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Google and Nasa in space venture

Now here’s some interesting news about Google! Web search firm Google has formed a partnership with US space agency Nasa in an effort to harness new technology which could boost the space programme. Google is to build a new office complex on the site of Nasa’s research facility in California, close to its own headquarters in Silicon Valley. The two

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When is Google’s Official Birthday update 3

Once again following my recent posts titled “When is Google’s Official Birthday” I have now received an email from Google, unfortunately it doesn’t tell you much more from what I told you in my last update! Hi Darren, Thank you for your note. We apologize for any confusion. As you may know, Google opened its doors in September 1998. The

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MSN Messenger 7.5.0306 Released!

MSN Messenger 7.5.0306 Released yep that’s right not a lot of changes though, mainly just fixes, here’s a post from mess.be! dwergs says: A new build of MSN Messenger 7.5 was released just before midnight (Brussels time). This new 0306 build, which follows the leaked 0303 QFE, consists mainly of fixes. You will not get an auto-update notification immediately (expect

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Live 8 DVD Update are you in the gallery?

The Live 8 DVD Site now has their first user sent in images up in galery 1, shame I’m not there yet, here’s a snippetof the email I recieved Keep an eye out for your pictures We want to say a big thank you to everyone who has sent in their pictures from Live 8, we’ve been absolutely inundated! It’s

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Sir Bob Geldof Podcast Coming Soon!

Just a little update from the Live 8 DVD Site about how theres going to be an exclusive Sir Bob Geldof Podcast Coming Soon! Bob Geldof speaks exclusively to Live 8 DVD Just to highlight the difference between the first Live Aid concerts 20 years ago and this years Live 8 concert….weve got an exclusive PODCAST by the man behind

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When is Google’s Official Birthday update 2

Following my blog post yesterday titled “When is Google’s Official Birthday” I sent an email to Google asking them this very same question, bellow is a copy of it: Dear Google, I myself and many others are confused to when Google’s Official Birthday actually is, I thought it was Wednesday, September 07, 2005 as people believe you were founded on

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MSN Butterfly Tour 2005

Today was the first official day of the 2nd Annual MSN Butterfly Tour in Redmond, Washington, United States. I originally found this out from the msn messenger personal message box of Nadia the MSN Beta Butterfly Queen! I then went to search on the net for some more information about the MSN Butterfly Tour 2005 and I came across some

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New Messenger Plus! 3.60 Special Mess.be Edition

Check this out Mess.be has an exclusive download of the Brand New Messenger Plus! 3.60, this is completely exclusive to Mess.be as part of their 4th Birthday celebrations; they are also giving out around 250 Web2Messenger Invites throughout the entire day! dwergs says: Our first big birthday gift to the Mess.be fans comes from Patchou: the exclusive pre-premiere of Messenger

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When is Google’s Official Birthday

Well apparently Google’s Official Birthday is today Tuesday, 27 September 2005 thats why they have a new Google 7th Birthday Logo on their Homepage but is it really Google’s Official Birthday today because I clearly remember celebrating it on Wednesday, September 07, 2005, lets take a look back into the past and present and see what we can find out