Google provided a look inside it’s data center operations at the Google Data Center Efficiency Summit. The presentations included a video tour of a Google data center, which showcased the company’s use of shipping containers to store servers and storage. Each of these 40-foot data center containers can house up to 1,160 servers, and Google [...]

Here is the 2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist as we draw closer to 2009. As the year comes to a close, it’s time to look at the big events, memorable moments and emerging trends that captivated us in 2008. As it happens, studying the aggregation of the billions of search queries that people type into the [...]

WTF, this is a bit embarrassing. A woman peeing was captured by Google Street somewhere in Madrid, Spain. No big deal right? Yes, I guess. But there is a big difference when people at Google (and who knows who else) has seen your ass while you peed. A classic “right time, right moment” photo. So, [...]

[click to enlarge] Wow, Santa Claus must be pissed right now. His Gmail account just got hacked, revealing important emails for the world to see. Ranging from God, Mrs. Claus, Satan, Al Gore, Oprah and also the freaking Tooth Fairy. He will definitely be wearing a sourpuss face for a long time. Christmas is fucked. [...]

If you haven’t noticed yet, Google has introduced a new way to customize Gmail. With recent addition of Gmail Voice and video chat you can now also use themes to change the look and feel of your Gmail account.

This free application, which will be available through the iTunes store will enable the user to ask virtually any question, like “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” or “How tall is Mount Everest?” The sound will then be converted to a digital file and sent to Google’s servers, which try to determine the words spoken and pass [...]

Today Google starts rolling out voice and video chat inside Gmail—which requires a free browser plug-in download, and, obviously, a webcam or microphone. Googler Justin Uberti explains: Once you install the plug-in, to start a video chat, just click on the “Video & more” menu at the bottom of your Gmail chat window, and choose [...]

If you thought art was just about drawing pictures or maybe looking at old paintings in a big gallery then think again – artists sometimes come up with the most incredible creations in unusual places. A group of artists called Gelatin have knitted a huge pink rabbit and left it lying on a hill in [...]