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NEWS ABOUT: cloud computing

cloud computing stories: 9 news summaries

Microsoft Recovers Nearly
All Lost Sidekick Data

Meltdown not as bad as feared; minority of users affected

Oct 15, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out Sidekick users will get “most if not all” of their data back, Microsoft announced today. The company now believes that only a minority of users were affected by the blackout. Until now, the company had painted a much bleaker picture, saying Saturday that though it would... More »

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Microsoft • crash • data storage • Sidekick • cloud computing • online data storage • T-Mobile

OPINION

 Happy 40th, Internet (Maybe) 


Sep 2, 09 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forty years ago, two UCLA scientists exchanged data via computers, arguably making today the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Internet. "It would be more accurate to say some important seeds of the Internet sprouted with that data transfer," writes Stephen Shankland on CNET, but no matter.... More »

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Iran • Internet • communication • UCLA • Myanmar • cloud computing • World Wide Web • e-commerce

Tech Industry Falls for 'Cloud Computing'

It's all the rage, but does the fuzzy term really mean anything?

Mar 26, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today's hottest tech term is "cloud computing": Google, Amazon, Yahoo, and Intel have all begun projects with such nebulous names as OpenCirrus and Elastic Compute Cloud. But while the projects behind the names all have something in common—storing data on far-off computers—nobody can agree on what cloud... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • Web 2.0 • Larry Ellison • Oracle • cloud computing

 Ballmer Opens Up 
 Windows 7 Beta 

Beta version of Vista successor available to the public starting tomorrow

Jan 8, 09 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Windows 7 Beta will be launched to the public tomorrow, Steve Ballmer told the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday. The Microsoft chief, filling the keynote slot held by Bill Gates in the previous 11 years, told the audience that the operating system would be a return to the "special sauce"... More »

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Microsoft • Windows • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Steve Ballmer • Microsoft Live Search • Windows Live • cloud computing • Consumer Electronics Show • Windows 7

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Microsoft's Photosynth
 Cool, If Frustrating

Web-based service creating 3-D panoramas can be difficult to use—but often worth it

Aug 21, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Live Labs, Microsoft’s 125-man web innovation unit, launched its first major product today, and it’s certifiably neato, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. Dubbed “Photosynth” the free, web-based program converts your photos into navigable 3-D environments. It’s an amazing service, Mossberg writes, “an... More »

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Microsoft • cloud computing • Web apps • Photosynth • Microsoft Live Labs

Microsoft Syncs Phone, PC Data with 'Live Mesh'

The house Gates built joins cloud computing trend

Apr 23, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is testing a new product that will allow users to link data across multiple electronic devices through the internet—so the picture you took on your phone can be in the digital picture frame in your home within minutes. It’s a big step for Microsoft, which until now... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • Steve Ballmer • cloud computing • Ray Ozzie

Google Set to Debut
Offline Apps

Users will be able to do work and save with no Internet connection

Apr 1, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is readying to let users test-drive offline applications. Still in design, Google Gears will allow browsers to use locally stored copies of Google apps (like its spreadsheet), save updates, and later transfer a temporary cache to “the cloud”—Google’s servers—the next time they connect to... More »

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Google • Google Gears • cloud computing • software applications • offline web access

Bid Kicks Off Clash of the Internet Titans

Proposed Microsoft/Yahoo! merger signals showdown with Google

Feb 2, 08 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Analysts agree that Microsoft's bold $44.6-billion bid for Yahoo marks the start of a big push by Microsoft to challenge Google's Web dominance. The move is a dramatic change in tactics for Microsoft, which likes to build new businesses on its own, writes Steve Lohr in a New York ... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Microsoft • search engine • cloud computing

Google Invests
in Cloud Computing

Internet giant wants everyone to do everything online

Nov 13, 07 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Google has hands in a lot of pies, from maps to email to spreadsheets and now, with Android and OpenSocial, to cellphones and MySpace. But it all relates to one strategy, the Washington Post says. Google wants to make the web so useful that everyone does everything online. In this... More »

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Google • Google Maps • Google Apps • OpenSocial • Android • cloud computing

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