socghop.appspot.com - 3/24/2009
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Welcome to the Google Summer of Code TM 2009 site! We are now accepting applications from students for Google Summer of Code 2009! Please make sure to review the User's Guide before registering as student after which you can submit your proposal by clicking "Submit your Student Proposal" in the ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 3/25/2009
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
Today we're rolling out two new improvements to
Google search. The first offers an expanded list of...
useful related searches and the second is the addition of longer search result descriptions -- both of which help guide users more effectively to the ...
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Official Google Blog: Two new improvements to Google ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 3/26/2009
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
Google has grown very quickly in a very
short period of time. When companies grow that quickly...
it's almost impossible to get everything right—and we certainly didn't. In some areas we've created overlapping organizations which not only duplicate ...
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Official Google Blog: Changes to our sales and marketing ...
reuters.com - 3/31/2009
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reuters.com —
BEIJING (Reuters) - Google Inc on Monday launched
free downloads of licensed songs in China, while sharing...
advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy. Lee Kai-Fu, president of Google in greater China, said one ...
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Google launches free, legal music downloads in China
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Google launches Summer of Code 09, seeks project proposals
Ars Technica —
... after the program ends and the code bitrots without anyone to maintain or integrate it properly. In some cases, the necessarily exclusive nature of SoC has generated a bit of angst among small open source projects that aren't given an opportunity to participate. Despite the inevitable conflicts, the program has become an important part of the open source community ethos and Google has always done everything in its power to make the program successful. Google has accepted an impressive list of mentoring organizations this year, including ...
Google Taking Applications For Summer of Code Program
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... for the Summer of Code program, which offers students the opportunity to work with a mentor and contribute to various open-source projects. The program will accept 1000 students, down from 1175 last year, and will reward those who complete their given project with up to $4500. Some projects that have been worked on in the past include the Linux Kernel and working with the Apache Foundation. This will likely provide a great chance to get your feet wet in the industry as well as make important contacts for when you graduate. If I wasn’t already working full ...
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