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On Sunday September 27 2009, Google, the number 1 search engine in the world, celebrated its 11th birthday with a new logo, featuring an extra l to the name Google (anyone saw it?). PCWorld has an article discussing the search and advertising giants eleven year history. For most users out there, Lycos, eXcite and Yahoo was probably the search engine of choice before Google made its debut in 1998. Google has certainly come a long way (thanks to 2 men, Larry Page and Sergey Brin) since its inception as a Stanford University research project in 1998, to the global, multi-billion dollar company it today is. Googles a classic rags to riches fairytale if you ask me.

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Nokia’s night-life-optimised red 5730 XpressMusic gets its final verdict from me in this, part 2 of my All About Symbian Nokia 5730 review, looking at its software bundle and its camera and multimedia. I also give a summary of the device: “There is absolutely no doubting the functionality quotient of the Nokia 5730 Xpressmusic - there are buttons for everything and more applications that most geeks could comfortably embrace.”

Wi-Fi access on airplanes is quickly becoming the norm and at least 150 American Airlines planes now now offer the service. The wireless service that us being used on AA flights is called Gogo Inflight Internet and it turns a commercial airplane into a Wi-Fi hotspot! Read on to see how fast it is and if it works well.

Earlier this week, the company celebrated its 11th birthday and chose to mark the occasion with an all new Google Doodle.

Google's actual founding date is subject to debate. There are those who think that Google should bring out the cake on the September 4, the day in 1998 that Google filed its incorporation papers and officially became Google, Inc. Still others think that Google should recognize September 15, 1997 as its founding date, as that is when Google registered the google.com domain. But despite the debate, Google has celebrated its anniversary on September 27 for the past few years now, making the date somewhat official.

Elemental Technologies today announced the technical preview of its newest encoding innovation, enabling broadcasters to stream live video and audio to new media platforms. Elemental is partnering with iStreamPlanet, a leading provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, to demonstrate GPU-powered HD live video streaming for the first time. Consistent with Elemental's product suite, the technical preview uses the power of graphics processing units (GPUs) to produce up to four 1080p streams in real-time, giving content distributors unprecedented transmission density with higher performance and lower costs than are currently available in conventional solutions.

“Broadcasting isn't just about televisions anymore. Consumers want to be able to watch the content they care about as it happens on whatever device they choose,” said Sam Blackman, CEO and chairman of Elemental Technologies. “Elemental's solutions facilitate content distributors using a single appliance to perform all the encoding required for adaptive streaming to multiple devices, both for on-demand and live workflows.”

Elemental Technologies today announced the technical preview of its newest encoding innovation, enabling broadcasters to stream live video and audio to new media platforms. Elemental is partnering with iStreamPlanet, a leading provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, to demonstrate GPU-powered HD live video streaming for the first time. Consistent with Elemental's product suite, the technical preview uses the power of graphics processing units (GPUs) to produce up to four 1080p streams in real-time, giving content distributors unprecedented transmission density with higher performance and lower costs than are currently available in conventional solutions.

“Broadcasting isn't just about televisions anymore. Consumers want to be able to watch the content they care about as it happens on whatever device they choose,” said Sam Blackman, CEO and chairman of Elemental Technologies. “Elemental's solutions facilitate content distributors using a single appliance to perform all the encoding required for adaptive streaming to multiple devices, both for on-demand and live workflows.”

Netbooks and all-in-one desktops powered by Chinese Loongson CPU is expected to be powered by Google Chrome OS and will be made available as early as next month. Google, however, announced in July that the Chrome OS only available to consumers in 2010.

Netbooks and all-in-one desktops powered by Chinese Loongson CPU is expected to be powered by Google Chrome OS and will be made available as early as next month. Google, however, announced in July that the Chrome OS only available to consumers in 2010.