IMPROVE YOUR BLOG WITH ODIGO PODCAST FOR FREE.

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The Odiogo Podcast Producer Servers generate high quality audio files from textual posts in an RSS feed. They monitor the feeds on a regular basis and produce MP3s as new content is posted. The three main processes performed by the Podcast Producer Servers are normalization, phonetization and speech synthesis. More details on the text-to-speech process can be found in our White Paper.

The Odiogo Advertising Servers insert audio spots into the content.

The Odiogo Billing Servers calculate the revenue share among the parties. They also provide comprehensive usage statistics such as number of downloads, geographical distribution of end-users, number of ads, downloads, etc.

The new Odiogo-enabled RSS files are stored on Odiogo Storage Servers. iPod/MP3 players, PCs and mobile phones can fetch the audio files directly from the Odiogo Storage servers.

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Our solutions can be used by content providers like Mainstream Media and Bloggers.

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Here is how it works: Odiogo downloads the latest articles from the registered RSS feed. It extracts the relevant text from the page (only the white zones in the screenshot below) and converts it into a high quality spoken-word MP3 file that can be listened to on an iPod, MP3 player, phone or the PC. It's that simple and powerful! Not convinced yet? Click the Play button to listen to this article.

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Do you have a favorite blog you like to read every morning? I hope Yahoo! Tech is one of those blogs, but what if I were to tell you about a new service that will make it easier for you to get your daily fix...straight from your iPod? It's estimated that the average online reader will visit more than 35 different web sites on a daily basis, although I'm convinced most of us have more than 35 favorite blogs we read every day. And guess where we're reading them? You guessed it, the office. Shocker. According to AdAge, "one in four people in the labor force visit blogs and on average spend 3.5 hours, or 9 percent of the work week engaged in them." In a time when employers monitor your every move online, it would be wise to take extra precautions by downloading content to your personal thumb drive or iPod instead of leaving tracks of your surfing habits on your PC. But how do you download blogs? Odiogo is the first service of its kind that downloads your favorite blogs into your iPod, even if those blogs don't actually have a podcast. This has to be the easiest way for bloggers to become podcasters without lifting a finger. Odiogo is a web application that will easily convert text entries into high-fidelity voice files ready to play in iPods, MP3 players, phones, and laptops. The program extracts articles from sites that have subscribed to the service, then hosts the audio files on their servers. Think of Odiogo as a DVR for blogs. It saves your favorite content which you can rewind, play, and even fast-forward through right from your iPod or computer. The audio quality of these voice files is simply superb. You can't get a better audio quality from a free service, and did I mention this is free to bloggers? Odiogo has revamped their service, and is inviting bloggers to sign up for this service free of charge. All bloggers have to do after subscribing, is post a link to their Odiogo podcast feed so their visitors can easily download these audio files or even signup for future articles via iTunes. If you're a blogger, why not sign up for Odiogo, and offer your audience another way they can enjoy your wonderful writing, without compromising their day job. And yes, thanks to this service you can get this feed straight to your iPod by subscribing to iTunes. Thanks, Odiogo! I'm sure my active readers will benefit from this awesome service.

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Subscribing to the feed:

For each monitored feed, Odiogo produces the following files:

	HTML file: It helps end users subscribe to the podcast. Links for the most popular podcast clients are provided. The file also lists all the items in the feed and provides a link to listen to the MP3 file on the computer. The HTML file for Gina Hughes: Yahoo! Tech feed is: http://podcasts.odiogo.com/gina-hughes/podcasts-html.php
	XHTML file: A 'light' version of the HTML file for use on mobile devices. The XHTML file for Gina Hughes: Yahoo! Tech feed is: http://podcasts.odiogo.com/gina-hughes/podcasts-xhtml.php
	XML/RSS file: The XML/RSS file allows iTunes, Juice or any RSS readers to download and listen to the podcasts. The XML/RSS file for Gina Hughes: Yahoo! Tech feed is: http://podcasts.odiogo.com/gina-hughes/podcasts-xml.php

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VIDEO OF THE FUTURE STREET ADDS.VIDEO TAKEN FROM THE FUTUTRE

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Art cars, Future cars, Technology cars, Muscile cars and more

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We thought we’d take a little break from the usual and take a look at some cool art cars that geeks have modded into their own visions of coolness. So here’s some random pimped out tonnage of pure nerd love coming at ya. When a nerd has a car, all things are possible…Though it will usually end up having something to do with the Star Wars universe.

