Google News is an automated news aggregator provided by Google Inc, and Wikipedia is the world’s largest collection of collaboratively-edited information online. Net surfers rely on Wikipedia which became the Internet’s most popular news and information site in 2007, to get information. In the latest test, Google has begun to display relevant Wikipedia page link in the search result pages.

Gabriel Stricker, a spokesman for Google told Zachary M. Seward of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab that “Currently, we’re showing a small number of users’ links to Wikipedia topic pages that serve as a reference on current events.”

Last month, Google News redesigned its homepage.  It’s more cheerful and visually-rich than the previous design; section pages include more videos and photos, while most of the clutter has been removed.

Android is a free Linux-based operating system from Google, which is originally designed for cell phones. Now experts are predicting that the open-source operating system can be used on other devices, such as the emerging low-cost laptops known as Netbooks.

Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies have proved this by developing the first Netbook running Android, named as Alpha 680, for the cost of $250. The Alpha 680 is expected to hit the market in the next three months. It uses a 533MHz ARM 11 CPU and sports a 7-inch LCD screen, keyboard, touchpad, and built-in Wi-Fi, according to a Computerworld report. It is powered by 2-cell battery which will last only two to four hours much lower than the expected 12 hours.

Other software giants like Hewlett – Packard, Asustek Computer and Dell have also started using Android. Dell is using the software for its upcoming smartphone.