The Google Browser - Fact or Fiction?Written by Pete Crewdson
Last year, both Google and Mozilla Foundation 'denied' rumours of a browser being developed in conjunction with two companies. However, past and present news would suggest otherwise. Is Google really in process of creating a new Web Browser? Time to weigh up evidence... Speculation towards Google browser's production include: - Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 browser including a new homepage upon release - as opposed to normal Mozilla.org, it's changed to Google.
- Mozilla Firefox also including a built in search - With Google as default.
- Google's registration of domain name 'GBrowser.com' last April.
- Google's hiring of former browser developers and engineers from Microsoft and Mozilla.
- Google hosting "Mozilla Developer Day" on Google campus last year.
- Bugzilla reports being assigned to employees of Google.
- Numerous blog entries and reports from people close to Google and Mozilla Foundation, speculating on emergence of such features.
Yet, only definitive argumentation against idea of a Google browser is denial by both Mozilla and Google representatives - in interviews late last year.Is Google hiding production which they don't feel safe in releasing at pressent - and covering their bases by catagorically denying it? Or is it really all one big coincidence? Ben Goodger, one of lead programmers behind Mozilla's Firefox browser, was employed by Google, Inc. on January 10th 2005 - This follows last years news that Google employed former lead Microsoft Internet Explorer and Access developer Adam Bosworth, and Joe Beda - lead developer for Microsoft's Longhorn project. They also employed leading Java programmer Joshua Block from Sun Microsystems.
| | Want to blow up a city? Try Ebay.Written by David A. Saharkhiz
Want to buy a missile launcher? This decomissioned Soviet FROG Missile Launcher, capable of launching a massively leathal ballistic warhead, was put up for sale on ebay recently.Shiny*Things, seller of this beast, claims: "I believe this is biggest Petrol Twin V8 14ltr SUV you will find, and will easily make Humvee's look like tiny dinky toys." At least he's honest. Ebay wanted
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