Google has unveiled two new lab features for GMail. The first is the ability to do a quick Google web search and get results without leaving the GMail window. The results pop up in the lower right hand corner, similar to Google Chat windows. If you hover over each item in the result, a clickable more »

I like using Instant Messaging, but I rarely use the emoticons that are associated with them. Of course, we live an age where some refuse to communicate with anything but emoticons.

If you are one of those people, and are not satisfied with the Mr. Happy Face look of most emoticons, you can now program your own look. Thanks to a program known as Minimise-Me, a user can customize an emoticon with an interface that is very reminiscent of Nintendo’s Mii Creator.