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    Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.

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    Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

  • First Take: Google Talk

    With an interface that lacks ads but is also short on features, this early Google Talk beta serves Gmail users who want to chat via text or voice.

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    From the capital of Tugo to a Hang Seng IPO, it's on the Web -- if you can only find it. PC Magazine reviews 20 search engines that make the hunt easier.

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  • Boldly Googling into the future

    Google's chief technology officer Craig Silverstein claims the future of search technology will see science fiction become science fact, but in the meantime, the best option is to fake it.

  • Google to unveil 'Android' phone software

    Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones based on open-source technology, backed by some of the largest wireless industry companies in the world.

  • Free Google Analytics: A spammer's best friend

    Spammers are taking advantage of Google's free Analytics service to track the performance of spam campaigns and boost their business.

  • Google success 'like a space shuttle take-off': Microsoft

    Google "is perhaps the most notable example of how open and competitive the software industry has become," with "prospects ... so bright that the capital markets value the company at approximately US$231.5 billion, making it the fifth most valuable company in America". Or so says Microsoft.

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  • Google files for unusual US$2.7b IPO

    Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Friday, seeking to raise US$2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.

  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

  • Browser wars: Episode II

    Will the increasing popularity of the Firefox open-source browser propel it into mainstream businesses or will Microsoft up its game to compensate?

  • 50 significant moments from internet history

    We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

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