The Google Story

We all use it frequently and it has become our default search tool. If we need any information about anything either or not on the web, we seek help from this search engine. So much so that the term "google this, google that" has replaced "search this, search that".
What is Google? Which brilliant mind started this company? Like many others, the taste of success would have been experienced after the company went through failures.
Google is today a large software company with over 10000 employees founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1989. The company headquarters are located in MountainView, California, U.S.A.
The book that portrays the rapid growth and rise of Google over the years is written by Dr. David Vise.
Read all about the story, expansion of Google, its partners, etc etc. over here.
To order this book online, click here.
To see the full profile of Google and its corporate working, visit this page.

An OS for mobile phones

So the newest operating system introduced is the one for mobile phones and this has been launched by Microsoft. Who else?
The facility of reading e-mail , typing documents on Word, using Excel spreadsheets , viewing text and images with their original format is indeed a treat.
Now the convenience of carrying the computer with you wherever you go, literally in your hands, is a step-ahead in technology from Microsoft. And what with all its speed and dominance in the PC world, it sure is creating waves.
Click here for more information.

Talk about kicking a$$

Me and my honey were playing Literati today. We had so much fun and shared a great bonding and all. The game started off pretty well, with each of us making decent words and scoring pretty good points. He was very good for a first-timer, taking time to strategise and constructing practical words for the board. Gotta say, I was impressed.
So each of us had crossed 50 and were looking to beat (or impress???) the other. I was thinking hard and long as to how to form long words using all my 7 tiles, as that would have fetched me more points. I could have consulted a dictionary, but my conscience wouldn't allow it. I tried to make words within 2 to 2.5 minutes and each time I succeeded in doing that, it was a moral victory for me, too. I was doing pretty well when mid-way through the game, he took over and was many points ahead of me. I felt ashamed, but strangely proud too.
I actually was a spoil sport then and thought of quitting the game, because I can't accept defeat.
Half-heartedly, I looked at the word he made and looked at my tiles. It was hopeless. There was no word I could make. I was losing. He was ahead of me and I couldn't possibly catch up. I was looking at his points and mine and I was literally feeling so bad and at the same time, very happy that he was ahead of me.
All of a sudden, like some sort of push from God, a word, a beautiful word, a word that could fetch me many many points came to my mind and I knew it was feasible to play it. I was drowned in bliss. I knew I would get ahead of him IF I made this move. And so, I did. I got ahead.
Who would win? Him or me? He had a fat chance of winning, but then, so did I.

Only 9 tiles remaining. His move.

7 tiles remaining. My move. I had to pass. There was no damn space to make my word. There were no letters to fit into that space. Damn! Pass!
His score: 162. Mine: 191.

His move: a 21 point word. His score: 183.
My move: a 2 point word. My score: 193

And then he got ahead of me by 1 point. Too late! 0 tiles remaining (BTW, if you hadn't noticed, I WAS taking this game verrrry seriously).

His score: 198. Mine: 203 (I somehow gathered some brains somewhere to make that second last word )

His move. His score: 202. Mine: 203. My turn.

I made one last move and got 210. Game over!!! I had won. But I think, the moral victory was definitely his. He played a challenging game. My worthiest and most interesting opponent, till date. So proud of him.

PS: However, I did kick some butt.