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John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser 300

Posted by timothy from the no-recollection-of-that-no-sir dept.
iseff writes "Contrary to the rumors which have been circulating, John Doerr (VC and early investor in Google) told the Web 2.0 conference that although he believes in another browser war, Google won't be a part of it. Then again, he did say he didn't know everything that goes on at Google, even though he's on the board. Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?"
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  • Browser? (Score:5, Funny)

    by Dr Caleb ( 121505 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:03PM (#10453624) Homepage Journal
    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

    No it doesn't. They also registered googlesucks.com, but I don't think they feel that way about themselves.

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  • I'm not convinced (Score:5, Insightful)

    by rafikki ( 818387 ) * on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:03PM (#10453632)
    If you look at all the new programs they've been putting out lately, the deskbar, the toolbar, the new Gmail Notifier etc. and realize that all that stuff could be very usefully integrated into a web browser... not to mention some of the stuff floating around in their Labs section. I suspect that's not the last word we'll here on a new browser.

    • Re:I'm not convinced (Score:3, Interesting)

      by rainwater ( 530678 )
      The problem with that is most of the stuff they build is Windows specific and IE specific. Surely, they would be building Mozilla/FireFox extensions if they were planning on expanding thier browser extensions.

    • Re:I'm not convinced (Score:5, Insightful)

      by nine-times ( 778537 ) <nine.times@gmail.com> on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:35PM (#10453937) Homepage
      I agree. They could easily take Firefox, add a few extensions that tie in specifically with their services, and rebrand it "gbrowser".

      Of course, I'm also not sure it's very worth their while at this point. Firefox's default search is Google. People have already created a Google/Gmail related extensions for Firefox without Google needing to lift a finger. As long as the open-source community is so supportive of Google, it might fall under the category of 'why bother?'

      • Re:I'm not convinced (Score:5, Interesting)

        by cowens ( 30752 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @04:54PM (#10454621)
        As long as the open-source community is so supportive of Google, it might fall under the category of 'why bother?'

        I thought it was obvious. Google has made its money off of being the best search engine available. How did they do it? By creating the Page Rank algorithm. How does Page Rank work? By giving sites linked by many sources a higher value. Imagine Google had a (completely sanitised) copy of everybody's history file from their web browsers listing where they have been, at what time, for how long, and where they went next. They could use this information in a similar way to how they use Page Rank now and create an even more useful search algorithm.

        Or maybe I am paranoid (goes back to reading emails in gmail).

        • Re:I'm not convinced (Score:4, Insightful)

          by marcello_dl ( 667940 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @05:52PM (#10455015) Homepage Journal
          A very interesting idea, I was thinking something similar that doesn't involve mining users' history but let them give a feedback rating on search results. Statistical analysis could isolate users who try to cheat marking crap sites as useful.

          That would give a lesson to those sites trying to exploit pagerank to serve useless content.
    • Or maybe it could all point to them wanting to add searching / browsing features to client PCs.

      Google have done a really good job at making searching the Internet easy so much so that it is often easier to find a document on the Internet than on a desktop PC.

      If Microsoft are going to get into the search business it might be reasonable to assume that they would want to do combine local and Internet searching in one app and perhaps lock Google out using their control of the desktop.

      Now if Google were to ge

  • Options (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Kralizec ( 627733 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:03PM (#10453637)
    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

    Because every business likes to keep its options open?

    • Domain names (Score:4, Interesting)

      by tachyonflow ( 539926 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:53PM (#10454105) Homepage
      Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?
      Because every business likes to keep its options open?

      I think you're right on the money. I learned something important a long time ago:

      If you ever think you may possibly want a domain name for some obscure reason at some unknown point in the future, then waste no time in registering it immediately. Even if you end up not using the domain, the $10 (or whatever) makes this a very minimal risk. You can always let it return to the pool of available domain names later, if you decide you definately don't need it.

      I learned this the hard way -- back in 1997, I was thinking about registering the .com domain name of my town to make a web site, but I kept putting it off. When I finally got around to registering it, the registration failed because someone else had submitted a registration form for it minutes before I did. And the person who registered it lived hundreds of miles away, to boot!

      I'm sure that even if some Google guys were just yapping about a browser over lunch, someone probably had the sense to register the domain... just in case.

