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Mountain View, Calif. & Armonk, N.Y. - 08 Oct 2007: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an initiative to promote new software development methods which will help students and researchers address the challenges of internet-scale applications in the future.    » read more »

Sept. 18, 2007 -- MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - New higher-resolution lunar imagery and maps that include NASA multimedia content now are available on the Google Moon Web site.

Updates include new content from the Apollo missions, including dozens of embedded panoramic images, links to audio clips and videos, and descriptions of the astronauts' activities during the missions. The new content is overlaid on updated, higher-resolution lunar maps. Also added are detailed charts of different regions of the moon suitable for use by anyone simulating a lunar mission.    » read more »

September 17, 2007 -- As part of its ongoing efforts to enable users to take advantage of the web for sharing and collaborating, Google today added features for presentations to the Google Docs application. At Documents.Google.com, users can create simple web-based presentations that others can update and view from their own computers, even at the same time. The presentation feature of Google Docs is also available to businesses, schools and organizations using Google Apps to offer communication and collaboration tools to their users.    » read more »

September 17, 2007 -- The mobile device is fast becoming the world’s most popular gateway to information. In fact, there are currently more mobile devices worldwide than personal computers and televisions combined.    » read more »

14 September 2007 -- Internet search company Google is offering $20 million for about a gigabyte of digital data -- from the moon.

Google is sponsoring a contest to see which private group can be the first to land a robot on the moon and send images back to earth. It says the high-resolution "mooncast" should contain panoramic shots of the lunar surface, self portraits of the robotic rover, and the first lunar e-mail.    » read more »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - August 28, 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire as Chief Financial Officer. Reyes indicated that he will remain to assist in the search for a new CFO and to assure an orderly transition, which Google expects will occur by the end of the year.    » read more »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - August 27, 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that Sundar Pichai, Director of Product Management, and Nicholas Fox, Group Business Product Manager, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York. The session is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:10 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, September 6, 2007.

To access the audio webcast of the session, please visit http://investor.google.com/webcast.html.

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Exclusive advertising deal connects CNN.com with hundreds of thousands of advertisers

ATLANTA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (August 28, 2007) - CNN.com and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced an agreement today that enlists Google’s AdSense™ advertising program to deliver site targeted advertising to CNN.com.    » read more »

New feature in Google Earth enables users to explore space from their computer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (August 22, 2007) - Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the launch of Sky, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from planet Earth.

With Sky, users can now float through the skies via Google Earth. This easy-to-use tool enables all Earth users to view and navigate through 100 million individual stars and 200 million galaxies. High resolution imagery and informative overlays create a unique playground for visualizing and learning about space.    » read more »

CULVER CITY, CA (August 21, 2007) - Shirley Seaman, a 29-year-old mother of five from Greenfield Center, N.Y., is $25,000 richer thanks to the first-ever Jeopardy! Google Daily Challenge. The winner of the grand prize sweepstakes, Seaman was one of nearly 150,000 registered users testing her Jeopardy!    » read more »

Google@School

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 15, 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that its award-winning office productivity software, StarOffice, is now available through the Google Pack software download service. StarOffice is Sun's commercial implementation of the popular open source office suite OpenOffice.org and supports Open Document Format (ODF). StarOffice is also compatible with Microsoft Office documents and is supported and indemnified by Sun.    » read more »

July 12, 2007 -- MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Homeland Security received the Google Enterprise Superstar Award for innovation for its Virtual Alabama program. This is the first Google Enterprise Superstar Award given to a government agency.

Governor Bob Riley said, “This is a tremendous honor for our state. Having our Department of Homeland Security recognized by one of the world’s most respected information technology companies says that we’re using all the resources available to make Alabama safer.”    » read more »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 9, 2007 ) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a global leader in on-demand communications security and compliance solutions serving more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide. Postini's services -- which include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy enforcement -- can be used to protect a company's email, instant messaging, and other web-based communications.    » read more »

New Information Technology Facility Will Create 200 Jobs in Iowa

June 19, 2007 -- COUNCIL BLUFFS – Gov. Chet Culver and Google Inc. today announced plans for the company to open a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Google Inc. is investing $600 million and will eventually create 200 jobs at the facility powering the company's services.    » read more »