Google is working on developing a quantum computer, a technology that could dramatically enhance the power of its search capabilities. The company revealed last week that it is collaborating with Canadian company D-Wave, which is working to build...
Why is Google investing in a second undersea telecommunications cable project in Asia? "The Asian population will the dominant user population of the Internet," says Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf.
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Will the data center of the future have no central UPS units, and be filled with servers with on-board batteries? The data center team at Facebook believes it should.
A recent presentation by a Google engineer demonstrates that the company is preparing to manage as many as 10 million servers in the future.
Google (GOOG) invested $186 million on its data centers in the third quarter of 2009, ending a string of five consectuive quarters in which the company slashed its capital spending.
How much is YouTube paying for the bandwidth to deliver its 1 billion page views per day? Could it be zero? Pundits debate a Wired article based on research from Arbor Networks.
How much is YouTube paying for the bandwidth to deliver its 1 billion page views per day? Could it be zero? Pundits debate a Wired article based on research from Arbor Networks.