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American puppeteer Jim Henson Google Doodle 24th September 2011
Who Was Jim Henson? James Maury ”Jim“ Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an Americanpuppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects likeFraggle…
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Google Marks Public Launch of Google+ with a Doodle
Facebook has a huge task at its hands. Google has made its social networking site open and is attracting people’s attention in a big way. Google seems to have learnt a lot from its earlier mistakes in the field and is treading very cautiously. Meanwhile Facebook is trying to attract more and more developers to…
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Hewlett-Packard Board Meets on Replacing C.E.O.
Less than a year after hiring Léo Apotheker as its chief executive, Hewlett-Packard’s directors were meeting Wednesday to consider replacing him, according to several people with knowledge of the board’s actions. The leading candidate was Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, who was sought for her ability to run a large technology company, they…
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Samsung to Open Bada to External Developers
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. plans to open up its homegrown mobile software platform to outside developers and device makers next year in a bid to kick-start growth in the operating system and reduce its reliance on Google Inc.’s Android in the increasingly litigious smartphone and tablet computer business. Samsung “is planning to make Bada software an…