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Google Granted Patent For Next-Gen Data Centers
Google Granted Patent For Next-Gen Data Centers
The top three things Google seems to consider when building data centers are real estate costs, electricity costs, and, perhaps, privacy.  And the next generation of data centers may do extremely well in all of these respects, as Google's been granted a patent for water-based data ...
Do More with Google Latitude
google.com — Share your Google Latitude location as your status message with all of your Google Talk or Gmail... chat contacts, including anyone that can already chat with you. Features Automatically updates your status message with your current city's name as you ... (more) Do More with Google Latitude
U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Google Books Deal
nytimes.com — SAN FRANCISCO — The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into the antitrust implications of Google ’s... settlement with authors and publishers over its Google Book Search service, two people briefed on the matter said Tuesday. Lawyers for the Justice ... (more) U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Google Books Deal
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youtube.com — Searching for unemployment rates or population data? You can now interact with and analyze publicly available data.... See how in this video. (more) Public data on Google (video)
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