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Google With New Search Results Page

Just a couple of weeks after publicly launching their new look & feel and less then a week after allowing people to use custom backgrounds on the Google homepage, they do another redesign. As of today, I see preview pictures next to search results. Check out the screenshot below. To use this, simply append “&tbs=prv:1” […]

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Google.com With Background

More and more, Google decides to move away from their simplistic and minimalistic look. Some lucky people can now set a background for the google.com engine. You can either select and upload your own pictures or choose from the galleries “Public Gallery”, “Editor’s Picks” or your own Picasa Web Album. In the public gallery you […]

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Flattr Invite Code

For once I am not the first to try out something. Feels weird … Anyway, here is an invite code for Flattr.com the new easy way to give or receive. 6ea94d78c0773f97c 2128086136e7f9c96 All gone! If you take this code, I would really appreciate if you would “flattr” this post after registering and adding your first […]

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Steam for Mac is Here

Check this out! Valve just launched the Steam for Mac Platform. All your glorious Valve and Steam games are now available for your Macbook, iMac or other Mac Hardware. Not all games are currently playable on the Mac platform, in fact, the only one I can play is Portal. But this is good enough for […]

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Flash 10.1 with Google Chrome 5 Sucks!

Warning, this is a personal rant, without any technical background and contains pure personal opinions! Google recently distributed their browser Chrome with built-in Flash support. And ever since this has happened, not a single online web video on YouTube, Vimeo or any other website has worked correctly. Often after a few seconds the video stops […]

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