Friday, August 13, 2004

Gmail Trademark Under Attack

Since the beginning of IPO craze, Google is facing another problem everday. Now their Gmail trademark is under attack. And it seems righteously so; according to this CNet article [thanks Carl], Google announced Gmail to the public on April 1st (the service was running internally for around a year, according to some sources). Google only registered the trademark six days later – enough time for three other parties filing for the Gmail name rights.

Gmail Trademark Under Att ... by Philipp Lenssen

Google Cartoons

This Google cartoon by Gary Zamchick tells of the growing-up pains of a small three letter text entry box named Goo. And then there’s the one about googling Paris...

Google Cartoons by Philipp Lenssen

DNA Messages

Nova Spivack wonders if aliens encoded hidden messages in our DNA:

“Putting a message in human DNA, particularly in the junk DNA regions, is guaranteed (a) not to degrade significantly over long periods of time and (b) to be found by humans when we reached a suitable level of technological development, and (d) to go with each of us wherever we went on earth and beyond. So, thinking like an alien, DNA would be a much better place to leave a message for future humans than just about anywhere else.”

[Image courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.]

Apropos DNA – I just saw the complete five-part trilogy of the Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Noel Adams is available online (it doesn’t seem as if the site has any right to republish this, though):

• The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• Life, the Universe, and Everything
• So long, and thanks for all the fish
• Mostly Harmless

DNA Messages by Philipp Lenssen

Google Olympics Logo

Today Google is honoring the start of the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens with a special celebration logo. (Today we also celebrate Left-Handers Day, which is a good time to check if you are more left-handed than you think...)

Google Olympics Logo by Philipp Lenssen

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