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In Google’s vision of the future, people will be able to translate documents instantly into the world’s main languages, with machine logic, not expert linguists, leading the way. Google’s approach, called statistical machine translation, differs from past efforts in that it forgoes language experts who program grammatical rules and dictionaries into computers.

Google on Friday will join the crowded field of services registering website addresses in a move aimed at encouraging more usage of the online search leader’s free software products. Google’s service will charge a annual fee and only handle addresses ending in four suffixes — ”.com,” ”.net,” ”.biz” and ”.info”.

Google said on Wednesday that it has ironed out the final details of its expanded alliance with America Online (AOL), clearing the way for the online search-engine leader to invest -billion in its biggest advertising partner. The two companies signed a March 24 definitive agreement to seal a deal originally announced in December.

Google said on Thursday it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 14,2-million class-A common shares. Google shares, which have tripled in value since going public one year ago, closed on Wednesday at ,10 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.