  • Why? That's Easy (Score:4, Interesting)

    by attam ( 806532 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:04PM (#10453642)
    They registered Gbrowser.com for the same reason they turned "www.googlegear.com" into "www.zipzoomfly.com." They don't want some schmuck grabbing names that might be related to them, and bogarting off their brand recognition. Just my 2 cents on the matter.
    • So "G" now constitutes a brand? I thought it was "Google". By any chance, did you defend "Lindows"?
      • No, not at all. But it's still associated with them by many. There's a clear difference between them speculatively registering names that they wouldn't like associated with someone else at their expense, and abusing the legal system by making fraudulent claims of trademark and name infringement.

    • Comment removed (Score:4, Interesting)

      by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:17PM (#10453788)
      Comment removed based on user account deletion
      • Eh, someone else grabbed it. It's one of those "domain for sale" pages, so Ray's probably just sitting on it waiting for Google to want it:

        Registrant:
        Ray Xia
        12695 Autumn Crest Dr
        Oak Hill, Virginia 20171
        United States

        Registered through: GoDaddy.com
        Domain Name: GOOGLEBROWSER.COM
        Created on: 03-Mar-04
        Expires on: 03-Mar-06
        Last Updated on: 03-Mar-04

        Administrative Contact:
        Xia, Ray rfx_98@yahoo.com
        12695 Autumn Crest Dr
        Oak Hill, Virginia 20171
        United States
        7038603069 Fax --

  • why! (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Coneasfast ( 690509 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:04PM (#10453648)
    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

    well, gmail caught so much attention to competitors and made them all increase their inbox limits. maybe they thought registering it will do the same and increase the quality of browsers on the market?

    ok probably none of this is true. just a thought that came to my mind though :)

    • Re:why! (Score:4, Funny)

      by oGMo ( 379 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:37PM (#10453948)
      well, gmail caught so much attention to competitors and made them all increase their inbox limits.

      I concur. I look forward to Google's ONE GIGABYTE of browser. Firefox only gives me 21MB (with extensions). I'm counting on Google to give us more.

  • Isn't it obvious? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by rsrsharma ( 769904 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:05PM (#10453652) Homepage Journal

    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

    Um, isn't it obvious? Can you think of what the public's reaction would be if a company released a "Google browser" which contained spyware/adware? Plus the possiblity that they might want to make a browser in the future? After all, when you're a big company like Google, you've gotta cover your ass or it'll get sued to hell.

  • Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?"

    'cause of the I.P.O. ?
  • I mean, this isn't any John Doe... err, right?

  • normal trademark behavior (Score:5, Funny)

    by Speare ( 84249 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:05PM (#10453666) Homepage Journal

    Normal operating procedure with concepts nowadays:

    • discuss idea at lunch
    • register five variants of the name
    • consider a few features
    • focus test among friends over beer
    • tell management
    • make a powerpoint mockup
    • focus test among friends' spouses over weekend
    • issue a press release denying it
    • ...

    Why is this news?

  • Gbrowser? (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:05PM (#10453668)
    Google didn't register that to produce a web browser.

    No, my friends. Google registered it as a ladies' novilty underware store. The truth is out, can you handle the truth?

  • Is anyone keeping score? (Score:5, Funny)

    by TrollBridge ( 550878 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:06PM (#10453669) Homepage Journal
    So would this make Google more Evil or less Evil? Who's keeping track this week?

    • Re:Is anyone keeping score? (Score:5, Funny)

      by rmarll ( 161697 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:43PM (#10454011) Journal
      This is google's week to be good. IBM have the last week of the month, unless SCO has another press release, then they're good that week as well.
      Sun is good on all days that are multiples of 5 and evil on the 11th and 23rd of the month. When available they are evil on the 29th of February.
      I've lost track of Oracle but I think they alternate the 2nd and third weeks of the month. Microsoft is always evil unless Timothy posts the news, in which case Slashdot is evil for posting a duped story and MS passes go and collects their 200 bucks.

      It's incomplete but there is the rundown on the schedule as far as I can tell.
    • So would this make Google more Evil or less Evil?

      This is Slashdot:

      Good:
      Google
      Linux
      Apple (and everything they touch)

      Bad:
      SCO
      MPAA/RIAA/The Man
      Microsoft (and everything they touch)

      Post anything alluding to the contrary and get modded into oblivion.
    • I did a search, and the results showed them to be amazingly good.

