TechBytes: Google Gets a Jolt
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June 9, 2010— -- Google's searches are getting a jolt, as the company overhauls the technology that powers its search results. The company claims that the new system, called Caffeine, will provide 50 percent fresher results, finding links much sooner after they're published than ever before. The new technology also searches more content online, covering more of the fast-growing web.
Microsoft has started rolling out its free online version of Office. Office Web Apps includes scaled-down versions of Word, Excel, Power Point and OneNote. Users can create, review and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, slideshows and notes. The applications run through a web browser so users can access their files anywhere they can get online. Office Web Apps are available at office.live.com.
Microsoft is also rolling out a revamped version of Hotmail. The e-mail program features new organizational tools, integrates social networks and lets people watch videos or look at pictures right in their inbox. The Wall Street Journal's Katie Boehret says it's worth a look.
"It has some very helpful tools," she said. "For example, there is something called quick views, which automatically sorts your e-mails into four categories. Those include, Office docs, photos, e-mails that include shipping information. And any of those e-mails that come in automatically get sorted into those folders."
You can read Katie's full review on the Wall Street Journal website.
NASA wants to send your face into space. It's asking the public to send their pictures into space aboard one of the two remaining space shuttle flights. You can pick between Discovery, which lifts off in September, or Endeavor, which is targeted for November. To upload your picture, go to faceinspace.nasa.gov. After the flight, participants can download a special certificate.
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