Mercedes:
This was actually financier's daughter's name

Adobe:
This came from the name of the riverAdobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock

Apple Computers:
It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobbs. He was three months late for filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock that day

CISCO:
It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco .

Compaq:
This name was formed by using COMp, for computer and PAQ to denote a small integral object

Corel:
The name was derived from the founder's name Dr. Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland Research Laboratory.

Google:
The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol',a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Pagepresented their project to an angel investor; they received a cheque made out to 'Google'.

Hotmail:
Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. WhenSabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters"html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing

Hewlett Packard :
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packardor Packard-Hewlett.

Intel:
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company ' Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.

Lotus (Notes) :
Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or'Padmasana' . Kapor used to be a teacher oftranscendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Microsoft:
Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.

Motorola:
Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

Sony:
It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

SUN:
Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym forStanford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer;Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer.

Apache:
It got its name because its founders got started by applying patches to code written for NCSA's httpd daemon.. The result was 'A PAtCHy' server --thus, the name Apache Jakarta (project from Apache):A project constituted by SUN and Apache to create a web server handling servlets and JSPs. Jakarta was name of the conference room at SUN where most of the meetings between SUN and Apache took place.

C:
Dennis Ritchie improved on the B programming language and called it 'New B'.He later called it C. Earlier B was created by Ken Thompson as a revision of the Bon programming language (named after his wife Bonnie).

C++:
Bjarne Stroustrup called his new language 'C with Classes' and then 'newC'. Because of which the original C began to be called 'old C' which was considered insulting to the C community. At this time Rick Mascittisuggested the name C++ as a successor to C.

Java:
Originally called Oak by creator James Gosling, from the tree that stood outside his window, the programming team had to look for a substitute as there was no other language with the same name. Java was selected from a list of suggestions. It came from the name of the coffee that the programmers drank.

LG:
Combination of two popular Koreanbrands Lucky and Goldstar.

Linux:
Linus Torvalds originally used the Minix OS on his system which here placed by his OS. Hence the working name was Linux (Linus' Minix). He thought the name to be too egotistical and planned to name it Freax(free+ freak + x).His friend Ari Lemmke encouraged Linus to upload it to a network so it could be easily downloaded. Ari gave Linus a directory called linux on his FTP server, as he did not like the name Freax.(Linus' parents named him after two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling) .

Mozilla:
When Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape, created a browser to replace Mosaic (also developed by him), it was named Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla) .The marketing guys didn't like the name however and it wasre-christenedNetscape Navigator.

Red Hat:
Company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) while at college by his grandfather. He lost it and had to search for it desperately. The manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux had an appeal to readers to return his Red Hat if found by anyone!

SAP:
"Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing", formed by 4 ex-IBM employees who used to work in the 'Systems/Applicatio ns/Projects' group of IBM.

SCO (UNIX):
From Santa Cruz Operation. The company's office was in Santa Cruz .

UNIX:
When Bell Labs pulled out of MULTICS (MULTiplexed Information and Computing System), which was originally a joint Bell/GE/MIT project, KenThompson and Dennis Ritchie of Bell Labs wrote a simpler version of the OS.They needed the OS to run the game Space War which was compiled underMULTICS. It was called UNICS - UNIplexed operating and Computing System by Brian Kernighan. It was later shortened to UNIX.

Xerox:
The inventor, Chestor Carlson, named his product trying to say `dry' (asit was dry copying, markedly different from the then prevailing wet copying). The Greek root `xer' means dry.

Yahoo!:
The word was invented by Jonathan Swiftand used in his book 'Gulliver's Travels' . It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang andDavid Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.

3M:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company started off by mining the material corundum used to make sandpaper.

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Dear Son,
I'm writing this slow 'cause I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left. Your dad read in the paper that most accidents happen within twenty miles of home, so we moved.
Won't be able to send you the address as the last Arkansas family that lived here took the numbers with 'em for their house, so they wouldn't have to change their address.
This place has a washing machine. The first day I put four shirts in it, pulled the chain and haven't seen 'em since.
It only rained twice this week, three days the first time and four days the second time.
The coat you wanted me to send to you, Aunt Sue said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with them heavy buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
We got a bill from the funeral home, and it said if we didn't make the final payment on Grandma's funeral bill, up she comes.
About your sister, she had a baby this morning. I haven't found out whether if it is a boy or a girl so don't know if you are an Aunt or Uncle.
Your Uncle John fell in the whiskey vat. Some men tried to get him out, but he fought them off playfully, so he drowned. We cremated him, and he burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off the bridge in a pickup. One was driving and the other two were in the back. The driver got out. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. The other 2 drowned. They couldn't get the tail gate down.
Not much more news this time. Nothing much happened. If you don't get this letter, please let me know and I will send another one.
Love,Mom
P.S. I was going to send you some money, but the envelope was already sealed.

