Beijing 2008 is currently the biggest buzz around the globe. Google has a few tools up it’s sleeve to help keep you updated on everything Beijing 2008.
You might have already discovered is that Google changing it’s doodle everyday since the start of Beijing 2008. The doodles are also reflected in all Google Mobile services.
Google Mobile provides quick access right from your mobile devices. You get access to latest medal counts and all the latest news relating to Beijing 2008.
Google Mobile
Another tool provided by Google is the Google Beijing 2008 widget for iGoogle. It keeps you updated on the latest medals counts, events schedules and news right from your browser. Install the widget.
Google maps has not been spared too. Every venue is mapped and best of all, a full 3D tour of the venue is also provided through Google Earth. Check it out.
Enjoy your Olympics with Google 
Source: Google Summer Games 2008
Digg have released their first Firefox 3 extension. The extension comes with a toolbar and a status bar button. The toolbar shows you Digg counts and comments of sites you visit and also includes the ability to digg new sites.
Digg Toolbar
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Firefox 3 Beta 4 is out and it’s beating Microsoft’s IE7 in the memory consumption arena.
As browsers improve so do their hunger for memory but to what limit is the question. The competition will eventually boil down to which browser uses the least amount of memory to accomplish the general requirements of a browser. Currently Firefox 3 has managed to beat Firefox 2 and IE7 by working around the 100MB mark after loading and unloading 30 random web pages. The graph below will speak for itself, at peak (30 pages) IE7 was consuming around 500MB while Firefox 2 hovered around 280MB and Firefox 3 steadily working around 200MB. 
IE8 is said to attention the memory issue but till then it’s looks like the road is clear for Firefox 3.
If you are interested in running the benchmark, there’s a python script which will load open and load 30 random pages for you. Run the benchmark here or download the script.
Download Firefox 3 Beta 4
Source: Paulou.net [ Stuart Parmenter (Mozilla Developer) ]
