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On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. But it is hard to keep a secret when it is a computing center as big as two football fields, with twin cooling plants protruding four stories into the sky.The complex, sprawling like an information-age factory, heralds a substantial expansion of a worldwide computing network handling billions of search queries a day and a growing repertory of other Internet servicesEven before the Oregon center comes online, Google has lashed together a global network of computers — known in the industry as the Googleplex — that is a singular achievement. "Google has constructed the biggest computer in the world, and it's a hidden asset," said Danny Hillis, a supercomputing pioneer and a founder of Applied Minds, a technology consulting firm, referring to the Googleplex. The design and even the nature of the Google center in this industrial and agricultural outpost 80 miles east of Portland has been a closely guarded corporate secret. "Companies are historically sensitive about where their operational infrastructure is," acknowledged Urs Holzle, Google's senior vice president for operations.The fact that Google is behind the data center, referred to locally as Project 02, has been reported in the local press. But many officials in The Dalles, including the city attorney and the city manager, said they could not comment on the project because they signed confidentiality agreements with Google last year.
This stuff is starting to sound like a Bond movie http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/14/technology/14search.html?ex=1307937600&en=c96a72bbc5f90a47&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rssQuoteOn the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. ***The fact that Google is behind the data center, referred to locally as Project 02, has been reported in the local press. But many officials in The Dalles, including the city attorney and the city manager, said they could not comment on the project because they signed confidentiality agreements with Google last year.Perhaps the security is more to do with potential terrorism than nosey neighbours but keep your eyes open for a guy stroking a cat folks
On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. ***The fact that Google is behind the data center, referred to locally as Project 02, has been reported in the local press. But many officials in The Dalles, including the city attorney and the city manager, said they could not comment on the project because they signed confidentiality agreements with Google last year.
A system that lets your computer "listen" to your television to create targeted web adverts has been designed and tested by researchers at Google. The "mass personalization" system can identify a programme from as little as five seconds of sound. Each snippet of television audio has a unique pattern, like an audio fingerprint, that can be queried against a database of television soundtracks. By recording the background sound and regularly analysing five second chunks, the system can identify the programme being watched. It then starts to look for related information and content.