  • Browser War (Score:5, Insightful)

    by pete-classic ( 75983 ) <hutnick@gmail.com> on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:06PM (#10453672) Homepage Journal
    If they believe in the browser war, why do they only support IE?

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive that the tool bar and the gmail notifier are Windows/IE only.

    -Peter

    • Re:Browser War (Score:2, Informative)

      by jeffskyrunner ( 701044 )
      the notifier now has an option to choose which browser to open. I have set it to firefox. Windows? Because the mass majority of the people are using windows. Plus, I believe there are many unofficial Linux versions of this. Unofficial Toolbar for Mozilla/firefox.

    • Gonna try this again (Score:5, Informative)

      by Azureflare ( 645778 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:56PM (#10454129)
      I've tried posting this multiple times and it always gets buried... hopefully other gkrellm users who use only gmail will take notice of this. So far this is my favorite monitoring method for gmail.

      Here's a little hack I made for gkrellm. It works pretty well. I was working on creating a plugin for monitoring multiple gmail accounts. It has some bugs still, but it works pretty well (it's basically a hack of mailwatch, and I've added in the revolving penguin too!). I've stopped working on it since school started, and because there has been so little interest in it. I'm considering putting it up on sourceforge.net so someone can clear out the bugs for me. Note that this tutorial is oriented towards linux newbies; if you know a bit about linux you can skip over a lot of material.

      Monitor a Gmail Account with gkrellm [linuxfordummies.org].

      BTW The toolbar is pretty much meaningless in firefox; we've already got popup blocking and we also have the google search bar up by the address bar.

    • I have Gmail open in a tab. The text on the tab (the title) tells me when new messages have arrived. In case I really am in such a hurry to notice such. I always have a browser running anyways, so it doesn't cost any extra, actually it is less effort on both me an the computer. And it works on both Windows and Linux.

      As for the toolbar, I've stopped using it. With bookmark keywords [netscape.com], the new type ahead bar and the "go up" extension [mozdev.org] (as well as "go up" mouse gestures), it is just so much lost space. I'm searc

    • Re:Browser War (Score:3, Informative)

      by jimmyharris ( 605111 )

      FreePOPs [sourceforge.net] is a great utility which allows you to check webmail (including Gmail / Hotmail / any Squirellmail based site) as if it were a standard POP3 account.

      It runs on Linux, OS X and Windows. If anyone is interested, I've written a guide for installing and using FreePOPs with OS X and Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage [jimmysweblog.net].

  • Perhaps it's not a full-blown browser? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Gunfighter ( 1944 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:06PM (#10453675)
    Maybe they really aren't looking to enter the browser wars. Perhaps it's for a plugin of some sort to simply "enhance" browsing. I know they have their toolbar (and I personally user the googlebar for Mozilla). Perhaps there's something bigger and better around the corner.

    What other browser enhancements could you see working their way into a plugin without it being labeled "spyware"?

    Or... perhaps this guy really has no clue what's going on and Gbrowser v0.9 is right around the corner.

  • Generic Genome Browser : gbrowse (Score:2, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    http://www.gmod.org/ggb/gbrowse.shtml

    Google's going to do for the genome what they did for the internet?

    • Welcome to Genome Browser

      Enter your query: cgatcgcgat

      ...

      Search results for "cgatcgcgat":

      1. ...atcgatcgatcgcgatcgcgatcgcg...

      2. ...cgcgatcgatcgcgatatcgcgatat...

      3. ...cgcgcgcgatcgcgatcgatatatcg...

      4. ...atatcgcgatcgcgatcgatcgatcg...

      In order to show you the most relevant results, some genes have been omitted.

  • Google Print, however.. (Score:5, Interesting)

    by ackthpt ( 218170 ) * on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:06PM (#10453679) Homepage Journal
    Google Print [google.com] is a new book search (partnered with Penguin and Scholastic) they'll roll out formally on Thursday, in some more of this interesting little tango they have with Amazon (they of the a9.com search engine free of ads.)

    • The new part is that this will be launched tomorrow. Thanks for that.

      However, it has been in beta for about a year or so. I definitely saw it several months ago.

      Nice service anyways.

