Men of the year.

Google's founding duo on Friday earned the title "Men of the Year" from the Financial Times.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, both 32, were picked for the distinction because of the effects their 7-year-old company has had on Internet users in the past 12 months, the global business news outlet said.

Its "soaring stock price" didn't hurt either, the newspaper noted. Google's stock market value has climbed to nearly $130 billion, positioning it close to IBM and outranked only by Intel and Microsoft among its technology industry rivals.

Brin told the Financial Times that he hoped the company's search engine could eventually be used to solve "complex problems in fields such as microbiology."

"I don't think we particularly restrict ourselves or have a 20-year vision or anything like that," he said. "I don't think we're averse to doing something new."

The pair isn't the first from the tech sector to earn end-of-year accolades for 2005. Last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, were named among Time magazine's annual "Persons of the Year" for their philanthropic efforts related to Africa's HIV-AIDS epidemic and poverty.

p.s. Im bored and its 5am, so dont post saying you dont care, if you didnt care then you shouldnt of posted, duh :)

Yeah it's 5am and I'm bored too.
Coolness.

Yah, I cant get to sleep :( Sundays are always boring anyway so I can sleep later, how are you hotty?

Call me helen lol. Stupid username.
I'm not going to bed so I can sleep early tomorrow before going back to school.

I'm good ;)
you?

Good plan, Im neil btw ;) Im good thanks, Im laughing at asherr's signature lolol

Lmao I saw that.
Howdy Neil ;)

I already knew your name though :P Ricky told me you were friends with him.

ssricky? Yeah hes my slave, he does all my bidding :D

He sells me to people. :rolleyes:
Don't know how that started lol.

Lol he is a rare one our ricky, that he is. Bless his little socks, he is PMing me why i dont play runescape anymore, he misses me aww :(

Awww :(
He blocked me for arguing with people ;o But I've promised to be good now (A)