Google's Phish Net

If you're not using the Google Toolbar (or turned it off to make more browser space) then you might not have noticed a few new features.

IE version 4 adds protection for your search settings protecting you from spyware that attempts to change your default search engine, a new 'send to' option for easy blogging, email or SMS, and a new portable bookmarks feature.

The new firefox version 2 has an easy subscribe button in the toolbar to subscribe to RSS feeds! If multiple feeds are available, you get a drop down menu listing (for example) the main feed, comments feed, and the podcast feed. Wow! You can choose to add the subscription to Bloglines, Firefox live bookmarks, My Yahoo, Google personalized home, Newsgator, or Pluck.

I hope they add this to the IE version soon.

The new "safe browsing" feature is cool too! A warning pops up if you visit a suspected phishing site! yes, this was an extension, but now it's built in for everybody! I think they should have called it PhishNet.

If you've been waiting for a reason to try Firefox... maybe this is it!

IE version 4 link
Firefox version 2 link

Perhaps nervous about us building our own toolbars (now updated with open WorldCat!) with sites like effectivebrand.com ... they've also released: Google Toolbar Enterprise Edition link