8/30/2010 6:46:00 AM

Ned was down on his luck in Las Vegas. He had gambled away all his money and had to borrow a dime from another gambler just to use the men's room. The stall happened to be open, so he used the dime in a slot machine and hit the jackpot. He took his winnings and went to the blackjack table and turned his small winnings into ten million dollars.

Wealthy beyond his wildest dreams, Ned went on the lecture circuit, where he told his incredible story.

He told his audiences that he was eternally grateful to his benefactor, and if he ever found the man he would share his fortune with him. After months of lectures, a man in the audience jumped up and said,

"I'm that man. I was in Vegas in 1992. I was the one who gave you the dime."

"You're not the one I'm looking for. I'm looking for the guy who left the stall door open!"

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* Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.
* Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.
* Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
* Client is the one who doesn't know why he wants a baby.
* Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
* Resource Optimization Team thinks they don't need a man or woman; they'll produce a child with zero resources.
* Documentation Team thinks they don't care whether the child is delivered, they'll just document 9 months.
* Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with a delivered baby.
* Tester is a person who always tells that this is not the Right baby.
* HR Manager is a person who thinks that... a Donkey can deliver a Human Baby - if given 9 Months !!!
* HSE – Head …thinks a woman must wear a helmet to deliver a Healthy baby Safely·
* Commercial – Head : - Woman must produce three quotation ( only from ISO certified males) otherwise not baby is not acceptable ·
* Finance Head : Whether Woman delivers a baby or Donkey …Budget & Cash flow must be approved (doesn’t matter when i.e one month / nine months / 18months)

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1. Even when opportunity knocks, you still have to get off your ass and open the door.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.
6. Bad decisions make good stories.
7. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
8. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection...again.
9. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What did you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?
10. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
11. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
12. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
13. Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
14. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
15. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
16. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
17. Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?
18. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
19. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
20. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!

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7/14/2010 7:39:00 PM

A major issue that we all have to deal with at some point in time in our lives is over-priced automotive insurance premiums.

It can seem so hard to find a well-established, reputable insurance company to have your policy through that will offer you affordable auto insurance. There are some things that if you are aware of them, can help you to achieve the outcome you are looking for.

One thing that is standard, no matter what company you try to deal with, is that if you are 25 years of age or younger, your rates will be much higher. Statistics have proven that most accidents that occur involve younger drivers.

This does not mean that an older driver will not have an accident; this is just the standard average. One option to lower your insurance premium is if you still live at home, you can be added to your parent’s policy and the amount will be cheaper than a policy of your own.

Another thing you must take into consideration is that your premium will be affected by how many claims you have put against your insurance in the past. The more claims you have filed, the higher a risk you are assumed to be, so your insurance premium will, of course, be higher.

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In addition, for those who are in the market for car insurance, instant online quote services can be accessed through their iPhones.

Brief Background

Esurance is the Johnny-Come-Lately of the insurance industry; the company was founded in 1998 and began selling direct car insurance policies to individuals the following year. Its status as a small, independent insurer was short-lived; since the turn of the century it has been a subsidiary of the White Mountains Insurance Group, a large conglomerate.

Esurance management prides itself on being environmentally friendly, using “carbon offsets” for its offices and offering completely paperless customer transactions and filings.

Will other auto insurance providers follow suit? Many have already been running some hard competition to Esurance, though Esurance so far is the first and only insurer to offer comprehensive car insurance services online through an iPhone application.

Hartford Given Top Marks

While Esurance’s iPhone access is innovative, the Hartford Financial Services Group, a Connecticut-based company and one of the nation’s larger insurers, recently got the top rating for its online services. In a June article, published in Business Wire, it was reported that Hartford’s web site was the most user-friendly and persuasive of the top seventeen insurance company web sites surveyed. Insurance web sites were also evaluated based on content quality and how often it was used by those on social networking web sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

The company that did the survey, Change Sciences, Inc., also gave highly favorable reports on the web sites of Liberty Mutual, Progressive, Nationwide, GEICO, and State Farm, among others. What was interesting is that Esurance, which pioneered online insurance services, came in at Number 8; the top seven are old, established “traditional” insurance companies that have had some catching up to do when it came to establishing a presence on the World Wide Web.

Of course, the ultimate winner in this race is the insurance consumer, for whom insurance shopping has become easier than ever. As far as online insurance has come however, it’s not perfect; the Change Sciences report indicated that over three-quarters of the insurance company websites surveyed “fail to answer at least one question that users have,” while nearly three-fifths have “instances of navigation design that pose challenges” – and all of them came up a bit short in providing “persuasive” content in some way.

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