Google may have limit you to create it's goo.gl short URL only via either Google Toolbar or from Feedburner feeds. But many people had tried other way to utilize the power of Google's new URL shortener.

Blog author at labnol.org has come out with an easier way to create goo.gl short URL, now just using a Bookmarklet. I personally prefer to use Bookmarklet rather than installing a Firefox Extension because it is easier to install and use.

Get the Goo.gl Bookmarklet now via [http://www.labnol.org/internet/googl-bookmarklet/11871/]

When technologists of the future look back in time, they'll remember 2009 as the year Google got serious about an internet operating system, speeding up the web, and indexing EVERYTHING in sight. Take a look at the year 2009 in Google.

Read full review on Lifehacker [http://lifehacker.com/5427816/this-year-in-google-the-2009-edition]

Don't know what the heck is Google "Wave" ?? Watch this video explaining it all in just two minutes.

As you can see, the Google Phone, which is apparently being called the “Nexus One”, does look exactly like the HTC Passion, which everyone was including in their posts earlier. You’ll also notice that there’s a key difference: It’s not HTC-branded at all.

More details at [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/12/12/nexus-one]

Google is not the only major tech company developing a speedy, open-source operating system for netbooks – Intel’s been working on Moblin netbook OS since 2007.

Moblin netbook OS is meant to be a lot of things: user-friendly, Internet-oriented and based on existing standards. BMoblin’s most significant strength is supposed to be how well it runs on Intel’s Atom processor.

Read the full review at [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-moblin-netbook-os-giving-chrome-os-a-run-for...]

It has been a tough year, but the brands topping the 2009 BusinessWeek/Interbrand list of Best Global Brands have managed to weather the storm admirably. Here, find out more about the strategies of all 100 brands on the list, from Campbell's, slipping in at No. 100, to this year's No. 1, Coca-Cola.

via [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0917_global_brands/index.htm?campaign...]