The Google-centric blog, “Google Operating System,” today points out a unique aspect of the new “private browsing” functionality built into the newly-released Google Chrome browser as well as the newest beta-release of Internet Explorer 8: the ability to manage multiple online personalities, i.e., different user profiles, in a single browser session.

The private browsing modes in both Chrome and IE8, referred to as “Incognito” and “InPrivate,” respectively, work the same way in that information such as cache, browser history, cookies for each private browsing window are stored in a separate, temporary location.

Basically, this means that the cookies generated by Gmail.com in one Internet Explorer “InPrivate” window remain completely separate from that of a different “InPrivate” window.

Of course, you’ll have to re-establish your logins for those accounts after closing Chrome/IE8 as the aforementioned temporary information is deleted once a private browsing window is closed. Also, the article to which I’ve linked above states that you can only be logged in to two different accounts at one time: one in a regular window and one in the private window. This is only true with Chrome as Google’s browser only allows one “Incognito” window open at a time. With IE8, on the other hand, you can have multiple “InPrivate” windows open at the same time which means that you can open and manage as many accounts on the same site (Gmail, Twitter, Digg to name a few) as you’d like.

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It’s been quite some time since Google updated the official "Google Browser Sync" Firefox extension.  If you’re unfamiliar with it, the extension enabled you to synchronize your browser bookmarks, history and passwords with any other computer on which you might be running Firefox.

Not only has it not been updated since 2006, the extension isn’t even compatible with the 3rd release of the Mozilla Firefox browser.  (As is typically the case with Google, mum’s the word on any plans and nearly 100 status requests have gone unanswered in the official forum for Google Firefox extensions.)

Mozilla answered the cries of many, however, when it released "Weave" late last year.  The official extension (from the company who brought you the Firefox browser itself) allowed for synchronization of your bookmarks, history and saved form data.  With the next release, they added support for cookies.

Now, with today’s release, they add support for passwords as well…thus leaving Google Browser Sync entirely useless.

The extension even allows for developers to extend Weave for their own applications but you can read more about that, and Weave’s many other features, on the Mozilla Labs blog. Or, you can just download it now: https://services.mozilla.com/.

Note: once you begin the initial synchronization, be prepared for the browser to choke just a little bit while the sync occurs.  Once you’re finished with that initial synchronization, however, it’ll be as smooth as silk to keep your browser information up-to-date on all your computers.

Now, if they only would allow for synchronization of Firefox extensions…

“If you’ve ever been frustrated by an Instant Messaging client, be it for lack of functionality or just-plain-strange behavior, you should really check out Digsby…”

According to Fox News, Verizon Wireless customers could eventually be able to purchase and use Apple’s iPhone.  Why do they believe this?  Verizon, last Thursday, announced that the next generation of wireless technology to replace GSM technology (on which their aging CDMA network is currently based) will be none other than LTE (Long-Term Evolution) which is the exact same technology that AT&T will be using on their next generation network. 

Logically, it makes sense: with Verizon using the same technology as AT&T, surely phones available on one company’s network would inevitably work with the other.  (Of course, neither AT&T nor Verizon have ever made logical decisions on interoperability.)

Verizon will begin trial runs of their new LTE-based network in 2008 but it isn’t expected to be available to customers until at least 2010.

“…Google’s been able to do quite a bit of good with their money, power and influence and this will be yet another great accomplishment…”

Google just rolled out two new features to those using the latest version of Gmail: "Group Chat" and "rich emoticons." 

As you might guess, the group chat feature allows you to chat with multiple Gmail users at once while the new rich emoticons finally provide the Gmail chat user with a graphical emoticons in addition to the standard animated text ones currently available.

Check out the announcement at the official Gmail blog.

Google just announced the "Google Apps Email Migration API" for Premier, Education and Partner versions of Google Apps (note the lack of "standard accounts" in that listing.)

Using the API, programmers can import E-mail from a vast, vast array of E-mail clients out there into the Gmail application of Google Apps.

Along with the API release from Google comes a new tool from LimitNone for you non-programmers currently using Microsoft Outlook.  gMOVE: Outlook Migration allows users to pick-and-choose Outlook E-mails (either individual folders or your entire folder structure) to be imported into your Gmail account.  This goes for Gmail OR Google Apps - including standard Google Apps accounts.  Beautifully priced at $19.99 (limited time only,) this tool could save you loads of time and frustration.

LimitNone also offers a separate tool, gXFER, for transferring Gmail account settings including E-mail, contacts and calendar entries to your Google Apps account.  This particular tool is absolutely free.

Google’s API Announcement:
http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/11/each-and-every-email.html

The auction to which Google is referring is of the 700-MHz spectrum currently being used by analog/over-the-air TV. If you are one of the few Americans left who have yet to sell their soul and acquire cable or satellite television, odds are you get your news and local information on your TV by use of this wireless spectrum. In an effort to free up this spectrum for other uses, the government decided to set a deadline for the end of analog TV: February 17th, 2009.

Available to new and existing AdWords users, the print extension of the AdWords program will be pushed out to an initial collection of roughly 200 newspapers nation-wide…

The Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets blog just announced, moments ago, that we can all expect to see a brand new version of the online productivity application released tomorrow.