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Google Web Accelerator

Posted by samzenpus on from the google-faster dept.

Lukey Boy writes "Google has released a free web accelerator product for both Firefox and Internet Explorer. According to their information page the software uses Google servers as a proxy for web content, delivering the pages to your system more rapidly and compressing them beforehand."

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  1. I keed! I keed! by coupland · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm using it now and couldn't be happier! It's already saved me over 10 seconds, and there's no catch!

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    Resistance is fut... er... Try Google, we're not evil!

  2. Re:I keed! I keed! by MrAnnoyanceToYou · · Score: 4, Funny

    Holy Cow! Google got slashdotted!

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    My little site.
  3. Re:Smart. Scary. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next they modify the data you receive to influence your opinion.

  4. Sure I won't, but I am still annoyed I can't! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How far does Jon von Tetzchner have to frick'n swim before Google starts supporting Opera?

  5. Re:Exactly. by ottothecow · · Score: 5, Funny
    Until they start trying to combine browsing habits into one.

    "Based on your recent browsing habits, Google would like to suggest MidgetsHavingSexWithFerretsInSpace.com"

    All I wanted was a smaller computer, a pet toy, and some homework help....GOOOOOOOGLEEEEEEEEEe

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  6. Re:I keed! I keed! by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 5, Funny

    and their's no privacy policy

    their's no gramur eyethur

  7. Re:Smart. Scary. by Atryn · · Score: 4, Funny
    Great, so now they'll know what you search for, what you visit *and* what you are going to do in the future.
    That's not very imaginative... no, they'll just put thing onto your calendar and make you do things in the future!!! And when you go back to your email to figure our what happened you'll see you sent an email RSVP for that event... And if you search it, you'll get a result with your name on the attendee list!

    Now try and prove you aren't a terrorist if they say you are...
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  8. Re:Exactly. by Petronius · · Score: 4, Funny


    They want to know what everyone is searching for in a given moment

    that's the easy part:

    - lesbian sex
    - natalie portman
    - desperate housewives
    - desparate housewives having lesbian sex with natalie portman

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  9. No catch!? by Syre · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everything Google does lately is designed to
    monitor your surfing habits and email^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h
    make your life easier!

  10. Re:Smart. Scary. by MarkusQ · · Score: 4, Funny
    Next they modify the data you receive to influence your opinion.

    Oh yeah? I just Googled for this very topic and there is absolutly no proof of that sort of thing. Ever. To Anyone. You'd think that if it were true somebody would have blogged about it. So you must just be parinoid.

    --MarkusQ