New Toolbar adds accessible features

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:37 am

Posted by Jonas Klink, Software
Engineer, Accessibility

Last week Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20071212_toolbar.html" >
launched version 5 as a public beta. This version introduces a
number of exciting features, such as making your Toolbar settings
available from any computer that you log into with your Google
Account, improved suggestions for broken links, as well as
important changes that make Toolbar more accessible for assistive
technology users.

This release adds support for Windows Accessibility APIs (used by
screen readers, etc.) and enables keyboard navigation and access.
From inside a browser with Toolbar installed, the global shortcut
Alt G places your cursor in the Google Toolbar search box. If
you're using a screen reader, you'll hear "Google
Toolbar Search". Pressing the Tab key brings keyboard focus to
the button placed immediately after the search box, and right and
left arrow keys move focus between buttons. More information on
keyboard access is documented in the href="http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/search.py?query=accessibility&Action.Search=Search&ctx=en:searchbox" >
Toolbar Help Center (query 'accessibility').

Version 5 comes as a part of our ongoing efforts to enhance
accessibility in our client-side and web applications, which is a
matter I hardly need to mention is very important. Personally, I
see my work that went into the Toolbar as an important step
forward, as the product reaches a very large number of users and
enables everyone to gain quick access to a multitude of useful
features, through a unified UI. Adding keyboard navigation and
other features that enhance the ease of access to these features
benefit everyone.

We look forward to making further improvements to accessibility
(including the installation process) in future releases. You can
download the new Google Toolbar at href="http://toolbar.google.com/T5" >http://toolbar.google.com/T5.

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My Maps are Our Maps

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Posted by Joscelin Cooper, Google Blog
team

The tools used for navigation and exploration are fraught with
metaphorical possibility. A compass or telescope can be a powerful
symbol for search, discovery, and the fearless embrace of the
unknown. A map can tell you where you are, give you an idea of what
lies ahead, and even better, give scale and breadth to your
location. Maps connect us with the world in a way that is tangible,
visual and now, even href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/map-making-so-easy-caveman-could-do-it.html"
id="bfmg" >interactive.

And for any of the myriad places you can point to on a map, there
are traditions, stories, pictures and memories — each is as unique
and fascinating as its teller. For this year's holiday season
we've created a href="http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=68480"
id="rv7z" >My Map for you to customize.

href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=103284839433106201971.000441462e89d7d0615ea&ll=58.539595,-74.179687&spn=76.872975,-84.375&source=embed"
style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" >View Larger
Map

Mark your place in the world with href="http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=68480#photos"
id="emy6" >photos, href="http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=68480#videos"
id="wh_h" >video and stories that illuminate something about
how you celebrate. Your stories can make for a considerably bigger
map than any featuring geopolitical boundaries and highway markers;
they can mark a human space of Chanukah candles, Christmas trees,
family feasts and reunions great and small. We look forward to
seeing how you make your mark.

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’tis the season

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Posted by David Griswold, Google Blog
Team

The holiday season is a time for reuniting with friends and family,
reveling in href="http://books.google.com/books?q=christmas stories&btnG=Search Books"
id="s7x2" >stories and sentimentalities, cozying up to a cup of
warm cocoa, listening to a fire slowly pop and fizzle. It's a
time when we ease ourselves out of our href="http://www.google.com/calendar/" id="it0v" >routines, and
have a moment to share our joys with those who are nearest to us.
And the season affords us a unique opportunity to step back and
empathize with people who face hardships href="http://www.mdgmonitor.org/"
id="x5ph" >throughout the world.

This season, Googlers everywhere are not only celebrating the joys
of the holidays; quite a few of us have joined together to give
back to our href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=community service&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=29.384021,69.257813&ie=UTF8&mrt=kmlkmz&view=text"
id="jx0r" >local communities. Whether it's helping kids
craft public service announcements, contributing to href="http://www.mytwofrontteeth.org/google"
id="tztk" >toy drives, gathering donations for food banks,
working with high schoolers on their college apps, writing get-well
cards for sick children, or pitting teams of chefs against one
another for charity, Googlers have made it a point to get
creative.

