Gooooooogle

Have you seen any new technology lately that is so cool it kinda makes your throat dry? No, I didn't think so. We don't all get our panties in a bunch over tech stuff. But I gotta tell you, Google is the coolest thing to hit the internet since, well, the web.

Here are just a couple things they're working on in Google labs.

There's Notes, a program that clips and stores information as you surf, and puts it up in your toolbar. You can make them public and people can add suggestions - say that you are trying to find the perfect pair of shoes to wear to kick some HR person's ass, well, Notes is great for that. No more bookmarking all sorts of pages that you won't even remember the next day.

Also, you can text questions to Google from your phone - like, type in Snakes on a Plane and your zip code, and hit 46645, and you get a response back instantly that looks something like this. Also, there's Google Talk, which is not new technology but it's good to know they have it. Free long distance, any time. These programs came out of Labs, but are now in real time use.

There's also Google Suggest - which fills in keyword searches as it guesses what you're looking for. There's an online spreadsheet program. There's a Set suggester - which is good if you like to make lists of similar items. I'm not exactly sure what that one's for, but it's undoubtedly cool. The best thing about Google labs is that you can play with the prototypes and send your feedback in, and they actually listen and incorporate ideas.

They have learned a lot from Linux, and from Mac. Wonder what it would be like to work there?