Google’s made another enhancement to their search engine by added scanned document to their indexes as announced in their blog (A picture of a thousand words?)

This technology has been implemented by using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, which is able to extract text from images. This OCR technology able to read typewritten or printed text, handwritten or whatever document that can be scanned into digital form.

In fact, this OCR technology has been existed for a while. But Google didn’t implement it because of the accuracy problem - as Google target to improve the accuracy as much as possible before implement it to achieve the highest quality.

You can view the example of these documents here: Steady success in a volatile world

Online shopping has become something of a craze in recent times. This is because of the hassle free shopping experience, heavy discounts, wide range of items, objects and categories and free shipping or delivery service it offers- all of which are accessible from the comforts of your home. You don`t need to put one step outside your home to achieve all these things.

All you need to do is to switch on the internet which is open 24×7 throughout the year, sitting comfortably on your chair, type in the name of the product you want to purchase in the search engine and wait for less than a second.

You will be bombarded with the site addresses of thousands of online stores selling that particular product. Select any reputed online store you like, browse through their categories, read up the details and description of the product, click on ADD TO CART and you are done. In most cases you have to pay through your debit/credit card or plastic money and you can be assured that reputed sites wont leak out your personal information.

Online shopping offers advantages like comparison of the prices of the same product among various online stores; moreover you can order as many items as you need. The delivery boys of these stores will hand deliver your goods to you at your doorstep.

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Microsoft said they will release Windows Vista SP2 beta version tomorrow (October 29th) as announced in Windows Blog (Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta). However, this Vista SP2 beta is available to test for only some customers of Technology Adoption Program.

Windows Vista SP2 will be integrated the following enhancement:
- Bluetooth 2.1 to adopt the latest specification of Bluetooth Technology.
- Supports Blu-Ray media recording
- Improved Wi-Fi configuration with Windows Connect Now (WCN)
- Supports UTC timestamps with ex-FAT file system.
- Faster search and more relevant result with the new Windows Search 4.0. Group Policy is allowed as well.

The full version of Windows Vista SP2 is expected to be released in the first half of 2009.

Notebook or laptop is a small version of desktop computer as they can do all the tasks that desktop computer does. The only different is their weight and size which notebook computer is weightier and smaller than desktop computer. There are many factors that you need to look at before buying a new notebook computer. Here are the 9 most important tips and tricks to find the suitable notebook before you buy:

1. Processor – Processor plays the major part of every computer. It determines the speed of your notebook and determines how many tasks can be done in amount of time. If you are going to use the notebook for heavy work such as gaming, video/audio converting or 3D rendering, you might need a high end CPU such as Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion X2.

2. RAM – Notebook memory is also the most important thing, but usually you need at least 1GB RAM for Windows XP and 2GB RAM for Windows Vista for excellent performance.

3. Hard Disk Size – If you need to store big file size such as video/movie or music, you need a big amount of hard disk size, but usually 100GB-160GB is already enough. Optionally, you can increase the space with an external hard drive. For more information about the important of external hard drive, please view my previous post - Why External Hard Disk is Important?

4. Brand and support – this is the most important thing because computer world is always evolved. In the future, you might need to upgrade your operating system. For that, you need another set of driver that compatible with your operating system. Make sure you choose the notebook computer that has high upgradeability.

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The first ever Google’s Android operating system Smartphone – G1, has been launched on this Wednesday (22nd Oct).

This G1 Smartphone is available in cities where T-Mobile’s 3G service is available, this including Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Boston, and Seattle. T-Mobile’s made their first sale ever of the G1 Smartphone at Tuesday evening in San Francisco.

T-Mobile G1 features a QWERTY keyboard, touch screen, trackball navigation, Global Positioning System (GPS) and with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. Please view my previous post for more information - T-Mobile G1 - Google Enters Mobile Devices Market.

Source - http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10072545-94.html

Related Links:
- Introducing the T-Mobile G1
- Android Open Source Project
- Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project