Weekly News Round Up

• Keeping Your Computer and Its Contents Safe
  Tips for backing up your hard drive and protecting your computer can help minimize the risks of traveling with your laptop.
• Google updates search software with Desktop 2
  Google Inc. updated its software for searching PC hard drives and the Internet, giving the free program a new look and adding tools that deliver personalized information based on a user’s Web surfing habits.
• How Quickly Google Maps Staked Its Claim In The Online Mapping Space
  We were just talking about how the new interesting online mapping offerings seemed to come out of nowhere, and much of the credit for that has to go to Google — who breathed new life into the space, since it launched Google Maps in early February of this year. Considering that Yahoo Maps and (AOL’s) Mapquest had absolutely dominated the space for years, it’s impressive in that in only six months, Google has managed to take 10% of the market.
• New and (not) improved
  Newer equals better. So say the world’s vendors of home electronics gear, and billions of us have believed them.

Die Dulci Fruere