Google Introduces Software Starter Kit - Yahoo! News

Google Introduces Software Starter Kit - Yahoo! News: "Google Introduces Software Starter Kit

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Fri Jan 6, 7:01 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is distributing a free software startup kit designed to make computing safer and easier — a generous gesture driven by the company's desire to steer technology offline as well as online.

The software bundle, unveiled Friday in Las Vegas during a speech by Google co-founder Larry Page, represents the Internet search engine leader's latest jab at industry kingpin Microsoft Corp."