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September 26, 2006

Google Aims To Make More Energy Efficient Computers

A NY Times article shows how Google to Push for More Electrical Efficiency in PC. Why?

(1) "It's like putting a 400-horsepower engine in every car, just because some cars have to tow large trailers every once in a while,” Mr. Calwell of Google said.

(2) "By deploying the new power supplies in 100 million desktop PC's running eight hours a day, it will be possible to save 40 billion kilowatt-hours over three years, or more than $5 billion at California's energy rates."

(3) Because Search Companies Energetically Seeking Electricity

(4) Google's Costs To Increase With Data Center Needs

Energy is expensive, making PCs consume less energy will save Google money.

Google is not the first ones to push the computer manufacturing industry to make more power efficient computers. 80 Plus and Ecos Consulting have done so in the past and they have been measuring "efficiency of computer power supplies" since 2003. Back then, none of the computers they tested met any "efficiency standard." Today, they said there are 70 compliant designs from 15 to 20 manufacturers.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at 8:43 AM | Permalink

March 16, 2006

Google And Yahoo To Sell Branded PCs?

Via Garrett French, a Silicon Valley Watcher article that says Google and Yahoo are in talks with Wyse Technology to build out low-priced PC. Reportedly, Google and Yahoo are "interested in using low-priced PC-compatible computers to capture millions of users in developing countries."

There has been a lot of past speculation that Google working on its own operating system named Goobuntu, which Google denied. Also, back in March, Google Hired Microsoft's Top Windows Architect but then again denied rumors of building and selling computers. Makes you wonder what type of comment Google will release based on this news.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at 11:30 AM | Permalink

January 4, 2006

No Google Cubes Coming, Says Google

We ain't selling no computers at Wal-Mart. So says Google PR chieftain David Krane, in response to rumors about Google Cube personal computers or hardware devices being announced this week or coming out at all. Krane says that Google rather partner with existing companies (a number of whom are also big Google advertisers, don't forget).

So what's Google cofounder Larry Page going to talk about in his keynote at CES this week? Perhaps finally announcing the launch of pay-per-view video on Google Video. Google's always said that this was in the plans, and people are spotting further moves of it becoming real, such as this screenshot from Garett Rogers.

Meanwhile, for Google gadget diehards, Internet search meets the gadget revisits the idea of either of the major search companies doing hardware devices and how it's more likely a case of powering search and content within the devices of others.

Postscript: What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, it was all about the Google Cube. Today, it's about Google Video speculation. New articles from Garett Rogers and Om Malik further the speculation that Google will offer new video services in the near future. Garett writes about some investigative work he's done that allows him to speculate that a Google standalone video client is coming. Meanwhile, Om Malik reports that Larry Page will discuss an improved Google Video during his CES presentation on Friday. Om writes: It is some sort of a video distribution deal which has been in the works for a while. Maybe content on demand, or finally a strategy and partnership that gives direction to Google Video. Whatever it is, Googlers are pretty pumped about these recent developments.

Posted by Danny Sullivan at 9:53 AM | Permalink

January 3, 2006

Google Cubes PCs Or Interfaces Coming?

Last month, I highlighted the fact that Google cofounder Larry Page was doing a keynote at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. Consumer electronics? What consumer electronics does Google have? How about a "Google Cube" personal computer, running Google's own operating system, that you can pick up at your local Wal-Mart? Via Threadwatch, that's what the LA Times is reporting in Industry Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google.

According to unnamed sources, Google has been negotiating with Wal-Mart and other retailers to carry a low-cost, Windows-free computer. The "Google Cubes" name? That comes from a separate Bear Stearns report that the paper cites, where the analyst firm said Google would roll out not a computer but rather a hardware device for moving media between computers and TVs. Further speculation by unnamed analysts is that whatever Google Cubes or cube-like devices are, Page will reveal all at CES.

I suspect that the Bear Stearns report is really coming off of The Google Box from Robert X. Cringely at PBS, from late November. In that column, he describes "Google Cubes" as a hardware device the company was thinking of giving consumers, to work as an interface between all types of electronic devices in a home. One chief reason he saw as distributing these cheaply was to help consumers get going with various broadband-enabled services, such as video on demand or voice-over-IP.

Speculation that Google is planning its own operating system or browser has been going on for ages. If you are a Search Engine Watch member, our Google: Browser and Google: Operating System categories have past stories on these topics.

Also see Google CEO: The Next Killer Device Is A GooglePod from over a year ago, where Google CEO Eric Schmidt talked about wanting an iPod-like device with all the world's information on it -- or at least a wireless connection to something that has all that information (perhaps Google itself?).

Posted by Danny Sullivan at 11:02 AM | Permalink

November 16, 2004

Google CEO: The Next Killer Device Is A GooglePod

At a tech summit at Google HQ yesterday, Eric Schmidt talked about a "killer" info tool he's thinking about, let's call it the GooglePod.

The next killer device is a clearly a personal one,'' Schmidt said. "The one I personally favor is putting all the world's information into the equivalent of an iPod, which will be possible in the next five to 10 years. And if you can't quite do that, your wireless connection will help you get what you need.

More about the summit (which is scheduled to air on tv) in this article by Michael Bazeley.

Postscript: Merc story is no longer online, but see a copy here.

Posted by Gary Price at 11:09 AM | Permalink

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