Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster.
Google Highly Open Participation Contest is a global program that is an analogue of the Google Summer of Code program (SoC) targeted at high school students.
A copyright complaint pushes Google to remove an open-source project to let Linux use proprietary video decoding software called CoreAVC.
Google has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) which will see it agree to cross-license open- source-related patents to other members free of charge.
Google has launched a new site intended to serve as a central resource for developers working on applications related to the popular search engine.
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Google invites developers to play in its new sandbox, Java on the way to become 100% open-source, a new version of Ubuntu gets released and more.
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Google's new mobile phone operating system, Android. Diaz discusses the new features available in the open-source operating system, whether it's an iPhone killer, and how the technology may eventually reach beyond phones and land inside other products such as set-top boxes, televisions, and automobiles.
Google launched Google Gears at it's Developer Day in Sydney on Thursday. Google Gears is an open source platform that could allow Web applications -- such as Gmail and YouTube -- to be used offline. Google Australia's director of engineering Alan Noble spoke to ZDNet Australia about the development.
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.
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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