If you get excited over thoughts of how large amounts of data may flow from one part of a network to another, with multiple master and slave machines, you might find getting a glimpse of how Google might handle infomation interesting. A patent application published yesterday may provide some ideas on how Google shares terabytes […]

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For many of us, “default settings” are irritations that don’t last long after we install a piece of software or unpack a new computer (although we still recommend buying and building your own). Yet many users leave their default settings just as they found them, which means that in the browser wars, there’s worry that […]

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Google Inc. is buying its Silicon Valley headquarters for $319 million in a deal covering the Internet search leader’s nerve center - a cluster of buildings revered in high-tech circles as the “Googleplex.”
The Mountain View, Calif-based company disclosed the purchase from four commercial real estate companies in Securities and Exchange Commission documents filed Wednesday. Google […]

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