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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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