Google Announces Data Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa

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(KCCI 8 Des Moines) Iowa Governor Chet Culver and Google Inc. announced plans for the company to open a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at a press conference on June 19, 2007. Google Inc. is investing $600 million and will eventually create 200 jobs at the facility powering the company’s services. For more information, visit www.google.com/councilbluffs.

Intel & Google: Climate Savers Computing Initiative

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(NBC 11 News, San Francisco) Intel Corporation and Google Inc. joined( with Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and more than 25 additional organizations on June 12th to announce the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (www.climatesaverscomputing.org). The goal of the new broad-based environmental effort is to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting aggressive new targets for energy-efficient computers and components, and promoting the adoption of energy-efficient computers and power management tools worldwide.

Dangerous memes | Dan Dennett

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http://www.ted.com Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes — concepts that are literally alive.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
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