So who is a failure according to our friendly neighborhood Google? Here's how to find out:

Labels: Cool Stuff, Google, Trivia, What's Hot

Today, 60 years ago, the first WORKING laser was made public. And because of that, Google has personalized their page today! Check out www.google.com to see what I mean!

Oh, and don't forget to click on the image to find out more about the history of the now multi-billion dollar business of lasers.

Labels: Cool Stuff, Discovery, Google, Trivia

Did you know that Google has more versions of itself aside from the Operating Systems versions that they have? Are the Googlers are just plain bored with that they keep on creating Google versions, or is it their marketing strategy to provide a Google to all walks of life?

Anyway, to keep the story short, here are three Google versions for three different types of people... or animals.

Google for Elmer Fudd
Google Bork
Google in Pig Latin

Labels: Cool Stuff, Discovery, Google, Trivia

Yes, this might sound too common sense-ical for you, but did you know that Google actually has the answer if you search for the number of horns on a unicorn?

I'm not exactly sure how the Google Calculator computes for the results. If you enter all other dumb phrases (like "number of alphabets" or the "number of fingers on your right hand"), Google doesn't have the answer for it. But if you enter phrases like:

"Number of months in a year"
or
"number of centimeters in a meter"
and even
"number of horns on a unicorn"

Google has answers for those. Cool eh?

Labels: Cool Stuff, Google, Secrets, Tricks, What's Hot

I came across THIS SITE and saw how our favorite search engine, Google, works.

Enjoy! :)

Labels: Google, Secrets, Trivia, What's Hot

Are you feeling bored? Do you feel as if you're not utilizing your brain at its maximum capacity? Do you want to stimulate yourself intellectually?

Well look no further because our favorite search engine (and probably my favorite company :3) is proud to give us its remedy for brain inactivity. Too bad, though, for us folks outside the US because we won't be able to participate huhuhu. Anyway, they're holding the US Puzzle Championship which is "a national online competition to identify America's most logical minds." For more details, click HERE.

Here are a few samples of their puzzles:

14 cards with digits are placed to make a 3x3 grid of numbers. The totals for the numbers in each row and column are given. Pick up two cards and place them back anywhere in the grid (still face-up) so that the six totals become equal.


Go ahead and try! Hehehe!

Labels: Discovery, Google, What's Hot

Hey y'all Google-lovers out there! I have stumbled upon a set of Google Fun Facts for all of you today! Here are the most interesting ones:

Google's name is a play on the word googol, which refers to the number 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, "Mathematics and the Imagination" by Kasner and James Newman. Google's play on the term reflects the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.

Google started as a research project at Stanford University, created by Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were 24 years old and 23 years old respectively (a combined 47 years old).

Google receives daily search requests from all over the world, including Antarctica.Google has a world-class staff of more than 2,668 employees known as Googlers. The company headquarters is called the Googleplex.

Googlers are multifaceted. One operations manager, who keeps the Google network in good health is a former neurosurgeon. One software engineer is a former rocket scientist. And the company's chef formerly prepared meals for members of The Grateful Dead and funkmeister George Clinton.

When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance.

Source: http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html

Labels: Google, Secrets, Trivia

Last Friday, the Thai government said that it has lifted the 4-month ban on YouTube. This is in response to the video-sharing web site's operator agreeing to not allow videos that violate the country's laws or are offensive to the Thai population. If we can recall, the government blocked access to YouTube on April 4 after Google (YouTube owner) turned down Thailand's request to remove clips that were offensive to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the country's revered monarch.

What video clip are we talking about? Well, let's just say shoes were pointing towards the king's image with the Thailand national anthem playing on the background.

The Thai must be missing a lot without YouTube on their daily to-surf-list. That's what they get for not respecting royalty! Shame, shame.

For more details, click here.

On the other hand, the video-sharing giant was recently used by a group of hackers -- called Storm Botnet -- to propagate the latest worm to make zombies out of your PC's and do the bidding of their botmasters.

The hackers sent barrages of e-mails out over the weekend, inviting people to watch a scandalous video of themselves on YouTube.

The e-mail then offers up what appears to be a link to the clip. The link, of course, does not go to YouTube. It sends the victims to servers that download malicious apps.

Full story Here.

The lesson? Don't just open any email with a suspicious sender or subject. That's the first tip in preventing malwares entering your system. Also don't fall prey to the glory that YouTube videos are offering. I know, they can be very tempting, but for all you know, a lot of people are just abusing YouTube's popularity.

Labels: Discovery, Google, What's Hot, YouTube

Okay, after taking a break on researching Google stuff, I have finally come across some interesting finds. Once a year, Google geniuses develop a page that would drive users nuts on April Fool's Day. Here are some interesting pages that they've come up with:

The Google Romance Finder:

Are single, lonely, and miserable? Fear not, Google has the answer you've been looking for! If you want to find the perfect date, the perfect somebody to hold you so tight, then go to Google Romance right NOW!


The Google MentalPlex

If you want faster and smarter searching on the internet, then the MentalPlex is the answer. Its hypnotizing powers draw in the positive vibrations of hundreds of fortune tellers and astrologers in the world.

The Google Pigeon Rank

Have you ever wondered how Google delivers your search inquiries fast and accurate? Well, wonder no more because the big company has finally revealed how it works its magic. Behold the PigeonRank: Google's army of hardworking birds to give you the best results.



Hehehe, simply shows that Google has a great sense of humor. Damn, I wish I were one of their employees. Haha, bitter.

Labels: Google, Secrets, What's Hot

With the big hype that the iPhone made, Google has started its own project of re-creating that hype with the rumored development of their own handset: the gPhone, or the Google Phone. Here are some "rumors" that have made its way on the internet:

- The gPhone will be built on a Linux-based operating system
- Google is working on a sophisticated new Web browser for mobile phones
- Hundreds of millions have been invested for the development of the GPhone
- Google has already developed prototype phones, LG as one of its partners
- HTC Corporation (High Tech Computer) will be the ones to develop the OS

Facts or Fiction? I'm not so sure. But I'm not that excited with this gPhone. It's just that this is not Google's specialty. I have my doubts, but then again, we'll just have to wait and see. If the mobile Google is as powerful as its world wide web counterpart, then why not?

Sources: www.gizmodo.com; www.engadget.com

Labels: Gadgets, Google, Mobile, What's Hot

Did you know, Google has created versions of its search engine for Windows, Linux, and BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)? If you don't know what those three are, they are called your Operating Systems or OS, the main brain of your computer. Well anyway, for more information on the what the OS is, you may visit the OS Wiki.

The Google - Windows version is characterized by the Google sign on the Windows default wallpaper, Bliss. The Linux version injects the iconic penguin in the logo. Finally, the BSD version shows the devil icon of the OS on the logo.



There used to be a Mac version, but for some reason, it isn't there anymore. For now, if you look at the page, it just displays the accessories you can get for your Mac.

Source: www.eggheaven.com

Labels: Browser, BSD, Google, Linux, Windows

In an article written by Mark Ontkush, he points out that "an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts." According to him,

Take at look at Google, who gets about 200 million queries a day. Let's assume each query is displayed for about 10 seconds; that means Google is running for about 550,000 hours every day on some desktop. Assuming that users run Google in full screen mode, the shift to a black background will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year. Now take into account that about 25 percent of the monitors in the world are CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that's $75,000, a goodly amount of energy and dollars for changing a few color codes.

In response to this, Google created a black version of its search engine. The Blackle has the exact same functions as the white version, but with lower energy consumption. Check it out at www.blackle.com. Here's a snapshot of the black version:

Labels: Browser, Google, Trivia