We Love Google

Google is the world's most popular search engine. But there's a lot more to Google than just searching. In this episode, Chris and Gihan share their top 10 Google tools.



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Our top 10:

10. YouTube - publish and share videos
9. Adwords/Adsense - paid advertising
8. Picasa - publish and share photos
7. Google Earth/Sky/Ocean - virtual tour of the earth, sky and ocean
6. iGoogle - create your browser start page
5. Docs - collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations
4. Blogger - create your own blog
3. Toolbar - handy access to Google's services
2. Reader - read your favourite blogs
1. Search - search the Web

More complete lists of Google products:

• from Wikipedia
• List of Google Services and Products(Tech Talks)

New products that we're excited about:

• Chrome: the OS and browser
• Wave: next generation email protocol
• Android: the mobile phone/PDA operating system

On-Line Music

If you're new to the world of getting music on-line rather than buying it on CD, listen to this podcast, which describes the current state of play with on-line music, both for purchase and free.



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Broadly, there are two ways to listen to on-line music

1. Acquisition: download audio files and then listen to them
2. Access: stream audio from the "cloud"

The trend appears to be moving from the traditional ownership (acquisition) model to access model.

Useful Web sites

• Our previous podcast "Cloud Computing" is fundamental to the "Access" model
• Our previous podcast "Free is the New Business Model" has significant implications for music.

Digital Rights Management: Technology that punishes legal fans!

• Cartoon courtesy of XKCD
• Has the RIAA declared DRM to be dead?
• Big Content: ludicrous to expect DRMed music to work forever (even more reason to avoid DRM)