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Google Invests in Cloud Computing

Internet giant wants everyone to do everything online

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2007 10:57 AM CST

(Newser) – Google has hands in a lot of pies, from maps to email to spreadsheets and now, with Android and OpenSocial, to cellphones and MySpace. But it all relates to one strategy, the Washington Post says. Google wants to make the web so useful that everyone... Read full story »

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