Google Talk?

I’ve been following this in the Blogosphere for some time now. And today major online news sites have been talking about it.

What’s interesting is that they are quoting Reuters, who intern are quoting an LA Times report. Hope we are not going around in circles here…. Personally my sense of precognition tells me that Google will go ahead and launch an IM product.

The best part of the rumor is that this googly IM thingy will be based on Jabber!

Here are some of the links:
LA Times.com | Technology
Reuters
USA Today
CNET.com News
ZDNet.com News
Softpedia News
bnc: The Blog News Channel

And of course there’s always more on: Google News.

Gartner: Google's Sidebar is best in class!

Analyst group Gartner has welcomed the second version of Google's desktop search application, saying that it is an improvement on competitive offerings from Yahoo and Apple.

This is a significant endorsement for Google, as Gartner had criticised the first version of the desktop search tool for creating worrying security issues for IT managers and chief information officers.

Source: ZDNet UK News

Catholic Concerns

"I joined the Roman Catholic Church because I was looking for God. I entered the convent because I wanted to be close to God and to serve Him with radical devotion. But it wasn't until after I left Catholicism that I found the kind of relationship with God that I had been looking for all along. You can read about it in my poems."

"My testimony is not unusual. A number of former Catholics have written me sharing how they found a living, personal relationship with God when they became born-again, Bible-believing Protestants."

- Mary Ann Collins, A Former Catholic Nun.

Yea, that would make her a Protestant, rather a believer of the Lord Jesus Christ. See her site: Catholic Concerns:

5 mistakes to avoid to make sure your CV is a winner!

Source: rediff.com

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory

As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed, and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling.

"Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down," said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.

Source: The Onion

Frist voices support for ‘intelligent design’

Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said 'intelligent design' should be taught in public schools alongside evolution.

Source:Politics |MSNBC.com

Apostate 'Church' Spreads Aids

Church bodies that endorse practicing homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle are lying to their people. Therefore, they add to their sin of condoning that which is abhorrent to God their deceit messages in furthering sodomy.

Where the Christian Church should be preaching holiness of heart and life, thereby calling sinners to repent of their spiritual waywardness in order to come into newness of life in Christ, apostate segments go the way of Satan by encouraging wickedness and disease spread.

Source: The Conservative Voice

Radio City lines up slew of new shows in Bangalore

Radio City 91 FM is introducing a whole new host of English shows for its Bangalore station, starting 22 August.

Nite Mix from 9 pm - midnight will be a one-stop shop for world class English music. While on Sundays from 2 - 5 pm Vintage 91 will treat listeners with classics from the yesteryears. And to top it all, there is an International Top 25 featuring the latest chartbusters in English music on Saturdays from 6 - 9 pm.

Source: Indiantelevision.com

Timepass of the Day - tinygrow

A fellow stumbler, Kiki232 comments "no clue what the point is, but it's pretty and fun to play with".

Ya, its fun - you dont know whats going to spring up next.

Odd News of The Day: Germ Warfare!

"British troops combating the heat and dust of
Iraq and Afghanistan have a new weapon in their armory — germ-fighting underwear."

British Soldiers Get Germ-Fighting Undies - Yahoo! News

India's New Worldly Women

"Indian women traditionally have been submissive to parents and husbands and valued frugality and modesty, a number of sociological studies show that young Indian females now prize financial independence, freedom to decide when to marry and have children, and glamorous careers"

Online Extra: India's New Worldly Women - Yahoo! News

HPANA - An Example of Content Aggregation, RSS and Community

HPANA is the "The Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator".

I am not a Harry Potter fan (sorry folks… but I luv all you fans out there). But the concept behind The Daily Prophet is phenomenal.

This site caught my attention on Google News - since it made it in to the Feedster Top 500.

Feedster Top 500 Blogs List

Feedster's list of 500 of the most interesting and important blogs for AUG 2005

* Siteings *

I have been blogging about some good sites I found through fellow Stumblers on * Siteings *.

The image above was captured by Bill Anders of the Apollo 8 mission on Christmas Eve, 1968. It has been described as “the most influential environmental photograph ever taken" by the late adventure photographer Galen Rowell. The image is part of the book titled "100 Photographs that Changed the World"

Found through: The Digital Journalist

Kenneth Parker, Wave Cloud over Kangtega and Thamserku

www.kennethparker.com - Some of the best images I have ever seen in my life....

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'
- Ode on a Grecian Urn, John Keats. 1795–1821

'Apologies are not enough'

'Apologies are not enough'
Originally uploaded by julespics.

You can't kill me just because you think I am going to kill you!