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SearchMe.com has actually been out for a few months, but I just came across it.  This may have the potential to do well with the average web user.  Results are displayed in a more visible manner based of off the search type.  For example, music searches render an Itunes look and feel.  And get this…you can stream just about any song directly from the results.  Check out this William Fitzsimmons tune.  The concept may not sound that innovative, but how many legal sites can you actually stream entire songs upon request?  Google universal search could learn a few things from these guys.

Obviously for informational searches it’s no google.  Most likely this site will fall in with countless other engines popping up, but it’s worth a look. Here’s an old TechCrunch article for more info.

A very interesting web2.0 map. Check it out if you’d like to learn more about the 2nd generation of internet-based services.

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Two people have asked me to remove their microsoft language toolbar this week. So, I have to assume a lot of people have this problem.

The language toolbar is the little “?” in a small square near the clock on the startard XP desktop. Typically, even if you remove the toolbar by right clicking the taskbar and unchecking the language toolbar it returns on each reboot. Here are the steps to remove it for good:

1. Start, Control Panel
2. Click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options and then Regional and Language Options
3. Press Languages tab, then “Details” button
4. Choose the Langage Bar button and then deselect Show the language bar on the desktop
5. OK

If you’re interested in creating a custom wordpress template for your personal or business blog you should check out this reference. It’s not an easy road, but this tutorial will put you on the right path better than any I’ve seen.

Ajax has been a hot topic on the web for some time now. However, I haven’t seen a list of tools built with ajax that are already available.

The list is starting out small, but please let me know if you have something to add to the list.

• AjaxWrite – A web-based word processor