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Goosh, a Google Command Line

Goosh.org hosts an unofficial Google interface which “behaves similar to a unix-shell,” as the author Stefan Grothkopp explains. For instance, entering n disney will result in a Google News search for the keyword “disney”. Type help to see some of the other available commands, like lucky (an “I’m feeling lucky” search), wiki (a Wikipedia [...]

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Update Firefox’s search bar with new Google favicon

Have you noticed the new Google search favicon? I am not sure if Google intends to keep it forever but I like the refresh. You can update the Firefox’s default Google search plugin to show the new Google search icon: Locate the searchplugins folder in your Firefox install folder. (typically C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ on Windows). Open the google.xml [...]

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