Google App Engine 1.7 released at I/O

- SSL via SNI for $9/month (no Windows XP support, heck--limited Android support)

- ...or a virtual (not static) IP address for $99/month (!!)

- CDN via "PageSpeed" at .39/GB outgoing (plus .12/GB)

- new!!! datacenter in Europe!!!

I was an early adopter of App Engine who went through Ye Grande AppEngine Datastore Debacles. Months where it didn't work followed by a sudden tripling of the cost that turned App Engine into something that was no longer feasible for my app.

But this update has me really shaking my head.

Nit: I wish Google would include an SDK download link in their App Engine release announcements.

https://developers.google.com/appengine/downloads

GeoPoint Location Based Search looks very useful... if only it had been there before the great GAE price hike of 2011. I moved to PostGIS on AWS and never looked back.

Finally, Go SDK for Windows.