Quote of the Day: Google CEO Compares Data Across Millennia

Benjamin F. Carlson 60 Views Jul 3, 2010
"From the dawn of civilization to 2003, five exabytes of data were created. The same amount was created in the last two days."

--Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaking in the keynote presentation at the Guardian's Activate summit, which addressed "society, humanity, technology and the Web"

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