Google will be removed "Beta" from the product logos today

We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be
perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more
than five years. We realize this situation puzzles some people,
particularly those who subscribe to the traditional definition of
"beta" software as not being yet ready for prime time.

Ever since we launched the Google Apps suite for businesses two years
ago, it's had a service level agreement, 24/7 support, and has met or
exceeded all the other standards of non-beta software. More than 1.75
million companies around the world run their business on Google Apps,
including Google. We've come to appreciate that the beta tag just
doesn't fit for large enterprises that aren't keen to run their
business on software that sounds like it's still in the trial phase.
So we've focused our efforts on reaching our high bar for taking
products out of beta, and all the applications in the Apps suite have
now met that mark.

Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk — both enterprise
and consumer versions — are now out of beta. "Beta" will be removed
from the product logos today, but we'll continue to innovate and
improve upon the applications whether or not there's a small "beta"
beneath the logo. Indeed, today we're also announcing some other
Google Apps features that we think will appeal to large enterprises:
mail delegation, mail retention and ongoing enhancements to Apps
reliability.

We have much more in store, and IT managers can read more about how to
make the switch to Apps in our Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes
resource centers. One more thing — for those who still like the look
of "beta", we've made it easy to re-enable the beta label for Gmail
from the Labs tab under Settings

What The Hell Happened To The Free Version Of Google Apps?

The free version of Google Apps is history. The current sign up page
makes no mention of the previously free Standard edition. Instead, new
users get a 14 day free trial, and then must pay $50 per user per year
after that trial. Google Apps is a suite of online applications like
gmail, Google calendar, Google Docs, etc. that are packaged and
tailored for business use.

Earlier this year we reported that the usage caps were being squeezed
by Google over time for Google Apps, from 200 users down to just 50.
When the service first launched in August 2006 it was free and
described as "a service available at no cost to organizations of all
shapes and sizes." A paid version first appeared in 2007.

Dave Girouard, Google's President of Enterprise, commented on our post
that talked about the decreasing number of users allowed for the free
version, saying that the cap reductions were needed to keep resellers
happy, adding "There's no reason to believe that the cap will continue
to "move down" - we have no plans whatsoever to do that."

Blogger to launch 12-inch Web Tablet Crunchpad

Michael Arrington, a blogger for TechCrunch, has incorporated a
company in Singapore to sell a 12-inch tablet for surfing the Web,
watching online video, and e-mail. Called Crunchpad, the tablet claims
to incorporate a Lunix kernal that boots a Webkit-based browser and
will feature 4GB internal memory and USB port for an external
keyboard. The Crunchpad is expected to be available soon at below
US$300.

Online Michael Jackson Memorial

Watch online to give tribute the late King of Pop, Micheal Jackson on
Tuesday, July 7, 10:00 AM PST, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
There has been a huge crroud of 1.6 million people collect to gather
to pay tribut to Jackson's memory. The huge crrod of people signed up
for just 17,500 tickets. If you do not present there to pay tribute to
Jackson's memory, don't worry you can watch it online. There will be
multiple live streams of the event on the web for you, So don't miss a
memoraible event.

Michael Jackson's memorial is a very biggest single international web
event in history, if you ramember the staggering response of the web
when he died. There are various news chanel and social networks
provide the service of live streaming for inter net users.Facebook
(Facebook)/CNN, MySpace, Hulu/Fox News, Ustream/CBS News, and others
will all carry a live video feed from the event

1. Facebook/CNN
Facenook and CNN joint togathre to provide live streaming of world
biggest international events. Facenook and CNN not only allow to watch
the event, but also allow the Facebook users to pass comments on it
via their Facebook status.
In order to watch this live stream, you should RSVP with CNN for
updates, and check out CNN.com/Live starting at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM
PT.

2. MySpace
MySpace provided by AEG starting at 10 AM PT .The live event will be
available at MySpace.com/MichaelJacksonMemorial. MySpace also provide
music videos of Micheal Jakson.

3. Hulu/Fox News
The most popular content video website Hulu will be carrying a feed of
the event.The event starting at 9:30 AM PST. This streaming is
provided on news chanel Fox news.

4: Ustream/CBS News
The CBS News chanel provide live-streaming service Ustream on web.
Tomorrow, Ustream provide full streams of major events, press
conferences, and keynotes via CBS News.

