Google X, Kacamata Google dengan Rasa Android

 Ketika perang gadget semakin marak saat ini, sepertinya kita melupakan berbagai macam perangkat teknologi yang tak kalah canggihnya juga. Sebuah gagasan paling sederhana dari sebuah proyek Google menghadirkan Google X.

Sebuah kacamata dari Google mampu menghubungkan web dengan data mobile, menampilkan maka informasi yang ingin kita lihat hanya dari lensa kacamata, dan tentu saja kacamata ini menggunakan platform Android. Dikutip dari New York Times, teknologi ini rencananya akan segera dirilis pada tahun 2012.

Sebenarnya tak hanya Google yang punya proyek rahasia ini, Apple juga disebut-sebut telah mengerjakan proyek-proyek tersembunyi yang terkadang luput dari pandangan mata karena terlalu banyaknya jenis smartphone atau komputer tablet.

Kacamata Google ini sendiri dikerjakan secara rahasia di laboratorium yang diberi nama kode "X" Kacamata ini diklaim bisa menyampaikan informasi kembali ke smartphone Android. Dikatakan pula, Google telah mempekerjakan insinyur elektronik dari Nokia Labs, Apple dan universitas yang mengkhususkan diri dalam komputer. Kita tunggu saja tahun depan, seperti apa teknologi yang kacamata dari Google.

Tampilkan Pakaian Dalam Perempuan, Google Digugat

Tampilkan Pakaian Dalam Perempuan, Google Digugat

 Lagi-lagi layanan Street View di Google Map menuai masalah. Seorang perempuan Jepang menggugat raksasa internet tersebut gara-gara foto jemuran pakaian dalamnya di depan apartemen tampil di peta. Tidak terlalu besar sih, Google hanya digugat 600.000 yen atau sekitar Rp 69 juta.

Gambar tersebut diambil kendaraan Google Street View yang lewat di depan apartemennya. Seperti dilansir surat kabar lokal Mainichi, gambar tersebut menyebabkan stres dan tekanan psikologis yang sangat mendalam.

"Saya diliputi ketakutan sehingga merasa diincar sebagai target kejahatan seksual," kata perempuan tersebut dalam sidang pertamanya di Fukuoka pekan lalu. Bahkan karena terus dibayangi ketakutan, perempuan tersebut terpaksa keluar dari perusahaannya dan pindah tempat tinggal.

Dalam gugatannya, ia menyatakan bahwa sejak melihat gantungan baju dalamnya menyebar di internet, penyakit obsessive-compulsive disorder pada dirinya semakin parah. Ia juga menjadi takut karena merasa bahwa segala hal pribadi yang dilakukannya dimata-matai.

Google sendiri langsung menanggapi serius gugatan tersebut. Bahkan, foto tersebut langsung dihapus saat perempuan Jepang itu mengajukan gugatan ke pengadilan pada Oktober yang lalu. Namun, ibarat nasi sudah menjadi bubur, perempuan itu telanjur merasa menjadi korban.

"Saya dapat memahami bahwa itu hanyalah sebuah foto. Namun, menampilkan foto pakaian dalamnya, yang sedang dijemur di luar rumahnya, adalah perbuatan yang jelas salah," ujar perempuan itu.

Ingin Jadi Raja Jejaring Sosial, Google Blokir Facebook

CALIFORNIA - Perseteruan antara Facebook dan Google mulai nyata terlihat. Ini setelah Google berencana memblokir layanan Facebook atau situs lainnya yang dapat mengakses informasi pengguna Gmail.

Pemblokiran ini dikatakan oleh Google, karena ada pelanggaran kesepakatan yang tidak pernah atau belum terjadi. Pasalnya Facebook dengan bisa mudah mengidentifikasi akun penggunanya yang menggunakan akun Gmail. Menurut Google, ini jelas bertentangan.

