Editors' picks: Google stories around the Web

Google's metamorphosis into a publicly traded company will be a windfall for a select few, including such household names as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and financier John Doerr and such institutions as Stanford University and the University of California.
Co-founders release Google 'owner's manual'
CNET News.com
Surprise, surprise: Wilson Sonsini lands Google IPO
New York Lawyer
2 wild and crazy guys (soon to be billionaires), and hoping to keep it that way The New York Times
Profile: The Google founders BBC News
The boy wonders not all googly-eyed ... well, not yet
San Francisco Chronicle
Sounds of silence as gag rule is imposed
San Francisco Chronicle

So you've spent an hour Googling through the Web for your graduate research paper, you've played the Google drinking game, heard the Google theme song and vanity-Googled yourself (again).
Google reveals that it's giving revenue away
CBS MarketWatch.com
Google's numbers live up to expectations Internetnews
An inside look at an Internet success story
San Francisco Chronicle
Lifting the lid on Google CNET News.com

For months, investment banks vied to win the job of underwriting Google's much-anticipated initial public offering. But as details emerged yesterday about the unusual auction process that Google's founders have chosen, questions have arisen about whether the scramble for a piece of the action was worth the trouble.
The ABCs of a unique IPO CNNMoney
Want in on Google's IPO? CNET News.com
Google's motive in auction not all altruism TheStreet.com
News Analysis: Go public, think private
International Herald Tribune
Google's $2.7 billion IPO is biggest test of 'dutch auction' Bloomberg

Google is giddy, and that's a big risk for anyone tempted by Silicon Valley's hottest initial public stock offering in a decade.
Google IPO? Don't do it! CBS MarketWatch.com
Ingram: Be frugal with Google The Globe and Mail
IPO stocks usually don't stay hot Newsday
Google this: Reality check BusinessWeek
Google IPO? No thanks The Motley Fool
Search: chutzpah Boston Globe

Google's float in the grand carnival we hope we can call the second dotcom boom breaks all convention. It isn't simply a covered-up lorry and does not have bizarrely dressed people waving and cajoling you into liking it.
The Google IPO and you Times Internet
Q&A: Google goes public BBC News
Anyone remember Pets.com? Webvan? Apparently not
SF Chronicle
Google says to investors: Don't think of flipping
The New York Times
Google IPO has risks, even if you're feeling lucky Reuters
Other criteria will determine IPO price Financial Times

Google is not a conventional company," began the Internet company's filing yesterday. "We do not intend to become one."
Google IPO coming as Yahoo, Microsoft step up attacks Bloomberg
The rise of Google USA Today
More reasons to love Google Wired News
Google: Engine of revival The Sacramento Bee
The goods on Google The Poynter Institute