Google is going to take over the internet.

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I just found ANOTHER Google mash-up for hurricane tracking.

And I found another site using Google maps and AJAX for job hunting.

What is next, a Google OS?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Google is going to take over the internet.


I thought they already had.

I think Google OS is just a matter of time too.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What is next, a Google OS?


Competition to NASA, perhaps? Maybe intergalactic communication....travel, even?

Well why not, for Google it would seem the sky is no limit
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i think Google is going to take over the internet


"What y'upta bro"?

"...surfing the googlenet, mate".


...Nah, just doesn't sound right.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey did you notice the change in Internet terminology too?

Instead of browsing or searching the net the new term is Googling!

Yeap a fiendish take-over.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Google this: "New World Order"
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think Google OS is just a matter of time too.


Why do ya think Bill wants to squash 'em so badly?

BTW, have you seen Google Earth? Waaaay cool program! Check it here -->Link
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Why do ya think Bill wants to squash 'em so badly?

BTW, have you seen Google Earth? Waaaay cool program! Check it here -->Link


Indeed, the first signs of a battle between them was with the desktop search tools. It's easy to dismiss Google when viewed up against the juggernaut that is Microsoft but Google had absolutely not qualms going head to head with them and for a first time in a long time, a company looked sharp enough to take them on.

Google services just keep on flying out of those google labs and it's not just the rate they are doing it at, but the sheer quality of the services they are providing. Gmail for instance is just the webmail to end all webmails, their desktop search is the equal of anything on PC, Google talk is a new one and while it is incredibly simple, it does just what it says on the tin, no masses of options that just slow you down and most of the time you dont want anyway.

Google OS maybe a long way off however they have the talent at google, they have the brand name most people trust and they have shown their willingness to branch out of the search market and take on giants like Microsoft, fearlesly.

Just to clarify though, Google didn't have anything to do with creating the earth program, I believe that was a joint venture between nVidia and Keyhole. Google just moved in on it and bought it up.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I just downloaded Google Earth but haven't installed it yet.

I haven't installed Picasa yet either nor Google OTHER IM service Hello.
From what I read, the intergration between the apps and Blogger is supercalafragulistic (spell?).

I think Yahoo is the real compeditor to Google. MSN is playing catch up for real.


What I am wondering is when Google will step up to the plate with search clustering, job search, domain name registering and AJAX Web 2.0 everything.


I can only imagine a Google OS. I would take years to biuld. I can only see them coming out with it in 2010 is they use an existing OS (like SkyOS or BeOS).


Here is a thought on Google OS:
The OS isn't on the computer, its on the internet.

I forget what site it is that has the desktop on the browser, but it would be something like that. I think that is way more feasible for Google than a actual computer OS.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I know people who don't understand the difference between being on the computer & being on the internet-- Not trying to be funny-- it's just a matter of never being on the PC without being online combined with zero interest in computers
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9406935/  They are experimenting with free WIFI...

LONDON - Google, the online search leader, confirmed Tuesday it has begun a limited test of a free wireless Internet service, called Google WiFi


They have an incentive program that encourages development:

Google encourages its engineers to spend 20 percent of their work time developing independent projects. Several of Google’s new products have grown out of such projects, including Google News, contextual advertising program AdSense and social-networking test project Orkut.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
here's to add to google taking over ~ Link

you can now get a free account via mobile, or if you are a student (have to have an email that ends with .edu.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've never felt as comfortable using Google products and services as I have Yahoo's. Perhaps it has something to do with the high involvement with advertising, or maybe that they have several fingers in just about every internet pie. Whatever, I find it difficult to trust them, which is why I've always steered clear of them, so I sure as hell hope they don't take it over......or my future WC experiences may have to depend upon the mail

One thing that did amuse me regarding Google, however, was an caricature type advertisement with a bearded head resembling that of Saddam's being pulled from one of the O's, and the caption reading something like this: "See, Google can find anything!"
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This is EXTREMELY scary:

http://www.governmentsecurity.org/archive/t10471.html
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Google's "do no evil" works just as long as they do no evil.

I lke Google. I really do. Nevertheless, I don't use Google email for nothing more than job search.

Someone could say that using it for that reason could be enough for Google to know about me, what I earn and where I live... and signing up for Google Search probably would also garner more info on me that can be used by the gorverment to lock me up because I search for 'Taliban' far too many times for their liking...


Oh well.
If I disapear, you will know why.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If I disapear, you will know why.


I'm not going to get too deeply into privacy issues here but it's worth pointing out that Google staff do not read your gmails, software just scans it for keywords that it uses to display on topic advertising. if you objected to that then you should not use any webmail as it's all logged on the remote server and analyzed in different ways. On top of that, even if you do not use webmail, your email is still scanned for keywords by multiple sources from your ISP to various agencies. If you really want privacy, log off
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i use the google plugin for firefox - disables ads for almost everything google, and switches the gmail to https instead of http. *feel a little better lol* i like gmail though - the interface is so simple to use - plus i can easily check it on my PSP when i'm on campus instead of needing a computer to view it cuz it scales down nicely
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh well.
If I disapear, you will know why.

And you also let the cat out of the bag about the govt having anti-gravity....living dangerously, joeknowledge, living dangerously.