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- antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Google is making the Internet easier. Most people here on digg either have no use or are using those programs already.
But kudos to Google for protecting the noobs.
+Dugg - NWVG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just returned from the Google Keynote and am sitting in my Vegas hotel. So expectations were high, but the announcements were not surprising or great. Larry Page isn't as bad as Bill Gates when presenting, but very close. I was reminded of my 7th grade science project presentations; he had the lab coat, jeans, and the full script of his speech in his hand. Robin Williams was funny, but Google came off as racist with some of the comments he made, which many in the audience could have done without. I do believe he offended everyone though; although that won't make Mercedes-Benz any happier after he pretty much called them Nazis when saying in a few years when you get into a Mercedes-Benz it will sense if you are Jewish and won't let you drive it. Google Video was ok, because even though iTunes is already out having a web-app is more convenient and the quality for the desktop app seemed incredible. The Q/A session that followed was a nice change of pace for a keynote.
- mhite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What, no AOL installer included in this? No digg... :)
- chkMINUS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Doc Searls: "Will the video only run on Windows." Larry: "I think we've not done as good a job as we should. We have a version for Mac that's not downloadable yet. We have some teams working hard on getting the other things ported but they're not out yet."
So at least they admit to have been sluggish about getting their applications ported over to mac and linux. And do seem to be working in that direction.
"Our users and AOL users can message each other. The openness of Google talk ..."
Would like to see more on this. I don't think the two networks can message each other yet. But maybe it means gTalk and AIM users will be able to talk directly instead of a roundabout way.
"iPod and Sony Playstation Portable users will also be able to download and watch any non-copy-protected content from Google Video, and even get it specially optimized for playback on their devices."
Good idea, I definatly see it being done with all the other video services. If it isn't already.
At first I thought what the hell is a google pack going to be good for. But it's actually an easy way to update many programs at once, especially your google suite. And you get the choice of what you opt to install. I would like to see all the downloadable google programs not use their own system tray icon. As well as futher integration of all their products.
So it seems everyone is developing a pay video service (yahoo, msn, google, apple). How long could it be until all the content providers, the same ones from tv, put there stuff on each one of those video services? And each video service (yahoo, msn, google, apple) becomes a cable/video provider for the internet? I don't profess to know a lot about computers but it seems to make sense to me. I mean it would give the content producers more money but offering to more services. And how long after that, until it is a simple monthly subscription service? Where we choose (if we choose) the internet video/cable provider that suits us. Anyway I see each yahoo, msn, google, and apple providing most of the content you can get on your television soon.
Another important question: based on the previous paragraph and if this happens think about how much this will piss off the cable providers. I mean if people drop their cable television providers for these new internet ones (if each ends up offering the same content) they will be reduced to being an internet provider. Not only that but these internet services can offer loads more content a la user uploaded videos, indy stuff, etc... And its just a simple step to hook your computer up to your tv or any device up to the internet. How everything pans out in this new war will be interesting.
But would this maybe give way to a more uniform drm between all these companies? With apple, because they have the dominate player, i'd have to say no. But with the others? Agian probably not. And if internet companies were the video content providers of the future would microsoft actually be forced to serve video feeds to people on linux? Or release there video application on linux? Especially considering it would give whoever does somewhat of a leg up in that realm.
As I said earlier I don't know a lot about computers. I've tried linux, and run ubuntu on my other computer whos sole function is to surf the web. Main is windows for games. But do give your input. I'm curious whats possible and whats not. - ramsinks.com, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'd never recommend this to my clients. Due to "Norton".
Drop it, or be dropped. - superkendall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like Google a lot, but I have to say I was expecting more from the presentation - and the introduction of the Pack would have been a great opportunity to release an OS X version of Google Earth.
- Sweetdelight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the only interesting thing there is norton for 6 months
- xcwarrior, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anything that include Norton doesn't deserve a digg. Too bad Adware is coercing with this evil combo. I would give a minus digg if I could.
