This Week in Google 144

New Google Drive, world series of intellectual properties trial, laws in space and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twig. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Friendfeed links for this episode. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:24:47

Links

• -Introducing Google Drive... yes, really
• -Sundar Pichai: Google Drive Is About Context, Where Competitors Are About Files
• -Who owns your files on Google Drive?
• -Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off
• -Google's Andy Rubin dodges David Boies' bullets
• -This was the original 'Google Phone' presented in 2006
• -Google wanted to subsidize a $9.99 unlimited data plan for Android phones
• -Android chief Andy Rubin said java.lang APIs are copyrighted in 2006 email
• -Tim Cook on Android patent litigation: 'I highly prefer to settle'
• -Google back in the smartphone sales game: unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ (GSM) available for $399
• -Google ups cash reward for being hacked
• -Google on track to outspend banks, big tobacco in lobbying
• -James Cameron's Trillion-Dollar Question
• -Google shops the self-driving car to Detroit
• -Gina's Tip: Add apps to your Google Drive
• -Jeff's number: iPhone biz zero to $100million in five years
• Tom's Tool: Syncpad for Simplenote