Google Tip: Wildcards

Searching is easy when you know—even generally—what you're looking for. But how about when the word you're seeking is right on the tip of your brain, but won't make itself known? Use wildcards!
Substitute an asterisk for exactly one word in a Google search—Pike's Peak is * feet high—and Google will attempt to fill in the blank.
Google can also handle number ranges when searching. Two periods indicate that you're looking for a number between two other numbers. For example, Pike's Peak trail 5000..10000 feet returns trails in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 feet. The number ranges work with currency as well—say, HDTV $500..$900.

Source: PC Magazine

More storage for Google e-mail

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. is sprucing up its corporate e-mail service by adding new security tools and more than doubling the storage capacity.

The changes, to be unveiled today, mark Google’s first attempt to capitalize on the technology that it picked up in its recently completed $625 million acquisition of e-mail security specialist Postini Inc.

Google also is courting Postini’s existing customers as it tries to drum up more interest in a suite of online software applications that costs each user $50 annually. The roughly 36,000 businesses already using Postini products can get the software bundle, which includes word processing, spreadsheet and other programs besides e-mail, free through June 2008.

Storage capacity Google’s corporate e-mail will be boosted to 25 gigabytes, up from 10. Individual accounts with the company’s free service, known as “Gmail,” will remain just under three gigabytes.
Source: Associated Press