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Google Rewires Washington in Challenge to Microsoft (Update2) By Molly Peterson Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Vivek Kundra , recruited to Washington to overhaul city computer networks plagued by cost overruns and viruses, treats his projects like stocks. The biggest ``buy'' on his trading floor is ...

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ptech.allthingsd.com - 10/16/2008

Google Answers the iPhone

— ptech.allthingsd.com — In the exciting new category of modern hand-held computers — devices that fit in your pocket but... are used more like a laptop than a traditional phone — there has so far been only one serious option. But that will all change on Oct. 22, ... (more) Google Answers the iPhone

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gizmodo.com - 10/16/2008

T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review [Google Android]

— gizmodo.com — There is a lot riding on the shoulders of T-Mobile's G1 Android phone. In some ways, it... carries the collective hopes of Linux, open source and Google fans everywhere. It's open, collaborative and community-based, in other words, everything the iPhone ... (more) T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review [Google Android]

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books.google.com - 10/13/2008

Google Book Search Library Project

— books.google.com — We're working with several major libraries to include their collections in Google Book Search and, like a... card catalog, show users information about the book, and in many cases, a few snippets a few sentences to display the search term in context. ... (more) Google Book Search Library Project

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Google Apps Unseats Incumbent Microsoft Office in Washington, DC
ReadWriteWeb — ... According to Bloomberg, the Google contract - signed in June to the tune of an estimated $500,000 a year - will replace the District's current email, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs with Google's Web-based versions. ...

Is Google Apps Unseating Microsoft Office? Stay Tuned
Google Watch — Bloomberg on Oct. 10 posted a fine feature about how a technology chief in Washington inked a $500,000 a year contract with Google to grant some 38,000 municipal employees access to Google Apps. This includes Gmail and the Google Docs spreadsheet and word processing software, which the article notes are alternatives to Microsoft's Office productivity suite. We've seen these stories before and I've written some. Bloomberg's Molly Peterson notes that with the deal, "Google is cracking Microsoft's hold in the business software market." Peterson's story is couched in a way that suggests the choice of Google over ...

Obama’s CIO Pick Brings New Meaning to Term “Federal Googlement”
Digital Daily — Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, made headlines last year when he switched the District’s 38,000 employees from Microsoft Office to Google’s Web-based office suite. He may soon do the same to the White House as well, now that he’s been tapped as the nation’s first chief information officer. Kundra, who has served as a technology policy adviser for President Obama, will oversee federal technology spending, among other things. “Vivek Kundra will bring a depth of experience in the technology arena and a commitment to lowering the cost of government operations to this ...

Pondering cloud computing at the SaaS Summit
Between the Lines — March 12th, 2009 Pondering cloud computing at the SaaS Summit Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:11 am Categories: Amazon , Cloud computing , Economy , Enterprise 2.0 , General , Google , IBM , Innovation , Microsoft , Oracle , SaaS , Salesforce.com , Utility computing Tags: Software-as-a-service , Cloud Computing , Sam Diaz At the SaaS Summit in San Francisco this morning, the discussions are kicking off with plenty of questions and a dose of reality. What exactly is cloud computing? We’re hearing buzz terms like Software as a Service, ...