Inside Google data center

Google has released a video that takes a rare behind-the-scenes look inside one of the company’s data centers, the details of which are generally cloaked in secrecy. The purpose of the seven-minute video is to spell out the security, data protection and server reliability protocols Google follows in order to protect its enterprise customers from…

First Sneak Peek of Windows 8

Windows President Steven Sinofsky gave the first live demo of Windows 8 here at the D9 conference in southern California. At first blush, it seems like the most radical overhaul of the aging OS in its nearly 30-year history. Designed to be as usable on a touchscreen as on a traditional desktop device, it borrows…