Dikutip Reuters, Senin (8/11/2010), impor informasi pengguna itu tidak seharusnya terjadi, kecuali ada kesepakatan untuk saling bertukar arus informasi di antara dua perusahaan. Pertukaran informasi itu secara 'ilegal', menurut Google, juga tidak adil karena Facebook bisa mengirimkan email secara otomatis dan langsung ke akun pengguna Gmail.

"Ini merupakan untuk melindungi data pribadi Google yang digunakan oleh Facebook," kata juru bicara Facebook.

Gartner analisis Gartner Ray Valdes, pemblokiran akses informasi pengguna Gmail untuk Facebook hanya pengalihan situasi karena Google akan berkembang dan ingin menjadi pemain besar dalam industri jejaring sosial.

Seperti diketahui, jeinginan Google untuk menciptakan sebuah jejaring sosial untuk menyaingi Facebook nampaknya akan menjadi sebuah tugas maha berat.

apalagi setelah Google mengumumkan bahwa mereka telah membeli jaringan online Slide. Perusahaan Slide adalah startup yang berbasis di San Francisco bermain di belakang aplikasi atau praktis seperti SuperPoke dan FunSpace yang telah menjadi hits di Facebook dan lainnya situs jaringan sosial.

Teknologi Terbaru Google, Menerjemahkan Bahasa Asing Lewat Foto

Google Goggles adalah sebuah aplikasi baru yang bisa digunakan di ponsel dengan sistem Android.

Aplikasi Goggles ini bahkan bisa melakukan pencarian (Google Search) berdasarkan gambar dan bukan kata, misalnya saat itu anda sedang jalan-jalan ke San Fransisco dan melihat jembatan Golden Gate dimana pada saat itu anda lupa namanya, cukup dengan mengambil foto jembatan tersebut dan klik “cari”, maka Google Search akan secara otomatis mencari berdasarkan gambar atau foto yang ada.

Dan kali ini Google juga telah mengembangkan teknologinya itu. Aplikasi Goggles tidak hanya bisa digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi gambar atau foto sebuah gedung (landmark) tetapi juga mampu menerjemahkan bahasa Asing. Aplikasi ini bekerja dengan memakai teknologi mesin penerjemah milik Google serta kemampuan pengenal foto.

Jadi, jika saat itu pengguna menemukan teks berbahasa asing, ia tinggal membidikkan kamera ponsel ke teks tersebut. Hanya dalam hitungan detik, Google Goggles akan menerjemahkannya dari hasil jepretan tadi.

“Prototipe ini mengkoneksikan kamera ponsel dengan optical character recognition (OCR) untuk menerjemahkan foto ke dalam teks terjemahan dalam 52 bahasa yang didukung Google Translate,” jelas Google. Namun sayangnya, untuk saat ini, aplikasi tersebut baru menyediakan terjemahan Jerman-Inggris.

So.. kita berharap saja semoga penerjemah bahasa Indonesia segera tersedia di aplikasi tersebut, jadinya akan makin memudahkan kita saat membaca buku-buku bahasa asing. Mereka untung, bangsa kita juga jadi makin pintar 

Google Me Situs Social Network baru Untuk Menantang Facebook

Google Me merupakan suatu proyek dari Google untuk membuat suatu situs social network baru yang direncanakan mampu menyaingi bahkan mengalahkan Facebook. Memang saat ini Facebook bisa menjadi ancaman baru yang kuat karena jumlah visitor dan  lamanya pengunjung dalam menggunakan Facebook yang lama-lama menjadikan Google kuatir. Sebelumnya Google sudah menambahkan fitur social network yang terintegrasi dengan Gmail yaitu Google Buzz tapi dirasakan kurang berhasil dan Orkut situs social network yang dibeli Google  tidak bisa meluaskan jaringannya ke seluruh dunia dan hanya laku di negara tertentu saja. Selain itu ada juga proyek Google Wave yang juga belum berhasil mengalahkan Facebook.

