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Submission + - Avoid Messy Breakups by Locking Down Your Web Life (lifehacker.com)

Submitted by SciNye
SciNye writes: Seeing your just-separated ex with a new fling on Facebook? Painful. Seeing that they've run through your Gmail? Devastating. Ars Technica suggests a well-considered checklist of changes to make to your online accounts in the wake of a severed relationship.

Submission + - Facebook Grows to 30,000 Servers

Submitted by 1sockchuck
1sockchuck writes: With its user base soaring past 300 million, Facebook is now running more than 30,000 servers in its data centers. In early 2008 the company said it had "more than 10,000," suggesting that Facebook has added nearly 20,000 servers in the past 18 months. That explains why Facebook execs have blasted server vendors for not making their gear cheaper and more energy efficient. In a presentation last week, Facebook's Jeff Rothschild shared details of the company's operations and use of open source software (espeically memcached and Hadoop). In addition to the big numbers, Rothschild noted that Facebook has 230 engineers supporting more than 300 million active users. ""We believe engineers at Facebook have a dramatic impact," he said.

Submission + - Dyson unveils fan-less desk fan (cnet.co.uk)

Submitted by CNETNate
CNETNate writes: James Dyson — British creator of the Dyson vacuum cleaners — has shown off his latest invention: a hollow 10-inch desk fan that uses no blades to pump out air. Dyson's PR department has done a smashing job of getting some of the biggest news sites in Britain to simply quote from the press release, but the technical innovation behind the Dyson Air Multiplier fan is intriguing. But one question remains: why has this been launched in the fall?
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The Mouse Turns 40 169

Posted by timothy from the well-it-wasn't-born-that-day dept.
Smivs writes with an excerpt from the BBC marking the anniversary of what may be the most famous tech demo outside Trinity site: "The humble computer mouse celebrates its 40th anniversary today. On 9 December 1968 hi-tech visionary Douglas Engelbart first used one to demonstrate novel ways of working with computers. The first mouse that Dr Engelbart used in the demo at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was made of wood and had one button. Much of the technology shown off in the demo inspired the creation of the hardware and software now widely used. ... The mouse, which was built by Bill English, helped Dr Engelbart demonstrate how text files could be clipped, copied and pasted as well as showing ways of using computer networks to collaborate on projects or co-edit documents." According to the article, "A day of celebration is planned in California to mark the 40th anniversary; with many of the researchers behind the original demo reunited to mark the event."

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