Google GMail SMS signup supports Australia, Indonesia, Malayasia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and of-course US of A.

Google seems to have developed a habit of introducing new services and then withdrawing them due to high demand and reintroducing them selectively later. Google Web Accelerator, Google Analytics and now Google Pages, all follow this overused pattern. So it is with (now withdrawn) Google Pages.

ZDNet has compiled a list of best of breed Web 2.0 applications which includes two from my compilation. In other words Microsoft Office alternatives for Web 2.0. Here is the list in brief along with some comments and suggestions.

Gautam Shah has written an interesting article in Javaworld where he discusses ways to use SOAP over MOM (message oriented middleware) implementations, instead of default HTTP, to build reliable web services.

Apple users have downloaded over 1 billion songs from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched in April 2003. The magic number was hit at roughly 12:38am EST on Thursday morning, according to TUAW.