John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser

Browser? by Dr+Caleb · 2004-10-06 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

No it doesn't. They also registered googlesucks.com, but I don't think they feel that way about themselves.

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Re:Browser? by squiggleslash · 2004-10-06 08:04 · Score: 5, Funny

They registered Googlesucks.com? This is clear evidence they're entering the vacuum cleaner market!

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Re:Browser? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:13 · Score: 5, Funny

They registered Googlesucks.com? This is clear evidence they're entering the vacuum cleaner market!

Crap! I was hoping it was an adult content search engine :(
Re:Browser? by gmuslera · 2004-10-06 08:21 · Score: 4, Insightful

I'm a spanish speaker so sometimes i miss some details in english expressions, but a browser don't need to be a desktop web browser like IE/Mozilla/Opera. Something that could be interesting is a site that gives an overview of different google sites, an integrated view of their services or portal site and maybe that could be called that way.
Of course, they also could want to avoid some porn site to use that domain name to trick visitors thinking that it as a "door" to google.
Re:Browser? by polecat_redux · 2004-10-06 08:33 · Score: 5, Funny

They also registered googlesucks.com

It's called cybersquatting. They obviously want to extort money from someone who has a legitimate reason to register googlesucks.com.
Re:Browser? by dtobias · 2004-10-06 08:42 · Score: 2, Interesting

Since when does Google need any domains other than google.com? They've generally been very clueful about knowing how to use logical subdomains for their various sites, like groups.google.com, images.google.com, and so on.

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Re:Browser? by Romeozulu · 2004-10-06 09:02 · Score: 2, Insightful

Because for most "normal" people, typing gmail.com is more intuitive them gmail.google.com.
Re:Browser? by whovian · 2004-10-06 09:04 · Score: 5, Interesting

They have both googlesucks.com and googleblows.com. But what is interesting to me is the apparent foresight they had in registering them:
Domain Name: googleblows.net Created on..............: 1999-Oct-15. Expires on..............: 2005-Oct-15. Record last updated on..: 2004-Oct-01 21:03:44. Domain Name: googleblows.com Created on..............: 1999-Oct-15. Expires on..............: 2005-Oct-15. Record last updated on..: 2004-Oct-01 21:03:13.

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Re:Browser? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 10:28 · Score: 2, Insightful

I was thinking the same thing. Browser doesn't have to mean web-browser. When I first saw it I thought it would probably be a listing site, as in browse through googles entries by "browsing" and not searching. Maybe something extra dynamic from google, something that works better than yahoo.

Why is parent only a 3? Bump this guys karma, because he's absolutely correct.
Re:Browser? by bhsx · 2004-10-06 10:35 · Score: 3, Funny

I just registered gporn.com
I'm gonna squat it for a while, see if someone ponies-up for it ;)

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Re:Browser? by Justus · 2004-10-06 12:18 · Score: 2, Insightful

It's worth noting that http://mail.google.com actually does take you to gmail.

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nlookup so you wont have by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:03 · Score: 2, Informative

MarkMonitor.com - The Leader in Corporate Domain Management For Global Domain Consolidation, Research & Intelligence, and Enterprise DNS, go to: www.markmonitor.com The Data in MarkMonitor.com's WHOIS database is provided by MarkMonitor.com for information purposes, and to assist persons in obtaining information about or related to a domain name registration record. MarkMonitor.com does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail (spam); or (2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to MarkMonitor.com (or its systems). MarkMonitor.com reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. Registrant: Google Inc. (DOM-1278108) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US Domain Name: gbrowser.com Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com Administrative Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506188571 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506188571 Created on..............: 2004-Apr-26. Expires on..............: 2006-Apr-26. Record last updated on..: 2004-Apr-26 16:46:39. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.ALLDOMAINS.COM 64.124.14.32 NS2.ALLDOMAINS.COM 209.25.143.102 MarkMonitor.com - The Leader in Corporate Domain Management For Global Domain Consolidation, Research & Intelligence, and Enterprise DNS, go to: www.markmonitor.com

Re:nlookup so you wont have by TCM · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny

What are you doing on slashdot if you confuse nslookup and whois?

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Re:nlookup so you wont have by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:13 · Score: 5, Funny

"What are you doing on slashdot if you confuse nslookup and whois?"

