Links for 2009-06-10

• Introducing Google Quick Search Box (Google Mac Blog)

  via Techmeme

  Shared by Balau

  Well, it sorta kinda reminds me of gnome-do and ubiquity. And I like them both. We’ll see.

  

  Google Mac Blog:

  Introducing Google Quick Search Box —  When most people think of Google, search comes to mind – and rightly so!  Hundreds of millions of people have come to know and love Google.com as their starting point for searching the Internet.  About 2 years ago, we introduced Google Desktop …

• Linux 2.6.30 gets new filesystems

  via LinuxDevices.com
  Linus Torvalds (pictured) announced Linux kernel 2.6.30, adding several new filesystems, including the NILFS2 log-structured filesystem. Linux 2.6.30 enhancements include a local caching layer for NFS data, the RDS server cluster communications protocol, the Tomoyo security module, and support for LZMA and BZIP2 compression algorithms.

• Introducing Android Scripting Environment (Google Open Source Blog)

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  Google Open Source Blog:

  Introducing Android Scripting Environment —  The Android Scripting Environment (ASE) brings scripting languages to Android by allowing you to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device.  These scripts have access to many of the APIs available …

• Could Twittering about your vacation put your home at risk? (Associated Press)

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  Associated Press:

  Could Twittering about your vacation put your home at risk? —  Like a lot of people who use social media, Israel Hyman and his wife Noell went on Twitter to share real-time details of a recent trip.  Their posts said they were “preparing to head out of town,” that they had …

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