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more about #servers superberg: I've always wondered why all IT departments don't all do this. Why not just channel the heat of the server room into the rest of the building? The cos... more » elementary: Am I the only one who DIDN'T wonder why a cathedral has a huge data center? more » Mayor McRib: I am the primary heat source of my house. I run on pizza and Big Red. My homes thermostat is pegged at 68 and the neighbors leave their windows open i... more » OMG! Ponies!: Lord, Please bless our server farm with speed and reliability. Please protect our data from the evils of corruption for Lo! though we doth make ta... more » Voyou_Charmant: "which will use its overheating servers to warm 500 homes joined by a series of tubes." There, I fixed it. more » Hello Mister Walrus: "Any company that's ever boasted of its green credentials can shove it in the coal burner, after hearing about Helsinki's Uspenski Cathedral's data ce... more » elementary: I'm fairly certain my Wife's laptop is the primary heat source in my place. That and the cat. If they're both on my lap I tend to combust. more » wingbatwu: a network of pipes or a series of tubes? more » Homerjay is utterly alone.: fatty fatty fat fat fat fatty fat fat more » frigg: The Internet: "Do you think this dress makes me look fat?" Me: "No. Why?" The Internet: "I'm gaining weight. I can just feel it." Me: "It's all... more » Curves: Imagine if they added the weight of all the boxes that are scabbing Wifi. Has to be double, at least. more » Raven: Don't forget other "internet capable" devices, think of the masses of Nintendo DS's and PSPs. more » Joe Stoner: I blame World of Warcraft and Frito-Lay. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: O please, they've been doing this 'trick' back in the 40's more » SysRq: The car represents the internet. The man represents human dignity. more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Al Gore is smiling somewhere. (Except for the fact that his "invention" probably contributes more to global warming than anything he's doing to preven... more » solaseria: Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think. more » tande04: So like the valves turn off the internet? Are the flaps so that they can bleed off excess internet? #microsoftdatacenter more » m.dean: Where's the "Clippy" wing? #microsoftdatacenter more » ArmTheHarmless: I work in a more conventional Data Center that is a fraction of the size of this one and I can't stress how truly massive 700,000 sq ft is. To put it ... more » -
#servers
500 Helsinki Homes to be Heated by Cathedral's Underground Servers
Any company that's ever boasted of its green credentials can shove it in the coal burner, after hearing about Helsinki's Uspenski Cathedral's data center, which will use its overheating servers to warm 500 homes joined by a network of pipes. More » -
#internet
The Internet Weighs About 1,098,868,920,000 Pounds
How did Crave UK ever come up with that number? Multiplication and addition, of course. More » -
#imagecache
So It Really Is a "Series of Tubes"
It looks like the cavernous belly of a massive cruise ship, or a "level" in the real-life horror video game that is CERN. In reality, there's a good chance you use these tubes—which belong to Microsoft—every single day. More » -
#review
HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review (Better Time Machine Support!)
The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. More » -
#mediaplayers
Patriot Offers Cheap 1080p Media Streaming In a Box
Forget the obscure brand of this Patriot media streamer. For a cheap cheap $130, this 1080p box is worth a quick look, so long as you can stomach the equally cheap UI. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft's 224,000 Servers Fit Into 112 Containers and Only Take Four People to Set Up
There are 2,000 in that container. And there are 112 such containers in Microsoft's $500 million Chicago data center. It may seem somewhat ridiculous, but this container-based data center design is absolutely brilliant (and environmentally sustainable to boot). More » -
#ads
In The Beginning Cisco Created The Heaven and The Earth (NSFW)
And Cisco saw the ad he had made and, behold, it was very bad. More » -
#storage
iPhone Server Farm Puts Old Models To Good Use
If you have been quick to scoop up new iPhones as they come out, you may have a couple of old models lying around right now. How about using them to start a server farm? More » -
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#browsers
Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now a Media Server
On top of the server-side compression and new interface we saw last week, Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they've turned it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. More » -
#xbox
Warning: Xbox Live and Zune Services Down Midnight PST, Tonight
At 12:01AM PST tonight (in a few hours) Xbox Live and Zune services will be down for scheduled maintenance. The outage could last up to "24 hours". [Ars and AVForum] -
#imagecache
Push This Button, Kill Xbox Live
The Sunday Times Magazine took a look at data centers, detailing the gear behind the "cloud." Here's the emergency shut-down button at Microsoft's 500,000-square-foot center in Washington. You would infuriate a boatload of people if you pushed it. [NYTimes] -
#servers
The Home Servidor: A Server We Can See Sitting On Castro's Desk
Which brand goes best with your new home server: The popular Cohiba, or the unvarying mellowness of a Macanudo? I ask because this is the kind of question you'll deal with once you install a Home Servidor. More » -
#review
HP LX195 Budget Windows Home Server Review
The Gadget: HP's LX195, their stripped-to-the-core (but Apple Time Machine capable) implementation of the Windows Home Server, which comes with a 640GB internal drive, but can only be expanded via the four USB ports in the back. More » -
#google
Google Finally Declassifies Some Key Server Design Secrets
Given that Google's proprietary server designs are key element to their business, its not all that surprising that the details would be a secret. What is surprising, is that they finally spilled the beans. More » -
#homeserver
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 Hits Tomorrow, Brings Improvements to Media Sharing, Remote Access
Microsoft's releasing their yearly update for Windows Home Server tomorrow, and it's called Power Pack 2. People who like putting all their files in one centralized, networked place should be excited. More » -
#windowshomeserver
HP MediaSmart EX487 Server Has Remote MP3 Streaming, Mac Time Machine Compatibility
HP's EX485/7 iteration of their MediaSmart Server now comes with a revamped UI, remote music and photo streaming capability, and is the first non-apple NAS product to support Time Machine.
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#timeshifting
Army Using TiVo Tech for the Most Un-TiVo of Purposes
US troops in Japan are getting a massive server array to improve their TV. But instead of delivering what-you-want/when-you-want programming like TiVo, the servers will simply bump all shows 9 hours ahead. See any problems? More » -
#dealzmodohack
Dealzmodo Hack: Get Some Use Out of Your Useless Old PC
The PC upgrade cycle is a brutal, senselessly fast one. Problem is, every upgrade doesn't mean disposal for your old PC — it means suffering a much more depressing fate in the back of a dark closet. It doesn't have to be that way. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of dusty towers yearning to breathe free — we've got some ideas. More » -
#bunkers
Swedish Nuclear Bunker Transmogrified Into Data Center Fit For Bond
This must take the record for the trippiest data-center build anywhere, ever: It's an old nuclear bunker 30 meters below central Stockholm, and its new conversion for one of Sweden's biggest ISPs has made it truly 007-worthy. Check it: it has simulated daylight, greenhouses and waterfalls, there're German submarine engines rigged as emergency backup generators, plus there's 1.5 megawatts of cooling for the servers. Oh, and it can survive a hydrogen bomb attack. More »
