Happy birthday "googol"

Yesterday Google celebrated its 13 years! It is therefore an opportunity for us to return to the birth of a phenomenon. A few months ago, you found the most surprising aspects of the company and see how Google is more than a search engine. Maybe you also you ever wondered where the name could come from the One of the most powerful companies in the world. We can admit it now, when Google arrived in France (and perhaps even now), we all said at least once "search on Gogol! "(Ha ha). Except that what most of us do not realize is that this joke was actually not that stupid as this since Google originally should have been called "googol," Gogol is in French, which means 10 100 . Let me explain:

What history does not say ...

In 1997, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two founders of Google, asked a hand to students in computer science to name their creation, they were first called "BackRub" ("back massage" ...). Sean Anderson then suggested they "googolplex." The idea of this name was to signify the indexing of a large amount of data. It rained soon the two entrepreneurs Larry Page and sent him to save the domain name "googol." The story then said Sean Anderson made ​​a mistake by entering the name and hit "google.com" instead of "googol.com." Thus "googol" crippled made ​​history in September 1998. If others say that the domain name was simply no longer available and that the name was changed intentionally, it is at least certain that the two syllables that make up "Google" is a nod to another story: in 1938, the mathematician Edward Kasner looking for a name for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. Then his nephew eight years suggests that random "googol," Kasner and record this in his treatise "Mathematics and the Imagination."

Little math

A gogol ("googol" in English) is the number whose decimal representation is written 10 100 . This figure marked the company Google, which chose to take him for name to symbolize its mission: to organize the immense amount of information available on the Internet. The retard is used mainly in mathematics to illustrate the difference between a large number and infinity. Regarding the proposed name "googolplex" that has been made, it represents a number 1 followed by zeros gogol, 10 or Gogol . It is impossible to completely write this number on paper as it contains more digits than atoms in the universe. In 2006, Google manages to become a verb in its own right and enter the Merriam- Webster. To date, it is the only brand linked to the Internet have been entitled to that privilege. By becoming an everyday word used only eight years after the creation of the company, Google has stated its position as an exception. Indeed, "to google" or "googling" in French, means to search for information on the Internet using the search engine of the same name.

Your Message NordNet gets better!

Now, all of our subscribers have access to the new version of their e NordNet. As we announced two weeks ago, this new interface called " New Version "is easier to use, more pleasant and convenient!

After testing your "New Version", you have expressed your desire to improve the functionality of multiple messages that want to delete or move to another folder. This is now done! The multi-select feature is available in your webmail interface for 14h this afternoon!

Thus, to select all emails displayed on a page in your webmail, simply click on the icon for selecting the messages (No. 1 on the image below) and select "Current Page" (No. 2 on the image below). You can also choose to delete all messages at the same time your mailbox or e-mails unread.You can also, of course, select one by one the messages you do not want to keep and thus delete them at once. In this way, the management of your mail should be even easier! NordNet implements solutions that meet your needs and improve every day for your convenience and to meet your expectations. By taking into account your comments and suggestions that we can create products that suit you perfectly.

Your block. Xxx for life!

Since its launch, the extension. XXX is a lot of attention. Its primary objective is to enable users to easily identify websites offering adult content. As a result, companies are not part of the adult industry and having a registered mark by 1 st September 2011 currently have the option to "block for life" in their domain name. XXX for it is never associated with a pornographic site.

Why block your lifetime domain name. XXX?

As of December 6, 2011, anyone who wishes to file a domain name with a. XXX will have the opportunity, according to the rule "first come, first served."

So if you do not "lock" your. XXX, anyone upon request from the December 6 will use the name of your brand in this extension. Or, you may not necessarily want your company to be associated with a website offering adult content.

What does "lock for life"?

Once your application is accepted by the registry, your domain name will be removed from the list of domain names available. XXX and no one can then use it.

Your request blocking does not match an application to register the name domain, you will not have any rights to the term stuck. You will never activate or use under this extension. The name will return to a web page indicating that it is reserved and unavailable for registration. XXX. However, if one name is the subject of an application for registration by a company that is part of the industry adult (and proprietor of a mark registered before September 1, 2011 or a domain name), the latter shall prevail.

How to protect your brand?

The priority registration period reserved for trademark holders are not members of industry X (SUNRISE B) ends October 28, 2011. It is therefore essential that your application for registration be reached NordNet for October 25, 2011 deadline. To do this, simply log on www.nordnet.com or contact NordNet at 0800 66 55 55.