Google Pack Released

Minutes before Page goes out to his keynote at CES, Google have made Google Pack public.

The package features the following software :

Google Earth, Picasa, Google Desktop Search, Google Toolbar (IE, Fx)

Google Screensaver (new)

Mozilla Firefox

Ad-Aware

Norton Antivirus

Adobe Acrobat

Norton Antivirus comes with a free, six month subscription to the service. At this point, we've not had chance to investigate whether the programs come with any special touches, but we'll update you soon. We're not too sure what the motivation is with this; it would appear a pretty expensive way to install the Google toolbar, but maybe Google users (or rather, their ad views) are worth it!

Update So the initial download package is rather small, and is really a new piece of software called Google Updater. This checks for existing versions of software, tells you if it is up to date (and offers to download a new version if not), and downloads / installs new software for you. Screenshots added.

Stay tuned for coverage of any further announcements at CES from Google.

Download: Google Pack