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AppleInsider Rumor Purports Apple iCloud Runs on Microsoft, Amazon Servers

The enemy of my enemy is my data center server provider, or something. Anyway, rumor says Apple is using Microsoft and Amazon servers to power iCloud. How cozy! [AppleInsider]

Commerce Jack Loftus Sep 4

Amazon: The Official Cloud Server of the US Government

The US Gov is no stranger to Amazon’s data centers: they’ve used them for sites like Recovery.gov and Energy.gov. But after shuttering 40% of their data centers, the Government is looking to Amazon to house data that’s considerably more sensitive. https://gizmodo.com/us-government-shutting-down-40-of-its-data-centers-5823003 Not-so-creatively dubbed “GovCloud,” Amazon says that the server will require anyone accessing it to…

Commerce Adrian Covert Aug 17

F.B.I. Raids Data Center, Seizes Servers, Knocks Big Sites Offline

For reasons unknown, the F.B.I. raided a data center and seized several servers, causing known online brands, including Pinboard and those in the Curbed network (like our friends at Eater), to go offline. NY Times’ Bits blog says that the data center is owned by DigitalOne, a Swiss company operating in the U.S. “The raid…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 21

What’s Apple’s Other Giant New Data Center For?

Apple’s ginormous data center in North Carolina has—or had?—been shrouded in mystery for some time now. But did you know that they just inked a deal on another iData haven, nearly as big, in SoCal? But what for? https://gizmodo.com/apple-hooks-up-with-voice-recognition-company-to-supe-5800164 The new servers aren’t homegrown this time; Apple’s leasing the space from a third party, and…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 18

When the Amazon Cloud Goes Down, Your Favorite Internet Time Sucks Go With It

Amazon’s EC2 cloud storage service had some problems while we were all sleeping last night (Read: IT CRASHED), causing a few websites we’ve come to know and love to take a brief nap (Read: THEY CRASHED). EC2 is Amazon’s scalable data center, which lets companies pay for more server storage and bandwidth on the fly,…

Commerce Adrian Covert Apr 21

Server Porn: Inside Facebook’s Gleaming Green Data Center

Facebook recently took the wraps off its shiny new data center in Prineville, Oregon and—courtesy the Open Compute Project—we’ve learned the whole massive thing sounds lean, mean and relatively green. Better still, if you’re the data center-loving type, the specs are all available for your perusal as part of the Open Computer Project. In the…

Social Media Jack Loftus Apr 9

Why Mobile Sites Can Be So Frustrating

Who do you blame when a site keeps redirecting you to its mobile homepage? The server with the attention span of a concussed gnat, that’s who. Explains so much, solves so little. [xkcd]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett Mar 7

Gamers Hack Medical Server to Host a Game of Call of Duty: Black Ops

New Hampshire-based Seacoast Radiology sent out an alert to its patients explaining that their private information may have been compromised. The reason? Some folks hacked into the medical group’s server to host a game of Call of Duty. According to a spokesperson from the security company brought in by the medical group, the breach was…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 13

Pogoplug Video Now Streams Your HD Footage Over the Internet

Cloud Systems’ Pogoplug is the little Linux-based box that can turn any hard drive into a NAS/Server, streaming photos and music not only over LAN, but the internet as well. With the latest iteration, Pogoplug can now stream HD video. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-pogoplug-pro-usb-cloud-sharing-device-has-wirel-5661009 Cloud Systems beefed up the internals of the Pogoplug Video so that it could…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 6

Is the Internet Sustainable When Everyone On Earth Uses Over 3 Gigabytes of Data Per Day?