At a guess, security-consulting for companies who confuse microsoft with secure software... ;)
Re:nlookup so you wont have by wuice · 2004-10-06 08:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Probably reading stories, comments, posting comments, you know.. the usual.

I'm not convinced by rafikki · 2004-10-06 08:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

If you look at all the new programs they've been putting out lately, the deskbar, the toolbar, the new Gmail Notifier etc. and realize that all that stuff could be very usefully integrated into a web browser... not to mention some of the stuff floating around in their Labs section. I suspect that's not the last word we'll here on a new browser.

Re:I'm not convinced by rainwater · 2004-10-06 08:22 · Score: 3, Interesting

The problem with that is most of the stuff they build is Windows specific and IE specific. Surely, they would be building Mozilla/FireFox extensions if they were planning on expanding thier browser extensions.
Re:I'm not convinced by nine-times · 2004-10-06 08:35 · Score: 4, Insightful

I agree. They could easily take Firefox, add a few extensions that tie in specifically with their services, and rebrand it "gbrowser".
Of course, I'm also not sure it's very worth their while at this point. Firefox's default search is Google. People have already created a Google/Gmail related extensions for Firefox without Google needing to lift a finger. As long as the open-source community is so supportive of Google, it might fall under the category of 'why bother?'
Re:I'm not convinced by cowens · 2004-10-06 09:54 · Score: 4, Interesting

As long as the open-source community is so supportive of Google, it might fall under the category of 'why bother?'

I thought it was obvious. Google has made its money off of being the best search engine available. How did they do it? By creating the Page Rank algorithm. How does Page Rank work? By giving sites linked by many sources a higher value. Imagine Google had a (completely sanitised) copy of everybody's history file from their web browsers listing where they have been, at what time, for how long, and where they went next. They could use this information in a similar way to how they use Page Rank now and create an even more useful search algorithm.

Or maybe I am paranoid (goes back to reading emails in gmail).
Re:I'm not convinced by marcello_dl · 2004-10-06 10:52 · Score: 3, Insightful

A very interesting idea, I was thinking something similar that doesn't involve mining users' history but let them give a feedback rating on search results. Statistical analysis could isolate users who try to cheat marking crap sites as useful.

That would give a lesson to those sites trying to exploit pagerank to serve useless content.

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Options by Kralizec · 2004-10-06 08:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

Because every business likes to keep its options open?

Why? That's Easy by attam · 2004-10-06 08:04 · Score: 3, Interesting

They registered Gbrowser.com for the same reason they turned "www.googlegear.com" into "www.zipzoomfly.com." They don't want some schmuck grabbing names that might be related to them, and bogarting off their brand recognition. Just my 2 cents on the matter.

Re:Why? That's Easy by TrollBridge · 2004-10-06 08:11 · Score: 2, Funny

So "G" now constitutes a brand? I thought it was "Google". By any chance, did you defend "Lindows"?

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Re:Why? That's Easy by squiggleslash · 2004-10-06 08:17 · Score: 3, Interesting

I seriously doubt it. With no context, I'd assume "GBrowser" was a GNOME or GNU tool. Assuming I'd never heard of GNOME or GNU, I really wouldn't be able to tell. I certainly wouldn't assume that it's something to do with Google when the only other "G" domain I've ever heard of was GMail (when was the last time you used GSearch, GImages, or GGroups, or GNews?)
If the domain name was "GoogleBrowser.com" that'd be difference.

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Re:Why? That's Easy by jekewa · 2004-10-06 08:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Eh, someone else grabbed it. It's one of those "domain for sale" pages, so Ray's probably just sitting on it waiting for Google to want it:
Registrant: Ray Xia 12695 Autumn Crest Dr Oak Hill, Virginia 20171 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: GOOGLEBROWSER.COM Created on: 03-Mar-04 Expires on: 03-Mar-06 Last Updated on: 03-Mar-04 Administrative Contact: Xia, Ray rfx_98@yahoo.com 12695 Autumn Crest Dr Oak Hill, Virginia 20171 United States 7038603069 Fax --

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why! by Coneasfast · 2004-10-06 08:04 · Score: 5, Interesting

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

well, gmail caught so much attention to competitors and made them all increase their inbox limits. maybe they thought registering it will do the same and increase the quality of browsers on the market?

ok probably none of this is true. just a thought that came to my mind though :)

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Re:why! by oGMo · 2004-10-06 08:37 · Score: 3, Funny

well, gmail caught so much attention to competitors and made them all increase their inbox limits.

