Google Offers Video, Google Pack
Tomorrow it is expected that Google will announce a new video download service. This is in addition to Google’s Video Search, and Google’s partners in this service will be CBS and the NBA. Up until now, CBS has been reluctant to sign on with any video service, so it is interesting that they chose Google, considering that CBS is currently the network leader. I wonder if other networks will follow CBS’s lead, if this rumor is true.
In other BIG Google news, Google plans to introduce "Google Pack," which is an application bundle. Included in this bundle will be a Google-tweaked version of Firefox (OH MY GOD, YES!), Acrobat Reader, antivirus software from Symantec, AdAware, Trillian (what, not Google Talk…weird), Google Desktop Search, Picasa, Google Earth, Google Talk, Real Player, and Google Toolbar. Save for Real Player (ugh), that’s everything that I already download and run on my computer right now! How convenient to have it in a pack for my next PC. (I don’t see the purpose of uninstalling everything and then downloading the Google Pack.)
I am curious if the Google-flavored version of Firefox is going to be offered as a separate download at the Google website. Is it going to be Firefox with the Google toolbar, or will it be something more? I guess I have to wait until tomorrow!
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I think the Google Pack sounds pretty cool.
Thanks for this tip, we’re shopping for a new computer that will mainly be used by the kids and i’ll definetly keep an eye on this new pack when we get one.
btw, Go Bucs!
Real Player? WTF?
I thought Google had that VLC thing under their umbrella now.
Quicktime > Windows Media > Punch In The Face > Real Player (LOL)
ooh, Very cool!
“(I don’t see the purpose of uninstalling everything and then downloading the Google Pack.)”
I can’t speak for all the programs in the “suite” but at least for Trillian and Acrobat it goes ahead and scans for updates even if its already installed. When I ran the initial installation I found that it searched for pre-installed versions and then checked for updates. It took a total of 5 minutes for the install and it looked like it skipped Google Desktop and Acrobat (which I had recently updated manually.)
Basically - the updater looks like a good way to keep these programs up to date while not dealing with repeated “new version available” warnings anytime you hit a pdf.
I’m still testing it out though …