Google series

The Bottom Line: It turns out that an open, sprawling interface works better for a search engine than a video store. Google Video will have to take a few categorization notes from Yahoo if it's ever going to challenge the iTunes Music Store.

Release Date: 12/01/2005

CNET editors' take

The Bottom Line: Google Scholar scours scholarly journals quickly and thoroughly, although Windows Live Academic Search beta better organizes finds on its pages.

Release Date: 12/01/2005

CNET editors' take

The Bottom Line: Google Book Search gets you inside plenty of books, but Project Gutenberg still offers more classics.

Release Date: 10/23/2006

CNET editors' take

The Bottom Line: The Google package of services represents the company's efforts to serve and integrate a diverse assortment of dynamic applications online. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Because many of these free products remain in beta testing, this list will continue to evolve as Google updates its products. See our favorite 10 Google apps here.

Release Date: 10/23/2006

CNET editors' take

The Bottom Line: The Google package of services represents the company's efforts to serve and integrate a diverse assortment of dynamic applications online. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Because many of these free products remain in beta testing, this list will continue to evolve as Google updates its products. See our favorite 10 Google apps here.

Release Date: 10/23/2006

CNET editors' take

The Bottom Line: Google Calendar is an easy-to-use, attractive scheduling service that integrates with Gmail and exports XML feeds.

Release Date: 04/14/2006

CNET editors' take

The Bottom Line: The Google package of services represents the company's efforts to serve and integrate a diverse assortment of dynamic applications online. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Because many of these free products remain in beta testing, this list will continue to evolve as Google updates its products. See our favorite 10 Google apps here.

Release Date: 04/14/2006

CNET editors' take