I doubt this, google has MONEY to run those projects. there are many bright minds on DP, its just that we cannot get hold of that amount of cash to create something new and original - otherwise ideas are here
imo google will reach a level like yahoo did, and begin to collapse from the sheer weight of itself. companies are like people they get too fat and they eventually become immobile.
Google Inc. want hold everything in their hands. A few months ago I heard something about the Google mobile phone project. Do you have some news about it? The director of Vodafone said: it's a dead project, but I think he just jealous.