Google flirts with online OS
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Docs, Spreadsheets, Folders It's only a matter of time before Google unveils a full-fledged online operating system. This week, Microsoft's biggest rival rolled out a new version of Docs &amp; Spreadsheets - its online answer to Word and Excel - adding Windows-like folders, an improved search engine, and an all-around prettier interface.â¦
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO - Internet search leader Google Inc. is trying to convince federal and state authorities that Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system is stifling competition as the high-tech heavyweights wrestle for the allegiance of personal computer users.
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OCTOBER 15, 2004  - Google Inc. is bringing its proven search capabilities to a Windows XP- or Windows 2000-equipped computer near you, helping users to catalog most of the files and content
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Google on Thursday provided software developers with technology to keep online applications like e-mail running on computers even if Internet connections are dropped, unavailable or unreliable.
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Google is offering beefed up web programs to businesses in a clear shot at rival Microsoft.
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Google will unveil communications and productivity software aimed at businesses that will be accessible over the Internet.
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Google Inc., a web-search serviceâs leader, will offer books and documents online from four universities and the New York Public Library.
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Google gets into the Web registration business.
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Software giant hopes to challenge Google with new search technology.
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Hoping to make it even easier to turn its online maps into collages of local information, Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites.
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Developers have big plans for Gears, the Google Inc. browser plug-in designed to provide offline access to Web-hosted applications.
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Google Inc.'s long-awaited expansion of its search tools from the Internet to individual computers takes advantage of the company's core technology as well as a weakness in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
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New site is designed to spur development of OS for improved mobile Web surfing, networking, power management, user interface, more.
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Google's next move may be to add a browser offering to its portfolio of  Internet products. A New York Post news report suggests that the  search-engine giant has added employees to develop such a technology based on  the open-source Mozilla browser.
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INTERNET giant Google has taken its searching tools one step further with a service for individual desktops. Its new desktop search application means users can search their email, files, web history, and chats
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Search giant launches Google Gears, open-source software that brings offline access and local storage to the Web browser.
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Google has a problem -- a good one.