Identity platform due by end of year
Once a research projecct, company has promoted effort to a development platform
But can the search giant hit the mark with new OS
Google chrome project raises a ton of questions
Technology would let EU members safely share IDs
Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk no longer beta products
Vista fading to black by 2012
Service could compete with Microsoft and Google in offering office applications
Google, Yahoo and Bing get the press but Exalead, Scour, Hunch , Scirus and Indeed fill a void
Enterprises need to push for upgrades on any new PC
