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| Is Google Sundae sending a hint? Posted: The 119th anniversary of the ice cream sundae has been marked by a Google Doodle, sparking speculation that the search giant is close to releasing its Ice Cream operating system. The world-famous dessert, which is made using a combination of ice cream and syrup, was invented in 1892 by New York soda fountain proprietor Chester Platt, according to icecreamsundae.com.  The site explains that Platt took some ordinary ice cream, then went completely off recipe and covered it in cherry sauce. Because he served it on a Sunday, he named it the Cherry Sunday. To commemorate its birthday Google has replace the two Os in its logo with a delicious looking sundae. Whether this particular Google Doodle means the Ice Cream OS is about to be released is anyone's guess, but it's certainly causing a buzz on the internet. Android Ice Cream will fuse elements of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Android 3.0 and Google TV. Google's artistic logo variations, which are now patented, are enormously popular, with recent Google Doodle themes including Thomas Edison, Harry Houdini, The Flintstone's 50th anniversary, Tchaikovsky and St Andrew's Day. One of the most popular, though, was Pac-Man. $1,000
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| Wills-Kate ask family for wedding gifts Posted: Anyone wondering if Kate Middleton prefers toasters with two slots rather than four, or patterned duvet covers instead of plain, will have to wait a little longer. Because Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding list is for family and friend's eyes only.  A girl curtsies to a cardboard cut-out of Prince William and Kate Middleton as she attends the Princess Prep special workshop called Regal Rules: An Introduction to Royal Manners & Behaviour yesterday Details of their demands are scant, but it is understood the couple have asked close friends and family for help setting up home in their new Anglesey cottage. It is understood they will move to the North Wales island after the wedding on April 29 to be close to William's RAF base where he flies search and rescue helicopters. But for everybody else, the royal couple have asked well-wishers to donate to one of 26 chosen charities instead. They include an anti bullying charity and a London Zoo project to save the black rhino in Kenya, where William proposed, as well as several military charities linked to William's work as an RAF search and rescue pilot and his new role as a colonel in the Irish Guards. Any gifts over �250 will be either kept, archived or given directly to charity, while presents from commercial companies will be sent back. A royal source said, "When Prince Charles and Diana got married they received more than 6,000 gifts from the public. Kate and William set up the charity list so the good will of the public could be put to good use. But they're also furnishing two homes. So certain guests will be told about the existence of the list." The source said the list was like any other wedding list, not with one specific shop in mind. "There's nothing particularly extravagant on it no gold taps just regular things to help them fill the sparsely decorated cottage in Anglesey," the source added. Snoop's song Snoop Dogg has written a song for Prince William's bachelor party. Snoop explained, "It's called Wet. I wanted him to have a little bit of fun before he got married. See all the girls that you gonna be able to see... and enjoy yourself." He also joked that Queen Elizabeth had asked him to pen the song.
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