We've assembled pictures from these events in this album, and
encourage you href="http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=community service&btnG=Google Search"
id="wxem" >to find a way to give back in your own
community.


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height="267" width="400" />

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Save some energy over the holidays

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Posted by Bill Weihl, Green Energy
Czar

Here's a suggestion for everyone to save energy over the
holidays (and at other times!): turn off your computer and monitor
or put them into "sleep" mode when you're not using
them.

Why? The typical desktop PC uses 100-200 watts even when it's
idle. That's the equivalent of 1-2 bright incandescent (read:
inefficient) light bulbs. (Note: new PCs that comply with the
latest Energy Star specifications consume less than 50-60 watts
when idle.)

You wouldn't leave your car running for hours when it's
just sitting there. Most of us wouldn't leave a bright light
bulb burning for hours when no one is nearby to need the light. So
why leave your computer on?

If you're leaving your office for the holidays, turn off your
PC. If it consumes 100 watts, that will save 2.4 kWh/day, or over
25 kWh for the next 11 days through January 1st. In California,
that will stop about 40 kg of CO2 from being put into the air, and
save about $2.50. For every 1 million people who do this, that will
stop 40,000 tonnes (metric tons) of CO2 from being emitted, and
save $2.5 million. In many areas, it will reduce emissions even
further, and save even more money.

The same issue applies at home: turn off your computer or put it to
sleep when you're not using it. The automatic power management
settings on most computers will put them to sleep automatically
after a specified idle period.

If you use a screensaver, set it to "blank" the screen
and put the monitor in sleep mode after a few minutes. Screensavers
don't have any benefit (other than being nice to look at) on
modern displays, and they consume as much or more energy as just
about anything else you could ask your computer to do.

You might be thinking, "why now?" This isn't just an
issue for the holidays, but this is a good time to remind people.
In general, when you're not using your computer, turn it off or
put it to sleep. Most computers can go to sleep quickly, and then
wake up with all your work exactly as it was when you put it to
sleep — so there's no downside.

If you want to do even more to save energy with your computers and
to help the entire IT industry move to higher energy efficiency,
check out the href="http://www.climatesaverscomputing.org/" >Climate Savers
Computing Initiative, which we co-founded last June to create a
positive "virtuous circle" between the supply of and
demand for energy-efficient computers. More than 140 companies,
universities, governments, and nonprofits, along with thousands of
individuals, have pledged to buy energy-efficient computers and to
use automatic power management tools to save energy. As more people
make the same commitments, the volume of energy-efficient computers
sold will increase, and the very modest price premium they demand
today should drop.

Have a great holiday season!

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A very special Christmas broadcast

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Posted by Theo Luke, YouTube
partnerships, EMEA

1957 was a very special year for the British Monarchy. It had
already become an annual tradition for the monarch to issue a
Christmas message to people in the United Kingdom and around the
world. But fifty years ago this Christmas, Queen Elizabeth II's
message was televised for the first time.

In her broadcast, the Queen spoke about the technological
developments that allowed her image to appear in people's homes
around the nation, saying that "I very much hope that this new
medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct.
That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another
example of the speed at which things are changing all around
us."

This Christmas, fifty years later, we are thrilled to say that the
British Monarchy is embracing another new technology by launching
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel" >The
Royal Channel on YouTube. By setting up the first ever channel
from a monarchy, the Queen joins other world leaders including the
French President onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.youtube.com/nicolassarkozy"
>Nicolas Sarkozy and the

onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.youtube.com/downingst" >British
Government
in using online video to communicate with people
around the globe.

Right now, you can visit The Royal Channel to see href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRP-o6Q85s" >that first 1957
broadcast, along with other rare and previously unreleased
archive footage. And at around 3pm BST on Christmas Day, href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nmkYGCljE" >this year's
Christmas broadcast from the Queen appeared on YouTube as well
as on television.

We're delighted to welcome the Queen to the YouTube community,
and hope that you enjoy the unseen treasures on her channel as much
as we have.

Update:
Linked directly to the 2007 Christmas Broadcast

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NORAD tracks Santa with Google

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Posted by Melissa Crounse, Santa
Tracker

Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On,
Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!

