Sexy Jihad

Google has just released a new service called Google Web Accelerator. It basically comes down to the following:

1. What is Google Web Accelerator?

Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google’s global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before.

Please note that Google Web Accelerator is currently in beta test mode. If you have any problems using it or have suggestions for how we can improve it, please see the Google Group devoted to it.

Also note that during the first part of our beta testing period, users outside of North America and Europe may not see much improvement in their web page loading speed.

2. How does Google Web Accelerator work?

Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make your web pages load faster, including:

* Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
* Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
* Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
* Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
* Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
* Compressing data before sending it to your computer.

Now Google is just becoming scary. Even though some geeks have wet dreams about them, they are becoming more corporate by the day. I’m not saying that they’re sell outs or anything, but Google is not the geek Walhalla some people make it out to be.

I for one don’t want all my trafic routed through one company, so they can conveniantly look at my data and categorize it (that’s why I use Tor). I wonder what they’re going to do with the data they collect, except obviously watching surfing behaviour so they can tweak the search engine….

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