Google throws open the labs

NEWS Internet search company Google is inviting users to help it develop innovative services with its new 'labs' site. Privately owned Google dominates the internet search industry but has been expanding its business remit as it prepares for a widely rumoured stock market launch. Among the ideas under test on the labs.google.com site is a Google glossary, voice search facility and keyboard shortcuts. The company emphasises that these ideas are still under development, and not guaranteed to work. A site featuring experimental toolbars, for example, was returning error messages when we visited.