Google has just launched a new search service that only links to XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) pages that have been formatted for display in small screens of mobile devices like PDA and mobile phone. Mobile users can already perform searches from mobile device with a Web browser and enter a query in the search box at Google.com or Google.com/xhtml. For your information, this blog is written in XHTML. :)

This week, Google added a new “Mobile Web” option to the pages. When this button is selected, users will only receive links to XHTML pages that have been formatted for the smaller displays of mobile devices.

In fact, Google also offers a similar Web search service for phones that support WML (Wireless Markup Language) instead of XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language). The WML search service can be reached at Google.com/wml. However, WML doesn’t support images, so searching for pictures isn’t possible using this service. Unfortunately, the newly launched Mobile Web option is not available on WML phones.
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Google Launched Mobile XHTML Search

Last 2 weeks, I’ve blogged a little about Microsoft Corp. released Windows® XP Home Edition N and Windows XP Professional N, the two versions of the Windows operating system created as part of the company’s compliance with the European Commission’s decision as part of its antitrust remedy of March 2004.

Unfortunately, four major PC makers have no plans to sell the media-player-free version of Windows due to lack of customer demand. They are Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens.
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PC Makers Snub Windows XP N

MSN just came up with a little game at Start.com.

Start is the new page MSN is working on, the concept is quite closed to My Google released few weeks ago. Therefore if you go to Start.com and answer correctly to all their questions (5 of them) you will get the URL of the latest development stage for start.com.

MSN is playing around on a dynamic homepage where you can drag and drop modules to place them wherever you want them to appear, something similar to My Google. The page displays the traditional News, Stocks, Weather plus what seems to be personalized RSS Feeds.

Microsoft Corp said on Friday, June 10, 2005, they are interested in offering an online music subscription service. However, at the moment, Micorsoft has nothing much to share yet.

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“We are actively investigating the subscription model, but we don’t have anything to share today,” Christine Andrews, lead product manager of Microsoft’s MSN Internet division said, “Once we are ready to talk more, we’ll let you know.”

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Microsoft Will Offer Online Music Subscription Service

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Microsoft Corp. today announced the timetable for availability of Windows® XP Home Edition N and Windows XP Professional N, the two versions of the Windows operating system created as part of the company’s compliance with the European Commission’s decision as part of its antitrust remedy of March 2004.
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Windows XP Edition N

IE Blog just announced some job vacancies in Microsoft as Programming Writer for Internet Explorer (IE). This is their newest open position is for a Programming Writer position for work on the SDK documentation for IE7.

At the same time, Mozilla is also hiring Software Engineering for the famous Firefox browser as well. This might be the step to cover the lost of a few key developers in Mozilla who have already joined Google in the past 6 months. At first, Ben Goodger & Darin Fisher in January, 2005. Then we saw Brian Ryner joined Google in March, 2005.

Looks like, more and more web browser developers are needed for each browser company to sustain their competitiveness. So, anyone interested in joining one of them. :)

p/s: Quite surprisingly, I saw a Get Firefox! link in the IE Blog. LoL =))