Google shuts it’s virtual world Lively …..

Lively No More

and the register has it’s own unique take on it …..

Google torches own brand Sadville

Begging the question where do our avatars go when their worlds are destroyed?

Google’s latest service, Knol, has just launched, intended as a repository of knowledge for everything from literature to DIY writes the New Scientist technology Blog. In the words of its creator, it’s meant to be “the first thing someone who searches for this topic for the first time will want to read”…..

Source : New Scientist Technology Blog

Knol

BBC News reports that yesterday former workers at the web giant Google launched a rival search engine. Called Cuil, from the Gaelic for knowledge and hazel, its founders claim it does a better and more comprehensive job of indexing information online. Initial use caused the inevitable glitches and net bad mouthing but it could grow to be an alternative search engine of note….

BBC report

UK Gizmodo Review

Cuil

Google enters the world of 3D with Lively, create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms you design…..

Get Lively

Source : SLHealth List

Google’s online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public on 19th May, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories while reigniting privacy concerns writes Rachel Metz….

Wired News

Google Launches Medical-Records App

Google Health

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