Monday, September 23, 2002

Google launches news service - Computerworld - Google Inc. is beefing up its Web site by using its search engine technology to add breaking news services this week.

Google News scans 4,000 news sources in real time, creating a dynamic news page displaying top world, U.S., and business news. Today's launch cuts the ribbon on the service, which has been in beta-testing for the past six months.

The service is completely automated, said Marissa Mayer, Google.com product manager. It relies on the same information-ranking technology used in the popular Google search engine to deliver relevant results. The same technology is used to let users search a 28-day index of news stories.


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Sun's StarOffice 6.0 giveaway to schools gains steam - Computerworld - Like razor companies that give away razor handles so they can later sell lucrative blade refills, Sun Microsystems Inc. has been giving away its full-featured StarOffice 6.0 productivity suite to schools around the world in an uphill effort to build a huge user base.

So far, Sun has given away $6 billion worth of the StarOffice 6.0 software to some 200 million student users in schools in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chile since March. Today Sun announced that it's expanding the program to include France, Germany and Sweden.


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