GMail goes Mobile

Google now provides a downloadable gmail application for java-enabled phones to browse your email in a familiar web based user interface of Gmail. It is faster to access and also pre-fetch the messages. So now you can read, compose, search your inbox, view and add attachments including images and PDF files through your mobiles only.

To download the application, go to gmail.com/app and follow the instructions.

Rediscover the Web with Firefox 2

Few days ago Microsoft officially launched its new browser Internet Explore 7 (IE7) and now Firefox 2 is the next generation release of the award-winning Firefox web browser from Mozilla. Its faster, more secure with phishing protection and customizable.

What's New in Firefox 2:

• A new theme and user interface (obviously)
• Built-in phishing protection
• Improved tabbed browsing and each tab will now have a close tab button(like Opera)
  
• Resuming your browsing session (Opera already has this feature from long time)
• Built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms (something very useful)
  
• Support to JavaScript 1.7

You can download Firefox 2 from here and can personalize and enhance your browser with this list of recommended Add-ons by Mozilla website.

Google Book Search Offers Downloads

Google Book Search has just started offering downloads of public domain ("A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired," as per Google) books as PDF files.

The Book Search Service by Google unveiled in December 2004, to digitise books from major libraries around the world and make them searchable online.

Check here and see download link at right side.