Learn more about how Google Books works and the recent settlement agreement between Google and a broad class of authors and publishers. Please note that this agreement resolves a United States lawsuit, and therefore directly affects only those users who access Book Search in the U.S.

Browsing the web should be as fast as turning the pages of a magazine to enable the next generation of rich web applications. Learn more about why the web can and should get faster by Googlers Bill Coughran, Vic Gundotra, Steve Souders, Dennis Hwang and Arvind Jain. Visit code.google.com/speed to find more information about what you can do to speed up the web.

The web can and should get faster. Learn why even small changes of a few milliseconds in the performance of a website can mean an improvement of several seconds for its users. Visit code.google.com/speed to find more information about what you can do to speed up the web.

As part of the Google D.C. Talks series, Jim Young of Google moderated a discussion on “National Security and Web 2.0.” Panelists Lt. Col. Patrick Michaelis of the U.S. Army and Dr. Calvin Andrus and Sean Dennehy of the CIA explained how their organizations are using Web 2.0 tools to share knowledge quickly and make intelligence assessments. The panel also discussed the technical and cultural challenges to bringing Internet tools to the national security realm. This event took place on June 12, 2009 at Google’s offices in Washington, D.C.

Nicole Wong, Google’s Deputy General Counsel, testifies before two subcommittees of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at a June 18, 2009 hearing on online advertising. Topics of discussion include Google’s advertising products, our commitment to protecting the privacy of our users, and the need for consumers to have greater transparency and choice when it comes to behavioral advertising.