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Facebook now wants a say in computer hardware

Posted by Abhishek Thursday, 7 April 2011 0 comments


PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook, the world's largest social network, wants to get in on computer hardware as well.
Facebook now wants a say in computer hardware
The company that revolutionized social networking on the Internet has teamed up with some of tech hardware's biggest names -- Hewlett Packard Co, Dell Inc, Advanced Micro Devices, and Intel Corp -- to launch the "open compute project."
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the project aims to offer specifications and designs for more power-efficient computers that are specifically geared toward running Internet services, shared openly with other companies.
"What we found over time is that a lot of the stuff that the mass manufacturers put out wasn't exactly in line with what we needed and what other social apps needed," Zuckerberg said at a media event at Facebook's Palo Alto, California headquarters on Thursday.
By sharing design specifications, he said he hoped to increase availability and demand for the specialized servers.
Dell will build servers based on those technical specifications, while Synnex Corp will act as overall vendor for the systems. The technology will power servers in the social network's first custom-built data center, in Prineville, Oregon. Until now, Facebook has leased data centers for its infrastructure.
With more than 500 million users, Facebook is the world's No. 1 Internet social network and is increasingly challenging established Web companies like Google Inc and Yahoo Inc as a top destination for Web surfers and a compelling advertising channel for marketers.
The technical infrastructure that powers websites such as Facebook, on which more than 30 billion photos, videos and other types of content are shared by users every month, play a key role in a service's performance.
According to Facebook, the new servers will be 38 percent more energy efficient and cost 24 percent less than off-the-shelf products used to power its service.

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Facebook now wants a say in computer hardware

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook, the world's largest social network, wants to get in on computer hardware as well.
Facebook now wants a say in computer hardware
The company that revolutionized social networking on the Internet has teamed up with some of tech hardware's biggest names -- Hewlett Packard Co, Dell Inc, Advanced Micro Devices, and Intel Corp -- to launch the "open compute project."
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the project aims to offer specifications and designs for more power-efficient computers that are specifically geared toward running Internet services, shared openly with other companies.
"What we found over time is that a lot of the stuff that the mass manufacturers put out wasn't exactly in line with what we needed and what other social apps needed," Zuckerberg said at a media event at Facebook's Palo Alto, California headquarters on Thursday.
By sharing design specifications, he said he hoped to increase availability and demand for the specialized servers.
Dell will build servers based on those technical specifications, while Synnex Corp will act as overall vendor for the systems. The technology will power servers in the social network's first custom-built data center, in Prineville, Oregon. Until now, Facebook has leased data centers for its infrastructure.
With more than 500 million users, Facebook is the world's No. 1 Internet social network and is increasingly challenging established Web companies like Google Inc and Yahoo Inc as a top destination for Web surfers and a compelling advertising channel for marketers.
The technical infrastructure that powers websites such as Facebook, on which more than 30 billion photos, videos and other types of content are shared by users every month, play a key role in a service's performance.
According to Facebook, the new servers will be 38 percent more energy efficient and cost 24 percent less than off-the-shelf products used to power its service.

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Waste time on internet, be a better employee

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Waste time on internet, be a better employee 
A Danish study has claimed that wasting time on the Internet might actually be beneficial to thework environment. 

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen divided a selection of workers into two groups. Both were instructed to watch a video of people passing a ball back and forth, reports the Daily Mail .

Each group was then asked if they could remember how many times the ball had been passed.

One group was allowed to watch a funny clip online beforehand, while members of the other team had to go straight to work- while listening to the laughter of their peers in the other room.

The research found workers who had watched the funny clip made fewer mistakes when asked to focus on the task than the group that wasn't allowed to slack off for a few minutes.

The study isn't conclusive and critics suggest that the first group may have been distracted by the laughter of their colleagues.

The idea behind the study is that people have a finite amount of willpower when it comes to amusing distractions like the Internet.

The research concluded that if you ban workers from using the Internet freely then eventually they become less focused, motivated and effective.

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Waste time on internet, be a better employee

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Employees in the workplace.jpg
Waste time on internet, be a better employee 
A Danish study has claimed that wasting time on the Internet might actually be beneficial to thework environment. 

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen divided a selection of workers into two groups. Both were instructed to watch a video of people passing a ball back and forth, reports the Daily Mail .

Each group was then asked if they could remember how many times the ball had been passed.

One group was allowed to watch a funny clip online beforehand, while members of the other team had to go straight to work- while listening to the laughter of their peers in the other room.

The research found workers who had watched the funny clip made fewer mistakes when asked to focus on the task than the group that wasn't allowed to slack off for a few minutes.

The study isn't conclusive and critics suggest that the first group may have been distracted by the laughter of their colleagues.

The idea behind the study is that people have a finite amount of willpower when it comes to amusing distractions like the Internet.

The research concluded that if you ban workers from using the Internet freely then eventually they become less focused, motivated and effective.

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10 Million Downloads in 10 Days, that’s Angry Birds Rio

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Wasn’t it very obvious that Angry Birds Rio was going to be another hit from the developer? We hardly believe anyone would have ever doubted it and now the guys have officially revealed the figures and apparently Angry Birds Rio has been downloaded 10 million times in just 10 days.
This figure is the total of iOS and Android downloads and including the ad-supported version on Android. Angry Birds Rio is the latest version of the popular mobile game and is based on an upcoming animated movie known as Rio.
The guys have further mentioned that the game will be updated at least four times this year while Amazon has the exclusive launch deal through its Appstore before it hit the Android Market.

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10 Million Downloads in 10 Days, that’s Angry Birds Rio

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Wasn’t it very obvious that Angry Birds Rio was going to be another hit from the developer? We hardly believe anyone would have ever doubted it and now the guys have officially revealed the figures and apparently Angry Birds Rio has been downloaded 10 million times in just 10 days.
This figure is the total of iOS and Android downloads and including the ad-supported version on Android. Angry Birds Rio is the latest version of the popular mobile game and is based on an upcoming animated movie known as Rio.
The guys have further mentioned that the game will be updated at least four times this year while Amazon has the exclusive launch deal through its Appstore before it hit the Android Market.

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Samsung , Mobile Phones Prices in India - Updated

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