We all love chatting. Google Talk gives us freedom to talk anywhere and anytime wiht our online friends. Message them instantaneously, transfer files, share photos - we love it all.
But what we don't like is getting disturbed by some unwanted friend. We really don't want to chat at that moment but we are forced for maintaining relations.

Can we trick Google Talk? Can we show idle status and be active at the same time?

The best way to keep unwanted friends away is to be invisible or keeping our status idle.Google talk has no provision of invisible status(however you can always choose invisible status in gmail embedded chat)

Idle status in gtalk means you aren't using the feature for last 15 minutes.Being idle is more advantageous than it may seem. You can always make excuses to your colleagues. Didn't you saw the idle status - I was having lunch, I was watching movie, - I was not in my chair, - My brother was playing some stupid game etc.

So far as many people know, you can't make your status idle. Its an automatic update which ticks after 15 minutes of inactivity.

gAlwaysIdle is a small application which gets integrated with gtalk and forcibly sets your status to idle.

gAlwaysIdle is solution for your dilemma. Now chat with whom you initiate and remain idle to all others.

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Here is the list for most useful official Google blogs in English with their descriptions:

The Official Google Blog - Insights from Googlers into our products, technology and the Google culture.

AdWords Agency Blog - The latest from Adwords from you and your client.

AdWords Retail Tips - Adwords tips for the retailers

AdSense Blog - A look inside Google AdSense. With newbie, optimization, AdSense features, and more.

Adwords API Blog - The official source of information about the AdWords API from Google.

Adwords Blog - Google's official blog for news, information, and tips on AdWords.

AJAX Search API Blog - At this Blog Google gives info about how to use the AJAX Search API.

Google Affiliate Network Blog - News, views and product information for Google affiliate network advertisers and publishers.

Analytics Blog - Here you can get the latest news, tips, and resources from the Google Analytics team.

Android Blog - Blog for developers working with Android, An Open Handset Alliance Project.

Base Blog - Get news, tips, and resources straight from the Google Base team.

Blogger Blog - The Official buzz from blogger.

Checkout Blog - The official Checkout Blog with news for sellers using Google Checkout.

Code Featured Projects - Blog about featured projects on Google Code.

Code Updates Blog - Read all about the latest Google Code updates at the Code Blog.

CPG Blog - News and notes from Google's Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).

Custom Search Blog - The latest news, updates and tips from the Custom Search Engine team.

Data APIs - Official Google Data APIs blog.

Desktop APIs - Your official source on the Google Desktop APIs.

Docs Blog - News and notes from the Google Docs team at the official Docs Blog.

Enterprise Blog - A blog about enterprise information, search, and the users that live there.

Feedburner Blog - The Official Feedburner blog of burning questions.

Finance Blog - News and views from the Google Finance team.

Gadgets API Blog - Intended for people who use the Google Gadgets API to write gadgets.

Gears API Blog - Keep up to date on Google Gear's progress with Gears API Blog.

Gmail Blog - News, tips and tricks from Google's Gmail team and friends.

Grants Blog - We started this Blog as a place to read about the latest Google Grants news and information

Let's Take it Offline - The latest news form Google's TV, Print and Audio Ads team

Lat Long Blog - News and notes by the Google Earth and Maps team.

Mac Blog - Macs inside Google. The official Google Mac Blog.

Maps API Blog - Official Google Maps API blog.

Mashup Editor Blog - The official source of information about the Google Mashup Editor.

Mobile Blog - News and views from the Google Mobile team.

News Blog - The official blog from the team at Google News.

Notebook Blog - At the Notebook Blogs you can read news and tips from the Notebook team.

Open Source Blog - Open source at Google with news about Google's open source projects and programs.

OpenSocial API Blog - OpenSocial provides a set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites.

Orkut Blog - Your official guide to staying beautiful on Orkut.

Orkut Developer Blog - Learn about APIs, changes and events related to the Orkut developer platform.

Google Online Security Blog - The latest news and insights from Google on security and safety on the internet.

Picasa Blog - News, tips and tricks from the Picasa team at Google.

Public Policy Blog - Google's view on government, policy and politics.

Reader Blog - News, tips and tricks from the Google Reader Team.

Research Blog - Google research blog where Googlers write about their public research.

Security Blog - The latest news and insights from Google on security and safety on the Internet.

SketchUp API Blog - All about the ins and outs of the SketchUp API.

SketchUp Blog - News and notes from the SketchUp folks.

Students Blog - Google news and updates especially for students

Talk About Blog - A blog about voice, IM and open communications with Google Talk.

Testing Blog - If it ain't broke, you're not trying hard enough.

Google Traditional Media Ads Blog - News form Google's TV, Print and Audio Ads team.

Video Blog - Celebrating creative works from the many contributors to the Google Upload Program

Webmaster Central Blog - Official news on crawling and indexing sites for the Google index.

Web Toolkit Blog - About the open source Java software development framework for AJAX applications.

Website Optimizer Blog - The most up-to-date product news, industry insights, and testing strategies.

YouTube API Blog - For developers using the YouTube API.

YouTube Blog - Official YouTube blog for latest features and happenings.

Ohfffffff ! I am tired. Tell me if you encounter with new ones.

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Are you sure your friend is offline? Well, he can be invisible and cheating on you. DetectInvisible is a service that detects whether Yahoo user is offline or online. You need to enter Yahoo ID of your friend and the service will check for his status.

Though the page is filled with ads, but I particularly like the services it provides, like

- Support of id in the form ..@ymail.com and ..@rocketmail.com too.

- Provision for sending an offline message.

- you can also save your friends avatar on your computer.

- Support all versions of yahoo messenger

DetectInvisible.com, a free service to spy on your friends with a easily rememberable name.

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Click on the Thumbnail to enlarge these wallpapers !

Thanks to Hongkiat.com for compiling these wallpapers.

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Though this is something useless but hilarious about Google dropping their O when asked results starting from page 990.

To drop an O you will have to append &num=100&start=990 to the search query.

Example: Normal search query to send free sms would look like:

http://www.google.com/search?q=send+free+sms

After appending:

http://www.google.com/search?q=send+free+sms&num=100&start=990

This might be a CSS flaw in handling a large number of queries. Even the Next button disappears making any further search impossible.

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