Oh My Google
…today’s NYTimes on Google v. Microsoft. Go Google!
Google has been quietly developing what industry experts consider to be the world’s largest computing facility. Last spring, Google had more than 50,000 computers distributed in over a dozen computer centers around the world. The number topped 100,000 by Thanksgiving, according to a person who has detailed knowledge of the Google computing data center. The company is placing a significant bet that Microsoft will be hard pressed to match its response time to the ever increasing torrent of search requests…
…Google has embarked on an ambitious secret effort known as Project Ocean, according to a person involved with the operation. With the cooperation of Stanford University, the company now plans to digitize the entire collection of the vast Stanford Library published before 1923, which is no longer limited by copyright restrictions. The project could add millions of digitized books that would be available exclusively via Google.
Seems Google is also connecting with cellular services so that the whole web can be searchable from anywhere. Now just add voice activation and it all starts to approximate a direct line to an omniscient, if not omnipotent, God. Oh my boggle.