What Google knows about you

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Computerworld Networking
May 11, 2009
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In this issue:

1. What Google knows about you

2. 6 ways to protect your privacy on Google

3. Data center 10G whets switching companies appetites

4. QuickStudy: The smart grid

5. Sharky: This lesson is cheap at $3.99 a minute

6. SelectMinds: When More Than Facebook Is Needed

7. In China, $700 puts a spammer in business

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What Google knows about you

If you're one of the growing number of people who are using more and more
products in Google's ever-increasing stable, should you be worried about what
the company does with your personal data?
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6 ways to protect your privacy on Google

Google provides many ways to protect your privacy online -- you just need to
find them. Here are six good ones.
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Data center 10G whets switching companies appetites

Announcements from four vendors this week highlight a growing trend in data
center networking: the rapid uptake of 10 Gigabit Ethernet to accommodate
increasing computational and storage density brought on by application growth,
increasing use of blade servers and large-scale virtualization.
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QuickStudy: The smart grid

The smart grid: What is it, when will it get here, and what difference will it
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Sharky: This lesson is cheap at $3.99 a minute

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SelectMinds: When More Than Facebook Is Needed

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