We're counting down the hours until Santa's flight around
the world. On Monday, December 24th, starting at 1 am PST, visit href="http://www.noradsanta.org/" >noradsanta.org to track Santa
with NORAD on his annual trip.

NORAD will use Google Maps to track several hundred of Santa's
stops in over 200 countries and territories, and will embed videos
of Santa's stops captured on their href="http://www.noradsanta.org/en/how.htm" >Santa Cams on the
Google Map and post the videos on the href="http://youtube.com/profile?user=NORADTracksSanta" >NORAD
Tracks Santa YouTube channel.

Want to see more of Santa? NORAD will also provide a downloadable
Santa Tracker file to track several thousand of Santa's stops
in Google Earth.
Santa's visits are only a few seconds long, and then — poof,
he's off to the next location. Click on the gift icons in
Google Maps or Google Earth to learn more about the cities that
Santa visits.

Happy holidays from all of us at Google!

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The year in YouTube politics

Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Posted by Steve Grove, Head of YouTube
News and Politics

Candidates caught
singing on camera
. href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=nQi7PaYKqTU" >Dorm-room
presidential interviews. A martial arts master href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=EjYv2YW6azE" >endorsing a
presidential candidate. Citizen-created campaign href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo" >commercials. And
two presidential
primary debates
. 2007 was quite a year for YouTube
Politics.

At this time last year, YouTube had developed a reputation as a
place where href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI" >"gotcha!"
videos posted by ciitzens were changing the political
landscape. Some even called the 2006 U.S. midterm elections
"the YouTube election" after several candidates were
caught on camera saying things they probably shouldn't have.
But in 2007, that changed. Seizing the YouTube opportunity,
presidential candidates came rushing to the platform themselves,
setting up official campaign channels on our href="http://youtube.com/youchoose" >You Choose '08
platform. Seven of the 16 presidential candidates even announced
their candidacies on YouTube.

Candidates and voters now speak to each other through video. At
their best, campaigns use YouTube not as a shrunken TV screen
through which to distribute their soundbites, but as a window
through which to have a dialogue with the American people.
YouTube's leveling effect is this: anyone can upload a video
with their political message, and the best content rises to the top
through community view counts, rankings, linkages, and embeds. Any
voter with a video camera and access to the Internet has the
opportunity to be seen and heard.

Our two presidential debates with CNN highlighted this phenomenon.
Eight thousand video questions were submitted for the two
record-setting debates, which opened up a traditionally closed
event to the rest of the world via YouTube. Time was, you had to be
in New Hampshire, Iowa, or Florida to get access to candidates at a
debate. With questions coming directly from voters via video, our
YouTube debates helped to break down some of the geographical
barriers that have so sharply defined American politics in the
past.

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width="425" height="355" />

So what's ahead in 2008? Things are only going to get more
exciting. As Congressional and Senate races heat up, you'll see
more and more candidates coming to YouTube. And as the presidential
races narrows down to two candidates, YouTube will be a critical
battlefront in the general election. With voters, candidates, issue
groups, media companies, trade associations, lobbyists and
activists all interacting on the same level platform, 2008 promises
to be a true "YouTube Election.

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The peak of tide the noble with the 8th downfallen chapter, Motolora (2)

Filed under: Google Blackboard — Wrote by Lees on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 @ 12:59 am

The person that publish: Google (Gu Ge) researcher Wu Jun

1.The brand of World War II

2.Golden age

Arrive from hind of World War II at the beginning of 90 time, can say the time that is Motolora flourishing. Motolora the technical advantage that in imitate wireless communication respect has any companies to cannot be likened to, and innovation gives multinomial world the first. American communication bound has a kind of current classification method to communication, divide namely for: Wired and one-way (be like closed-circuit television) , wired and two-way (like the phone) , wireless and one-way (like the radio) and wireless and two-way (like the mobile phone the phone is mixed WIFI) 4 kinds. Long-term since, till ten years before, AT&T is the king of finite communication all the time, RCA is the old of infinite and one-way communication, and the overlord of the wireless and two-way communication that Motolora is one hundred percent. We can see once upon a time, the core business of Motolora is concerned with two-way wireless communication.

