GOOGLE CRAP This is great. Google are beta testing a personalised version of their software. Instead of filtering out all the crap you don't need you can now filter in your own preferences. The new search facility has a neat little slider gizmo that lets you filter further still. Google Web Alerts is handy too. Enter a search and then Google will email you as often as you like when the results change. Google Local is still only being tested with American options but I'm hoping they'll add some other countries to the features once it goes live. Mike is blogging to: an alarmingly quiet phone