how Google got its name.
It was originally Googol, which, as we all know, is a unit of measure represented by a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The new search engine was to be named Googol to project a sense of the vast amount of information that would be accessible by using it. When my good friends, founders Sergey Brinn and Larry Page (or Mr. Brinn and Mr. Page, as I call them), presented their idea to an angel investor, they received a check made out to Google, Inc. And the rest, as they say, is typo history. For additional company-name etymologies, visit the Wikipedia at http://www.snipurl.com/89y8. If your Desktop overfloweth, sure you could delete a few icons, but where s the challenge in that? Instead, why not reduce your icon size and increase the IPSI (icons per square inch) ratio? Start by right-clicking any empty area of your Windows Desktop. Click Properties, the Appearance tab (WinXP users click the Advanced button), and then the Item drop-down menu. Select Icon. Enter a lower number in the Size field to