VW Microbus Ball-A piece of art by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top fame. He took a vw microbus and made it into a VW ball. Truly a thing of beauty. The tires unfold when you need em. This is what we need to see more of on the road. Or in the sky for that matter.

Circuit Board Car-Someone went a little crazy with circuit boards. This one must be blinding in direct sunlight. You have to wonder how much weight the boards added to the car in total.

The Pyramid Car-This pyramid electric car weighs 8,000-pounds and is powered by 80-batteries, with four engines. It can supposedly reach speeds of up to 45mph. I love how the canopy pops open like a Colonial Viper from Battlestar Galactica. It was built by a Father and his two sons.

The Pac-Man car-This is the best way to outrun ghosts that I have seen yet. And it attracts the ladies.

The Subaru Outback Ecto-1-This guy started a thread on the NASIOC forums (North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club) to showcase his 2003 Subaru Outback which he’s converted into a slightly smaller version of the Ecto-1 from the Ghostbusters films.

The Floppy Disk car-A 1998 Honda Civic covered with computer keys and, of course, floppy disks.

U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-7 Shuttlecar-Now this is truly a geek ride. The only thing that could make it better is if they sold Ice cream from the back of this thing.

Star Wars Landspeeder-You probably remember this one from a while back. The vehicle was actually licensed in California. It just needs a few droids and your Uncle dressed as Ben Kenobi.

Jawa Sandcrawler-I had no idea that Jawas attended Burning Man. I hope they collected enough robot parts to really stick it to the Skywalkers this season.

The X-Wing…car-A California guy modded his Honda del Sol into Luke’s X-Wing Fighter. It even has R2 astromech droid in the rear, some burns, and the Rebel insignia, and laser blasters on the car doors.

Battlestar Galactica Viper-Dean Shorey built this car, based on the Vipers from classic Battlestar Galactica, by hand. I would love to see this thing coming down the street.

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WHATS MAKING GOOGLE BUSY--JUST UPDATED

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Just launched!

• Colored folder names Use colored folder names to make items in specific folders stand out in your Docs list. Learn more

• Change document ownership If you create a document and later want to make someone else the owner, now you can! Select the document or presentation (not yet implemented for spreadsheets) in the Docs list and select More Actions > Change Owner. Learn more

• Gadgets in spreadsheets Ever wish you could map your spreadsheet data? Pivot around it? Plot it on a fancy chart? Create any visualization you want by choosing from our existing library of gadgets, or writing your own. The power is yours. Learn more

• Get spreadsheet updates by email When you want to know when collaborators are editing certain spreadsheets, set notification rules to be notified by email - you'll even get a link which shows you what's been changed! Learn more

• Function improvements Do math faster. Function autocomplete helps you remember exactly how a formula is spelled and what parameters it needs. For example, typing "SU" lets you choose between SUM, SUMIF, and SUMPRODUCT. Parameters are faster, too. Now you get a hint when you select a formula name, and you can use arrow keys to select cells. Learn more

• Historical quotes using GoogleFinance The GoogleFinance function can now be used to view historical prices of stocks. Just specify the stock and a date range (or number of days) and get values of open, close, volume etc. of stocks for those days. This is valid for the Nasdaq, New York, American and London exchanges. Learn more

• New Functions to Sort and Filter If you want more options to filter and sort lists, try the Sort(), Filter() and Unique() functions. These are really powerful. Learn more

• Most of Google Docs now in 40 languages We've added support for two right-to-left languages, Arabic and Hebrew, in all features of Google Docs except for spreadsheets. We figured that "most" support sooner is better...so that brings our grand total languages supported to 40 for most of Google Docs! Learn more

• Forms: spreadsheet editing for the rest of us Create a form and invite people to fill it out. They won't need to sign in, and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically generated web page. Answers will be automatically added to your spreadsheet. Learn more

• Keep track of forms and responses on your iGoogle page Add the Google Docs Forms Gadget to your iGoogle page to keep an eye on form responses. This gadget lists your most recently active forms, with new responses highlighted. Jump directly to the form results from your iGoogle homepage. Learn more or

• Chart labels, clearly A picture is worth a thousand words, but only when the words on the picture look right. With improved chart labels, you'll be able to more easily describe your data with axis labels which are automatically formatted and rotated to fit. Learn more

• Freeze Columns Freezing columns makes it easier to navigate a wide spreadsheet. We know many of you who were patiently waiting for this one - but we won't name names ;) Learn more

• Images in spreadsheets A picture is worth a thousand words (oh - did we use that one already?). Now you can include photos, logos, icons, or any other images in your spreadsheet. Learn more

• Insert shapes to your presentation Basic shapes: circles, rectangles, arrows, and comment bubbles. Create basic diagrams and annotate your slides using simple, elegant shapes. Learn more

• Save presentations as PDF Easily save a copy as PDF for presenting offline. Learn more

• More print options for your slides Now you can print 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, or 12 slides on a single sheet of paper. Save trees and still get useful handouts to share! Learn more

• Charting improvements We've added a new chart type. Use an area chart when you want to color the area beneath a charted line.

