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Name the one thing you most associate with Google?

Jan. 31, 2008 03:30 PM

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Imagine you are a contestant on a TV game show and your grinning quiz master pops the question: "Name the one thing you most associate with Google?" Think about your answer - write it on a card (don't show me yet). Turning your card over, it's likely to be one of the following:

Great Internet search engine on google.com
Wicked share price, wish I'd bought some a few years ago
Powerhouse of innovation for Java

The first two are fairly obvious. The last one might not have been your first choice, but looking more closely it possibly should be.

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About Joe Winchester
Joe Winchester, JDJ's Desktop Technologies Editor, is a software developer working on development tools for IBM in Hursley, UK.

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