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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Three years later, the company was acquired by Compaq and his project was terminated. The company housed its servers at leased space in third-party data centers, which were basically cages in which a few racks of computing equipment were placed. At the defense electronics company, located in Greenlawn, N.Y., air defense system.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers. It got a version with its own name on the label, though Artwick continued to own his company for years to come. Yet Flight Simulator had a problem, and it was coming from inside the company: the Xbox game console.

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