April 17th, 2004
Google is raking up a lot of media coverage these days due to its soon to be released mail service : Gmail. But there is more to Google than search engine, weblogging, social-networking and mail.

Topix notes: This computer is running the world’s top search engine, a social networking service, a shopping price comparison engine, a new email service, and a local search/yellow pages engine. What will they do next with the world’s biggest computer and most advanced operating system?

The following two write-ups have an interesting perspective:

O’Reilly Network | The Fuss About Gmail and Privacy: Nine Reasons Why It’s Bogus

Topix.net | The secret source of Google’s Power