I concur. I look forward to Google's ONE GIGABYTE of browser. Firefox only gives me 21MB (with extensions). I'm counting on Google to give us more.

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Isn't it obvious? by rsrsharma · 2004-10-06 08:05 · Score: 3, Insightful

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

Um, isn't it obvious? Can you think of what the public's reaction would be if a company released a "Google browser" which contained spyware/adware? Plus the possiblity that they might want to make a browser in the future? After all, when you're a big company like Google, you've gotta cover your ass or it'll get sued to hell.

And look who's talking... by Cigarra · 2004-10-06 08:05 · Score: 2, Funny

I mean, this isn't any John Doe... err, right?

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normal trademark behavior by Speare · 2004-10-06 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Normal operating procedure with concepts nowadays:

discuss idea at lunch
register five variants of the name
consider a few features
focus test among friends over beer
tell management
make a powerpoint mockup
focus test among friends' spouses over weekend
issue a press release denying it
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Why is this news?

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Re:normal trademark behavior by pete-classic · 2004-10-06 08:53 · Score: 2, Funny

Don't say it

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Dooon't say it

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Muthafucka!

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Re:normal trademark behavior by sik0fewl · 2004-10-06 09:32 · Score: 2, Funny

Why is this news?

If you take a peek at your address bar, I'm sure you'll find the answer you're looking for.

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Gbrowser? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Google didn't register that to produce a web browser.

No, my friends. Google registered it as a ladies' novilty underware store. The truth is out, can you handle the truth?

Is anyone keeping score? by TrollBridge · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny

So would this make Google more Evil or less Evil? Who's keeping track this week?

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Re:Is anyone keeping score? by rmarll · 2004-10-06 08:43 · Score: 5, Funny

This is google's week to be good. IBM have the last week of the month, unless SCO has another press release, then they're good that week as well.
Sun is good on all days that are multiples of 5 and evil on the 11th and 23rd of the month. When available they are evil on the 29th of February.
I've lost track of Oracle but I think they alternate the 2nd and third weeks of the month. Microsoft is always evil unless Timothy posts the news, in which case Slashdot is evil for posting a duped story and MS passes go and collects their 200 bucks.

It's incomplete but there is the rundown on the schedule as far as I can tell.
Re:Is anyone keeping score? by AndroidCat · 2004-10-06 08:57 · Score: 2, Funny

I did a search, and the results showed them to be amazingly good.

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Browser War by pete-classic · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 5, Insightful

If they believe in the browser war, why do they only support IE?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive that the tool bar and the gmail notifier are Windows/IE only.

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Re:Browser War by jeffskyrunner · 2004-10-06 08:12 · Score: 2, Informative

the notifier now has an option to choose which browser to open. I have set it to firefox. Windows? Because the mass majority of the people are using windows. Plus, I believe there are many unofficial Linux versions of this. Unofficial Toolbar for Mozilla/firefox.

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Re:Browser War by kisielk · 2004-10-06 08:38 · Score: 3, Informative

The notifier FAQ says they are working on versions for OSX and Linux.
Re:Browser War by jimmyharris · 2004-10-06 10:45 · Score: 2, Informative

FreePOPs is a great utility which allows you to check webmail (including Gmail / Hotmail / any Squirellmail based site) as if it were a standard POP3 account.

It runs on Linux, OS X and Windows. If anyone is interested, I've written a guide for installing and using FreePOPs with OS X and Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage.

Perhaps it's not a full-blown browser? by Gunfighter · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 4, Interesting

Maybe they really aren't looking to enter the browser wars. Perhaps it's for a plugin of some sort to simply "enhance" browsing. I know they have their toolbar (and I personally user the googlebar for Mozilla). Perhaps there's something bigger and better around the corner.

What other browser enhancements could you see working their way into a plugin without it being labeled "spyware"?

Or... perhaps this guy really has no clue what's going on and Gbrowser v0.9 is right around the corner.

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Generic Genome Browser : gbrowse by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 2, Informative

http://www.gmod.org/ggb/gbrowse.shtml

Google's going to do for the genome what they did for the internet?

