These days, Google is always around to provide internet access to consumers such as free airport WiFi and the free WiFi network that runs in Mountain View.

This time around, Google has publicized that it is getting in the game for real with the release of a fiber-based ISP service that will provide 1Gbps speed at “competitive prices” to selected markets. The plan is to provide next generation access to between 50,000 and 500,000 people and essentially see what happens – and as expected, the new network will be a foster child for Google’s pro-net-neutrality efforts.

Google is now asking for “interested communities” to apply and the markets where it will be…

Google has released a statement to the public that it will no longer censor its search results on the Chinese version of Google. This might be aggravated by the recent cyber attacks on Google and many other large companies in the last month.

“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China,” Google stated.

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For almost a week ago, Google publicized that it has to sell its own branded netbooks that would run its very own Chrome OS. Now, the supposed specifications for the first of the Chrome netbooks have been leaked online.

According to the leaked information, the netbook is set to sell for under US $300 or for most of about $388.

The specifications for the equipment promise a 10.1 inch screen and an ARM-based processor. The NVIDIA Tegra platform is said to be powering the graphics for the machine. The screen will be a multi touch panel with a 1280 x 720 resolutions and storage will be to a large 64GB SSD.

The other…

In the past week there have been some talks about Google Phone or the Google Nexus One and now the latest rumor is that Google may be launching a Google branded netbook, which will run the Chrome OS.

Google has been working with a number of manufacturers to produce Chrome OS netbook, though they have not been Google branded. Now, Tech Crunch is reporting that Google are working closely with one manufacturer to produce its very own Google branded netbook.

Google are not in so much rush to release its own Google branded netbook, apparently, the target date of release is on the later part of 2010 just before Christmas.

It would be…