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Gucci

maira — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:37:48 +0000

The House of Gucci, better known as Gucci (pronounced Guch-ie), is an iconic florentine and Italian fashion and leather goods label. It was founded by Guccio Gucci (1869 – 1953) in Florence in 1921.Gucci is considered one of the most famous, prestigious, and easily recognizable fashion brands in the world. The House of Gucci is part of the Gucci Group which belongs to the French conglomerate company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR). (More on Wikipedia)

Google

maira — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:41:52 +0000

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. The Google headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California. As of March 31, 2009 (2009 -03-31)^[update], the company has 20,164 full-time employees.
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. The initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising US$1.67 billion, implying a value for the entire corporation of US$23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy and positive employee relations have been important tenets during the growth of Google. (More on Wikipedia)

Windows Live Gallery

maira — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:53:37 +0000

Windows Live Gallery (codenamed Customise) is a part of Microsoft’s Windows Live range of services. It is a center for gadgets, extensions and add-ons for various Windows Live services and products including:

Gadgets
- for Windows Sidebar
- for Windows SideShow
- for Live.com
- for Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live Even

(More on Wikipedia)

Guitar Hero

maira — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:30:34 +0000

Guitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in Australia. The game’s development was a result of collaboration between RedOctane and Harmonix to bring a GuitarFreaks-like game to America. (More on Wikipedia)

Goodyear

maira — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:49:14 +0000

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Today it is the third largest tire company in the world after Bridgestone and Michelin. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, and heavy earth-mover machinery.

Although the company was not connected with him, it was named in honor of Charles Goodyear. Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber in 1839. The first Goodyear Tires became popular because they were easily detachable and low maintenance. (More on Wikipedia)

Generalitat Valenciana

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:50:37 +0000

The Generalitat Valenciana is the generic name covering the different self government institutions under which the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia is politically organised.

It consists of the Corts Valencianes (or autonomous Parliament), the President of the Generalitat, and the autonomous government itself (or Consell). Its functions are regulated by the Valencian Statute of Autonomy. Despite being also present in various cities of the Valencian Community, the main see of the autonomous Parliament (or Corts Valencianes), presidency of the Generalitat and the Consell are all in the city of Valencia. There is also an office in Brussels appointed by the Generalitat Valenciana lobbying before the European Union. (More on Wikipedia)