Addict3d.org (http://addict3d.org) announced on October 13 that the search engine giant Google has soft-launched the networking site Orkut.com created by one of its engineers, thus edging into the social networking space popularized by Friendster (www.friendster.com).
Orkut (http://Orkut.com) is an online community that connects people through a network of trusted friends. Currently available to new users by invitation only, the site went live with several thousand users, mostly Google employees, and an interface similar to those of Friendster, Tribe.net, and other social networking sites that have entered the limelight in 2004.
Orkut says in its mission statement that its main goal is to make the social life of its users and their friends more active and stimulating, and that the community site allows friends to virtually come together, find common interests, share relevant information and organize social events.
