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Google announced on Thursday the beta launch of its new Web publishing feature, dubbed Page Creator. A select group of Gmail account holders can now access the tool, to create and publish their own Web pages.
Geared toward the consumer who is slightly less technically-inclined, the Page Creator interface doesn't require software downloads or knowledge of HTML or other programming languages to publish a page.

"It's simply a browser-based tool that makes creating Web pages as easy as creating a document in a word processor," a Google spokesperson told PCMag.

The new feature, which is available at pages.google.com, requires an activated Gmail account as well as Web access via IE 6.0 or Firefox 1.0. Testers can create multiple pages – including related and attached files – which Google says it will store on its own servers.

"There is currently in this beta rollout a limit of one-hundred pages to prevent abuse and spamming," said a Google spokesperson.

Google defines a page as a single document with a Web address, as opposed to a site, which is a collection of pages with a common sub-domain. Users will not be allowed to create sites during the beta phase.

"A 'page' is like a page in a book, while a 'site' is like the entire book; all your pages belong to a single site, which can contain as many pages as you'd like," the company says on its Web site.

The Page Creator, which boasts auto-save capabilities, includes a Web page template to which users can "change looks" by adding images and links. Once the user has published their page, they can still make modifications. Additionally, users can opt to un-publish any or all content. Adjustments take less than a minute to show up, according to officials.

The company has not yet set a date to bring this feature out of beta; instead, the company said it is waiting on consumer feedback in order to integrate future updates and improvements.

This article taken from www.pcmag.com

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Think Secret can confirm recent rumblings that Apple is nearing completion of a completely revamped video iPod that will shed the ubiquitous mechanical click wheel for a touch screen and will sport a 3.5-inch diagonal display.

This video iPod, which has been in development and on the table since before Apple released the 5G iPod last year with video playback, will feature a display that will occupy the entire front face of the device. Sources who have seen the device report that it features a digital click wheel, one that overlays the touch-sensitive display and appears when a finger touches it and disappears when the finger is removed.

Apple has been working with at least two other companies to perfect the digital click wheel display technology. While not all the engineering was completed in-house by Apple, sources have said Apple could hold an exclusive license on the technologies it borrowed from other developers for a period of time, limiting the ability of competitors to copy Apple's design.

Additional details concerning the new iPod have yet to be confirmed, including capacity and a release date, although all indications point to the Spring, possibly as early as late March or early April. During the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs alluded to a major announcement on or around April 1, Apple's 30th anniversary as a company.

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We think that be useful to remember about right now, because the consumer confusion the Windows Vista team is about to cause by offering up 8 different platters might be a little much. Here are the product editions Microsoft plans to ship for Windows Vista:

Windows Starter 2007 (Previously Windows Vista Starter Edition). This version does not use the Vista branding because it will not include the Aero graphics display found in the Vista line of products, and will only ship in a 32-bit version.

Windows Vista Home Basic (and Home Basic N). A simple version of Windows Vista that is aimed at single PC homes. Windows Vista Home Basic is the baseline version of Windows Vista, and the version that all other product editions will build from. Home Basic N is aimed at the EU and will lack Windows Media Player.

Windows Vista Home Premium. Whole home entertainment and personal productivity throughout the home and on the go. As a true superset of Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition will include everything from Home Basic, as well as Media Center and Media Center Extender functionality (including Cable Card support).

Windows Vista Business (and Business N) (Previously Windows Vista Professional Edition). Windows Vista Business is roughly analogous to XP Pro today. This version is aimed at business decision makers and IT managers and generalists. Business N is aimed at the EU and will lack Windows Media Player.

Windows Vista Enterprise. Optimized for the enterprise, this version will be a true superset of Windows Vista Pro Edition. It will also include unique features such as Virtual PC, the multi-language user interface (MUI), and the Secure Startup/full volume encryption security technologies ("Cornerstone"). There is no analogous XP version for this product.

Windows Vista Ultimate. The best operating system ever offered for a personal PC, optimized for the individual. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is a superset of both Vista Home Premium and Vista Business, so it includes all of the features of both of those product versions, plus other features.

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