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Hardware
1:40AM Mark Wilson | In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $US2 billion storage facility that will house and analyse all forms of electronic communication…a potential yottabyte of everyone’s (formerly) personal data. So how big is a yottabyte? CrunchGear puts it well…+ More »
The NSA To Store A YOTTABYTE Of Your Personal Data
1:40AM Mark Wilson | In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $US2 billion storage facility that will house and analyse all forms of electronic communication…a potential yottabyte of everyone’s (formerly) personal data. So how big is a yottabyte? CrunchGear puts it well…+ More » 
Business
Google And The Deadly Power Of Data
5:30AM Wilson Rothman | Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It’s hard to compete with free Google apps, but that’s not why they’re screwed… More »
Networks
First White Spaces Broadband Trial Spreads Wi-Fi Via Broadcast TV
12:40PM Chris Jacob | The NAB has been battling white spaces networks for years, but the technology that repurposes unused TV spectrum as a Wi-Fi signal is finally getting a trial period in Claudville, Virginia. More »
Networks
The Inevitable Sidekick Data Loss Lawsuit
5:37AM Brian Lam | BTW, a sidekick user has started a class action lawsuit against T-mobile over Microsoft/Danger’s loss of all Hiptop personal data. I wonder what will happen now that Microsoft is promising most if not all data will be restored. [Inquirer]
Networks
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Imagine this: you’re part of a highly trained squad of three former SAS soldiers on a mission critical to the survival of this country. We’re talking top secret. Classified. You get to the rendezvous point in a regional centre of NSW, pull out your military-grade laptop to connect to the Internet to perform your mission. Your two soldier buddies do the same thing. You reach into your bag to pull out your wireless internet key, but there’s nothing there. You look to your squad members and realise that due to budget cuts, only mobile broadband solution was issued. Which means your mission fails and the terrorists win. If only you had a Virgin Mobile Wi-Fi modem… More »
Virgin Launches Mobile Wi-Fi Modem
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Imagine this: you’re part of a highly trained squad of three former SAS soldiers on a mission critical to the survival of this country. We’re talking top secret. Classified. You get to the rendezvous point in a regional centre of NSW, pull out your military-grade laptop to connect to the Internet to perform your mission. Your two soldier buddies do the same thing. You reach into your bag to pull out your wireless internet key, but there’s nothing there. You look to your squad members and realise that due to budget cuts, only mobile broadband solution was issued. Which means your mission fails and the terrorists win. If only you had a Virgin Mobile Wi-Fi modem… More »
Networks
T-Mobile Sidekick Data Out(r)age: Data Probably Lost For Good
7:55AM Dan Nosowitz | T-Mobile Sidekick users have been holding out hope that their data might be recovered after T-Mo issued an optimistic message of hope. But the carrier just updated users with some disheartening information: Your shit’s gone. Sorry, guys. More »
Business
Microsoft’s 224,000 Servers Only Take Four People To Set Up
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | There are 2000 in that container. And there are 112 such containers in Microsoft’s $US500 million Chicago data centre. It may seem somewhat ridiculous, but this container-based data centre design is absolutely brilliant (and environmentally sustainable to boot). More »
Business
This Is How Much Google Likes Buying Stuff
8:30AM Adam Frucci | Google sure has a lot of money! And man, does it like to spend it! This map shows all of Google’s acquisitions and investments, detailing just how vast and diverse Google’s interests are. [Meet the Boss via The Awl]
Online
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its Internet Activity findings for June this year. And it looks like we Australians like our downloading. More »
How Much Data Does Australia Download?
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its Internet Activity findings for June this year. And it looks like we Australians like our downloading. More »
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