Los Angeles OKs plan to use Google online office services - USATODAY.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office software from rival Microsoft.

The Council voted unanimously for the $7.2 million deal with contractor Computer Sciences Corp. to replace many city computer systems with the so-called Google Apps services...