Ada dua sumber yang menjadi pemicu berita Google Me ini yaitu dari Kevin Rose si pemilik Digg.com yang mentweet bahwa dia mendapatkan info dari sumber terpercaya bahwa Google sedang membangun proyek Google Me dan juga yang terbaru dari Adam D’Angelo mantan CTO ( pemimpin bagian teknologi) Facebook dan sekarang menjadi pendiri Quora yaitu layanan question and answer yang terintegrasi dengan Facebook.

Adam D’Angelo menjawab pertanyaan “Apakah ‘Google Me’ suatu rumor?” dan ternyata dia juga menjawab bahwa hal itu bukan rumor dan merupakan proyek yang real bahkan menjadi proyek yang memiliki prioritas tinggi dan melibatkan banyak orang Google.

Saat ini Google Me belum diluncurkan ke publik dan masih menjadi proyek internal Google. Jadi kapan Google Me diluncurkan belum diketahui, dan apakah benar Google Me akan menjadi Facebook killer? Kita tunggu saja kiprahnya..

Utilizing search engines

So much information is on the web, its mind boggling. Thankfully we have search
engines to sift through them and catagorize them for us. Unfortunatly, there is still so
much info that even with these search engines, its often a painstakingly slow process
(something comparable to death for a hacker) to find exactly what you're looking for.

Lets get right into it.

I use google.com as my primary search engine because it presently tops the charts as far as
the sites that it indexes which means more pertinent info per search.

1. Page translation.
Just because someone speaks another language doesn't mean they dont have anything useful to say. I use translation tools like the ones found at

http://babelfish.altavista.com
and

http://world.altavista.com
to translate a few key words I am searching for. Be specific and creative because these tools arent the most accurate things on the planet.

2. Directories.
These days everything is about $$$. We have to deal/w SEO (search engine optimization) which seems like a good idea on paper until you do a search for toys and get 5 pornsites in the first 10 results. Using a sites directory will eliminate that. You can narrow your search down easily by looking for the info in specific catagories. (PS google DOES have directories, they're at: directory.google.com)

3. Here are some tips that google refers to as "advanced"

A. "xxxx" / will look for the exact phrase. (google isnt case sensitive)
B. -x / will search for something excluding a certain term
C. filetype:xxx / searches for a particular file extention (exe, mp3, etc)
D. -filetype:xxx / excludes a particular file extention
E. allinurl:x / term in the url
F. allintext:x / terms in the text of the page
G. allintitle:x / terms in the html title of that page
H. allinanchor:x / terms in the links

4. OR
Self explanatory, one or the other... (ie: binder OR joiner)

5. ~X
Synonyms/similar terms (in case you can't think of any yourself)

6. Numbers in a range.
Lets say you're looking for an mp3 player but only want to spend up to $90. Why swim through all the others? MP3 player $0..$90 The 2 periods will set a numeric range to search between. This also works with dates, weights, etc

7. +
Ever type in a search and see something like this:
"The following words are very common and were not included in your search:"
Well, what if those common words are important in your search? You can force google to search through even the common terms by putting a + in front of the denied word.

8. Preferences
It amazes me when I use other peoples PCs that they dont have their google search preferences saved. When you use google as much as I do, who can afford to not have preferences? They're located on the right of the search box, and have several options, though I only find 2 applicable for myself...
A. Open results in new browser
B. Display 10-100 results per page. (I currently use 50 per page, but thats a resolution preference, and 5X's the default)

9. *
Wildcard searches. Great when applied to a previously mentioned method. If you only know the name of a prog, or are looking for ALL of a particular file (ie. you're DLing tunes) something like *.mp3 would list every mp3.

10. Ever see this?
"In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the X already displayed. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included." The answer is YES. yes yes yes. Did I mention yes? I meant to.

11. Search EVERYWHERE
Use the engine to its fullest. If you dont find your answer in the web section, try the group section. Hell, try a whole different search engine. Dont limit yourself, because sometimes engines seem to intentionally leave results out.
ex. use google, yahoo, and altavista. search the same terms... pretty close, right? Now search for disney death. Funny, altavista has plenty of disney, but no death...hmmm.

