3rd February 2008 Archive
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MiYahoo's future rests with open source and courage
Comment Out Googling Google on bespoke scale
Should Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! go through, the combined company would face one very major infrastructure question - how far is it willing to go in the war against Google? According to some, Google enjoys a major cost savings advantage over its rivals through a series of bespoke data centers. The ad broker crafts its own …
Servers 3 Feb 2008, 01:21
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EU to ban the patio heaters that ate the planet. Not.
In space, no one will let you heat...
An overwhelming majority of EU MPs this week voted for a ban on patio heaters, calling on the European Commission to set a timetable for the withdrawal from the market of these and other "very energy-inefficient items of equipment." But despite what you might read in the popular prints, there are just a few obstacles standing in …
Science 3 Feb 2008, 09:02
