What is Google Pack?

The Google Pack is a collection of free, very useful software
programs from Google and other companies.

The Google Pack software helps you browse the web faster, remove
spyware and viruses, organize your photos, and more.

You can download and install the entire Google Pack, or select
only those programs you want with just a few clicks.

The included Google Updater keeps the Google Pack software up-to-date
and advises you of new programs as they become available.

Programs included in Google Pack are:

Google Earth

This program enables the user to view any location on the earth using
satellite imaging.Just type in a location and click and Google Earth
takes you there as if you were flying. You can zoom in on a specific
address or an area of interest.

What you see are actual satellite photos of the location.
Google Earth is great for viewing driving directions, trip planning,
finding a business, house or apartment hunting.

The "layering" feature allows you to see available lodging, restaurants,
and schools, etc. in your area of interest.

Google Earth is truly an "armchair adventurer's" dream. See the all the
exotic places on earth without leaving your P.C.
Uppgrades are are available with even more powerful features for a
reasonable price.

It's also MAC compatible.


Google Desktop - Desktop companion

It"s not just a screen full of folders and icons. Not only can you
quickly search your computer for files, emails, and web history,
you can view news, photos and more anywhere on your desktop.

Google Desktop comes with Sidebar where you can get all of your
personalized information in one place. Google Desktop is fully
integrated with most of Google. Just add Google Gadgets to customize
your desktop and Sidebar to work the way you want it to.

Google Desktop will even suggest new gadgets you can use based on
topics you are most interested in.

AGoogle Gadgetis a software code that allows you to customize
your desktop, sidebar, or Google Homepage.

There are gadgets for calendars, favorite videos and movies, and adding
and searching webclips, and much more.


Picasa - Photo organizer

Picasa allows you to instantly locate and organize, edit, and share all
the photos and pictures on your computer in seconds. You can even remove
red eye and fix photos easily.

Picasa finds the pictures you forgot you had by scanning the images on your
computer and automatically sorts them by date. With Picasa you can organize
your entire collection while you watch.

Move and re-name a picture or a group of pictures in seconds by simply
dragging and dropping pictures from one folder in Picasa to another.

Then make a label for your photo or groups to make viewing and sharing easier,
and for making slide shows, movies,or for emailing.

You can even give your photos a gold star rating to easily find your favorites,
and you can password protect those photos you want to keep private.

Google Pack Screensaver - Photo screensaver

After you have organized your photos from your personal collection with Picassa, load them into the Google Pack Screensaver - Photo screensaver and view pictures full screen or as a collage, or turn photos from your personal collection into a screensaver.

Configuration is easy and you can set the selection, transition, and timing of
the rotation of your images.

Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer - Search toolbar

This program installs in seconds and enables you to search from any web page, autofill forms with one click, and block annoying pop-ups.

View the button gallery and add buttons to the Google Toolbar to search your favorite sites, bookmark frequently visited pages and access them from anywhere,
and translate pages into English instantly.

Add the spell checker button for your email.There's even a button for sharing
web pages with friends using a blog, email,or SMS.Google Toolbar is available
in Enterprise Edition and Firefox versions

Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar - Web browser

Google touts Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar as a "A Better Web Experience".

Firefox is easy to install and import your favorites. It comes with many
useful features like tabbed browsing, Live Bookmarks, an integrated Search bar, quick page loading, and easier navigation for everyone, including those who are visually or motor-impaired.

Firefox delivers Web pages faster than ever and keeps you more secure when
you’re browsing the Web by blocking viruses,worms, spyware, and popup ads.

The new Software Update feature makes it easy to get the latest security and
feature updates to Firefox which are automatically downloaded in the background
and prompts you when they are ready to be installed.

This is just a small list of features Firefox has.


Ad-Aware SE Personal - Antispyware utility

This software program helps to protect your privacy by safely detecting and
removing spyware.

Ad-Aware SE Personal comes with powerful features that provide advanced
protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components.

Ad-Aware SE Personal scans fixed and removable drives, memory and Windows
registry, logs information about scans and malicious content removals, and
it uses the Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology to detect known
and unknown variants of malware.


Norton AntiVirus 2005 Special Edition - Antivirus utility

This well known virus protection program from Symantec protects your PC
from viruses, worms and Trojan horses and Includes a 6-month subscription
to protection updates.


Adobe Reader 7 - PDF reader

Adobe Systems' PDF (portable document file) reader allows you to view,
print, and search PDF files and launches up to 50% faster than Adobe Reader 6.0.

There are optional software programs you can add to Google Pack such as:

Google Talk - Voice and IM application-Call or send instant messages
to your friends for free.

All you need to make free calls is an Internet connection,
a microphone, and a speaker.

Google Video Player - Video player- Play videos purchased and
downloaded through the Google Video website.

RealPlayer - Media player - Play popular media formats, organize music
and videos and transfer music to iPod and other portable media players.

GalleryPlayer HD Images - acquire, organize and display the world's
finest art and photography from the world's finest museums and galleries.

For as little as $0.99 per image, you can bring great masters like Monet,
van Gogh, Degas and Andy Warhol into your home or office. Perfect for your screensaver or desktop.

Well, there you have it , an overview of Google Pack and it's components.
This is truly a great value for anyone seeking to enhance their web experience,
r add to their computer's capability. Best of all it's Free