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| June 14, 2007 | Greek, Dinah | COPYRIGHT 2007 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Dinah Greek

Gearing up for better things

Google has launched a tool to make it simpler to use online applications such as email and calendars without an internet connection.

Google Gears allows access to online data and applications inside the web browser when offline. It is an open source plug-in and when a user visits a website that supports the technology, they are prompted to click on a small icon. This starts to download online data that is usually held on web servers. The data is stored offline on an individual's computer and then synchronised when the user logs back on to the web.

Google is not the first software to allow online services to function offline. Adobe offers this as ...

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