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Via Joe Gregorio, I discovered that Google has released one of their internal projects, Protocol Buffers, under an open source license. Protocol Buffers is a fast and efficient data serialization format, along with a simple RPC interface and IDL compiler.
I initially wondered why Google saw fit to define a binary serialization format, when both [...]

Today, Google announced a new initiative, dubbed RE<C, the aim of which is to develop renewable energy sources that will generate electricity at a cheaper cost than coal. Combined with the philanthropic arm of Google.org, they expect to spend tens of millions of dollars, in 2008, on research and development as well as [...]

Google held their Developer Day today, and took the opportunity to release Google Gears. Gears is a cross-platform, cross-browser plugin that allows web applications to function while offline.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, had the following statement regarding Gears:

“With Google Gears, we’re tackling the key limitation of the browser in order to make it a [...]

After spending billions of dollars and 5 years in development, Microsoft launched Windows Vista on Tuesday. While a massive marketing effort is underway, few people are taking interest. Businesses are putting the system through internal testing, in an attempt to minimize headaches due to incompatibilities with crucial applications. Consumers, meanwhile, are best [...]

Yesterday, Google announced their acquisition of JotSpot, a company that developed wiki applications. Wikis are collaborative websites that a group of people can edit and update with new information. This acquisition is another sign of Google’s office intentions, and reveals in greater detail that collaboration is their focus.
Read/WriteWeb has a wealth of information [...]