Merge the main code.google svg-edit page to README

This is an update to README.md which merges the main code.googe.com landing page (https://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/) and the existing README.md file.

Actual changes:
* Some editorial license has been used when updating the main project summary, including adding a project logo.
* The recent news section has been updated to include svg-edit 2.8 and the move to github.
* The features section has been dropped as there's no easy way to represent such a list in markdown.
* The further reading section has been updated.
* The dependent projects have been moved to docs/Acknowledgements.md

The binary file links currently point to my github fork. Once we actually create the svg-edit-2.8 release, these should be updated to point to the main project instead of my fork.

README.md

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-SVG-edit, a web based SVG editor
+![alt text](https://progers.github.io/svgedit/images/logo48x48.svg "svg-edit logo of a pencil") SVG-edit 
 ===
+SVG-edit is a fast, web-based, javascript-driven SVG drawing editor that works in any modern browser.
 
-Source code lives on GitHub:
-https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit
+### [Try SVG-edit here](https://progers.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-2.8/svg-editor.html)
 
-Issue tracking and previewing remains on Google Code:
-https://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/
+(Also available as a [download](https://github.com/progers/svgedit/releases/download/Releasev2.8/svg-edit-2.8.zip)).
 
-See AUTHORS file for authors.
+## Recent news
+  * 2015-11-24 SVG-edit 2.8 was released.
+  * 2015-11-24 Code, issue tracking, and docs are being moved to github (previously [code.google.com](https://code.google.com/p/svg-edit)).
+  * 2014-04-17 2.7 and stable branches updated to reflect 2.7.1 important bug fixes for the embedded editor.
+  * 2014-04-07 SVG-edit 2.7 was released.
+  * 2013-01-15 SVG-edit 2.6 was released.
 
------
+## Videos
 
-SVG-edit contains code from these projects:
+  * [SVG-edit 2.4 Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpC7b1ZJvvM)
+  * [SVG-edit 2.4 Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzZEoGUDe8)
+  * [SVG-edit 2.3 Features](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVIcIy5fXOc)
+  * [Introduction to SVG-edit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJKmEI06YiY) (Version 2.2)
 
-jQuery JavaScript Library v1.3.2
-http://jquery.com/
-Copyright (c) 2009 John Resig
+## Supported browsers
 
-jQuery js-Hotkeys
-http://code.google.com/p/js-hotkeys/
-Copyright (c) 2008 Tzury Bar Yochay
+The following browsers had been tested for 2.6 or earlier and will probably continue to work with 2.8.
+  * Firefox 1.5+
+  * Opera 9.50+
+  * Safari 4+
+  * Chrome 1+
+  * IE 9+ and Edge
 
-jPicker
-http://www.digitalmagicpro.com/jPicker/
-Copyright (c) 2009 Christopher T. Tillman
+## Further reading and more information
+
+ * See [docs](docs/) for more documentation.
+ * [Acknowledgements](docs/Acknowledgements.md) lists open source projects used in svg-edit.
+ * See [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) file for authors.
+ * [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/svg-edit) group.
+ * Join the [svg-edit mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/svg-edit).
+ * Join us on `#svg-edit` on `freenode.net` (or use the [web client](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=svg-edit)).