Now Google Wants Offline Business
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Now Google wants to get into your offline business. Apparently they’re not satisfied with being in everybody’s online business.
Like most Google software I am automatically distrustfull of this sort of thing. It’s interesting that this story talks about spreadsheets and word processing files being available offline like that was a new thing.
Somebody needs to hit these guys with an industrial sized cluestick. Like anyone with any sense at all, My word processing files and spreadsheets have always been on my local machine behind a firewall and NOT online somewhere.
iWon News - New Google Program Opens Offline Door
SAN FRANCISCO AP - Google Inc. GOOG GOOG on Wednesday introduced a way to move its online software applications off the Internet, hoping the flexibility will encourage more people to use the free services and extend the companys clout beyond its ubiquitous search engine.
The Mountain View-based company unveiled its the new tools, called “Google Gears,” to kick off a series of software development conferences being held Thursday in 10 cities around the world. Google is expecting to host more 5,000 developers, including about 1,500 in Silicon Valley.
By installing a plug-in into Web browsers, Google Gears opens an offline door to software programs that until now have been inaccessible without an Internet connection.
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