    • Hate to pick nits here. But A9 does serve ad's and places them in a more annoying space.

      Consider this search on the word "denver" [a9.com]

  • and no Netflix/Tivo deal, either... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by javaxman ( 705658 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:07PM (#10453684) Journal
    I mean, really, you can believe what you want... but it would be a bit foolish to trust a businessman !

    Not that I see Google making a browser ( I don't... maybe they'd pick up a cobrand an existing one, if anything ), but this guy's statement could just be possitioned to throw people off of an otherwise secret business strategy... I seem to recall Netflix and Tivo denying their deal quite firmly, for example...

  • Doesnt have to be a _web_ browser (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Nylathotep ( 72183 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:09PM (#10453707)
    It could be some other type of browser.
    • Hmm... A file browser? Maybe a Windows Explorer replacement with built-in search?
      (FYI, people who don't have to use windows, everyone uses the same file browser under windows, even the ones who use alternative web browsers.)

  • Profitability (Score:2, Insightful)

    by powerpuffgirls ( 758362 )
    Like any company, the decision to do something relies to this something's profitability. Given that Google is not responsible to its shareholders, this cannot be more true.

    So what can Google profit from a browser? Can it add its Text Ads to the browser, will users accept yet-another "advertisement" browser?
    • --Can it add its Text Ads to the browser, will users accept yet-another "advertisement" browser?

      Ad's are good when it gives output of what people are looking for!

      If I'm looking for a recipe on the net, and find similar.. Google reccomeds that 3 of these books have a very similar recipe, and matches similar search responses...

      Is that bad? I'd actualy like that, IF I could choose to keep multiple identites, and trash old ones when needed.

      The WORST type of advertising is when you're watching the "MAN Show"

  • If google intends to compete with MS (Score:5, Interesting)

    by pcx ( 72024 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:11PM (#10453731)
    If google intends to compete with MS and IE then it's stupid for them to try and make their own browser. However it is VERY smart to throw all their weight and resources into making mozilla so killer it blows IE out of the water.

    I'm just really surprised they haven't ported the popular google toolbar into a firefox extension yet.
    • "However it is VERY smart to throw all their weight and resources into making mozilla so killer it blows IE out of the water."

      More 'features'. Yeah, that's just what Mozilla needs. It's already a 12MB download and has a HUGE memory footprint.

      Google is the last thing that Mozilla needs. It's a shame that Google has managed to infiltrate Firefox (Google search bar) already. I was under the impression that Firefox was supposed to be lean and mean.
    • "I'm just really surprised they haven't ported the popular google toolbar into a firefox extension yet."

      I'm not. When you compare the limited functionality of Google's toolbar (or any 'toolbar') with both the numbers and varieties of plugins available for Firefox, I can't see how you can say that it offers functionality that isn't already available.

      Put another way, "It's been done and it's been done better."
    • If google intends to compete with MS and IE then it's stupid for them to try and make their own browser. However it is VERY smart to throw all their weight and resources into making mozilla so killer it blows IE out of the water.

      dude, let me correct you; FireFox already IS killer enough and it's ALREADY blowing IE out of the water...

  • Obvious (Score:2, Funny)

    by SamSim ( 630795 )
    Obviously, Google intends to release an application or service designed to stir the people of the United Kingdom into some sort of frenzy. Hence, Great Britain Rouser. "gbrowser".

    *ducks*

  • Modifications to Mozilla/Firefox (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Bravo_Two_Zero ( 516479 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:12PM (#10453750)
    Wouldn't it be just as logical that they may be adding additional firepower to the Mozilla/Firefox development at some point? I won't get rich on the quality of my predictions, but that would make a degree of sense. Or, at least, they might be developing some google-specific extensions intended to rock our world. Heck, if I was smart enough to know what those are, I'd be working at google!

  • VC Andrews (Score:3, Interesting)

    by RCulpepper ( 99864 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:15PM (#10453774)
    Given how little it costs to register a domain name, one shouldn't be surprised that Google is shotgunning the DNS for names and products they never intend to market. Still, I don't know how in the loop we should assume Doerr is. His string theory parallel in TFA was pained and stupid. VCs are worse than marketroids at this stuff -- I've met my share, and if they didn't have the money to suck in entrepreneurs that actually know what they're doing, I suspect most of them would be in middle management. Schlock.

