MToaS 29: Google Tools

I've been using some of the Google tools for a while, and am hooked. I love Google Docs and Reader, and use Docs all the time. It is incredibly convenient both for documents that I am sharing with someone and for documents for personal use that I want to be able to access from multiple locations. It's also very easy to use.

I am very happy to learn about google 411 ~ what a great feature! I don't know how many times I've wished I had a phone book handy when I was out and about. You can be sure that Goog411 is loaded into my cell phone already. Perfect.

The web history stuff was very interesting... I liked the videos about what kinds of information Google collects and what it is used for. 

I do have a sense that Google is trying very hard to keep its information secure, but I worry about the "little guys" who are starting up and don't have as many resources to put toward keeping their sites secure. I remember reading about Twitter being hacked into sometime in the last year or so. I wonder about cross-site security when so many of these sites link to each other through RSS feeds or sharing of information. Does anybody know anything about that... anything scary or reassuring?

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