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Yep. This is old news. But more recently other companies have also decided to implement on-board batteries on their custom servers, most notably Facebook:

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/11/27/shoul...

And yes, this story was real, despite the April 1 date. I attended the event, and saw the server. It definitely seemed odd to schedule a technology unveiling on April 1, but Google apparently launched Gmail on April 1 as well.

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That's getting kind of sad if we have to flat-out stop using the internet on 4/1 from now on because we can't believe a single page that loads.

I avoid the net on 4/1. It's like every site is taken over by the "Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays" lady.

Did Facebook license the Google patent?

Facebook says it is seeking a patent on its own implementation, so apparently not.

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