Matthaus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, founders of the stealth startup Mobile-facts, have found that you can take Google’s smartphone operating system, Android, and use it as a desktop operating system. The news probably has many of you jumping for joy (I am, too).

They actually tested their theory and succeeded by running Android in desktop Linux mode on a netbook, the Asus Eee PC 1000H. All the necessary components were working, so that just leaves us waiting to see when the first Google desktop will hit shelves.

Google Earth has certainly evolved in the past few years from a flat urban wasteland and a few 3D pop-ups, the boys over at Google have really kicked it up a notch. A recent update’s added 3D buildings for just about every structure in Manhattan, with photo textures applied. Check the update and enjoy the ability to do a fly-through and observe the cityscape in its full, overcrowded glory.

Thanks to Google Earth Blog

The possibilities are endless when it comes to Google Maps. You can track people with the flu, wildfires, and now, you can even track those damn Somali pirates. Someone’s figured out a way to make it show where all those attacks are taking place.

Using official documents, a Google user called “expedition” created a detailed map that allows you to “view the actual pirate bases, vehicles, checkpoints, and pirate boats. Locate the precise areas of the sea where vessels are hijacked, and where the pirates drop anchor to hold their crews for ransom.”

Bravo.

Google’s iPhone Search app is live, so head to iTunes and grab it from the App Store.  The guys over at Gizmodo have already tested it out and given some screen shots.

“Gizmodo” was understood, surprisingly, as was “bear market” and “bare ass”. That’s right, it was smart enough to tell the difference between the words bear and bare, depending on the context. Also super cool?

Grab the app HERE.

Google’s just added voice and video chat capabilities to Gmail and boy are we excited.  Guess we’ll be ditching AIM sooner than we expected.  We’ve already got the option to integrated AIM into Gmail chat.

Just download the Gmail voice and chat plug-in and install it.  Then sign into Gmail and in the chat section of your Gmail, select the contact you want to call.  If they have a camera icon you can make a voice or video call to them.  It’s okay if you don’t because you can have 1-way video or voice or just send them a link to invite them to download the plug-in.

We’re assuming Facebook’s following suit not too far from now.

Head to Google for more info.

Today’s turning out to be as exciting as we expected.  Every website we go to has the word “vote” written atleast one million times.  Google’s also gone Voter-friendly with today’s headline logo.  I wonder who capital G is voting for?

Some people out there might’ve been waiting for this one.  Google Earth has landed at the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  It’s easy to use and at times, you might not even need network access.  The overscope can be accessed without the internet, but if you’re trying to zoom in on an area, then that’s only possible if you’ve accessed it before and the cache is still on your phone.

8 million geo-located Panoramio photos. iPhone-equipped travelers now have the opportunity to see where they’re headed before they get there — minus the people.  Plus, in certain areas, there are Wikipedia logos that you can click on to go straight to Wiki articles that relate to the location.  If you tilt the iPhone, you enter a 3-D mode that’s really fun to look at when you’re high sleepy.

The app is free and available now at the App Store

When totally blasted, things can go so wrong by typing a text you normally wouldn’t or calling an ex that you shouldn’t.  Solutions for avoiding such problems are much needed, but Google is working on problems for drunk emailing.  Yes, emailing.

Gmail can’t always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we’re launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.  When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?

Basically, you can enable a few precautions like enabling “Mail Goggles” from 11pm to 5am from Thursday to Fridays (or everyday if you’re an alcoholic) and you’ll be asked a series of math problems before you can hit that send button.  Many will enjoy this app, but let’s see this make its way to the iPhone for solving all of man’s drunken mistakes.

Mail Goggles Screenshots:

Thanks Gmail on blogspot!