First look at Google Pack?

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First look at Google Pack?

by Jordan Running Jan 6th 2006

Some people have reported being able to download and install Google Pack, the eclectic bundle of apps that Google announced today. I'm unable to get in, but one Italian blogger has posted a supposed screenshot of Google Updater (Babelfish translation here), an app that downloads and installs the Google Pack apps and (I assume) keep them up-to-date. It looks pretty legit. Intriguingly included among the apps in the screenshot is "Google Pack Screensaver" and the post includes this English snippet from the (now inaccessible) Google Pack site: "The version of Norton Antivirus in the Google Pack includes 6 months of protection updates that enable the program to identify and remove new threats. If you’d like to continue receiving these updates after 6 months, you’ll need to purchase an update subscription from Symantec. Purchasing a subscription is optional."

Update: The blog author has posted an English version of the post here.

[Via Digg]

Tags: antivirus, google, google pack, google updater, norton

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andrew said 5:49PM on 1-06-2006

the English version of the post is here

Andrew said 5:52PM on 1-06-2006

here: http://www.begeek.it/2006/01/06/google-pack-coming-soon/

Calvin said 6:09PM on 1-06-2006

King's new clothes. Grow up everyone

Weasel said 6:30PM on 1-08-2006

Just an update: Google Pack is live (probably has been for a while now, but I just noticed). http://pack.google.com/

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