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The information, reported by blogger Andrew Miller who attended the Google event in Ann Arbor, confirms the widely circulating rumours that Google Docs, Gmail and Calendar will soon be available offline through Google Gears.

According to Miller, Google is also working on allowing users to edit documents simultaneously offline and online, with the changes tracked chronologically and merged back into the online version whenever the user connects.

Also in the works, is a new project called Google Sites which the company expects to launch in 2008. Based on the existing Google Page Creator, the program will offer businesses the ability to "set up intranets, project management tracking, customer extranets, and any number of custom sites based on multi-user collaboration."