I think Google is starting to become even more powerful on the internet, then Microsoft is with software. If there’s a good idea out there that Google hasn’t thought of, then it’s more than likely that they’re going to try to swoop in to steal it. Their newest form of mimicry comes by way of their Knol service.

Wikipedia has pretty much become the “library” of the internet. If you want to know a quick fact about something in the world, then Wikipedia more than likely has it. It’s this fast access to information that has made it so successful. Wikipedia has been so successful in fact, Google has now launched their own version.

I’ve been keeping an eye on Knol since its launch, and so far I’d give it a mixed review. Easily the strongest aspect of Knol is the showing of the authors for different posts. That way you can know who really knows what they’re talking about, along with the ones who don’t. The problem is with this strong feature, there’s a drawback as well. With different posts being submitted, the experience isn’t nearly as streamlined as Wikipedia. When using Wikipedia, the bulk of the information is all on that front page for you to view. While searching through Knol, you have to click through different posts to find certain pieces of information.

So far I wouldn’t prefer Knol to Wikipedia just yet. While Wikipedia might have content issues, it’s still the place to go for that quick bit of information you’re looking for (but I still wouldn’t use it for a research paper).

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RapidShare is one of the biggest and fastest in one-click file hosting arena, despite being the most popular file-sharing service rapidshare.com lacks file search feature, The main reason: they lack this feature is to avoid searching of copyrighted files by their legal owners getting illegally distributed by this pirate friendly file-hosting service. Here is a Quick List on Rapidshare: Top Search Engines to Search Files

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The iPod Touch is hardware is similar to the iPhone. Some smart guys at Touch Mods have developed a way to use the iPod Touch as a VOIP phone!

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Download Adium 1.2 for Free

Adium, finally out of beta status. Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. With Adium, you can connect to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services and then chat with other people using those services.

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