Google is poised to extend its domination of search to the mobile phone market with news an official Google phone may be on sale as early as January 5th. The handset will be for sale unlocked and without contract and will use data, not voice.

The Google Apps suite of office applications has finally lost its "beta" label, which--for example--Gmail has carried for five years.

Windows, whether XP or Vista, is home to all the major instant messenger (IM) clients, and for things like Skype, unquestionably has the best versions. But if you’re hankering to talk to multiple friends on multiple IM systems at the same time, and you want some open source goodness without having to go through the pain of learning Linux, try Pidgin for Windows instead – the open source program that lets you talk freely.

After months of anticipation, the first Android-based phone has been unveiled. Does the T-Mobile G1 have what it takes?

Within hours, T-Mobile in the US will officially launch the Google Android phone. Dubbed the gPhone in response to the iPhone, some say it isn’t “iPhone exciting”, but I say it is – plus there’s news of leaked specs!

Uh-oh... Two major features have been dropped from the APIs for version 1.0 of Google's Android mobile phone platform: Bluetooth and GTalkService (Google Talk).

Google has released a version of its Google Talk IM product specially optimised for the iPhone and iPod touch. Google Talk runs in the Safari browser, so no installation is required, unlike native IM clients for Macs and PCs that must be downloaded and installed before use.

Only days before the iPhone 3G’s release, Google brings yet another application to the iPhone, but this one designed to run in the Safari browser, meaning it works on the iPod Touch too, giving you text chat access to all your Google Talk contacts. What’s it like?