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Today’s Google Doodle: XXI Olympic Winter Games

Category: News

The 2010 Winter Olympics begins today at Vancouver, Canada. This is already the 21st rendition of the Winter Olympics held every four years and participated in by more than 80 countries all over the world.

Vancouver 2010 Google Doodle

To celebrate the event, Google is on its homepage a doodle of what looks like athletes marching while waving their national flags.  The letter “l” is replace by an Olympic torch and flame. It is clearly a scene from the Vancouver 2010 opening ceremony.

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Today’s Google Doodle: Falling Apple

Category: Computers

Google has featured today in its homepage a doodle of an apple tree. It added a nice touch to it as one of the apples fall down from the branch.

Sir Isaac Newton Birthday

That falling apple is an integral part of Sir Isaac Newton’s biography.

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Today’s Google Doodle: Happy New Year 2010!

Category: Computers

To welcome the New Year 2010, Google has in its homepage today a doodle celebrating the event.

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Today’s Google Doodle: Popeye the Sailor Man

Category: Computers

Why is Popeye on Google?

That’s what you might ask if you happen to visit Google’s home page today. Its logo is replaced by a doodle of Popeye the Sailor Man about to eat his fill of spinach.

Why is Popeye on Google?

You will find the answer if you hover your mouse over it. It says, E.C. Segar’s birthday. When you click it, you will be directed to the search results page for the name E.C. Segar. But who the hell is E.C. Segar?

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Today’s Google Doodle: Sesame Street Muppets

Category: Computers

On November 10, 1969, the TV show Sesame Street had its premiere episode. Fast forward to today, the show is still going strong and is in fact celebrating its 40th year of providing fun and entertainment to children all over the world.

To honor the longest running children’s program on US television, Google brought together its ensemble of Muppets at their homepage as a doodle.

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This is the culmination of the week-long series of doodles featuring Sesame Street characters by Google.

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Today’s Google Doodle: The Count

Category: Computers

Count Von Count more popularly known as The Count is at Google’s home page today doing what he does best, which is of course, count.

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The letters of the word Google becomes numbers (600813) as The Count counts them.

The Count is a vampire who loves to, well, count. Sorry, just couldn’t help it. :-)

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Today’s Google Doodle: Elmo

Category: Computers

It’s Elmo for today’s Google doodle!

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I’m already liking this.

Elmo is the fifth consecutive Muppet from popular children’s show Sesame Street to be featured as a doodle at the Google home page after Big Bird, the Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch.

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