On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:07:23 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
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>__/ [ Paul B ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 16:22 \__
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>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:26:06 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>__/ [ Paul B ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 12:47 \__
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>>>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:30:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>__/ [ Paul B ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 10:16 \__
>>>>>
>>>>>> From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4811642.stm
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>>>>>> Google has developed a new service enabling retailers to promote their
>>>>>> products to a wider audience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The search firm said it would adapt its existing Google Base database
>>>>>> into a platform on which retailers could list store details and other
>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The online index will be aimed at firms without an existing online
>>>>>> presence or ones trying to reach a wider audience.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I wonder how this connects to Google Directory and Froogle. This is
>>>>>somehow similar to the Yahoo Directory, I guess, but somehow merges with
>>>>>or supersedes Google Directory (DMOZ). The fight over yellow pages and
>>>>>classified ads could have a fortune in store. With Google Wallet, even
>>>>>PayPal/eBay should be shaking.
>>>>
>>>> Same sort of thing I was thinking.
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>>>What will be next? Latterly, they have been helping promote the $100
>>>>>laptop, which runs Linux and could reach half a billion people within a
>>>>>couple of years. For that I thank them, but could they ever become the
>>>>>next scary monopoly? What will be next?
>>>>
>>>> Well, they have google moon and google mars (which I hear they are
>>>> going to use to store more DC's <g>) so, they are slowly taking over
>>>> the universe.
>>>
>>>
>>>They still have some catchup to do with NASA:
>>>
>>>http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
>>>
>>>I believe they have more datasets and their software is Open Source too.
>>
>> They are saving them for Google Jupiter ;)
>
>I am still waiting for Google Minogue, but I loathe the thought of mapping
>her onto a sphere.
You'd best specify which of the world's many Minogues you want to
explore, or you might get one for which a spherical projection won't
be far off. ;)
Unless you're into that.
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