THat's it. They need minus diggs! So that way they know what news we dislike! - djspade313, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"What, no AOL installer included in this? No digg... :)" ... LMAO ... Are you kidding... come on, this is craptacular. this one is a never digg...
- Darth_tater, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hmmm
well
it would be cool if it didnt rely on windows xp (im shure google will change this soon) but i didnt recognise my windows xp x64 (sometimes recognised as windows server 2003)
but, i think google should have tha ability so "scan" for exe's so if it found halo.exe and spybots&d.exe then it would check there versions (meta data) and then it would check for updates. and dl them o offer a link if available.
that would be kick ass. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Wow, this is kinda overrated, but its google, so + digg anyways"
*rolls eyes* - chkMINUS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Also contains google updater which updates all your google products.
- a7bat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Why did they include norton? I despise it so much, considering it's such a resource hog.
- TPrime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Except for Norton, I like it for the fact that whenever I format a computer now, I don't have to goto many different sites to download these "essential" programs.
- figmund, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No Digg. They repackage up some software that you can already get and say, hey, aren't we great! It's like some "free" cd you get with some techie magazine. Nothing special, nothing new.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LMAO@Google 6 months and they come out with this. Come on bunch of "geniuses" at google you can do better than repacking stuff, maybe you (@google) have to go easy on those heavy lunches cause you are falling behind on what you should really doing INNOVATE, for example, google maps is falling behind to Yahoo's and Microsoft's.
Well the avalanche of 2000+ will follow. - matcrawf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1whoever says useless is a ***** moron. Think about what this does. Everyone that does a reformat, will go to pack.google.com and download the software they need. This isn't for you fools that have your computer running perfectly. Have you ever reformatted and wanted all the critical appz..but have to go to 7 different links to get them all? I think any one of you that thinks this is a bad idea is a nut. I have been waiting for this forever. And for all that didn't hear.... GOOGs stock is estimated to hit $600 by year end. so for the rest of you that own at $200 like me.. you can be happy =)
go google - Mike_N, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Software for Starving Students is just so much better, sorry Google...
- theantidote, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Umm...you guys do realize that the purpose of this is to introduce new people to free software. We are the tech crowd so we already know of this stuff, but many don't. I work in a computer shop and 1 in about 50 computers that I get in have Firefox on them. I want that number significantly higher. Sure I make a killing off of spyware cleaning but Firefox provides a much better experience overall for the user and I really want it to be embraced. I know I'm going to start asking clients if they'd like this on their computers. If I said "Would you like me to install Mozilla Firefox for you? I recommend it." the client would just ask "What's that? No thanks." But if I ask "Would you like some programs recommended by Google installed?" I'd have a lot more people approve. Google is a trustworthy name for the techies and non-techies. Therefore this is a great distribution method to help smaller software developers' applications become popular with the general public.
- mwong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1they say it's free, but it ***** up your system with Norton and when the 6 month trial ends you have to pay
Boo, Norton, for shame google- you should know better. - CoolHandLuke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Norton for FREE?!? Come on folks. That's ZERO dollars and ZERO cents for a first-tier virus program."
Only for six months then you gotta pay... and keep paying and paying and paying and paying... - josephacote, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No OS X support, damn you Google!
- kali25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Google is just going downhill fast. "Norton" 6 month free. Screw that get AVG or Avast and it is just as good and free. I installed Google Desktop of Google Earth the other day and it asked me if I wanted to install the google IE toolbar and make Google the default search page. Whoa!! what does that do do with anything. Once programs start asking to take over other programs you know it is all down hill. I am sorry to say the golden age of Google is gone, it will be as hated as MS in a few years.
- DanThe1Man, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0MS and Google are the same company? Could you explain your logic on that one? drawkbox (0)
- Amplix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Way to be redundant.. what the heck is it?
PUT A DECENT DESCRIPTION :( - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I dugg this even tho i use linux and think Norton and Lavasoft are horrible. For the people that bitch about people digging this. Its better for one newbie to see it and help stop the spread of those damn sober and worms like it that slow down the internet for all.
- enki25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Uh ... Norton? F that.
