Published 12/19/2008
by infoweek@methvin.com (Dave Methvin)
at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
Computers can be great at remembering things. Sometimes too great. The major search engine providers are competing to remember your search terms for the shortest possible period. Or at least that's what they are saying publicly. There seem to be loopholes in this competition for the shortest data retention, and in some cases I'm actually glad for that.
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