Google Print, however.. by ackthpt · 2004-10-06 08:06 · Score: 5, Interesting

Google Print is a new book search (partnered with Penguin and Scholastic) they'll roll out formally on Thursday, in some more of this interesting little tango they have with Amazon (they of the a9.com search engine free of ads.)

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Re:Google Print, however.. by jals · 2004-10-06 08:44 · Score: 2, Insightful

Woops, mod that as failing to RTFM...

"Can I read an entire book online?

No, afraid not. Google Print is designed to help you discover books, not read them from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - only with a Google twist. Google searches across entire books in order to find the pages that are most relevant to your search. Once you're on a book page, you can 'flip' two pages forward and back, view other information about the book and even conduct another search within the book."

and no Netflix/Tivo deal, either... by javaxman · 2004-10-06 08:07 · Score: 4, Insightful

I mean, really, you can believe what you want... but it would be a bit foolish to trust a businessman !

Not that I see Google making a browser ( I don't... maybe they'd pick up a cobrand an existing one, if anything ), but this guy's statement could just be possitioned to throw people off of an otherwise secret business strategy... I seem to recall Netflix and Tivo denying their deal quite firmly, for example...

Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by drmike0099 · 2004-10-06 08:07 · Score: 5, Insightful

Registering and keeping your own names out of everyone else's hands is a much simpler and cheaper way to do it, rather than getting into nasty, expensive lawsuits later on over who gbrowser.com is owned by. How much did the Lindows lawsuit cost MS, both in terms of $$ and public good will?

Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by Hatta · 2004-10-06 08:24 · Score: 4, Interesting

But when you read gbrowser.com, do you think google? I think "GTK" or "Gnome" first, then I think G as in "whut up G?"

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Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by justplainchips · 2004-10-06 08:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Microsoft had public good will?
Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:52 · Score: 4, Funny

If only Microsoft was smart enough to register:
aindows.com
bindows.com
cindows.com
dindows.com
eindows.com
findows.com
gindows.com
hindows.com
iindows.com
jindows.com
kindows.c om
lindows.com
mindows.com
nindows.com
oindows .com
pindows.com
qindows.com
rindows.com
sindo ws.com
tindows.com
uindows.com
vindows.com
win dows.com (oh wait!)
xindows.com
yindows.com
zindows.com

They wouldn't have had to put up with a lawsuit against Lindows.
Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by uriber · 2004-10-06 09:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Speaking of Microsoft, I just found out that gmicrosoft.com expired yesterday.
If Google will be quick to grab it, they'll be able to create their own version of an evil monopoly!
Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by leonmergen · 2004-10-06 09:59 · Score: 3, Insightful

Are you thinking about GTK or Gnome when you hear about GMail ?
No, it's all a matter of branding... and for google, it's way easier to keep everything generic - so GBrowser would be the best name for their browser.

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Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 10:15 · Score: 2, Insightful

Before Google released GMail, I wouldn't for a moment have thought of Google. Indeed, as far as I can tell it's the first service they've released that relies on a single letter rather "Google X" for its naming. There's no GNews or GGroups or GFroogle, or GSearch, or GAnswers.

I'd have thought of GTK way before Google, and probably GNU before GTK. Also "Global" would have come to mind as a possibility.
Re:Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by drinkypoo · 2004-10-06 11:35 · Score: 3, Insightful

Much like money, it is possible to have negative amounts of good will. The technical term for it is "ill will" :P (Kind of like "bad stuff" points.)

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Doesnt have to be a _web_ browser by Nylathotep · 2004-10-06 08:09 · Score: 4, Interesting

It could be some other type of browser.

Profitability by powerpuffgirls · 2004-10-06 08:09 · Score: 2, Insightful

Like any company, the decision to do something relies to this something's profitability. Given that Google is not responsible to its shareholders, this cannot be more true.

So what can Google profit from a browser? Can it add its Text Ads to the browser, will users accept yet-another "advertisement" browser?

If google intends to compete with MS by pcx · 2004-10-06 08:11 · Score: 4, Interesting

If google intends to compete with MS and IE then it's stupid for them to try and make their own browser. However it is VERY smart to throw all their weight and resources into making mozilla so killer it blows IE out of the water.

