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Google Invests $1 Billion To Build New London HQ

Posted by timothy on from the but-how-will-they-find-it? dept.

redletterdave writes "Google just purchased a 2.4-acre plot in the King's Cross Central development in London, where the company plans to build a brand-new, 1 million square foot office. Google reportedly invested about £650 million ($1.04 billion) on the property, which, when finished, will be valued at more than £1 billion ($1.6 billion). While Google traditionally leases its overseas offices, the company's decision to buy rather than rent in this case was likely tax motivated, since Google can't repatriate its cash to the U.S. without paying a hefty tax."

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  1. My freelance gig in front of Windows 8 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Having used Windows 8 extensively over the past month, I can now say with confidence that not only is the new UI a disaster, but all the people who said that it's faster or technically superior to Windows 7 are dirty fat liars, too.

    1. Re:My freelance gig in front of Windows 8 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      bought a dell 8500 xps windows 8 home
      dead on arrival due to bad drivers
      replacement dell arrives
      crashes upon installing office, unable to reboot
      repeated changes to bios eventually allows reboot and reinstall windows
      full windows update
      crashes an hour later starting up firefox
      dell sends recovery disk and indicates this is an epidemic for them right now
      reinstall windows, all updates
      crashes after office install
      suggested reverting windows 7
      dell says impossible because the windows 8 product key is hardwired on the motherboard
      windows 8 product key is hardwired on the motherboard
      windows 8 product key is hardwired on the motherboard
      windows 8 product key is hardwired on the motherboard
      windows 8 product key is hardwired on the motherboard
      returned and full refund

      meanwhile i have a dell 8500 xps running windows 7 bought last year, 0 issues, solid gaming machine, 3d studio max, udk, etc just needs a better video card in a few months, aero looks like milk and honey next to that metro ui windows 8 was stuck with.

      my first windows was 3.11, moved along to win98, loved windows 2000, windows xp transition was fine except for weird network glitches, i struggled a little adapting windows vista when that happened, but mostly because of UAC and the windows explorer interface, it was just a bit of learning. I loved windows 7 the minute i first installed it, so much improvement in look and behavior, it gets a machine up on its feet immediately and looks great.

      Windows 8, even when its working the way its supposed to work, is not what professionals want happening on their machine. A desktop version of this OS would be a good idea, desktop mode versus tablet mode. Professionals who have work to get done vs children who want to put paw prints all over their little flashy toys.