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We now have more Google services than we can shake a stick at.

Today, Google Notebook was launched. It seems to be another social networking site, a bit like Del.icio.us in fact.

The question many people are asking is how do we find all these services? Do we have to bookmark each one as they are rolled out? The answer is much simpler.

Go into your Gmail account and glance up to the top left corner. Three services are listed there including Gmail and Calendar. Click on “More” and the screen shown above will appear with a menu for all the services.

Simple, clear and effective.

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Google Notebook Previewed

Once again ZDNet’s Garett Rogers has winkled out information about a new Google service, this time, Google Notebook:

“Thanks to Nate, one of the Googling Googlers, we can now see the front door for Google Notebook — unfortunately I am still unable to actually log in to the service.”

The login page gives an overview:

Clip useful information
You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser window.

Organize your notes
You can create multiple notebooks, divide them into sections, and drag-and-drop your notes to stay organized.

Get access from anywhere
You can access your Google Notebooks from any computer by using your Google Accounts login.

Publish your notebook
You can share your Google Notebook with the world by making it public.

And has a few examples of notebooks:

Vacation Planning
Plan out your vacation — from booking flights to finding the best resorts to creating an itinerary of activities.

General Research
Get the most relevant information on a topic to become an expert or make informed decisions.

Online Shopping
Create a wish list, comparison shop and more.

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Has Google Stolen a March on Microsoft?

Has Google stolen a march on Microsoft with its policy of introducing regular small services to a cluster of Web-based products?

To answer that, you have to consider whether the alternative of offering large-scale releases at infrequent intervals, e.g., Windows Vista and Office 2007, works any better.

Here’s a considered view on this: Windows Vista and the Schleswig-Holstein Question.

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My Career at Google

… will never happen if this article in The Economist is anything to go by:

MATHEMATICALLY confident drivers stuck in the usual jam on highway 101 through Silicon Valley were recently able to pass time contemplating a billboard that read: “{first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits of e}.com.” The number in question, 7427466391, is a sequence that starts at the 101st digit of e, a constant that is the base of the natural logarithm. The select few who worked this out and made it to the right website then encountered a “harder” riddle. Solving it led to another web page where they were finally invited to submit their curriculum vitae.

You’ll be glad to know that bloggers at Syntagma Media don’t have to jump through such hoops to get appointed. Just as well. We don’t employ circus dogs.

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