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Happy 7th Birthday Google!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-sing-or-your-have-to-pay-royalties dept.

AviN456 writes "On this day, in 1998, Google was born. Seven years later, and it has not only become the most popular search engine on the internet, but it has also become an integral part of many people's online life. From Google search to Google mail, Google Earth to Google Moon. It has even made its way into language as a common word.It is quite undeniable. Google is an amazing achievement. Happy birthday Google, and here's to many many more!"

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  1. Re:I knew it by @madeus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Seriously, thanks for gmail though. I wish I would apply the concept of labels to files on my harddisk.

    Woah, seriously your OS doesn't have that? Time to upgrade perhaps. :-)

    It's not a feature I use (especially since having Spotlight), though I used to rely on it quite a bit when I was using Mac OS Classic. Nautilus allows you to label files though, and KDE seem to have something interesting in the works.

  2. Re:Why announce 7th? by space_dude_27 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe they have a birthday every year.

  3. Something is very wrong here! by Vengie · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google's official birthday is September 7th.... (Link is to Google Cache. Otherwise, first hit for "google birthday" and check the cache.....)

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  4. Re:I knew it by DrHanser · · Score: 4, Informative

    WinFS is available as an add-on to Windows XP.

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  5. Re:I knew it by mwilli · · Score: 4, Informative

    Correction, it WILL be available as an add-on to Windows XP. It is currently still in MSDN beta testing phase.

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