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when you're running millions of servers even increasing power consumption by 1% for encryption costs real money. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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There you go - one of many things I wouldn't have thought of.
Which makes me again wish those barges were going to be floating data centers. Having their butts sitting on ocean water may have been a nice passive cooling strategy. Of course, you'd still have to get the fibre over to the mainland.
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Combining all these technology advances means that for the first time, Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers will be able to use the power of graphics processing in the Cloud and OTOY’s ORBX.js streaming technology to deliver high performance games and desktop applications to the Web – using only HTML5 and JavaScript. Bandwidth for high performance sold separately
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It was fun not knowing, but today Google took the mystery away from exactly what it’s doing on a barge in San Francisco Bay, and another floating in Portland, Maine. I was holding out hope that it would be a pirate ship
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Microsoft is not new to the concept of donating software for those in need; every year, the company uses DreamSpark, BizSpark, and their team devoted to “corporate citizenship” to donate software and services around the world to those in need. Microsoft has also been noted to donate to nonprofits and have kept Office 365 free of charge to those who qualify. Now, the team up in Redmond will be adding Windows 8.1 to that list. Well, that's one way to get people using it
Bravo for good corporate citizenship.
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Box trumps Dropbox, Egnyte, Citrix ShareFile, EMC Syncplicity, and OwnCloud with rich mix of file sync, file sharing, user management, deep reporting, and enterprise integration. Of course, not to many beat "a hard drive in your own server", but here you go
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As the old saying goes, when they start insulting you, you’re obviously doing something right. And judging by the comments being thrown Google’s way by Microsoft about Gmail, it’s pretty obvious that Redmond is worried. He’s worried enough about Gmail to build a new website and start a public smear campaign. "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."
For those who think Google's the only NSA-conduit, I think you're just fooling yourselves.
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Oh, yeah. The lock-in from an email address is strong.
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If you can't beat them, drug them to the mud? Sad, that Microsoft spend's it time and money on this kind of things.
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Microsoft's new anime ad is the latest creative response to one of the biggest marketing challenges in tech: rebranding Internet Explorer. In the name of the big blue 'e', I punish you!
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Curious if your Adobe account was one of the millions compromised in October by hackers? A new tool launched by password security service LastPass will help you identify if your account is at risk. Or use this handy guide, "Have you ever signed into the Adobe site?"
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Intel, eager to not be left behind like it was with smartphones and tablets, is forming an 'Internet of Things' division in an attempt to position itself to be able to capitalize from connected devices. For all your 'things' needs
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Aristotle first noticed that hot water freezes faster than cold, but chemists have always struggled to explain the paradox. Until now. We can now rest a little more easily
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I would put this down to convectional currents that are already in place and have momentum, while the hot water is cooling down just after being heated. It is logical to assume it is easier to generate moment when the difference in temp. between the 2 parts ( Water and air) are greater.. This is my theory anyway lol.. 
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Sounds like yours is a poor-mans summary of Xi's theory.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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We Work Remotely is the best place to find and list jobs that aren’t restricted by commutes or a particular geographic area. Find the most qualified people in the most unexpected places: Hire remote! You are here, job are there
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Presto is an open source distributed SQL query engine for running interactive analytic queries against data sources of all sizes ranging from gigabytes to petabytes. "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat!"
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In addition to the MSDN documentation and guidelines, this tool will help you to prepare moving your Windows Store Apps from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. Don't make them slap your hand, stop using that call
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At least, a little safer than the common ASCII or UTF8 encryptions...
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There's also a fairly decent explanation on the Sophos Labs blog[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It's certainly not the first, but Apple is the latest major consumer tech company to release a report outlining the requests it receives from governments around the world seeking information on its users. Apple's document includes requests from all countries and covers a period ranging from January 1st to June 30th of this year. " If you are on a list targeted by the CIA, you really have nothing to worry about. If however, you have a name similar to somebody on a list targeted by the CIA, then you are dead."
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Complicated, they could be opposing as easily as just saying they are to make people feel safe
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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