1946, motolora invented car phone. Had seen Bao Jia and conspicuous act originally ” Sabrina (Long Feng matchs) ” the reader may be right this kind of product has impression, big company president regards as Linus in film grow an island from new York set out in the home, go up the instruction of company staff make known to lower levels that the car carries car phone to with a ha pause to Yuan Zaiman. Very regretful is, car phone is the luxury of wealthy person all the time, it has not gotten popular, was replaced by mobile phone phone. After 12 years, motolora invented the interphone that is based on a car, it is in the United States to be used extensively with all sorts of transport companies by company of police, taxi, be replaced by mobile phone phone till 90 time end (gave a police still using) . Be in 2000 previously of each country alarm bandit piece in, we often see this product.

Was told 1963 to Motolora is a memorable time. This year, motolora invented the color television picture tube of the first rectangle, and it made occupation standard quickly. (before this, the color television screen that RCA produces is a circle. See this picture please)


1967 year, motolora production gives chance of colour television of the first complete transistor of American, the color television previously returns some valve more or less. This issue is very large to Motolora influence, previously although Motolora is banner on the technology at the world, but product besides the radio in the car not be civil. The invention of chromatic picture tube, indicating Motolora is capable to entered civil market and turn to the key of business civil. But regretful is, the Motolora attempt in initial stage of home appliance market is very not successful, to 1974, it must sell Japanese pine next companies. Today, very few somebody knows Motolora is right the contribution of color television industry.

In 669 time, the has go up in color television failure that Motolora can experience completely, because it is banner the technology at the world is too much. To 80 time, motolora enters 10 years when develop flourishingly, its business also is expanded by wireless communication the semiconductor chip of the computer. 1979, motolora rolls out 68000 general microprocessor successfully, because it is designed compositive degree get a name for 68000 transistor (although actual and compositive degree for 70000) . Its address bus line (Address Bus) width is 24 peculiar, can manage the memory of 16 MB, accordingly it makes the first selection chip of all and small-sized machine and workstation. And the half generation after the processor of Intel of the corresponding period compares it to fall actually, 16 address width can manage latter only the memory of 64 K.

80 time, as the development that digital signal handles, appeared to handle chip to appropriative number signal (DSP) demand, this product also is born because of carry. Heart state apparatus (TI) , AT&T and Motolora are at the beginning of 80 time rolled out TSM early or late, DSP and M56K product of 3 old series, this market grows such fast, brought a new golden ore deposit to Motolora. Today, the chip of mobile phone core that adds periphery communication for core with DSP remains whole world sales volume the biggest, most profitable semiconductor chip (because every mobile phone is medium,must have a such core) .

Of course, the contribution with the largest to the world Motolora is its civil beehive type in the invention at the beginning of 80 time mobile telephone, namely inchoate saying hand-hold portable telephone, the mobile phone that says now. Everybody is accepted the invention company that Motolora is communication of current mobile phone, the mobile phone that although AT&T claims,its cordless telephone compares Motolora is early, but everybody knows cordless telephone and mobile phone phone is two different matters. As a result of AT&T take root at wired communication, not self-conscious can inimical wireless communication. When the mobile telephone just started, AT&T predicts to 2000 the whole world does not exceed million user, this estimation is compared the actual amount when 2000 is 100 times smaller later. So, AT&T nature won’t put the emphasis on mobile. And Motolora is antipodal, it has impossibly on wired communication as, go up in mobile from however stake, lead and drove the tide of mobile.

Arrive at the beginning of 90 time, motolora is handled in signal of mobile, number and computer processor 3 domains are the Player with the most powerful technology on the world. More commendable is, its product fame is wonderful. The product that I contact Motolora the earliest is in 80 time end, the friend of a few custom introduces their Motolora interphone to me. The colleague that goes up with the bank in the big steamer hold that those interphone can surround in iron and steel communicates, this is impracticable of any other and congener product. 1990 year, the turnover of Motolora exceeds one billion four hundred and ten million and sixty-five thousand four hundred and eight dollars, IBM and AT&T are next to in IT company. If Motolora can sweep the deck 3 big markets, it will be today undoubtedly the biggest IT company on the world. Although it can forestall among them, also be gigantic without bully company. Very regretful, it also was not done good, the technical tide that the leader of this communication revolution is lifted by oneself fell into disuse. Does the reason where?

