Google wants to make installation of softwares as easy as possible. At CES 2006, Google for the first time named a set of preferred software, security and Web service providers that will be part of its recommended Google PC setup.
The Google Pack(pack.google.com) includes the Google-toolbar, Google-desktop(which includes the Sidebar and the deskbar), the Picasa photo-management and sharing service, Google Alert, Google Talk, the Google Video Player, and a new Google Pack screensaver that lets users turn photos stored on their PCs into a screensaver displaying favorite pictures as a slide show.
Every Software included in Google Pack is not free - Google Pack includes a complimentary special edition of Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005 with a 6-month trial subscription to protection. Other software that the Google software pack includes is the Firefox browser,Acrobat Reader 7.0, LavaSoft Adaware, the Real Player, and Trillium, an IM application.
When observes closely, every software bundled in Google Pack has a competing Microsoft Product. Google even considered including the Sun OpenOffice suite in Google Pack that would compete directly with Microsoft's Office software suite but the programs were excluded at last minute because Google didn't want to risk including this as it might be difficult to install or interfere with previously installed software applications.
Package Includes:
Mozilla Firefox - Internet Explorer
Google Desktop - Microsoft Windows Desktop Search
Google Earth - Microsoft Virtual Earth (Live Local)
Google Talk - MSN Messenger
Google Toolbar - MSN IE Toolbar
Picasa - Microsoft Windows Vista Photo Gallery
Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal - Microsoft Windows Defender (Microsoft Antispyware)
Adobe Reader 7 - Microsoft upcoming Metro Format
GalleryPlayer HD Images - Microsoft Office Online Gallery
Norton AntiVirus 2005 SE - Microsoft Onecare
RealPlayer - Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple iTunes, QuickTime - Google Video Player will be available soon
Trillian - Trillian Free client can connect with AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo! In order to connect to Google Talk or any other service that supports the Jabber/XMPP protocol, you'll need to purchase Trillian Pro.
Software can be downloaded via the Google-Updater application, and will "auto Update" updates to programs to ensure that you have the latest version. The Google keynote address ended a week of speculation that Google might unveil a low-cost PC that doesn't run Microsoft's Windows operating system and could be sold at Wal-Mart.
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