Google has rolled out a new feature for its mobile Google Maps that allows you to track your location, even if your phone does not have a GPS. The service uses cell towers to pinpoint your location on the map, and according to Google it has an accuracy of approximately 200 to 1000 meters.

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The program lets you do smooth sailing flybyes of the entire Earth. You can easily fly to any spot on the globe, by entering any associated data, like street addresses, place names or lat/long coordinates. There are overlays that put additional information on the map, like roads, international boundaries, terrain, 3D buildings, crime statistics, schools, [...]

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Google Gears is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:

Store and serve application resources locally
Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness

Download: Google Gears (BETA)
Google Gears Home Page

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Google Desktop brings the power of Google search to your personal files, is now available for linux. It does not run on a emulated layer (wine) instead requires glibc 2.3.2+, gtk+ 2.2.0+.
Features:

Quick Search box: Just press ctrl twice and you get the quick search box.
Search your Gmail and web history: Allows you to search your [...]

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Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the photos on your PC. Whenever you open Picasa, it will automatically locates all your pictures and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new [...]

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Google Earth is a free-of-charge, downloadable virtual globe program. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.
Features:

Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in.
Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
Tilt and rotate the [...]

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