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Google Hacks: Build a Google Screensaver

Overview Along with desktop backgrounds, screensavers have always been a feature of personal computers that people feel comfortable changing, tweaking, fiddling with, and hacking for fun. And by scripting Google Images, one can create a screensaver based on images from across the Web. This paper relies on the screensavers that ship with Windows XP and Mac OS X. Each screensaver allows to specify a directory on the computer that contains images, and displays those images on the screen during the computer's idle moments. A Perl script downloads images from a Google Images search that one specifies.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	PDF
Date Published	August 2006
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Search Strategies, Web Development and Design, Application Development

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Apple's Safari coming to Windows PCs

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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

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Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks at the potential cost savings associated with server consolidation and offers information on how organizations can sustain the advantage they have gained by consolidating their servers.

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IBM

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