Juha Haataja: Universal Digital IdeasDigital Media, Digital Rights, Copyrights, Freedom, and the Future of Ideas.New massive server farms at Google- June 21, 2007 The scope of Google services is breathtaking. They are building server infrastructure in convenient locations near busy crossroads. For example, Google will open a new data center in Iowa: "Google is spending $600 million on a new data center in Iowa. The facility, already under construction, is expected to open in the first half of 2009. So far, Google is planning on two buildings to house its server farms at the Iowa site but has acquired more land for potential future growth." IDG InfoWorldhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/drm/2007/06/21.html#a4825 Using a data matrix- June 21, 2007 Every once in a while you see a data matrix, which is a format for coding information into matrix barcodes. Below is the URL of this site in a data matrix. This may become popular with cameraphones.http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/drm/2007/06/21.html#a4824 More emphasis on book reviews- June 14, 2007 I lifted links to my lists of book reviews to the top of the blog homepage, because most of the visitors come here because of these: Tietoyhteys magazine (in Finnish) CSC News magazine (in English) I have several more drafted, but I'll take some time to polish them before publication.http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/drm/2007/06/14.html#a4821 Majority rules minority- June 4, 2007 When using IT (as well as in ethnic matters) those who represent the majority determine the rules and often harbor suspicions about minority groups. As a Mac user, you may have all kinds of problems due to this. I wrote a column in Finnish about this, Enemmistön ehdoilla.http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/drm/2007/06/04.html#a4819 |