| | New on Webware.com | | Google 'Voice Search' hands-on verdict: Awesome Posted by Rafe Needleman The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your face to speak into it. It beeps, you talk, and it executes a Google search on what you said. Read more | | Customize Google results with SearchWiki Posted by Stephen Shankland Google's SearchWiki is a feature that lets people elevate, delete, add, and annotate search results. Google remembers the changes a person made to search results, so repeat searches will show the same customizations and notes. Read more | | Going solar? Seven sites map your plans Posted by Elsa Wenzel Homeowners who dream of their electric meter spinning backward may seek solar panels to slash bills and carbon emissions. But where to start? Before you call a contractor, check out these seven sites, which can assist with the early steps, like summing up what you could spend or save in your neighborhood. Read more | | Gmail gets themes Posted by Stephen Shankland On Wednesday, Google launched themes for Gmail, a feature that lets people customize the appearance of the Webmail application with a variety of new looks. Read more | | New Internet goes to space, comes back to Earth Posted by Rafe Needleman The interplanetary network that Vint Cerf envisioned years ago got its first real test recently. The EPOXI spacecraft had its software reconfigured after delivering the payload to work as a test bed for NASA's new Disruption-Tolerant Networking protocol. Read more | | | Web apps for mobiles | | Check out the Iris mobile browser Posted by Jessica Dolcourt Here's a fairly new, fairly stealth mobile browser. The Iris Browser is a beta-only offering produced by Torch Mobile, a start-up that presented at last week's Under the Radar conference. Read more | | Searchme brings its Cover Flow search to iPhone Posted by Josh Lowensohn Visual search engine Searchme has a sexy new iPhone app that brings its signature Cover-Flow-like interface to the phone's 3.5-inch display. Search results come in the form of large thumbnails with short content summaries underneath. To browse through them you simply flick your finger across the screen, just like you would with album covers in the phone's iPod application. Read more | | | | Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most | CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. | | | Manage newsletters | | | | | Sponsored Links | |
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