  • Why wouldn't they... (Score:2, Interesting)

    by gbickford ( 652870 )
    use an anonymous registrar like: gmessenger.com?

    Registrant:
    Domains by Proxy, Inc.
    15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160
    PMB353
    Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
    United States

    Registered through: GoDaddy.com
    Domain Name: GMESSENGER.COM
    Created on: 24-May-04
    Expires on: 24-May-05
    Last Updated on: 24-May-04

    Administrative Contact:
    Private, Registration GMESSENGER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
    Domains by Proxy, Inc.
    15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160
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  • Browser? If I were Google (Score:4, Interesting)

    by nearl ( 612916 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:20PM (#10453808)
    I do not think that Google is planning on building a browser either. If I were google I would build an office suite based on XUL or XAML that was compatible to word. Think about it how much would a company pay to not have to maintain updates on office applications. How much is it worth to have their employees to be able to logon and access all their files and applications from any computer aroun d the world. This is no small task but even if they just built in groupware function into gmail they would have something that companies would drool over. Just my 2 cents
  • I'm really kind of sorry to hear Google isn't making a browser. If they went ahead and made a Google-branded and oriented Gecko based browser (think Mozilla suite but replace Thunderbird with gmail, etc.) I think it'd add some more variety into the browser market, and also give Gecko-based browsers another head-up on proprietary solutions.

    Granted I'd personally probably not use it over Firefox, but it'd be a nice semi-commercial, end-user target, corporate-driven alternative for the everyday Joe. Integrati

  • There is no spoon (Score:5, Funny)

    by wuice ( 71668 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:24PM (#10453857) Homepage
    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com

    Just to keep you fuckers guessing.

  • Why did they register it? (Score:5, Funny)

    by Gothic_Walrus ( 692125 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:26PM (#10453867) Journal
    There's only one reason that Google registered gbrowser.com, in my mind...

    They like seeing their name and logo on Slashdot's front page. One URL has garnered them two [slashdot.org] stories [slashdot.org].

    It's some very cheap publicity, isn't it? Say hat you will, but it's worked for them. :)

  • It won't be a web browser per se... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:28PM (#10453885)
    Imagine a web browser that ties directly into Google. Or imagine Google as a part of YOUR network.. This application will do MORE then browse... it will serve all kinds of data. And there will be subscriptions for certain classes of data.... and well, let's just say it will be the prelude to a virtual office environment. Think Sharepoint or similiar, but not really. Not as crappy either. Google is in a race with m$ on these things... that is why you are seeing DENY DENY DENY, but rest assured, all of it is coming. The things on the board:

    1. Browsing
    2. Extended Search
    3. Subscription Feeds
    4. "Office" like sharing (whiteboard, wiki stuff)
    5. File keeper (and you thought 1 gig was cool)
    6. Multimedia capability
    7. Mail (you have gmail already)
    8. Journal (you've seen something like this too)
    9. Social Networking (Orkut is just a rough idea of what is to come here, but think rolodex on steroids, in your address book)

    And much much more. You see... I know things. I know what Google is doing, and it both amazes me, excites me, and scares me.

    Thank god for stock options.
  • They've been working on a variant of the local search except it's for guns and weed.

  • doesnt make me wonder why Google registered (Score:3, Insightful)

    by night_flyer ( 453866 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @03:39PM (#10453973) Homepage
    gbrowser.com... afterall, they failed to register gmail.com didnt they? maybe they are just protecting their interests, or maybe sometime in the future they MAY create a browser, and dont want to deal with a cybersquater

  • Sherlock (Score:2, Interesting)

    by brentodd ( 606811 )
    I hope they're making a windows version of Sherlock. Or better yet - a Firefox plugin version of Sherlock.

  • The best theory I have seen concerning the gbrowser.com domain had to do with Picasa being Windows-only and the presence of a similar Mac-only product named "GBrowser".

    maru
  • If you want true distributed web indexing, the browser is the place to put it. On top of that, the indexing is demand based as it's biased to pages that are being visited...

  • Google browser (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Kjeks ( 259643 )
    I'm not so very into browser development, but it would seem to me that Google already have the bulk part of a browser already finished.

