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Browser version of Google Earth

Filed under: Google,Internet — Tags: , , — Ehsan @ 7:17 am March 14, 2008

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On Thursday Google has reveled the Browser version of it much famed Application Google Earth, so any of you guys who don’t want to download the Google Earth Application or want to use the Google Earth Application on some other PC which doesn’t have Google Earth installed you can use the Browser version of Google Earth which is being called Google Sky i wonder why the change of name for the browser version.

Google Sky will allows you to zoom in and out and browse around the celestial bodies, search for planets and galaxies and view the sky through infrared, x-ray, ultraviolet, and microwave views. It also includes galleries of some of the best photos taken by the Hubble telescope. You can also listen to podcasts and look at historical maps of the sky.g

Visit Google Sky

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta

Filed under: Software — Ehsan @ 11:48 pm March 5, 2008

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Microsoft has just released Beta version of the much improved Internet Explorer 8 sooner than expected you can download the Beta version right now (Download Link at the End of the Post) but beware we have heard that Internet Explorer 7 overwrites the old installation of Internet Explorer 7 or IE7, The IE8 download is available for the following systems

  • Microsoft Windows Vista® Service Pack 1 (SP1),
  • Windows Vista,
  • Windows XP® Service Pack 2 (SP2),
  • Windows Server® 2008 and
  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

The main new features of IE8 include an interactive activities menu , Web Slices a new feature for website’s to connect to their users by subscribing to content directly within a webpage
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