Finding Dictionary Domain Name using Bust-A-Name

With a large number of domain names already registered,  it is not easy to find a domain name consisting of a combination of dictionary words. Mostly people have to append some additional word like ‘the’, ‘my’ or some plurals. Many a times, goal is to make a word that is similar to some dictionary word when spoken, e.g. using ‘walpaperz’ instead of ‘wallpapers’.

So here we have a cool tool to make your domain name search easier. Starting with the word combiner, you can add as many words as you want to be part of your required domain name. You can have domain name suggestion of two word or three word combination; option available under basic options tab at bottom. Most useful of this tool is that you can have multiple groups to separate 1st word and 2nd word combination. You can opt for additional suffix and prefix as well or can have hyphens if required.

Another feature of Bust-A-Name is that you can check domain name quickly. As you enter your desired domain name in text box in upper right corner, it checks availability in run time. Once selected a domain name, you can directly buy the domain name from some renowned registrars.

Access Multiple Gmail Accounts in Same Browser

Gmail has been the best email service available for some years if we consider space available to users and options provided by Google to organize a large number of emails using labels. Despite having many options, it is requisite for many users to have multiple accounts to present their different roles.

Till now it was only possible to access multiple Gmail accounts using multiple browsers. We had option to use Chrome Incognito mode if access to two gmail accounts was required. Anyway, now on August 5, 2010, Google has announced service for its users to sign-in multiple Gmail accounts in a single browser.

To enable this option for you, sign-in to your Gmail account that you want to use as primary ID. Then access Google Accounts. You will find the multiple sign-in option as pasted below:

In order to switch it ON, click on Edit button. You need to accept all terms of understanding of service there and then Save it. Once saved, you will have below option on right header of your page.

You can add your Gmail IDs by clicking ‘Sign in to another account’.

Being in early stage, this option doesn’t support all the Google services in shared mode and that of primary account is loaded if selected. Like you are using your secondary account but upon accessing blogger, you will be redirected to that of primary account at the moment.

This option is not for you at this time if you use Gmail and Google calendar in offline mode. But Google is working on it so it can be resolved in near future.

So for now, this is great option to switch your inbox quickly.

How Big Companies Got Their Names

Apple Computers

It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in 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.

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 Page presented 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. When Sabeer 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-Packard or 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 of Transcendental 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.

ORACLE

Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such). The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.

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 for Stanford 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.

Yahoo!

The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and 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 and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.

Google Dictionary Extension for Google Chrome

If you are used to reading extensively on the web and Google Chrome is your choice as a web browser, here is a very useful extension for you. Google Dictionary Extension helps you quickly find the meanings of any word without opening another tab or window.

Installation: You can install it from its official page at Google Dictionary PlugIn for Chrome

Usage:

When this extension is functional for a page, a small icon will appear in your address bar at right corner.

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1.)  When this icon is displayed in address bar, you can get the meaning of any word quickly by double clicking the word. It will provide meanings in a quickly popping up bubble.

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2.)  For more details about the word already selected, you simply need to click the address bar dictionary icon once, with left mouse button.

3.)  Also you can simply check for any word by quickly clicking on the address bar dictionary icon with left button of the mouse when no word is selected. Just type the word in text box and hit Define button as in the below figure.

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Also this must be kept in mind that this extension is only dictionary to explain the meanings of a word in that very language, not a translator to convert or provide the equivalent  words in different language.