Analyst say that Google is looking to invade into the MP3 downloading industry. They speculate that Google is in the midst of creating its own Apple iTunes competitor, which is called 'Google Tunes'.

"We would expect Google to rollout a [MP3 downloading] Beta service within 3 to 6 months. We note that Google has not confirmed our expectations, and that our thinking is based on Mosaic theory," said Peck. "However, we do think this fits with Google's recent moves and its ultimate goal of organizing the world's information."

Source: Google May Be Close To Developing iTunes Competitor


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Zoep, an Internet Telephony service, have released Zoep Browser Phone for Firefox browser. Zoep Phone is a Firefox addon/plugin that lets you make free web calls to other Zoep users from Firefox browser.



PC-to-PC calls are free and like other services there is a prepaid PC to Phone option. Zoep can compatible with other Jabber based services like Google GTalk for Instant Messaging.

Zoep Firefox extension is currently for Windows only. It requires Firefox Voice-mail, SMS and an inbound phone number to accept incoming calls from land phones or mobile phones and are expected in future version of Zoep.

Install Zoep Firefox Extension | Zoep Homepage
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Has your computer hard drive has started making some sounds lately, it could actually mean that soon hard drive would be going to fail.

Often failing hard drives show a warning sign of its imminent demise. If you're lucky enough to intercept one of these signs, then try to backup your harddrive to a DVD or to other harddisk soon.

Hitachi the harddisk gaint has released wav sound files that may lead to failing of an hard drive. It is intended to help and diagnose if the sounds of the hard drive that are making are indicative of near failing drive.

If a hard disk noise produce any of the following noises, it could mean that the Hard Disk Head is damaged and can fail anytime:

Here Listen to these .wav files - 1 2 3 4
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Here few tricks that seem to work on Google.

To find the top Ranked websites enter just the "http" in the search box and search.

Google results tops Microsoft, W3 and Altavista while Yahoo gives more logical results - The top Yahoo result for HTTP are W3.org while the second results link to Wikipedia.

Entering only "www" in your search to see how Google ranks the top sites.

Yahoo shows Hotmail at the top of its results while Google shows Yahoo as the first link.

MSN results tops Slashdot.org for both these search queries.


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