I'm just really surprised they haven't ported the popular google toolbar into a firefox extension yet.

Re:If google intends to compete with MS by angrykeyboarder · 2004-10-06 08:37 · Score: 2, Insightful

Google hasn't "infiltrated" Firefox. The search bar has Google set as the default but you can add virtually any search engine you want in addition to or instead of it. It's not the "Google search bar" it's simply "The Search Bar"

The folks at Mozilla just recognized that Google is the best search engine out there (and the most popular I believe) and decided to make it easier to access it. I believe this is also true of the Safari and Opera browsers as well.

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Re:If google intends to compete with MS by ndrtkr · 2004-10-06 09:14 · Score: 2, Informative

If google intends to compete with MS and IE then it's stupid for them to try and make their own browser. However it is VERY smart to throw all their weight and resources into making mozilla so killer it blows IE out of the water.

dude, let me correct you; FireFox already IS killer enough and it's ALREADY blowing IE out of the water...

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Naw, it's the Yalies by A+nonymous+Coward · 2004-10-06 08:12 · Score: 3, Funny

It belongs to George Bush, who is proclaiming he is a real rowser. There's no W because they never did find that key when moving in after the Clintons left.

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Modifications to Mozilla/Firefox by Bravo_Two_Zero · 2004-10-06 08:12 · Score: 3, Insightful

Wouldn't it be just as logical that they may be adding additional firepower to the Mozilla/Firefox development at some point? I won't get rich on the quality of my predictions, but that would make a degree of sense. Or, at least, they might be developing some google-specific extensions intended to rock our world. Heck, if I was smart enough to know what those are, I'd be working at google!

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VC Andrews by RCulpepper · 2004-10-06 08:15 · Score: 3, Interesting

Given how little it costs to register a domain name, one shouldn't be surprised that Google is shotgunning the DNS for names and products they never intend to market. Still, I don't know how in the loop we should assume Doerr is. His string theory parallel in TFA was pained and stupid. VCs are worse than marketroids at this stuff -- I've met my share, and if they didn't have the money to suck in entrepreneurs that actually know what they're doing, I suspect most of them would be in middle management. Schlock.

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Why wouldn't they... by gbickford · 2004-10-06 08:19 · Score: 2, Interesting

use an anonymous registrar like: gmessenger.com?

Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. 15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160 PMB353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: GMESSENGER.COM Created on: 24-May-04 Expires on: 24-May-05 Last Updated on: 24-May-04 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration GMESSENGER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. 15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160 PMB353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- Technical Contact: Private, Registration GMESSENGER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. 15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160 PMB353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: PARK9.SECURESERVER.NET PARK10.SECURESERVER.NET

Browser? If I were Google by nearl · 2004-10-06 08:20 · Score: 4, Interesting

I do not think that Google is planning on building a browser either. If I were google I would build an office suite based on XUL or XAML that was compatible to word. Think about it how much would a company pay to not have to maintain updates on office applications. How much is it worth to have their employees to be able to logon and access all their files and applications from any computer aroun d the world. This is no small task but even if they just built in groupware function into gmail they would have something that companies would drool over. Just my 2 cents

It's too bad really by TheGatekeeper · 2004-10-06 08:21 · Score: 2, Insightful

I'm really kind of sorry to hear Google isn't making a browser. If they went ahead and made a Google-branded and oriented Gecko based browser (think Mozilla suite but replace Thunderbird with gmail, etc.) I think it'd add some more variety into the browser market, and also give Gecko-based browsers another head-up on proprietary solutions.

Granted I'd personally probably not use it over Firefox, but it'd be a nice semi-commercial, end-user target, corporate-driven alternative for the everyday Joe. Integration of information processing is becoming a big deal, and a single Google-branded suite that somehow managed to provide a single interface to all of Google's many services (search, news, mail, shopping, dmoz, etc.) would doubtless be highly successful.

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There is no spoon by wuice · 2004-10-06 08:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com

Just to keep you fuckers guessing.

Why did they register it? by Gothic_Walrus · 2004-10-06 08:26 · Score: 4, Funny

There's only one reason that Google registered gbrowser.com, in my mind...

They like seeing their name and logo on Slashdot's front page. One URL has garnered them two stories.

