Well this is my first post so i thought why not write something about google 
and this is because of the fact the we are totally dependant on google nowadays….
Just try to think about ur official presentations , projects , work , music , recipes , places , photograps , maps or any random thing….. does that ring a bell–yes it does , the one answer to all ur queries on internet today is google. This a positive thing and i appreciate that…but try to imagine that in the process of using google to ur needs how many personal details or yours do u people share with google and google manages a database of all this…
Thanks to Gmail, Google knows who you are e-mailing, what you are saying and it will store all your e-mails forever. Thanks to Google Talk,Google knows who you are talking to and who your closest associates are. And if Gmail and Google Talk were not enough, because of Orkut, Google knows who sits in your circle of friends. Thanks to Google Search, Google knows what you are searching for on the Web, including the news, type of images and newsgroup access. Thanks to Google Video, Google knows what kind of risqué videos you like to watch. Thanks to Google Finance, Google knows what stocks and businesses you are interested in. Thanks to Blogger, Google knows what you rant about and what rants you like reading. Thanks to Google Maps, Google knows where your house is and where you are going. Thanks to Google Calendar, Google knows who you are meeting with, where you are going, and what you are busy doing. Thanks to Picasa, Google even knows what you, your family, and your best friends look like. Best of all, thanks to Google Desktop, Google has access to all your documents, images, files, and everything else on your hard drive. And when Google displays customised adverts based on the e-mails you receive and searches you make, and you happen to click one of them, Google knows the kind of things you are interested in.
well…
what more do u expect from a well built virus to do ?
this does not mean that iam against google or google is really a virus…(i dont know the truth)
but its just a thought…
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i think its more than a virus,
its something we are addicted to, its a virus that we are dependant upon for our day to day or i should say hourly needs.
but what ever it is, we all love it and cant live without it.
I really thought it was a good website because it has a nice personal touch and the pictures are very good and nicely animated. And i do have to say, the Google thing was very creative and I agree with Joy that it more of an addiction then a virus, but at the same time GOOGLE KNOWS ALL, such as our emails, chats, and friends. So I guess I am neutral. As long as our info is safe and is not leaked out, its all good. Also we are on the INTERNET so everything and anything can be tracked easily by some (or many) masterminds.
Anyways, Dhruv, I think your hard work showed off. Cool site!
Let me first congratulate you on your attempt at a tech-blog. I must say it is a shock to see it come off you.
Not to be a prick and all, but I don’t entirely agree. After all, what good is a blog, if it lacks critique.
Ok. Let us first discuss what exactly a virus is. Essentially, a computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user.
Did Google force you to use their email services? No. Do they force you to use Orkut? No. Do they force you to use Google Talk? No. In fact do they make your ID use any service without your permission? No. So can you actually call it a virus?
Your perspective has an extremely narrow spectrum, since it is only highlighting the negative side. Look at the positive side. Google has revolutionized every form of online service, may it be email, search, social networking, office applications, IM, etc.
We all use Google’s products, because they are exceptionally good and offer things that no one has offered before.
It was brave of you to accept that you do no know, since what you wrote is a thought, but Google has become a synonym to the internet now and frankly, I cannot imagine an internet without having Google around.
As a great man once said: “They have information, because you trust them to have it!”
-Akhil
Dhruv, great article there!
Write something positive about them. I can think of giving your blog some exposure from my website
btw, I love your style of blog. I practice the same
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awesum man……
keep it up..
i havent thought about it this ways till now…
true true..
keep it u p
I don’t agree that Google is like a virus, but they do have access to a lot of information about us. However, Microsoft has been secretly storing info about us for a long time, and at least Google tells us about it. Did you know that Microsoft archives our e-mails and attachments in hidden folders? Why would they do that? Maybe you can rant on that sometime…
yes i do know about that…
ol that WGA stuff..
i’ll surely write about that in future
I just saw the link to this blog on ur gtalk status msg and i must say u have done a great job Dhruv. Both the blog n your thoughts on google seem to be very original as usual (lol jk).
Anyways keep up the good work.
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what u say is right .. but Google doesn’t pass on Ur info say per the privacy statement .. it clearly says that ..if i am wrong correct me .. i haven’t read all of the applications privacy statements but i have read some in full .. don’t think i am a nut case .. just did it for knowing what they might take from us ..
the blog is really good .. have to say u have some really good ides ..
here is a great piece of info we should think about ..
what if some one get a virus into Google .. so he can transmit specific user info from Google .. so now we ca see the havoc situation we will be in ..
Before the invention of the internet and a long time before any of us were born – was invented the phrase “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”.
Still damn valid, don’t you think?
Have you heard the very famous phrase “Don’t crap where you eat”?