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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., as a software engineer. now GP Strategies ), in Columbia, Md.,

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Tech Salaries Jump in San Diego, Plunge in Dallas

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New York City tech salaries slipped slight as well, but the biggest drops came in Dallas and Atlanta. We've seen big tech companies like Google getting quite some criticism for cutting salaries for their remote employees," Pisano says.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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ComputerWorld/Google Books /3M 3M didn’t rest on its laurels with the floppy disk either, and tried to push the technology further, most notably with Floptical disk technology , which Jim Adkisson, who helped create the 5.25-inch Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S.

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Nominate a Colleague for an IEEE Major Award

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The 2023 IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony will be held on 5 May at the Hilton Atlanta. SPONSOR: Google, LLC IEEE Edison Medal For a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts. These awards are presented at the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Arlington, Texas Environmental Insights Explorer for Buildings, $750,000 Google, Mountian View, Calif. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Enabling Cobalt-Free Battery Solution for Behind The Mater Storage, $750,000 SPARKS, Castro Valley, Calif. Volunteer Aerospace, Knoxville, Tenn.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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The award is sponsored by Google. The legacy of Mildred Dresselhaus Crawford received the Dresselhaus Medal on 5 May during the IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony , held at the Hilton Atlanta. An early environmental activist As a teen in the 1960s, Crawford was drawn to the U.S.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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