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Google Public DNS

Google Public DNS is a Domain Name Server run by Google in an effort to speed up the time it takes to load Web pages.

PingShot

PingShot is a feature of FeedBurner that automatically updates other services to let them know there is new content on a particular feed.

Postini

Postini is a fully hosted communication service for businesses. The service includes tools for managing Web sites, email, and instant messaging. Postini can be used to encrypt messages for security and archive electronic communications for compliance with data retention laws.

Panoramio

Panoramio is a Web site that allows you to store photos and map the location where the photos were taken. You can also view the stored photos in Google Earth and Google Maps.

Google Presently Definition

"Presently" is the rumored code name for a Google presentation service that would show and edit presentation slides, similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.

Patent Search

Google Patent Search is a search engine that lets you search through patents from the USPTO

Pack

Google Pack is a software download of some of Google’s most popular desktop software for Windows. It also includes some third party software, such as Firefox with Google toolbar.

Page Creator

Google Page Creator is a Google Labs project to generate and host simple HTML web pages with images.

PageRank

PageRank is one of Google's methods of determining where an individual URL will appear in the search results of a given [link url=http://google.about.com/od/googleproducts/g/websearchdef.htm]web search.[/link] PageRank gives a higher ranking to relevant pages that are linked from other relevant pages.

Personalized Home

Google Personalized Home allows you to add personalized tools, news feeds, and games to your Google page. You can rearrange the individual tools by dragging and dropping them. Tools come from both Google and third party programmers.

Personalized Search

Google Personalized Search generates search results partially based on your past search history. This makes the search more relevant to your needs specifically.

Picasa

Picasa is a photo organization tool for Windows or Linux that allows you to organize, crop, apply filters and do minor editing on photos. It also allows you to order physical prints from web-based photo labs.

Picasa Web Albums

Picasa Web Albums allows you to publish your photo albums on the web and view and share the albums of other users.
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