Google Chat, History of Firefox, Opera Gets New Widgets, and More - Tuesday Web Search News Roundup

• Save Your Google Chat Histories [Google Talk Blog]
  just noticed when logging into Google Talk that I can save my chat history via Gmail: you can also set your chats to be "off the record" so other people can't have a history of your chats, an interesting feature.
• FirstGov and the Federal Citizen Information Center Offers RSS Feeds [FirstGov]
  stay up to date on federal government news, features, and frequently asked questions from the FirstGov database
• Exalead index reaches 4 billion [Pandia]
  "Exalead is part of the Quaero initiative, the European search engine initiative claimed by French president Jaques Chirac to be the next Google."
• Opera 9 Will Get Widgets For Tuesday's Preview [CyberNet Technology News]
  "Another amazing feature is that Opera is going to have an integrated Bittorrent download manager. This means you will no longer need a separate Bittorrent client to download your files! Talk about simplicity!"
• German BMW Banned From Google [Google Blogoscoped]
  BMW was caught utitlizing doorway pages
• University of Michigan President Defends Google Book Search [John Battelle's Searchblog]
  "Google Book Search complements our work. It amplifies our efforts, and reduces our costs. It does not replace books, but instead expands their presence in the marketplace."
• Today is Safer Internet Day [Bloggers Blog]
  "The European Commission is leading a worldwide 'Safer Internet Day' tomorrow to highlight the potential dangers of using the web."
• Ben Goodger Reflects on the History of Firefox [MozillaZine]
  "Firefox Lead Engineer Ben Goodger has written a weblog post offering his perspective on the history of Firefox. "

Related: Read more about Google Talk, FirstGov, doorway pages, Google's efforts to digitize books, Internet safety, and learn more about Firefox.