It's some very cheap publicity, isn't it? Say hat you will, but it's worked for them. :)

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It won't be a web browser per se... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-06 08:28 · Score: 5, Interesting

Imagine a web browser that ties directly into Google. Or imagine Google as a part of YOUR network.. This application will do MORE then browse... it will serve all kinds of data. And there will be subscriptions for certain classes of data.... and well, let's just say it will be the prelude to a virtual office environment. Think Sharepoint or similiar, but not really. Not as crappy either. Google is in a race with m$ on these things... that is why you are seeing DENY DENY DENY, but rest assured, all of it is coming. The things on the board:

1. Browsing
2. Extended Search
3. Subscription Feeds
4. "Office" like sharing (whiteboard, wiki stuff)
5. File keeper (and you thought 1 gig was cool)
6. Multimedia capability
7. Mail (you have gmail already)
8. Journal (you've seen something like this too)
9. Social Networking (Orkut is just a rough idea of what is to come here, but think rolodex on steroids, in your address book)

And much much more. You see... I know things. I know what Google is doing, and it both amazes me, excites me, and scares me.

Thank god for stock options.

doesnt make me wonder why Google registered by night_flyer · 2004-10-06 08:39 · Score: 2, Insightful

gbrowser.com... afterall, they failed to register gmail.com didnt they? maybe they are just protecting their interests, or maybe sometime in the future they MAY create a browser, and dont want to deal with a cybersquater

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Sherlock by brentodd · 2004-10-06 08:53 · Score: 2, Interesting

I hope they're making a windows version of Sherlock. Or better yet - a Firefox plugin version of Sherlock.

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Domain names by tachyonflow · 2004-10-06 08:53 · Score: 3, Interesting

Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?
Because every business likes to keep its options open?

I think you're right on the money. I learned something important a long time ago:

If you ever think you may possibly want a domain name for some obscure reason at some unknown point in the future, then waste no time in registering it immediately. Even if you end up not using the domain, the $10 (or whatever) makes this a very minimal risk. You can always let it return to the pool of available domain names later, if you decide you definately don't need it.

I learned this the hard way -- back in 1997, I was thinking about registering the .com domain name of my town to make a web site, but I kept putting it off. When I finally got around to registering it, the registration failed because someone else had submitted a registration form for it minutes before I did. And the person who registered it lived hundreds of miles away, to boot!

I'm sure that even if some Google guys were just yapping about a browser over lunch, someone probably had the sense to register the domain... just in case.

Re:Domain names by Kirth+Gersen · 2004-10-07 02:58 · Score: 2, Informative

Didn't it seem *suspicious* to you that somebody had registered it minutes before?

Many of the sites which claim to offer free domain name lookup services are *actually* in the business of *selling* your desired names to people who contract to grab domain names automagically based on certain rules. I'm guessing that when you checked the name a second time it triggered a grab. He probably paid about 50 cents to grab the name. What was the site you used to check/register your new domain?

Gonna try this again by Azureflare · 2004-10-06 08:56 · Score: 5, Informative

I've tried posting this multiple times and it always gets buried... hopefully other gkrellm users who use only gmail will take notice of this. So far this is my favorite monitoring method for gmail.

Here's a little hack I made for gkrellm. It works pretty well. I was working on creating a plugin for monitoring multiple gmail accounts. It has some bugs still, but it works pretty well (it's basically a hack of mailwatch, and I've added in the revolving penguin too!). I've stopped working on it since school started, and because there has been so little interest in it. I'm considering putting it up on sourceforge.net so someone can clear out the bugs for me. Note that this tutorial is oriented towards linux newbies; if you know a bit about linux you can skip over a lot of material.

Monitor a Gmail Account with gkrellm.

BTW The toolbar is pretty much meaningless in firefox; we've already got popup blocking and we also have the google search bar up by the address bar.

Google browser by Kjeks · 2004-10-06 09:08 · Score: 2, Interesting

I'm not so very into browser development, but it would seem to me that Google already have the bulk part of a browser already finished.

After all, the Google spider robot is top of its class when it comes to parsing HTML. Just think of all the poorly written pages out there with nested/broken tags etc. which Google indexes every day.

After all, Google is already THE most used "browser" on the net if you think about it. It just doesn't have a GUI :-)

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Google employees: 20% projects by ndogg · 2004-10-06 09:23 · Score: 3, Insightful

Google employees have these little side projects that they call 20% Projects. If there is going to be a browser, I'm betting it's going to one of these 20% Project based off of Mozilla/Gecko.

