Free StarOffice Removed from Google Pack
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog —
StarOffice, which is a Microsoft Office like productivity suite from Sun, costs around $70 but the world got a chance to download this software for free as it was bundled with Google Pack.
Some bad news though. I was checking the Google Pack site today and felt little surprised to see that StarOffice has been completely removed from the Google Pack.
Other non-Google software like Adobe Reader, Skype, Real Player and Norton Scanner continue to be a part of Google Pack as before.
The Google Pack help page, that had more ...
StarOffice deixa de fazer parte do Google Pack
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE —
... Acompanhando o crescimento e desenvolvimento do Docs, o Google Pack recebeu um corte de custos e não mais inclui a suíte de produtividade ...
Google Drops StarOffice from Pack; Firefox Next?
SitePoint —
... Google Pack, a downloadable package of free Internet and productivity software for Windows users, has mysteriously dropped Sun’s ...
Google Pack, a Reward for Google's Partners?
Google Operating System —
... When Google launched Google Pack in January 2006, Larry Page said that software companies don't have to pay Google to be included in the bundle. In addition to including most of its software, Google added an anti-virus and an anti-spyware software from Symantec, Firefox with Google Toolbar (Google and Mozilla have a search deal), Adobe Reader (Google and Adobe have ...
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Google Turns its Back on Firefox
SitePoint —
... from the Google Pack, a downloadable package of free Internet and productivity software for Windows users. StarOffice is a desktop office suite based on the open source OpenOffice.org program and distribute by Sun, and we theorized that Google was laying the ground work for a future push to get users to dump their desktop software in favor of Google’s own web-based application offerings. ...
With an official description, Google Drive is more real than ever
VentureBeat —
Almost everyday now brings a new hint into what Google is planning for its “GDrive” online storage service. Today, a piece of code found in the Google Pack software bundle includes both a product category and description for the GDrive.
The code, found by blogger Brian Ussery and further detailed by Google Operating System, clearly states that GDrive is an “Online file backup and storage” utility. But the two descriptions are even more interesting.
The first description reads: ...
Google’s GDrive revealed in code?
CrunchGear —
A recently modified bit of code in Google Pack was picked apart by blogger Brian Ussery, who found the following text:
Online file backup and storage… GDrive provides reliable storage for all of your files, including photos, music and documents… GDrive allows you to access your files from anywhere, anytime, and from any device - be it from your desktop, web browser or cellular phone.
Another blogger did some more digging and found that the project is code-named Platypus and currently has the following icon: ...
Google Pack Comes with Shortcuts for Google Web Apps
Google Operating System —
Google Pack added a new option to install desktop shortcuts for Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs. The applications open in Google Chrome, in the chromeless app view. If you click on the Gmail shortcut, you have to option to register Gmail as the default mail client. Google Chrome already includes Gears, so Gmail and Google work offline if you enable the option. ...
Google Chrome, Bundled with RealPlayer
Google Operating System —
... RealPlayer seems to be first third-party application used to promote Google Chrome. The browser has replaced Firefox in Google Pack and it's installed along with ...
Google Chrome Turns One: A Few Questions and Answers
Technologizer —
... , and it distributes a version of Firefox with the Google Toolbar built in. You gotta think that it’ll redeploy some or all of its Firefox-boosting energies to drumming up interest in Chrome. ...
Google Patches Google Pack Vulnerability
TechWeb —
Google says that it has fixed a vulnerability in its Google Pack software suite, a flaw that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The PC version of Google Pack contains a Google Apps component, googleapps.exe, that, until earlier this week, was vulnerable to remote command injection. The Mac version of Google Pack is not affected because it does not contain the vulnerable component. "We developed a fix for this issue earlier this week, and we're in the process of rolling it out to affected versions of Google Pack," ...



