Zoho and Google updates and notes

As you might have noted from my previous posts, I'm a fan of online or web-based applications like Google Docs and the Zoho suite of products. While both companies are constantly improving their products, Zoho Writer 2.0 has jumped ahead of Google's offering with a redesign and a few more features. If you don't absolutely, positively need the "corporate" functionality of Microsoft Word, either of these services will save you both money and the hassle of installing software on your computer.

On a largely un-related topic, Google is now hosting the Life magazine photo archive with millions of historic photos now available through Google's image search. To me, this is an absolutely incredible gift to the public and it will be an absolute boon to teachers, students, researchers and history buffs. Most of these images have never been published before. It's a remarkable collection.