Google wave

One of the great things about google, is that it gets products out to the normal people. They are often simple and really great to use. Say Gmail, a great too, ZERO spam and a very simple yet very effective interface.

Now google, revealed something really stunning in I/O, that I have recently started to use. Its called google wave, and its google's idea of a 'revolutionary' new way to communicate.

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Now, I have been using it for quite some time now. Its a great product believe me, it is an integrated chat interface with e-mail like qualities, all in real time. Its still not fully functional yet, it does not even have an options menu operational. But, it is something that will surely rival microsoft's sharepoint.

Now the idea is simply: to work together without needing to ever go to each other's houses. I also have belief that it will be quite good fore slow connections as it is written in HTML 5 and not flash.

The things you can do

What cant you do???

This sleek new product has great potential. You can collaborate projects in real time, meaning u can work on the same document or presentation file at the same time, and in real time, you can see what your friends are doing. But how fast it is updated all depends on your  internet speed.

Although the interface takes a while to get used to, it seems seemless after the first few visits. The UI is still in the works, but it seems very well done, just needs to work out the bugs.

So if you have projects to do with you friends, and dont want to or cant go to their houses, you dont need to. If you have a 512 kbps connection, it'll be be like they are there.

It has a nice brainstorm app, that allow you to make drawings, and plans and share them all in real time. Infact, I see this becoming a great tool for tablets.

It works fine with all browsers, although I would encourage people not to use IE8. Firefox runs it superbly.

However, it does seem a little has some codes that need fixing, and it needs more extensions and customisations, which will eventually come.

Coming back to the great features, it has a great spell checker, that searches the web to get the right word, in the context of wat you type. So good infact, that if you turn it to auto, you wont even notice a problem with your spelling, and for me I had no typos.

The idea behind it all is to make working 2gether easier. You can request a free account at this website:
Google Wave

Opera

Opera released a monster of a web-browser recently. Amazingly fast, check it out here: HERE

The only thing missing is a good ad-block add on

What on earth ever happened to Piczo?

Hey u guys, I get curious sometimes, bcoz, when i was in like yr8. I loved a site called Piczo.

It was like a nice sitebuilder. It wasn't that bad, although my site sucked.

Now, nobody ever talks abt it.

So have u ever had a piczo account?

I barely see anyone there anymore, all on facebook.

Why not New Zealand?

There are 5 mainly english speaking countries

1. USA
2. UK
3. Canada
4. Australia
5. New Zealand

Well, I have heard almost all people going to the first 4, but never New Zealand....

Never realised why

Edexcel's very helpful professionals

Edexcel has started a new thing called ask the expert. I find it a nice way to answer queries. It can also help you if you think a markscheme is wrong, or do not know how to mark yourself.
They usually reply within 24 hours. So if you need help with something very important or something that you need confrmation from the source, then this the is the place to do to.

To take benefit of this service, simple press here: Ask the Expert

Student Tech advice

Every now and then, you will get this problem if you are a student. And that is "I cant concentrate because of the rack-it". But, there is a simple solution that may help you out. Binaural. There are plenty available to download at this website: here. There is one called 'study' that will help you concentrate, quite well actually. There are many others that help you simply relax. For be it has always worked, you simply need to adjust the volume so that it suits you.

Please post anything about this. Will be happy to hear from you.

Web Browser Battle

Well as an enthusiast in web browsers, I cant help but express how excited I am about how things have heated up. It seems like the final showdown, with every browser about to give it everything they can possibly give.

To begin with, IE9 is going to some sth special. I can feel it. Its about time that MS got back into the game. IE7and IE8 were both pathetic and slacky browsers. Although they did have new features such as accelarators and slices. The bottom line was that it was just not functional, and way too slow for todays game.

Google chrome is a bugatti on nitro, amazing speed is what this baby is all about. But it is too simple. It lacks the support that Firefox has. But, you never know, google is full of suprises. But, this is soooper on functionality.