The first Google Doodle was an out-of-office message. The day was August 30, 1998 -- nearly two years after Larry Page and Sergey Brin had built a search engine in a Stanford dorm room, and less than ...

Google also announced today that they are going to give students a chance to get their own Doodle featured on the Google frontpage AND win $10.000. More information about this contest at the official ...

It's possible that a clam shell scratched by Homo erectus — an early hominid — might be our oldest-ever example of artistic work. Or just a thoughtless doodle. The shell, which was found in Indonesia ...