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<p>The necessity for offline contingency has come increasingly to the fore in recent months, as more and more web-based applications, like <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&ltmpl=homepage&nui=1">Google Docs & Spreadsheets</a>, have arrived - replacing desktop software, but requiring continuous internet connection.</p>
<p>Google Gears, available as a cross-platform browser extension, introduces a new Javascript API that allows computers to store and cache website data whilst offline. The data can then be synchronised back to websites upon reconnection.</p>
<p>The first application to take advantage of the technology is <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?nui=1&service=reader&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader">Google Reader</a>, Google's RSS feed aggregator, which will allow users to pull down subscribed feeds whilst online and browse them offline - but add their read status back in to the system upon reconnecting.</p>
<p>By releasing the code in to the open source developer community, Google may be able to secure first-mover advantage and create a standardised method for on/off web connectivity.</p>
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<em>"With Google Gears, we're tackling a key limitation of the browser in order to make it a stronger platform for deploying all types of applications and enabling a better user experience in the cloud," </em>
<a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/gears_20070530.html">said</a> Google CEO Eric Schmidt.</p>
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<strong>Google is attempting to bridge the divide between online and offline working by releasing new software that syncronises the two.</strong>
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<p>At its Developer Day in Sydney today, the company announced <a href="http://gears.google.com/">Google Gears</a>, an open-source technology platform that allows programmers to build websites that continue to function even without connectivity.</p>
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