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Questions

1. What is Wikimedia Foundation's proposed project to create free online course material for all ages and languages going to be called?

2. What would the abbreviation ICQ, the instant messaging service, expand as?

3. What was the former name of Google Book Search?

4. Which company sponsors Ubuntu, the free OS?

5. Sanjay Mehrotra is the President and co-founder of... ?

6. What is `Acquisition'?

7. What are the designations held by co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry E. Page at Google?

8. Which famous US bank has plans to open a technology facility in Hyderabad in the fourth quarter?

9. Name the Internet giant and the venture firm who have said they have invested $8.65 million in BharatMatrimony.com?

10. Which tasty-sounding, commonly used term, in the context of browsing, was coined by web browser programmer Lou Montulli?

Answers

1. Wikiversity

2. It's actually not an abbreviation or acronym but a play on the phrase `I seek you'.

3. Google Print

4. Canonical Ltd, owned by South African Mark Shuttleworth.

5. SanDisk

6. A Gnutella-based P2P and BitTorrent client, based on LimeWire, forMac OS X.

7. President of Technology and Products, respectively.

8. Wells Fargo

9. Yahoo and venture firm Canaan Partners.

10. Cookie

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