Archive for July, 2008
Google indexes one trillion unique pages (1,000,000,000,000)
From the blog: “The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just [...]
Net firms in music pirates deal
The BBC reports that “BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have all signed up” with the music industry to tackle piracy online. “The Motion Picture Association of America has also signed up.” What’s the next headline going to be? BT to listen in on all phone calls to identify crimes? Electricity companies told [...]
Pastafarian Families needed for Wife Swap
“Wife Swap, ABC’s hit primetime reality show, is looking for Pastafarian families for an upcoming episode”, according to a post at the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. So if you are a family of two parents and at least one child between 7 and 17, living in the US and have been touched by [...]
500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for 50 quid
Amazon have a great deal on a Western Digital Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive – yours for £50!
Google must divulge YouTube logs
The BBC reports: “Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google’s legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a ‘set-back to [...]