Microsoft *officially* announced its plans for the $500 million West Des Moines data center it is building.
Here are some details…- “Next Generation” facility- 50-75 workers at $70k annual salary- 42 acres in West Des Moines (see map below)- Construction to be completed in 12-18 months
Why Iowa?- Tax Incentives- Cheap Land- Very (relatively) affordable power- Cheap [...]

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The battling between Georgia and Russia has moved into cyber-warfare. From Wired…
Civil.ge, the Georgian news site, is “under permanent [cyber] attack.” So they’ve switched their operations to one of Google’s Blogspot domains, to keep the information flowing about what’s going on in their country.
More information on this emerging cyber-war…
Georgia Under Online Assault
IntelFusion calls it a [...]

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Yes!! A WordPress client for the iPhone…

More details to come on this much anticipated iPhone App…

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This is an odd release from Google, but I will give it a try. I’m a big Media Center fan and have it running throughout the house - serving content to everything. Anyway, I am very surprised to see this release from Google, which runs on Google Desktop as a gadget - which is even [...]

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Now that Bill Gates has retired my new “wish i was him” is Jeff Bezos. He was interviewed on my favorite radio show, On Point, yesterday where he discussed the future of reading, e-commerce, the economy, and the internet.
Here is the broadcast…

In the world of the Internet, Jeff Bezos is a giant. A pioneer. In [...]

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