Do you hate having to go to umpteen sites just to download your essential software to get your computer running?
Do you hate then having to again go to umpteen sites again to check for software updates, and then downloading and installing them?

Well I have the answer for you, it is call the Google Pack. Not only does the Google Pack include a wealth of Google software it also includes many non-Google software titles such as, Skype, RealPlayer, Adobe Reader, Norton AntiVirus 2005 SE, Ad-Aware SE Personal, Mozilla Firefox, and all the software is downloaded and installed according to your preferences. And as an added bonus there is a service that runs in the background called Google Updater and it will keep all of the supported installed programs updated to their latest and greatest version. See image to the right for a screen shot of Google Updater.

So if you would like to check out the Google Pack just click the button below:

The following wealth of programs is one of the main reasons I recommend it along with Firefox on the left side of my site.

List of Software in Google Pack

• Google Earth
• Google Desktop
• Picasa
• Google Pack Screensaver
• Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar
• Norton AntiVirus 2005 Special Edition
• Ad-Aware SE Personal
• Adobe Reader
• Google Talk
• Google Video Player
• RealPlayer
• GalleryPlayerHD Images
• Skype

According to Network Wold, Bill Gates will finally get his degree from Harvard. The article had the following to say:

It’s not like he needs it to beef up his résumé, but the world’s richest college dropout finally is getting his degree. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, will speak at Harvard University’s commencement ceremony in June and, like all commencement speakers, will receive an honorary degree from the institution. It’s hard to guess if Gates, the wealthiest person in the world and co-founder of a company that brought in $44 billion in revenue last year, cares. But the programming whiz who once dropped out of Harvard will likely feel some sense of satisfaction.

Since today was pretty busy for me, and I haven’t had time to post, I just wanted to share these two videos that gave me a good laugh. They came from Miguel de Icaza blog. You have to suspend reality for a second, while watching these videos, and forget that they are referring to PC as a operating system instead of a hardware platform and that Linux also runs on the PC platform and arguably so does Mac. Happy watching…

Apple Ad Spoof #1 from Novell

Apple Ad Spoof #2 from Novell