As the internet gets more data intensive—the cloud, streaming media, etc.—how much data will we use in the future? A computer scientist crunched the numbers and came up with 3 gigabytes of data per day. Is that sustainable? Though we tend not to mention it in the same breath as transportation, heating our homes, or…

Tech News David Zax - Fast Company Dec 4

This Is Where the WikiLeaks Servers Are Now

Pressured by the US government, their leader chased by the Interpol and kicked off their servers by Amazon, Wikileaks is on the run. But fear not: The organization has found a new refuge, according to Gizmodo France. Updated. Gizmodo France has been able to confirm that the new host is located in the town of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 2

This Is the Nuclear Bunker Where Wikileaks Will Be Located

This is Pionen White Mountains, the nuclear bunker in which Wikileaks will locate some of its servers. It was excavated 98 feet underground, in a rock hill in the center of Stockholm, Sweden, during the Cold War. https://gizmodo.com/wikileaks-may-get-immunity-thanks-to-swedish-pirate-par-5615703 Originally, it was just a bomb shelter built in 1943. In the 70s, the Swedes turned the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 31

Google Buys Startup Full of Former Apple and TiVo Employees

The latest item in Google’s shopping spree is Agnilux, a small and somewhat mysterious startup full of former Apple, TiVo, and P.A. Semi employees. Few details are available about the acquisition, but it looks like a good deal for Google. Supposedly Agnilux has been working on some kind of server hardware—most likely a chip—and Google…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 20

Google’s Insane Number of Servers Visualized

You already just sort of know, logically and instinctively, that Google’s got a ridiculous number of servers working for them. That doesn’t make it any less mind-boggling when visualized. Get ready for a lot of scrolling. Of course, not all servers are created equal—so “more” is a problematic word here. And I’m betting this wouldn’t…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 14

This Is the Cloud: Inside Microsoft’s Secret Stealth Data Centers

“The cloud” isn’t some nebulous thing existing just beyond your computer’s consciousness. As Microsoft showed us, it’s stacks of hard drives packed into shipping containers, parked in secret data centers all around the world. Physically real, but still beautiful. Microsoft’s cloud capability isn’t just interesting because Ballmer told us it was. It’s the only serious…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 17

Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its “Fastest-Selling Operating System in History”

Microsoft made a record revenue numbers last quarter, but only its Windows division did substantially better than last year. In fact, practically every other aspect of Microsoft’s business did worse. Don’t get me wrong, revenue of $19 billion is extremely impressive. But other than the Server business—which was basically flat—all of the growth came from…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

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. Opening in January, the center, run by IT firm Academica, will save $563,000 each year…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 1

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. 570,937,778 computers are online, with the average weight of 88 pounds, with monitors, printers, and any other peripherals. Ehhh…I’m still a bit skeptical of that number, given the popularity of laptops, but let’s keep coming because this is fun! There…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 23

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. https://gizmodo.com/worlds-largest-cruise-ship-sets-sail-5394361 What you’re seeing is a tiny section of the 7.5 miles of cooling pipes inside Microsoft’s…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 2

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. https://gizmodo.com/hps-mediasmart-ex490-and-ex495-have-additional-mac-func-5359432 What it still does HP’s Windows Home Servers are exceptional because they take the standard…

Reviews Jason Chen Oct 23

AppleInsider Rumor Purports Apple iCloud Runs on Microsoft, Amazon Servers

Amazon: The Official Cloud Server of the US Government

F.B.I. Raids Data Center, Seizes Servers, Knocks Big Sites Offline

What’s Apple’s Other Giant New Data Center For?

When the Amazon Cloud Goes Down, Your Favorite Internet Time Sucks Go With It

Server Porn: Inside Facebook’s Gleaming Green Data Center

Why Mobile Sites Can Be So Frustrating

Gamers Hack Medical Server to Host a Game of Call of Duty: Black Ops

Pogoplug Video Now Streams Your HD Footage Over the Internet

Is the Internet Sustainable When Everyone On Earth Uses Over 3 Gigabytes of Data Per Day?

This Is Where the WikiLeaks Servers Are Now

This Is the Nuclear Bunker Where Wikileaks Will Be Located

Google Buys Startup Full of Former Apple and TiVo Employees

Google’s Insane Number of Servers Visualized

This Is the Cloud: Inside Microsoft’s Secret Stealth Data Centers

Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its “Fastest-Selling Operating System in History”

500 Helsinki Homes to be Heated by Cathedral’s Underground Servers

The Internet Weighs About 1,098,868,920,000 Pounds

So It Really Is a “Series of Tubes”

HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review (Better Time Machine Support!)

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