahlstrom glass plates of New York and environs from the 1880s; and the entire works left to the collection from LIFE photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili, and Nina Leen. These are just some of the things you'll see in Google Image Search today.We're excited to announce the availability of never-befo
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Now you can speak to Google Mobile App on your iPhone
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Have you ever been in a hurry and really needed to find an answer to something, but there was no one to ask? Like when you're grocery shopping and looking for the last item on your list, the kids are running around you in circles, you're holding a basket in one hand, and you have no idea what "fennel bulbs" look like.That's why we've added voice search to Google Mobile App for the iPhone â
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Ads in new places
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
At Google we're great supporters of experimentation because it's only by trying new things (even if some of them don't work out) that you discover better, more creative ways to operate. We've been testing different advertising formats for years (some have been more successful than others), and over the next few months, you'll see us continuing to experiment with new ads in new places.If yo
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Introducing SketchUp 7
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
We're very excited to announce the new release of Google SketchUp 7. If you don't already know about the fun you can have with SketchUp, here's a quick recap:SketchUp is software you can use to build 3D models of anything: your house, killer robots, furniture, trees,
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It's Jam time
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Sat, 15 Nov. 2008
Today we hosted the Google Code Jam finals, inviting 100 of the world's top programmers to flex their brains in a grand coding showdown. This is our fifth annual Global Code Jam competition, and thanks to a new platform created by a 20%-time team that includes previous Co
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Google Site Search gets more demanding
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
Customers today demand speed. Waiting around is so, well, yesterday -- as so many of the things we used to have to wait for are now at our fingertips online. We can read up to the minute news, get directions, and find the answers to our
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