Category: Miscellaneous
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Ever Heard of DuckDuckGo?
What is DuckDuckGo? From their official website: “DuckDuckGo is a general purpose search engine that is intended to be your starting place when searching the Internet. Use it to get way more instant answers, way less spam and real privacy, which we believe adds up to a much better overall search experience.” From their privacy…
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Spring Break Fun: Download CS6 Beta
Follow these steps to get started with Photoshop CS6 beta: Watch the Russell Brown’s 6 Favorite Features in Photoshop CS6 beta video Download and install Photoshop CS6 beta You do not need a serial number to install and use the beta. Simply select “Try. I want to try Adobe Photoshop CS6 for a limited time.”…
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Google Docs Dumps the Dictionary for the Whole Web
Spell checking powered by the web One of my early projects at Google was to improve the suggestions that are made when a query is misspelled in Google Search. The neat thing about that system is that it’s adaptive: our suggestions get smarter and smarter based on the words Googlebot sees as it explores the…
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Animated GIFs
GIFs are one of the oldest image formats used on the web. Throughout their history, they have served a huge variety of purposes, from functional to entertainment. Now, 25 years after the first GIF was created, they are experiencing an explosion of interest and innovation that is pushing them into the terrain of art. In…