Federal Government Defends Move Towards Cloud Computing

During a meeting on Capital Hill Federal officials defended their move towards cloud computing, citing increased security measures as a means to an end. David McClure, associate administrator for the General Services Administration's (GSA's) Office of Citizen Services ... continue

Cloud Computing Buyout, CenturyLink Buys Savvis For $2.5 Billion

Cloud computing giant Savvis Inc. was bought out this week by CenturyLink Inc. for $2.5 billion. The merger was expected after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Savvis shareholders agreed to the buyout earlier in the week. Savvis currently ... continue

Dropbox is in for another round of user anger thanks to Dropbox Reader

It wasn't that long ago, even by Internet time, that everyone who used the Dropbox; a file storage in the cloud service, got into a great big huff when the company changed their Terms of Service (ToS) ... continue

Don’t have a clue to what Cloud Computing is? Let the kids explain.

Cloud Computing is probably one of the biggest buzzwords out three right now when it comes to technology and computers. Companies around the world are investing millions, and even billions, of dollars into moving to the Cloud ... continue

Microsoft to Sidekick users: We totally found your data!

Microsoft has announced that most if not all of the data lost last week in the Sidekick debacle is being recovered. While the news comes as a relief to panicky customers, some who filed lawsuits after the data ... continue

Sidekick users see data in the cloud evaporate

Sayeth T-Mobile: DO NOT remove your battery, reset your Sidekick, or allow it to lose power if you haven't already. I had Sidekick II back in the day and it was so cash. I saw one for the first ... continue

Obama Administration to launch cloud computing initiative….at NASA

The Obama Administration will launch a "cloud computing initiative" next week and they've picked an appropriate place to make the announcement: NASA. According to a release from NASA today, Vivek Kundra, White House federal chief information officer will ... continue

CloudContacts adds more functionality with bookmark export feature

CloudContacts announced another level of functionality for their popular business card scanning service today. While the internet has changed networking rapidly and permanently, even the techiest among us actually meet people in person from time to time. And ... continue

And they wonder why piracy lives on

Today Amazon basically told every single Kindle owner that they don’t really own anything that they buy through the company. As far as Amazon is concerned they have complete say on whether or not ... continue

The Cloud vs. The Desktop: An Irrelevant Argument

These days, tech pundits and futurists can't go a week without pontificating on the future of computing, wondering (and arguing) whether the computer will be merely a tool to access "the cloud" or as an application set.  ... continue

Sending your business cards to the cloud

Business cards are a handy little item that have been a round for a very long time. They have been the basis of things like the Rolodex or over stuffed wallets. The problem is that at ... continue

Microsoft 3.0

The title come courtesy of a post written by Steve Clayton just after Ray Ozzie's PDC keynote speech on October 27 and I think it does typify the feelings of those faithful (and not so faithful as ... continue

Who owns the keys to the clouds?

Make no mistake about it - we are headed to the cloud(s). There is too much money invested and continuing to be invested for us to turn back now. Amazon and Google have been there already in differing ... continue

Declaring War Without Even Knowing The Battleground

You gotta love these PR types. The moment they smell fresh blood in the air they start flinging out those short and snarky headlines. Headlines that get bloggers all gushing with 200 word posts about how this ... continue

Is That Cloud Turning Into A Minefield?

One of the biggest buzzwords on the Internet has to be cloud computing and how everything is heading to the cloud. With services like Amazon's EC2/S3, Google Docs and their AppEngine along with some smaller; but growing, ... continue

Going Viral: Does It Help or Hurt?

This post is a guest post by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira, contributing editor at The Industry Standard. Two stories have gone completely viral in the blogosphere this month; one I played a part in, and one I didn't. The first ... continue

HP, Intel, and Yahoo Get Into Cloud Computing

The cat's out of the bag: HP, Intel, and Yahoo are teaming up to create a new testing center for cloud computing research. The three companies announced the news this morning. They're working with the University of ... continue