Just when Google may finally decide to enable searching of audio and video content we came across Bitoogle—a search engine just for Torrents. I bet they will very soon get a cease-and-desist letter from Google legal department. Or maybe not, Booble is still up.

But it's a neat idea anyway. I'd love to hear some feedback about how good the search results are.

[Via rtng]

Can't wait for Google to release GMail but don't have enough cash to buy an account on EBay? Well, now you can trade in an old object that you don't want anymore to get your @gmail.com e-mail address.

• gizmo offers "duping up to 40 dvd's, media included"

• Seldo offers "A night on the town (London)"

• xmpcray offers "photoshopped you!"

• funpaul offers "5 Magic Online rare cards"

• Sioux offers "Super cool indie comics of your choice"

 John Battelle breaks the story about A9, the newly-launched search-engine from Amazon. Amazingly the giant e-commerce company chose a blogger to spread the news out from the blogosphere to the world (and to the traditional media). Batelle had an exclusive sneak-preview of the service one month ago. His words:

One could argue that A9 is a pure commerce play, not a search portal. After all, that's what the folks at Amazon insisted when they founded the company and located it in the heart of Google/YahooLand (ie, Palo Alto). But that argument is disingenuous. First off, take a look at the A9 interface. Where's the commerce? (Answer, it's there, but it's hidden, more on that later when I post on the service itself). And second, I'd argue that you can't really be in the commerce business without having at least a strategy for owning search. The reverse also hold true. It's two ends toward the middle, and by the way, that middle ground is getting damn crowded - AOL, Yahoo, MSN, eBay, IAC, Amazon, Google…

For a tour of A9 (and its toolbar) features follow this link.

PS: There's also  a generic version of A9 that doesn't track users via cookies or use their data.

On BoingBoing we found a screen shot of Google's Gmail tool. Anybody with a better resolution picture please send to us.

 [UPDATE: Can't Google launch this tool to end all these rumors???. The first shot is reportedly fake. According to Kevin Fox]

Since I have already fallen for Jason's April Fool's joke I won't believe that Google is really hiring for their Moon offices (Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering  — G.C.H.E.E.S.E.).

Google is interviewing candidates for engineering positions at our lunar hosting and research center, opening late in the spring of 2007. This unique opportunity is available only to highly-qualified individuals who are willing to relocate for an extended period of time, are in top physical condition and are capable of surviving with limited access to such modern conveniences as soy low-fat lattes, The Sopranos and a steady supply of oxygen.

The Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.) is a fully integrated research, development and technology facility at which Google will be conducting experiments in entropized information filtering, high-density high-delivery hosting (HiDeHiDeHo) and de-oxygenated cubicle dwelling. This center will provide a unique platform from which Google will leapfrog current terrestrial-based technologies and bring information access to new heights of utility.