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    Google has given an update on the progress of its Gears project, which had its first birthday on Wednesday.

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    Gears, Google's project to make Web browsers a better foundation for elaborate online applications, now supports Firefox 3, the company plans to announce soon.

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    News from the blogosphere today has indicated that Google is preparing to launch one of its first offline-ready Web applications in the form of Google Docs as part of Google Gears.

  • Google begins Gears-enabling its office apps

    The Google Docs' word processor will be the first Google app to be made available offline using the free Google Gears extension, which means users will soon be able to read and edit their documents even without an Internet connection.

  • Google launches 'Gears' to enable offline Web applications

    Google has launched Google Gears, an open source platform that allows online properties -- such as Gmail and any other Web application -- to be used offline.

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    In terms of applications, the mobile world still feels like a bit of a poor cousin where the Web giants are involved. How long til it shrugs off its rags like Cinderella and bursts into the daylight in all the finery it deserves?

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    The issue of how best to handle large email inboxes is a perennial topic here at Snorage, and it doesn't only affect enterprise customers.

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    Google's Developer Day 2007 conference kicked off globally in Sydney this morning and ZDNet Australia went along to record all things Google.

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    The Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, officially opened Google's new Australian offices at a ceremony held in Sydney this morning. ZDNet.com.au was there to see the unique features of this new building.

  • An open-source rival to Google's book project

    When it comes to digitising books, two stories appear to be unfolding: One is about open source, and the other, Google.

  • Will AJAX help Google clean up?

    Google's popular map and e-mail sites reignite interest in older Web tech, raising potential threat to Microsoft, Flash and Java.

  • 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.

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  • Google Wave

    Developers make good stress testers, and the initial Wave service has had a lot of testing in the last few months. We take a ride on the wave, which should be opening to a wider beta program at the end of September.

  • Google Docs beta

    Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.

  • Chrome (beta)

    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.

  • Zoho Writer 2.0

    Zoho Writer 2.0 provides one of the richest feature sets of any online word processor, now more accessible thanks to an interface revamp. And, of course, it's free...

  • The best CRM suite is...

    What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.

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