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Times of London:
Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches — Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea — Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Are We Killing The Planet One Google Search At A Time? — Right now the top stories on Techmeme revolve around a new piece in The Times of London that focuses on The Environmental Impact of Google Searches. In it, Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross (a star MIT graduate who is now at Harvard) …
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Kevin Marks / Epeus' epigone:
Hold your breath while Googling to save the planet — The Times and Telegraph have picked on some rather dubious stats on Google energy use: … but … So client-side, a search costs 0.02g/s - to get to 7g you look at it for 350s, or nearly 6 minutes. But hang on:
Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop:
Motorola's Handset Arm Prepping for Massive Layoffs — Phone Scoop has learned that Motorola's handset division is expecting a large round of layoffs as soon as this week, according to someone familiar with Motorola's plans. The layoffs are confirmed to be significant and may amount to 50% of the entire handset operation.
Alec Saunders SquawkBox:
Windows 7. The Vista “dot” release — At 6:00 AM yesterday morning I started downloading the Windows 7 x64 release. By 9:30 AM I was installing it. Yes, I admit it, I'm a keener. I've used every Windows beta since Windows 3.1 in 1992, and I still find it a thrill to be on the bleeding edge of new technologies.
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Prepares To Launch FriendFeed “Like” Feature — Last week we published a video that Facebook had posted describing how to publish feed stories with Facebook Connect. Today one of our readers, Amin Issa, posted an interesting observation from the video: the addition of the word “Like” which was hyperlinked.
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
For Inauguration, Google Plans a Party to Cross Party Lines — Google, whose chief executive endorsed Barack Obama during the campaign, is having a party when Mr. Obama takes office. — “We're calling it an alternative to traditional inaugural balls,” said a Google spokesman, Adam Kovacevich.
Web 2.0 Asia:
Yahoo Korea CEO jumps ship to Microsoft Korea — (Via Futurize Korea) Kim James Woo, CEO of Yahoo Korea and Overture Korea, will take the leadership role at Microsoft Korea starting from February. I first met James when he did panel for Open Web Asia '08.
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:
The Nyko Wand May Be Just as Good as the Wiimote, Or Even Better — So far, no one has had the cojones to clone the Wiimote. Then Nyko stepped up to the plate and announced the Wand. Playing with it at CES, I was impressed. — Holding the Wand, I could perceive no tangible difference (size, shape or weight) from the Wiimote.
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Nielsen to Track Online Video Consumption with Audio Signature Files — Accurate monitoring of online video consumption across multiple platforms is not an easy task. But for publishers and advertisers hoping to make a business of this, complete metrics is essential.
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Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
TV makers seek depth, adding a third dimension — LAS VEGAS (AP) — This year, superficial was out at the nation's largest electronics gala. Every exhibitor at the International Consumer Electronics Show, it seemed, wanted to show some depth. Depth as in 3-D, that is.
Hutch Carpenter / I'm Not Actually a Geek:
Karl Rove Is on Twitter — Everyone's favorite White House adviser, Karl Rove, is now on Twitter: KarlRoveChannel — Naturally, when you hear something like this, you want proof. You can see people wondering about this on this FriendFeed entry about this. And here's a great write up from the #TCOT Report.
