The Google Notebook service is now live on Google Labs.
When you first try and use the service, you’ll be given the ability to download a IE plugin or a Firefox extension. This allows you to create notes about the page you are viewing, or highlight text on the page and copy it to a note. You can also create and edit notes right from www.google.com/notebook/.
More information is available in the Google Notebook Overview and the FAQ.
I wonder if we’ll ever see an Opera Widget for this.
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 to the public. Lord help us.
And in related news… I saw this article posted on Digg. It talks about CSS, CSS Hacking, and IE7. Good read for any web designers out there.
Microsoft has released a public beta of the next version of Internet Explorer. According to a comment on the IEBlog, this beta release is only available for users running Windows XP SP2 on a 32-bit system. x64 and Server 2003 builds are expected at a later date.
For anyone interested in installing IE7B2, I’d highly suggest that you take a look at the release notes, IE7 Newsgroup, and the IEBlog first.
Google has made some changes to their Desktop Search to block attackers from exploiting a security flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The best part about this is the modifications made by Google were on their end, and end users do not need to download any kind of patch or update.
It took Google roughly one week to fix (or at least prevent) a flaw in IE and protect their users. Microsoft is still “looking into the issue”.
Of course, people who use Opera or Firefox didn’t have to worry about this issue in the first place. 
An unpatched flaw (yes, there are many) in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer may put users of the Google Desktop Search at risk. This flaw has to do with the way IE handles (or mishandles) CSS. A malicious web page can inject code into a page which allows it to execute on a remote machine.
There is currently no fix available from Microsoft. And while no known use of this exploit has been used, there has been a proof of concept posted on the net.
Those of you who (for whatever reason) still use Internet Explorer, it is recommended that you disable JavaScript and/or switch to a better browser. Personally, I’d block IE in the firewall. 