How did Google find all those lost e-mails?

Posted by jhansonxi on Mar 2, 2011 7:27 AM EDT
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Answer: Google still stores e-mail data on tape.

Yes, tape. Like, essentially the technology behind the cassette. Google doesn't specify what kind of tape it's using exactly, but as Seth Weintraub notes on a blog on the CNN partner site Fortune.com, using tape is a mess.

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