The geothermal field at Krafla, Iceland, where a borehole being drilled for a geothermal energy research project hit molten rock at 6,900 feet

"This is only the third time that magma has ever flowed into a
geothermal drill hole, as far as we know," said Peter Schiffman, a
geology professor at UC Davis and member of the international team
conducting the study. "A research project in Hawaii hit magma in 2005,
and in 1977 magma erupted out the top of a producing geothermal well
not far from our site in Krafla, Iceland."

In Hawaii, drilling stopped. And Schiffman is doubtful that this
project, known as the Iceland Deep Drilling Project, or IDDP, can
continue. But if the magma body is narrow — as he and the research
team expect it is — it may be possible to bore through it or around
it, he said. "We've been able to keep circulation of cold water
through the drill string, so our equipment is still functional."

The team had originally planned to drill to 11,500 feet, or almost 2.2
miles into the earth.

The main purpose of IDDP — an international research effort supported
by the National Science Foundation, the International Continental
Drilling Program, Alcoa Inc., and Icelandic power companies — is to
investigate the economic feasibility of extracting energy from
hydrothermal systems that are under extremely high temperatures and
pressures.

Drilling began at the site near Krafla in northeast Iceland in
December 2008. After reaching a depth of 2,600 feet, the project was
put on hold for two months before resuming in early March.

Around the middle of April, Schiffman said, drilling became difficult.
"We kept drilling, but had lots of technical problems. We just seemed
to be stuck at the same depth," he said. "Just yesterday we realized
that we had run into magma."

Schiffman is receiving updates from his UC Davis colleagues who are
onsite in Iceland: geology professor Robert Zierenberg and graduate
student Naomi Marks. The pair reported that a phenomenon known as
"steam flashing" seems to have occurred on Thursday (June 25), when
drilling fluid came in contact with magma, creating an explosion.
Glass shards removed from the hole provided evidence for this,
Schiffman said. These most likely formed when the fluid, which is
principally water, quenched molten rock.

Based on geophysical mapping of the area, Schiffman said, the team
suspects that it has encountered a small offshoot of a larger magma
body that lies more than two miles below the surface. "Whether we can
keep drilling or not will depend on the thickness of this magma
finger, and whether it's horizontally or vertically oriented," he
said.

If the hole cannot be drilled any deeper, it might prove useful for
testing a system of geothermal energy extraction that involves sending
cold water into one borehole to be retrieved as superheated steam from
deeper holes nearby, Schiffman said.

Daily sex makes men healthier

LONDON (Reuters) - Having sex every day improves the quality of men's
sperm and is recommended for couples trying to conceive, according to
new research.

Until now doctors have debated whether or not men should refrain from
sex for a few days before attempting to conceive with their partner to
improve the chance of pregnancy.

But a new study by Dr David Greening of Sydney IVF, an Australian
center for infertility and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment,
suggests abstinence is not the right approach.

He studied 118 men with above-average sperm DNA damage and found the
quality of their sperm increased significantly after they were told to
ejaculate daily for seven days.

On average, their DNA fragmentation index -- a measure of sperm damage
-- fell to 26 percent from 34 percent, Greening told the European
Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam on Tuesday.

Frequent sex does decrease semen volume but for most men this is not a problem.

"It seems safe to conclude that couples with relatively normal semen
parameters should have sex daily for up to a week before the ovulation
date," he said in a statement.

"In the context of assisted reproduction, this simple treatment may
assist in improving sperm quality and ultimately achieving a
pregnancy."

Greening said it was likely frequent ejaculation improved the quality
of sperm by reducing the length of time they were exposed to
potentially damaging molecules called reactive oxygen species in the
testicular ducts.

(Reporting by Ben Hirschler, editing by Paul Casciato)

Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Monday is not my favorite day of the week. I have a hard time coming
back to work, especially after a fun holiday weekend. We went hiking
and spent time at the Dewey's. We enjoyed the pool, a bbq, fireworks,
etc. It was a perfect weekend.

On Saturday while the guys were playing "blood ball" in the pool, I
baked cookies. Josh was outside and the Dewey's love peanut butter so
I tried a flourless peanut butter cookie. No flour in a cookie? You
read it right. I was intrigued too. The recipe called for peanut
butter, sugar, baking soda, and an egg. How easy! Of course I had to
play around a little, so I added vanilla extract, a pinch of salt, and
chocolate chips.

The cookies melt in your mouth. They are soft, delicate, and full of
peanut butter goodness. I am glad I added the chocolate chips,
everyone loved the peanut butter and chocolate combo. When I told the
group there was no flour in the cookies, they were amazed. No one even
missed it! I will have to kick Josh out of the house so I can bake
these again:)