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Google, Lenovo, Sun Microsystems have banned together to create the Stop Badware Coalition, at stopbadware.org. This just a few weeks after members of the Anti-Spyware Coalition had agreed on the methods for identifying and fighting spyware

An other whacky thread at DigitalPoint forums named Why does google own this domain? Some member must of randomly typed in http://www.466453.com/ and ended up at a Google page.

Its very interesting, don’t you think?
The answer: Take a look at your telephone keypad, and match up the numbers to the letters.

4 GHI
6MNO
6 MNO
4 GHI
5 JKL
3 DEF

Googlism, a site which uses the Google API to tell you what Google ‘thinks’ of what you’ve typed in. Of course, it’s just taking data from Google’s results, but it’s fun.

For example, let’s search for ‘Thilak’. Apparently
thilak is still left wondering what might have been even as some of those guys with whom he played at the u
thilak is also an expert of the sai
thilak is awaiting his turn for a national call
thilak is game to try out any
thilak is one of the many clients at sahanaya who have found solace
thilak is talented and is always ready to extend a helping hand for the benefit of the group”
thilak is applied on the right leg thump of bhagwan
thilak is equally adept in selling vegetables
thilak is interesting
thilak is the sole authority of shito ryu karate in india

The annual survey compiled by online branding magazine brandchannel.com often throws up controversial results, such as in 2004, when Arabic TV station Al Jazeera was voted the world’s fifth most influential brand (down to 25th place this year).

But this year, the 2,528 branding professionals and students who voted came up with more conventional and–perhaps unsurprisingly for an online poll–tech-heavy answers when asked “Which brand had the most impact on our lives in 2005?”

Google, the minimalist search engine which has expanded regionally and moved into new markets areas as its price comparison service Froogle, last topped the poll in 2003, and for 2005 reclaims its top slot from Apple Computer, which came in second this year.

via News.com