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The information of integrated and more than whole world

Filed under: Google Blackboard — Wrote by Lees on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 @ 12:59 am

The person that publish:  Guang Yue bars  Ping tells ┛

We like to develop imagination adequately — the issue that considers those provide wallop extremely especially. Say, thanksed to to have technology of flexible cereal song map and Internet application, our ability working limits develop wide to the universe. We are from ” Gu Ge Martian ” and ” of moon of ” Gu Ge begin first, introduce aerospace experience gradually for the user. Last year, we rolled out the service of ” of sky of ” cereal song on ” of earth of ” cereal song again, people can look up at sky through downloading software. Of course, our greater desire is the dream that lets the user on Internet also realize exploration universe.

Now, we are glad that the ground announces to everybody: “Edition of webpage of cereal song sky ” was born! It can turn your browser into a fictitious binoculars, undertake scorch enlarge or transverse scanning to whole universe. Say simply, you pass lower level a few kinds of means, explore our universe easily:

1. ) use powerful search function, browse the already was named celestial or heavenly body of tens of thousands of.
2. ) in focal length suitable case falls, 3 kinds of optical sky make one’s rounds are measured, show the picture that naked eye can observe to you. Remember switch arriving below infrared ray, microwave, ultraviolet ray and X ray, seeing the sky below completely different light is what appearance. Of course, you are OK also combine these picture random, innovation goes a kind distinctive and the visual effect of fleeting.
3. ) in galaxy (Galleries) below, the optimal picture that observation mixes next a lot of other astronomy are telescopic seeing in Ha Bo.
4. ) the specific position that examines current planet and constellation.
5. ) custom-built the Overlay that changes KML content. The service of cereal song map that this and everybody had used is similar, the URL that needs a KML of a sky only duplicates to search casing inside)
6. ) finally, must not miss Earth&Library of Sky Podcasts picture, especially our teacher friends.

Everybody is OK all sorts of type network browsers below any operating systems come to have the aid of examine afore-mentioned content, need not download other software. Since roam,the universe of vast is a whole world the collective experience of people, that lets ” edition of webpage of cereal song sky ” the cosmopolitan product that becomes the name matches the reality. We were offerred amount to 26 in this locality of the language changes version. Want a visit onlyHttp://www.google.cn/sky/OK open your interstellar brigade.

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Challenge of process designing of cereal song sky

Filed under: Google Blackboard — Wrote by Lees on Monday, April 21st, 2008 @ 11:59 pm

The person that publish:  Guang Yue bars  Ping tells ┛

Challenge of cereal song process designing is one of our very notable traditional projects. Process designing ace people complex process designing problem is solved in very short time, the winner can reap honor and cash money reward not only, and organic still meeting jackarooes in Gu Ge.

Come from cloth appropriate Nuo this one of person be seleted finally that Ailisi’s Diego Gavinowich is area of Latin America of challenge of cereal song process designing, he adds item of our winter vacation exercitation before 3 months. Diego likes astronomy knowledge and network hacker very much, we gave him a brand-new process designing challenge: Finish before the exercitation ends “Vacant lot of cereal song day pursues
” process designing.

In other engineer ” 20 % time ” below the help, diego was accomplished! Several days ago vacant lot of cereal song day pursues, namely edition of webpage of cereal song sky is released formallyHttp://www.google.cn/sky/, everybody sits comfortably in the search before his browser
Heavenly body information
, listen
Of the earth and sky sow a guest
, the wonderful photograph that watchs haing suddenly binoculars to be passed and examine
Star data
.

We will add celestial function in Google Earth last year in August, first target user is us 350 million ” Google Earth ” user. After the line on map of cereal song sky, pass a browser, every person that can get online- - no matter middle and primary school gives birth to professional still astronaut,can use it to explore cosmic marvellous spectacle. Current, map of cereal song sky has the version of 26 kinds of languages, those who hope we can bring aerospace to explore to the friend of different area is brand-new experience!

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