• Corrected logic for Cut/Paste If you were ever frustrated when you cut and pasted a cell and the formulas which pointed to that cell didn't reflect that change, then you'll be happy to know that we finally fixed this. Now, the cut and paste action will also update formulas which depended on those cells which were moved. Learn More

• Drag & drop cells You can now drag and drop cell(s) as a shortcut for moving them from one location to another. Just select the cell(s) you want to move, position your mouse pointer over the edge of the selected region and drag the whole range to its new location. Cell formulas pointing to those cells should change to reflect the move - and don't forget to use UNDO (ctrl-Z or cmd-z) if you moved something incorrectly. Learn More

• Hierarchical folders Create sub-folders...and sub-folders of sub-folders...and sub-folders of sub-folders of sub-folders... get organized for the new year! Learn more

• Renaming docs and folders Rename documents and folders from the Docs home toolbar (the new Rename option is now between Delete and More Actions).

• New printing features in documents Get more control over your printed documents - set page orientation, change paper size (A4 or 8.5" x 11"), choose whether to include page numbers and customize your margins. Learn more

• Rearrange slides more easily Select multiple slides and drag to move or duplicate (by holding down Ctrl while dragging) No more having to move them one at a time. Learn more

• Customize the background Change your slides' background to an uploaded image or a variety of solid colors. You can change the background for the whole presentation or just a single slide. Learn more

• Embeddable presentations Embed your slideshow anywhere: use the embed code on the "Publish" tab to put your slides on any website, including your blog. Learn more

• Import slides from another presentation Easily insert slides from other presentations: select slides from PowerPoint files or other Google presentations to add to your current presentation. Talk about reusing slides! Learn more

• Add images to your presentation from any website Easily drag images into your slides: just go to any website and drag the image directly onto a slide. No more saving to the desktop and inserting it. Learn more

• Support for 13 more languages Now you can use the Google Docs interface in even more languages: Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian. Learn more

• View Google Docs on your mobile phone Point your phone's web browser to docs.google.com/m to view your documents on the go. Check what team you're playing against as you head to the soccer fields or reference your latest guest list as you meet with your in-laws-to-be. Learn more about Google Docs on mobile devices.

• Hide data to eliminate clutter You can now hide (and unhide) rows and columns in your spreadsheets. Just highlight the range you'd like to hide, right-click, and choose the Hide Rows or Hide Columns option from the drop down menu. Learn more

• Conditional formatting Need to keep track of a complex or quickly changing spreadsheet? Now you can format the text and background colors of spreadsheet cells based on rules. Learn more

• Create and share presentations Presentations are finally here. With this new feature you can create and collaborate on presentations with your colleagues and friends - your days of consolidating email feedback on storyboards are over. And since the presentation is online you can share and view it in real time with anyone at anytime. Finally, since "Google Docs, Spreadsheets and Presentations" was a mouthful we also updated the name to be "Google Docs". Learn more

• Use Google Docs in 10 more languages We've worked hard to make Google Docs more accessible to people around the globe. You can now use the Google Docs interface in Danish, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Learn more

• Type less, get more Autofill lets you drag the special handle to fill in cells with existing patterns such as numbers, words, or dates. For a bonus, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Alt (Mac) to get answers from Google Sets. Learn more

• New advanced functions For those of you who love advanced functions, we've added five new functions that can pull in data from Google Reader and from filetypes such as: xml, html, csv, tsv. The data you receive automatically updates every few hours. Learn more

• Add. Faster. Look in the lower right corner to see a quick preview of the sum of your currently selected cells. Learn more

• A new tool for freezing rows and sorting the spreadsheet Organize and sort your spreadsheet quickly using the sortbar under each column. You can also drag the sortbar to freeze rows that you always want to keep at the top, such as instructions or headers. Learn more

• Use any browser to read Google Docs Internet cafe in Mongolia? Borrowing a computer at Great-Aunt Ella's house? Now, when you're using a web browser that doesn't support the editing and collaboration parts of Google Docs & Spreadsheets, you can still log in to see your content. Which browsers are supported?

