Most Popular Blog Posts Of 2006

The top blogs in 2006 mainly focused on politics and satire according to a report from Nielsen BuzzMetrics. The top blog, based on the number of inbound links from other blogs between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, 2006, was mother.livejournal.com's petition against changes in the livejournal interface. The single post was linked to in 801 posts by 786 other blogs.

Gmail Storage Growth Grinds To A Halt

One of Gmail's biggest bragging points is that it offers an ever-increasing amount of storage. It's a new year, though, and the times, they are a-changing (with apologies to Bob Dylan for that line). Gmail's storage capacity appears to have leveled off at 2800 megabytes.

Google Welcomes New Year, Breaks Calculator

2006 was a good year for Google, but 2007 didn't start off too well. The primary search engine apparently forgot how to do math, as both its calculator and currency conversion functions stopped working. The proverbial hangover has passed, however, and things are back to normal now.