If you've read this far into this tutorial without saying, "Great, a guy that copied a few google help pages and thinks its useful info" then I will show you WHY (besides accuracy, speed, and consistancy finding info on ANYTHING) its nice to know how a search engine works. You combine it/w your knowledge of other protocol.

Example:
Want free music? Free games? Free software? Free movies? God bless FTP! Try this search:
intitle:"Index of music" "rolling stones" mp3
Substitute rolling stones/w your favorite band. No? Try the song name, or another file format. Play with it. Assuming SOMEONE made an FTP and uploaded it, you'll find it.

For example....I wanted to find some Sepultura. If you never heard them before, they're a Brazilian heavy metal band that kicks ass. I started with this:
intitle:"Index of music" "Sepultura" mp3 <-- nothing
intitle:"Index of música" "Sepultura" mp3 <-- nothing
intitle:"Index of musica" "Sepultura" mp3 <-- not good enough
intitle:"Index of music" "Sepultura" * <-- found great stuff, but not enough Sepultura

At this point it occurs to me that I may be missing something, so I try:
intitle:"index of *" "sepultura" mp3 <-- BANG!
(and thats without searching for spelling errors)
Also try inurl:ftp

I find that * works better for me than trying to guess other peoples mis-spellings.



The same method applies for ebooks, games, movies, SW, anything that may be on an FTP site.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and I saw that recently a book and an article was written on the very same topic. I havn't read them as of yet, but check em out, and get back to me if you feel I missed something important and should include anything else.

intitle:"index of" "google hacks" ebook


Ps. I've said it before, I'll say it again... BE CREATIVE.
You'll be surprised what you can find.

Rahasia Google

20 Great Google Secrets



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Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web (see

www.pcmag.com/searchengines

But most people don't use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google's index, it's still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.

But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google's search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let's look at some of Google's lesser-known options.

Syntax Search Tricks

Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages. Google has a fairly complete list of its syntax elements at

www.google.com/help/operators.html

. Here are some advanced operators that can help narrow down your search results.

Intitle: at the beginning of a query word or phrase (intitle:"Three Blind Mice") restricts your search results to just the titles of Web pages.

Intext: does the opposite of intitle:, searching only the body text, ignoring titles, links, and so forth. Intext: is perfect when what you're searching for might commonly appear in URLs. If you're looking for the term HTML, for example, and you don't want to get results such as

www.mysite.com/index.html

, you can enter intext:html.

Link: lets you see which pages are linking to your Web page or to another page you're interested in. For example, try typing in

link:http://www.pcmag.com


Try using site: (which restricts results to top-level domains) with intitle: to find certain types of pages. For example, get scholarly pages about Mark Twain by searching for intitle:"Mark Twain"site:edu. Experiment with mixing various elements; you'll develop several strategies for finding the stuff you want more effectively. The site: command is very helpful as an alternative to the mediocre search engines built into many sites.

Swiss Army Google

Google has a number of services that can help you accomplish tasks you may never have thought to use Google for. For example, the new calculator feature

(www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator)

lets you do both math and a variety of conversions from the search box. For extra fun, try the query "Answer to life the universe and everything."

Let Google help you figure out whether you've got the right spelling—and the right word—for your search. Enter a misspelled word or phrase into the query box (try "thre blund mise") and Google may suggest a proper spelling. This doesn't always succeed; it works best when the word you're searching for can be found in a dictionary. Once you search for a properly spelled word, look at the results page, which repeats your query. (If you're searching for "three blind mice," underneath the search window will appear a statement such as Searched the web for "three blind mice.") You'll discover that you can click on each word in your search phrase and get a definition from a dictionary.

Suppose you want to contact someone and don't have his phone number handy. Google can help you with that, too. Just enter a name, city, and state. (The city is optional, but you must enter a state.) If a phone number matches the listing, you'll see it at the top of the search results along with a map link to the address. If you'd rather restrict your results, use rphonebook: for residential listings or bphonebook: for business listings. If you'd rather use a search form for business phone listings, try Yellow Search

(www.buzztoolbox.com/google/yellowsearch.shtml).




