David, my friend from Amsterdam, took a short holiday in Spain last summer. David loves Dutch football. On a cool Saturday night, he sat down with his laptop to stream his favourite Eredivisie game. When he clicked "Play," an...

Browsing through billions of web pages in less than a millisecond is beyond imagination, right? Well, what was considered science fiction is now part of daily work. Simple routines have evolved into complex operations that require data extraction, social networking, and...