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  Chinese Military Admits Existence of Cyberwarfare Unit

  Posted: May 30th, 2011, 3:40am CEST by timothy

  Tags:  china  

  InfiniteZero writes "China has admitted for the first time that it had poured massive investment into the formation of a 30-strong commando unit of cyberwarriors — a team supposedly trained to protect the People's Liberation Army from outside assault on its networks."

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  Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca

  Posted: May 30th, 2011, 12:34am CEST by timothy

  Tags:  facebook  

  miller60 writes "Just weeks after the opening of a Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, local officials say two more companies may build server farms in the small town. Facebook has touted Prineville as an ideal environment for using fresh air to cool servers. The news positions Prineville (pop. 10,000, unemployment rate 17 percent) to emerge as a data center hub similar to Quincy, Washington, a small farm town that now hosts five huge server farms."

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