Put those dodgy gifts to good use – Mirror.co.uk

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Intel pays a premium to get into online security

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:40

“Security is now a fundamental component of online computing,” said Intel, as it explained the thinking behind its £7.7bn acquisition of security software supplier McAfee. Intel paid a 60% premium on McAfee’s closing share price on Wednesday evening
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Sifting Authorities From Celebrities On Twitter

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:40 Written by External Post Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:40

holy_calamity writes “Celebrities like Britney Spears may be the ‘most followed’ on Twitter, but new service PeerIndex mines the content of tweets and , from cloud computing to venture capital. The authorities the site finds for a given subject often
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Google removes cloud security barrier for the government

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:21 Written by External Post Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:21

I got a call from a reporter yesterday about the recent release of Google Apps for Government , which meets the security compliance restrictions of the federal government. “Google Apps for Government is the first suite of cloud computing applications to
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Amazon and IBM are the cloud’s biggest players

Last Updated on Friday, 16 July 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Friday, 16 July 2010 12:20

Amazon and IBM are the “cloud champions” according to a new report, but Microsoft, Google, Cisco , Red Hat, and VMware are also among the list of heavyweights in the emerging cloud computing field.
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Google buys collaborative MS Office start-up

Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2010 02:00 Written by External Post Monday, 8 March 2010 02:00

Does cloud computing still need desktop productivity apps? Google appears to have taken a u-turn on its cloud computing vision with the acquisition of DocVerse, a small US company which provides desktop collaboration software for Microsoft Office.
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Time To Take the Internet Seriously

Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2010 06:30 Written by External Post Monday, 8 March 2010 06:30

santosh maharshi passes along an article on Edge by David Gelernter, the man who (according to the introduction) predicted the Web and first described cloud computing; he’s also a Unabomber survivor. Gelernter makes 35 predictions and assertions, some
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We have the internet: now we need the intercloud, says Vint Cerf

Last Updated on Friday, 5 February 2010 06:00 Written by External Post Friday, 5 February 2010 06:00

One of the problems with ‘cloud computing’ is that it can work a bit like the Hotel California: you can check your data in OK, but will you ever get it out? Google is very well aware of the problem and with its Data Liberation commitment, wants to make
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Amazon EC2 May Be Experiencing Growing Pains

Last Updated on Friday, 15 January 2010 04:00 Written by External Post Friday, 15 January 2010 04:00

1sockchuck writes ‘Some developers using Amazon EC2 are wondering aloud whether the popularity of the cloud computing service is beginning to affect its performance. Amazon this week denied speculation that it was experiencing capacity problems after a
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Users complain as Amazon EC2 cloud slows down

Last Updated on Friday, 15 January 2010 02:00 Written by External Post Friday, 15 January 2010 02:00

Users have voiced their concerns that Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing services has been slowing down.One affected user, Alan Williamson, who co-founded software company aw2.0 which specialises in deploying software within cloud networks, said that normally
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