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Book sheds light on Google

Last updated Friday, August 5, 2011 - 7:01pm

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A few years into his five-year stint at Google, Doug Edwards tried a "corporate kiss-up" to Larry Page, telling the Google co-founder that "more often than not," Page had been right when they had disagreed over things.

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Google changing the kinds of facts we remember, study finds

Lisa M. Krieger San Jose Mercury News

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 2:23pm

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A new study confirms it: Google is altering your brain. More precisely, our growing dependence on the Internet has changed how -- and what -- our brains choose to remember.

When we know where to find information, we're less likely to remember it -- an amnesia dubbed "The Google Effect" by a team led by psychologist Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University.

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Hard drive? Google says we don't need a hard drive

Leslie Meredith

Last updated Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 2:39am

Google at a press event previewed its vision of the future of computers with a walk-through of Chrome, Google's new operating system that will launch to the public on Samsung and Asus netbooks in 2011.

Chrome does not store files, applications and other data on a computer's hard drive, but on online servers, which could eliminate the need for a hard drive. And without a hard drive, computers themselves could become more affordable. We've seen a $300 netbook, could a $300 full-sized laptop be next?

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