xeroxing to googling

幾年前就有人將google 當"網路搜索"意
之後 Google 竟然說這種用法可能親侵犯他們的商標專利.....

Xer·ox (zîr'ŏks)

A trademark used for a photocopying process or machine employing xerography. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase as a verb and noun: “Letters you send should be xeroxed after you sign them” (Progressive Architecture). “He has four or five sheets of foolscap, xeroxes, I see, of court documents” (Scott Turow).

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Activists Start Googling

Activists are using Google Earth to illustrate the environmental damage done by mining the coal needed to supply their electricity providers.