Google has now added video chat to its GMail product, inching ever closer to a more enterprise-like platform. The initial response from the blogosphere has been largely positive and most reviewers indicate it is a nice addition to the popular GMail offering.

A few days after his historic election, President-Elect Barack Obama has launched a new website -- appropriately dubbed Change.gov.

At long last, Election Day is here and to cover it in all its social media, Web 2.0 splendor, the gang at Current.com/Current TV is bringing together Twitter, Digg, 12seconds.tv and even a live DJ set from Diplo

On the advent of the Android G1 phone tomorrow, Google has made source code available to the world for its Android mobile platform.

eWeek profiles "20%" projects -- a reference to the one day each week that Google developers can spend creating the next big thing. Obviously, not all make the cut but a few famous examples (think GMail) and a few not-so well known are featured in this eWeek slideshow.

Top 20 Percent Projects at Google

Interesting piece from eWeek on Google Android release in October:

eWEEK readers refuse to believe that Google and T-Mobile's Android-based Dream smart phone will sell the 600,000 to 700,000 units HTC has said it expects to move when the device hits the mobile and wireless market in October. Pictures of the Linux-based device have failed to wow users so far, but a good showing at the unveiling in New York Sept. 23 could push the hype over the top.

After many false starts and carrier setbacks, the first phone supporting the Google Android platform -- the T-Mobile G1 -- has been unveiled. Sporting a touch screen (or slide out keyboard), push Gmail and an applications store, the G1 sounds an awful lot like another phone bearing the 'G' moniker.

In many ways the iPhone seems to have delivered on claims made by Apple. It is elegant and easy-to-use. The 3G iPhone brought with it the launch of the App Store which has the potential to be one of the great wallet-emptiers in recent memory. From cool games like Super Monkey Ball to business productivity applications and seemingly everything in between, App Store has something for everyone. Honestly though, I'm surprised at what isn't there. Here's a look at the top 5 iPhone applications not in the App Store or built into the iPhone itself...but hopefully coming soon:

The 'Foxy folks at Mozilla have just released Ubiquity, an application which allows the less technically-minded of us to blend web-based data and information into collections called 'mashups.'

As part of their coverage of the Black Hat security conference, eWeek's Brian Prince has written on the perils of "friend-spoofing" and some of the other security risks presented by popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.