of Google "Make your PC more useful" FREE software campaign

Google has created a strong campaign to bring together various pieces of useful software titles into a single package that can be easily and freely downloaded and installed on your computer. This package also includes software that will keep Google’s software up to date with the latest versions of each. This software package includes: Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, Google Pack Screensaver, a screen saver that displays images from the user’s computers, Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Video Player (US only) , Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar, Spyware Doctor Special Edition, Norton Security Scan, Adobe Reader 7, RealPlayer, GalleryPlayer and Skype. For those of you who are familiar with Google Pack and are wondering why I didn’t include Trillian, around March 2007, Google no longer includes Trillian in the Google Pack.

Of all the apps in this bundle, Picasa gets the biggest promotion. The reason for this is simple: Picasa is a complete software package for editing, sharing, and publishing photos.

The package is divided into two categories: Google-branded apps and third-party apps.

Google-branded applications include: Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, Google Pack Screensaver, a screen saver that displays images from the user’s computers, Google Earth, Google Talk, and Google Video Player (US only). .).

Third party applications are: Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar, Spyware Doctor Special Edition, Norton Security Scan, Adobe Reader 7, RealPlayer, GalleryPlayer and Skype. One important note, third-party apps tend to change. There are three applications that have been phased out and replaced this year: Ad-Aware, Trillian, and Norton Antivirus Special Edition 2005, with a 6-month subscription.

Some sources say that Google is striving to create a package that has the best in class software in selected categories.