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Norton!? Come on. Why didn't they put a real antivirus program in there like Avast or AVG?
And why is this for Windows XP only? What's so special about it that it needs Windows XP? - cesclaveria, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Google Pack is Live"
With this title it sounds more like a product from MS, Windows Live, Live Mail etc... :P - mulls, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Shovelware + Google = BIG DIGG!
I honestly do not get the Google fawning. If this was AOL...oh, wait... - BAKER, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow,
Firefox? I Thought Google was in the bed with Oprah. - frem001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Waiting for Picasa for the Mac... it's what iPhoto should be."
umm what are you talking about they have the same features, you might just need a plugin to use it with your blog.
"I am still waiting for Google Earth for Mac."
A Beta is up, might need to find it via bit torrent. the link that i had isn't working anymore - gullevek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am still waiting for Google Earth for Mac. I mean, they have trillions of brilliant coders (or bought them up). There should be one or two available to hack that into a Mac version. Google is truly a strange club.
- hawk_eye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Coming soon ... all the stuff in Google Pack with Google AdSense ads !!!
Imaging ... you are on a Trillian Chat with say your Girl and you get a Text ad for _____ !!!
eeks !!!
Google ! you are getting to be sic ! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0old people don't want google earth, they want to read their emails, read the lottery results, see their kids photos and that's much of it.
- Anargeek77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Come on GOOGLE NERDS you guys can make your own Anti-Virus and I bet it is much or way better than NORTON!!!
- altidude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I think the AOL deal has gotten you off track."
Their IPO got them off track. - outz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow... a google app that i won't use
- cokebottletuque, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0guys quite your bitching this is not for you. you have your systems up and running and your techies you already know of this stuff and use it. this package is nice for dropping on oh say my mothers next computer sure i could spend a hour installing most of this by hand or i could just let the package handle it for me.
the only thing i don't like is that only Norton is being offered I'm fine with it being offered i just wish they had avg in there as well. - ladyflux6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Facts are that 1/5 posts are about google. SPAM
- CoolSilver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LAME.
Why support trillian when the maintainer of Gaim is working for google?
Why put that ***** Norton on there? Avast is much better.
Why bother with Acrobat Reader? They install the yahoo toolbar! Plus it is filled with crap and doesn't load properly in IE or Firefox when it wants to "update".
Should I even continue? Google, I'm sorry..... I think the AOL deal has gotten you off track. - altidude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Norton AV? Screw that noise.
- scbysnx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is a pretty awesome combo for new computer set-ups.. except for norton and ad-aware.. why on earth?!
- mboman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree that Symantec isn't the best anti-virus out there, but I find it cool that there is a mom-and-pop package that gives them some protection with little hassle with the installation.
My own machine is running XP SP2 Home, AVG, Spybot S&D, Microsoft Antispyware and gets a scan from Rootkit Revealer (SysInternals) and Blacklight (F-Secure) on a almost daily basis (but then again I work with malicious software and need to make sure that my working environment has not been compromised). - cesclaveria, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think Opera could have been another option in the package, an alternative to Fire Fox.. and for Anti Virus they could have included a free version of BitDefender.
- frem001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i can't believe they are giving out norton anti virus, i wouldn't even install that on a mac
- snowsk8er77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0im surprised it doesn't have thunderbird or something like that...but then again i think they would prefer people to use gmail.com then just have an @gmail.com email address and use thunderbirds
- Dreded, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i cant believe they included Norton of all things as a Computer Repair Technician I despise it it causes so many problems its often easier to reformat to remove norton if its screwed up to the point that the system is unusable(wich is quite often) because to remove it manually takes like an hour of regedit'ing
- chudpi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hmm, so Google keeps adding functionality to Windows that we Linux folk have enjoyed for years. First was the google desktop search (updatedb), now this pack thing offers functionality similar to various Linux distributions' package managers.
Guess it's nice to see the Windoze crowd joining the 21st century. - birdadderley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Useless. No digg!"
This certainly is not "useless"; you may not have any use for it, but there are other people that do. Technically saavy or not, this is news. -
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