Or it could be the result of a new group that was formed at Google to address the issue of their OSS involvement. All I know about this is that they want to become more involved in various OSS projects to address the question of people asking "You use so much OSS, why don't you contribute much back?" Believe me, they're very grateful to the OSS community, and they do feel a large obligation to give back. It's just that many of the engineers/developers haven't had the time.

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other google domains by sadangel · 2004-10-06 09:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Google has also registered:

galbums.com
gbackup.com
gbeam.com
ggovernment .com
ggroups.com
ghomepage.com
ghomepages.com
ghoroscope.com
glistings.com
gschedule.com
gsen d.com
gtaxes.com

Go crazy with that if you want to. I particularly like ggovernment.com. Clearly google is planning on starting their own "ggovernment" to overthrow conventional governments and take over the world. They must be stopped!

Conspiracy Theories Abound by mcguyver · 2004-10-06 09:34 · Score: 5, Informative

While I cannot provide consipiracy theories or tinfoil hats, I can provide all URLs hosted under the same IP as google.com. Look at cashcarrier.net - maybe google wants to replace all US currency with 'Google Currency' or Gurrency!

http://www.1aad.info http://www.Googlie.com
http://www.466453.com http://www.Googlr.com
http://www.Anatsociety.com http://www.Goolge.com
http://www.Arnes.biz http://www.Gooogle.com
http://www.Basystem.net http://www.Gppgle.com
http://www.Beckers-erkelenz.com http://www.Gppglr.com
http://www.Bootboortz.com http://www.Guugle.org
http://www.Brucer.com http://www.Hakukone.com
http://www.Cashcarrier.net http://www.Hakukone.net
http://www.Cbfl.net http://www.Igoogle.com
http://www.Cheapbits.net http://www.Jamesallen.org
http://www.Clinilab.net http://www.Kedrowski.com
http://www.Cmbio.com http://www.Kvanderson.com
http://www.Davenorman.net http://www.Mendiboure.com
http://www.Encouragementtogo.com http://www.Minzhu.org
http://www.Europraca.net http://www.Mugenjyou.com
http://www.Foofle.com http://www.Mydejanews.com
http://www.Gewgle.com http://www.Nickel-tec.com
http://www.Gewgol.com http://www.Ogogle.com
http://www.Ggoogle.com http://www.Paracelsus.org
http://www.Godsc.com http://www.Parallelstorm.net
http://www.Gogle.com http://www.Partycat.us
http://www.Gogole.com http://www.Pclaninformatica.com
http://www.Googel.com http://www.Reinspiredinc.com
http://www.Googil.com http://www.Scandiq.com
http://www.Google.biz http://www.Securityf2.com
http://www.Google.com http://www.Signacon.net
http://www.Google.info http://www.Sinoweblog.com
http://www.Google.net http://www.Smartp

Gbrowser Speculation by PeekabooCaribou · 2004-10-06 09:48 · Score: 3, Funny

I believe Google is planning another web-based application, akin to their Gmail service: a web-based browser. This revolutionary product will allow users to view web pages from the convenience of their web browser, alongside other pages if desired.

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Doerr - Using Secrecy as Hype. by whewtbing · 2004-10-06 11:01 · Score: 2, Interesting

Remember the last time Doerr was associated with a Top Secret project?

By stealing a slice of the $300 billion-plus transportation industry, Doerr predicts, the Segway Co. will be the fastest outfit in history to reach $1 billion in sales.

Soon it will be rumored that the new GBrowser flies and is powered by an ultra efficient Striling engine. Every science kid will be out registering domain names like gbStrilingBrowser and gbPilots

In fact I am pretty sure the "g" is for Ginger.

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Steve! by teknokracy · 2004-10-06 11:14 · Score: 2, Funny

Apple Computer owns mammals.org, but you dont see anyone speculating on an Apple branded Mammal any day soon. Or do you.... *curious glance*

Companies buy domains by the dozen. Even old Arnie registered his name as well as all the possible misspellings of his name so that everything would come back properly. And so that losers wouldnt prey on mistyped addresses with stupid "EASY WEB SEARCH TOOL NOW!" sites.

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