Extended Googling

Google offers several services that give you a head start in focusing your search. Google Groups

(http://groups.google.com)

indexes literally millions of messages from decades of discussion on Usenet. Google even helps you with your shopping via two tools: Froogle
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(http://froogle.google.com),

which indexes products from online stores, and Google Catalogs
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(http://catalogs.google.com),

which features products from more 6,000 paper catalogs in a searchable index. And this only scratches the surface. You can get a complete list of Google's tools and services at

www.google.com/options/index.html

You're probably used to using Google in your browser. But have you ever thought of using Google outside your browser?

Google Alert

(www.googlealert.com)

monitors your search terms and e-mails you information about new additions to Google's Web index. (Google Alert is not affiliated with Google; it uses Google's Web services API to perform its searches.) If you're more interested in news stories than general Web content, check out the beta version of Google News Alerts

(www.google.com/newsalerts).

This service (which is affiliated with Google) will monitor up to 50 news queries per e-mail address and send you information about news stories that match your query. (Hint: Use the intitle: and source: syntax elements with Google News to limit the number of alerts you get.)

Google on the telephone? Yup. This service is brought to you by the folks at Google Labs

(http://labs.google.com),

a place for experimental Google ideas and features (which may come and go, so what's there at this writing might not be there when you decide to check it out). With Google Voice Search

(http://labs1.google.com/gvs.html),

you dial the Voice Search phone number, speak your keywords, and then click on the indicated link. Every time you say a new search term, the results page will refresh with your new query (you must have JavaScript enabled for this to work). Remember, this service is still in an experimental phase, so don't expect 100 percent success.

In 2002, Google released the Google API (application programming interface), a way for programmers to access Google's search engine results without violating the Google Terms of Service. A lot of people have created useful (and occasionally not-so-useful but interesting) applications not available from Google itself, such as Google Alert. For many applications, you'll need an API key, which is available free from
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www.google.com/apis

. See the figures for two more examples, and visit

www.pcmag.com/solutions

for more.

Thanks to its many different search properties, Google goes far beyond a regular search engine. Give the tricks in this article a try. You'll be amazed at how many different ways Google can improve your Internet searching.


Online Extra: More Google Tips


Here are a few more clever ways to tweak your Google searches.

Search Within a Timeframe

Daterange: (start date–end date). You can restrict your searches to pages that were indexed within a certain time period. Daterange: searches by when Google indexed a page, not when the page itself was created. This operator can help you ensure that results will have fresh content (by using recent dates), or you can use it to avoid a topic's current-news blizzard and concentrate only on older results. Daterange: is actually more useful if you go elsewhere to take advantage of it, because daterange: requires Julian dates, not standard Gregorian dates. You can find converters on the Web (such as

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http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.html

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), but an easier way is to do a Google daterange: search by filling in a form at

www.researchbuzz.com/toolbox/goofresh.shtml or www.faganfinder.com/engines/google.shtml

. If one special syntax element is good, two must be better, right? Sometimes. Though some operators can't be mixed (you can't use the link: operator with anything else) many can be, quickly narrowing your results to a less overwhelming number.

More Google API Applications

Staggernation.com offers three tools based on the Google API. The Google API Web Search by Host (GAWSH) lists the Web hosts of the results for a given query

(www.staggernation.com/gawsh/).

When you click on the triangle next to each host, you get a list of results for that host. The Google API Relation Browsing Outliner (GARBO) is a little more complicated: You enter a URL and choose whether you want pages that related to the URL or linked to the URL

(www.staggernation.com/garbo/).

Click on the triangle next to an URL to get a list of pages linked or related to that particular URL. CapeMail is an e-mail search application that allows you to send an e-mail to google@capeclear.com with the text of your query in the subject line and get the first ten results for that query back. Maybe it's not something you'd do every day, but if your cell phone does e-mail and doesn't do Web browsing, this is a very handy address to know.