google/Gmail hack
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Hacking Gmail 2006
The first book to unlock the true power behind Gmail. Hacking Gmail will immediately appeal to Google and Gmail fans. This is serious, down-and-dirty, under-the-hood, code-level hacking that will have readers eliminating the default settings, customizing appearance, disabling advertising, and taking control over their Gmail accounts Covers turning Gmail into an online hard drive for backing up files, using it as a blogging tool, and even creating customized Gmail tools and hacks Shows readers how to check their Gmail without visiting the site; use Gmail APIs in Perl, Python, PHP, and other languages, or create their own; and maximize Gmail as a host for message boards, photo galleries, even a blog.

Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth 2006

This one-of-a-kind resource contains 500 pages of jaw-dropping
hacks, mods, and customizations. These include creating mashups
with data from other sources such as Flickr, building a space station tracker, hacking Maps with Firefox PiggyBank, and building a complete community site with Maps and Earth. Now you can map out locations, get driving directions, zoom into any point on the globe, display real time traffic, and much more.

Google hacking for Penetration Testers

Google Hacking for Penetration Testers explores the explosive growth of a technique known as “Google Hacking.” This simple tool can be bent by hackers and those with malicious intents to find hidden information, break into sites, and access supposedly secure information. Borrowing the techniques pioneered by malicious “Google hackers,” this book aims to show security practitioners how to properly protect clients from this often overlooked and dangerous form of information leakage. The sophistication and functionality of Google searches has resulted in several publications boasting Google’s superiority to other search engines, providing tips, tricks and even hacks for novice, intermediate, and advanced Internet users. However few of these publications even mention security, and none are written with the IT professional’s security tasks in mind.

Google Hacks 2003

Since Google appeared online in 1998, it managed to cast a shadow over all other search engines and claim the throne of the most popular search engine. Google earned this position by providing surfers with great quality when searching. It was just a matter of time when someone decided to put together a book that will help users get the most out of Google.

If you're wondering why the name "Google Hacks", the answer is in the preface of the book where the authors explain that "hacks" here mean "quick-n-dirty" solutions to programming problems or interesting techniques for getting a task done. Sounds great, doesn't it?

Google Maps Hacks, 2006

The authors begin with a complete introduction to the "standard" features of Google Maps. The adventure continues with 60 useful and interesting mapping projects that demonstrate ways developers have added their own features to the maps. After that's given you ideas of your own, you learn to apply the techniques and tools to add your own data to customize and manipulate Google Maps. Even Google seems to be tacitly blessing what might be seen as unauthorized use, but maybe they just know a good thing when they see one.

With the tricks and techniques you'll learn from Google Maps Hacks, you'll be able to adapt Google's satellite map feature to create interactive maps for personal and commercial applications for businesses ranging from real estate to package delivery to home services, transportation and more.

Labels: google/gmail, IT