Google unveils 'Google Gears'

 

The company plans to make the Gears technology available for free as "open source" software, meaning other developers are free to use and enhance the software in their own products

Google Inc. said on Wednesday it had created Web software that runs both online, and offline, marking a sea change for the Internet industry by letting users work on planes, trains, spotty connections and even in the most remote locations.

The technology, called Google Gears, would allow users of computers, phones and other devices to manipulate Web services like e-mail, online calendars or news readers whether online, intermittently connected to the Web or completely offline.

Google plans to make the Gears technology available for free as "open source" software, meaning other developers are free to use and enhance the software in their own products. The technology also allows developers to build Internet search and indexing of Web pages into their own software applications.

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