• What are my collaborators looking at? When multiple people are working in a spreadsheet at the same time, cell presence indicators show you where they are. Learn more

• Organize your documents with folders As your documents grow in number, we wanted to make it easier to manage and organize them by adding folders. Create a folder by clicking the "New" button in the upper left hand corner, select "Folder" and add the name of the folder. Now just drag and drop any document into it or add one document to multiple folders. Learn more

• Easier invitations You shared your concerns about the old invitation system: needing to invite everyone on a mailing list, or having problems inviting users who had multiple addresses and multiple Google Accounts. So we've simplified our invitations to work better in those cases. Best of all, inviting people is as easy as ever. Learn more

• New keyboard shortcuts We added a dozen new keyboard shortcuts to the editor to speed up common operations. Learn more

• Right to left text support Now you can select either Left to Right or Right to Left directionality when typing in a document or spreadsheet cell. Users who wish to write in Hebrew or Arabic will find it much easier to compose documents in these languages. Learn more

• Charts! Now it's easy to show data in simple graphics to friends or co-workers with charts. Select from various styles to meet your visualization needs. Learn more

• Range names Now you can reference a range of cells in any formula by a nickname (like "zipcodes") instead of cell letters and numbers (like "A2:M33"). Learn more

• Comments Feel like leaving a comment for yourself or a friend on a spreadsheet? Now you can leave comments on any spreadsheet cell for all to see. Learn more

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WATER FULE. A GREAT INNOVATION USE WATER TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY, RUN YOUR CAR AND DO MORE

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google games, thats why no one can beet it.

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Here is a list of Google-related games. If you know more, please add them in the comments!

• Google Image Quiz Guess what was being searched for by looking at Google Image result
• Tripods A multiplayer Google Maps Game
• 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google My book contains different Google games and more
• Guess the Place You will be presented Google Maps spots and need to guess the location’s name
• Battleship Google Earth Google Earth as platform for mobile gaming
• Google Earth Game “The earth’s biggest game”
• Montage-a-Google About the same as the Google Image Quiz
• Goggles Fly over Google Maps satellite images (and shoot the scenery)
• The eBay Ad Search Game aka EBads Get points for finding funny Google ads
• The Google Face Game Just goofy faces via Google Images
• Google Adventure Play a text adventure taking place inside the Googleplex
• Google Wildcard Search Game Enter a phrase with a wildcard, and the missing word is shown
• What’s Searched for More? A Google Trends game
• Googlewhack Find a two-words search query with exactly 1 result
• The Google Snake Game A group game with Google results
• Capture the Map A strategy game
• Google Blackjack Game Guess whose page count is higher
• Google Caricatures Shows caricatures of celebrities via Google Images
• Google Rotated View Google... rotated (needs Internet Explorer)
• Theorybot Shows a randomt theory with a little help from the Google API
• Egobot Chat with the web
• What am I searching? Guess what was being searched for just by looking at a Google result page
• Gwigle Like above game
• The Google Maps Risk Game This one got Cease & Desisted by Hasbro, so it’s offline now
• Egogoogling game Enter your name followed by the word “is”, and put the search into quotes. Now look at the result snippets...
• Find Skull Island A game for the King Kong movie utilizing Google’s maps
• Google Earthing Locate the image on Google Earth
• Brewster Jennings Protects America A “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego” spin-off on Google maps
• Needle in a Haystack, Pick a Number, and In Other Words Three different games proposed by Scott Kim
• Google Personalized Homepage Games Games you can play on the Google homepage
• Google Fight Pitch two search terms against each other
• Google Battle Similar to above
• Guess the Google Also like above
• Endgame Play world war on Google Maps
• The Gmail Memory Chain Game Tests the memory of players

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Yahoo Redesign With Centered Logo

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The last time the Yahoo homepage saw a major overhaul was in May 2006. Now, another redesign moves the logo from the left side back into the middle again (Martin in the comments notes this was already rolled out for some time in UK/ Ireland). Those looking for a more uncluttered homepage however still need to go to search.yahoo.com or google.com. *Note that in the early days, Yahoo’s homepage didn’t define any background color... which back in the mid-1990s, depending on your browser and settings, would default to gray. Update: Peter comments, “Yeah, but the input [areas] were not gray, and the 3d shading was different.” __