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GOOGLE TIPS There are ways of getting more from Google than you may realise. As well as providing access to billions of web pages, google can be used as a calculator, can check the weather, can check on your stock market shares, give you the sports results as well as lots of other features. Calculator - To use Google's built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation that you'd like done into the search box. Weather - To see the weather for many UK and worldwide cities, type "weather" followed by the name of the city or postcode. Stock and shares - To see current market data for a given company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box. On the results page, you can click the link to see more data from Google Finance. See the full list at http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/help/features.html - - -