Monthly Archive for July, 2005

First Screenshots of Vista Beta 1

You can see interesting things in these screenshots besides the new GUI. Quick search of your programs, a virtual folder feature allowing you to find (and I assume sort) your files by something other then the file system, and a search box (I assume a newer version of MSN Desktop Search) on every explorer window.

Vista Screenshots

Ruff Commute

I used to live in North Virginia, with 1-2 hour commutes being common. Now check me out: 6.8 miles in about 10 minutes.

Google Maps (Hybrid)

Google Shortcut

Some of these are amazing.

Google Earth: explore earth in 3D (requires you to install software, but super cool)
http://earth.google.com/

Google Suggest: Have google suggest words in your search as your typing:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

Google Print: search the full text of books
http://print.google.com/

Google Web Searching Features: find stock quotes, phone numbers, convert currency, use a calculator, spell checker, translate web pages… all from the regular google search
http://www.google.com/help/features.html

Google Picasa: flat out the best picture organizer out there. Throw away your digital camera software, this is the best.
http://www.picasa.com/

Google Catalogs: Beth, throw away all your catalogs… now they are online:
http://catalogs.google.com/

Google ride finder: Track Taxi’s and Shuttle services real time in major cities (find the car closest to you using GPS to track the cars)
http://labs.google.com/ridefinder

Google Video: Search TV and video
http://video.google.com/

Google Scholar: Search journal articles and other scholarly literature
http://scholar.google.com/

Google Froogle: Find prices on anything
http://froogle.google.com/

Google Froogle Wireless: search prices from your phone (you can type in UPC codes on stuff at the store and get comparison pricing)
http://labs.google.com/frooglewml.html

Google SMS: lookup all kinds of things like movies, directions, restaurants, etc from your phone, even if you don’t have Internet on your phone
http://www.google.com/sms/

Google Local: just show results in a certain location, like VA Beach!
http://local.google.com/