Microsoft will hold a gala in San Francisco on September 15th to celebrate “The Beauty of the Web”, official launch of IE9 Beta.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta launch
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Google Maps now offers biking directions!
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010As an every day commuter I am really happy to see this happening. The bike directions take a lot of factors into consideration:
designated bike lanes, tries to avoid areas with lots of hill climbs and drops, busy roads and intersections. In giving estimates on trip times, Google uses an average person at an average Body Mass Index level, peddling up and down the terrain. Let’s take a look at my usual morning route. I checked it with GPS logger and it is 9 miles which takes me about 35 minutes. According to Google Maps it is 11.6 mi and takes 1 hour. This feature is still in beta so I hope they will make some improvements 