    After all, the Google spider robot is top of its class when it comes to parsing HTML. Just think of all the poorly written pages out there with nested/broken tags etc. which Google indexes every day.

    After all, Google is already THE most used "browser" on the net if you think about it. It just doesn't have a GUI :-)

  • Google employees: 20% projects (Score:4, Insightful)

    by ndogg ( 158021 ) <(the.rhorn) (at) (gmail.com)> on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @04:23PM (#10454383) Homepage Journal
    Google employees have these little side projects that they call 20% Projects. If there is going to be a browser, I'm betting it's going to one of these 20% Project based off of Mozilla/Gecko.

    Or it could be the result of a new group that was formed at Google to address the issue of their OSS involvement. All I know about this is that they want to become more involved in various OSS projects to address the question of people asking "You use so much OSS, why don't you contribute much back?" Believe me, they're very grateful to the OSS community, and they do feel a large obligation to give back. It's just that many of the engineers/developers haven't had the time.

  • other google domains (Score:5, Funny)

    by sadangel ( 702907 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @04:23PM (#10454386)
    Google has also registered:

    galbums.com
    gbackup.com
    gbeam.com
    ggovernment .com
    ggroups.com
    ghomepage.com
    ghomepages.com
    ghoroscope.com
    glistings.com
    gschedule.com
    gsen d.com
    gtaxes.com

    Go crazy with that if you want to. I particularly like ggovernment.com. Clearly google is planning on starting their own "ggovernment" to overthrow conventional governments and take over the world. They must be stopped!
  • Google could put out another "wrapper around IE" like MyIE2 but that would defeat the purpose

    They could put out a custom Mozilla but what would be the point?

    Oh! I know! They could come out with a special browser, forked off of Mozilla, which could do all kinds of non-standard web stuff - like little squiggly lines in GMail when you misspell something. Bridge the ultimate gap between thin and thick apps. And make it crossplatform.

    Of course then they would have to publish those non-HTML Standard things,

  • Conspiracy Theories Abound (Score:5, Informative)

    by mcguyver ( 589810 ) on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @04:34PM (#10454473) Homepage
    While I cannot provide consipiracy theories or tinfoil hats, I can provide all URLs hosted under the same IP as google.com. Look at cashcarrier.net - maybe google wants to replace all US currency with 'Google Currency' or Gurrency!

    http://www.1aad.info [1aad.info] http://www.Googlie.com [googlie.com]
    http://www.466453.com [466453.com] http://www.Googlr.com [googlr.com]
    http://www.Anatsociety.com [anatsociety.com] http://www.Goolge.com [goolge.com]
    http://www.Arnes.biz [arnes.biz] http://www.Gooogle.com [gooogle.com]
    http://www.Basystem.net [basystem.net] http://www.Gppgle.com [gppgle.com]
    http://www.Beckers-erkelenz.com [beckers-erkelenz.com] http://www.Gppglr.com [gppglr.com]
    http://www.Bootboortz.com [bootboortz.com] http://www.Guugle.org [guugle.org]
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    http://www.Cashcarrier.net [cashcarrier.net] http://www.Hakukone.net [hakukone.net]
    http://www.Cbfl.net [cbfl.net] http://www.Igoogle.com [igoogle.com]
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    http://www.Europraca.net [europraca.net] http://www.Mugenjyou.com [mugenjyou.com]
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    http://www.Gewgle.com [gewgle.com] http://www.Nickel-tec.com [nickel-tec.com]
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    http://www.Ggoogle.com [ggoogle.com] http://www.Paracelsus.org [paracelsus.org]
    http://www.Godsc.com [godsc.com] http://www.Parallelstorm.net [parallelstorm.net]
    http://www.Gogle.com [gogle.com] http://www.Partycat.us [partycat.us]
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    http://www.Google.com [google.com] http://www.Signacon.net [signacon.net]
    http://www.Google.info [google.info] http://www.Sinoweblog.com [sinoweblog.com]
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  • Gbrowser Speculation (Score:3, Funny)

    by PeekabooCaribou ( 544905 ) <slashdot@bwerp.net> on Wednesday October 06, 2004 @04:48PM (#10454594) Homepage Journal
    I believe Google is planning another web-based application, akin to their Gmail service: a web-based browser. This revolutionary product will allow users to view web pages from the convenience of their web browser, alongside other pages if desired.

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