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Google and cloud computing don't really need another failure but that seems to be the case as users are reporting issues with Google Docs after the recent update. The problems have been acknowledged by the search giant and, while not on the scale of Gmail outages, they are preventing users from printing document... |
15 October 2009
04:44 GMT |
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Web-based applications are becoming increasingly used and popular and, with web browsers constantly growing faster, are starting to rival native applications in both functionality but even in performance.Desktop users are regularly turning to online options already but the mobile segment could see a much bigger benef... |
5 September 2009
06:41 GMT |
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There isn’t much time left, so if you really want to win the prizes for a Windows Azure application building contest, you’ll have to move quick. Microsoft has partnered with Twilio in order to bring developers looking to leverage its Cloud platform, as well as the Twilio application programming interface,... |
3 September 2009
06:51 GMT |
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The release of version 1 of Microsoft’s first Cloud operating system is approaching fast and will be available to customers in November 2009. In this regard, companies that are looking to jump aboard the Windows Azure wagon now have available a reference application. Project Riviera can be accessed through the ... |
14 August 2009
04:24 GMT |
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The Windows Azure Blob features that allow customers to manipulate files as large as 50 GB have been updated. Brad Calder, from Windows Azure Storage, revealed that the new additions to Microsoft’s Cloud operating system went live on August 11, 2009. Testers currently leveraging the Community Technology Preview... |
13 August 2009
08:01 GMT |
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Developers building applications designed for Microsoft’s Cloud operating system now have available for download a fresh release of the Windows Azure software development kit. As of July 20, 2009, the Microsoft Download Center is offering an updated Community Technology Preview of the Windows Azure SDK. The res... |
21 July 2009
07:33 GMT |
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Earlier this week Microsoft announced that its Cloud operating system would be launched in November 2009 at the Professional Developer Conference 2009. This puts the official availability deadline of Windows Azure at one year after the platform was introduced at PDC08. The Redmond company explained that it would init... |
17 July 2009
05:36 GMT |
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An integral part of the evolution from the Microsoft Partner Program to the Microsoft Partner Network was to deliver additional opportunities for companies working with Microsoft technologies. In this regard, the Redmond company detailed the pricing model for Windows Azure as well as the extended opportunities associ... |
15 July 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Say goodbye to the Microsoft SQL Services and hello to SQL Azure. No, not the services themselves, just the brands. The Redmond company announced that it had rebranded SQL Services as SQL Azure. At the same time, in line with SQL Services being transitioned under the Azure umbrella brand, the SQL Data Services have a... |
9 July 2009
06:04 GMT |
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ABI Research, a company that provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of emerging trends in global connectivity, claims “Apple’s iPhone sparked an explosion in consumer awareness of mobile applications.” However, the company stresses, “Most of today’s applications need han... |
8 July 2009
06:19 GMT |
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As it is getting closer to the first year since it announced its Cloud operating system, Microsoft is gearing up to make public the business plan that will help it monetize Windows Azure. According to Bruce Kyle, Microsoft ISV architect evangelist, the Redmond company will deliver the Windows Azure business details a... |
17 June 2009
06:24 GMT |
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Only time will tell whether the advent of Opera Unite is synonymous with the actual reinventing of the web, but the value and innovation of the new technology delivered by Opera Software cannot be denied. Opera Unite, intimately connected with the Opera 10 browser, is a new platform designed to break down the barrier... |
16 June 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Having successfully planted the seeds of the divorce between Windows and Internet Explorer, Opera Software, the makers of the Opera browser, are gearing up to reinvent the web come June 16th, 2009. Following what the Norwegian-based company claims to be 15 years of browser innovation, the web's overhauling is sc... |
15 June 2009
02:55 GMT |
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eyeOS is certainly one of the most interesting open source projects out there, providing great ways to interact with the "cloud." It's basically an operating system with in-house and third-party developed applications, a user-friendly interface and, best of all, it is available from wherever you are, through a w... |
11 June 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Microsoft is applauding Software as Services as a mush-have asset for business customers, with a special emphasis placed on small businesses. Essentially, the software giant is pointing SMBs to the Cloud. And fact is that the Redmond company is more than ready to accommodate customers looking to embrace the Cloud wit... |
26 May 2009
10:21 GMT |
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After Canonical recently announced the availability of a cloud-based storage solution in the form of Ubuntu One, it's time for Mandriva to unveil a similar service, Click'n Backup. But, of course, there are quite a few differences that really separate these two. First of all, you should know that there is n... |
26 May 2009
04:20 GMT |
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Microsoft Online customers number in the thousands, the Redmond company reveals, admitting that adoption is slow. Ron Markezich, corporate vice president of Microsoft Online and Microsoft’s former CIO, indicates that there are a number of concerns for companies that result in a sluggish adoption rate. Concerns ... |
21 May 2009
06:01 GMT |
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This time around Microsoft got a head start when it comes to stretching its Windows operating system into the Cloud. But the open-source community is also ready to step up its game. Canonical, the makers of the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, have introduced Ubuntu One, a service that is similar in some way and could b... |
14 May 2009
12:06 GMT |
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Microsoft's Cloud operating system now sports geo-location capabilities. As promised in March 2009 at MIX09, the Redmond company has launched the additional geo-location functionality for Windows Azure. The feature is designed to allow Azure customers to effectively choose the location for their Cloud applicatio... |
7 May 2009
07:36 GMT |
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Moving forward, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Chief Software Architect, sees cloud computing positioned as the backend for three main types of devices that will continue to define the digital lives of end users. The man that inherited the title of CSA from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is currently architecting a new strate... |
4 May 2009
11:55 GMT |
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With the added flexibility it provides, congruently with cost reductions and the management simplification, Cloud adoption is accelerating among enterprises. The general trend is to rely increasingly on applications, operating systems, and additional software solutions as services served online rather than on-premise... |
29 April 2009
05:45 GMT |
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Microsoft is looking to sell in excess of $3 billion worth of Cloud services in collaboration with EDS, an HP company. On April 27, 2009, the Redmond company announced that Microsoft Online Services were opened for business worldwide on no less than 19 markets. Over 4,000 partners have jumped aboard, with EDS at the ... |
28 April 2009
03:10 GMT |
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Microsoft is making headway with its Cloud operating system. In this regard, the Redmond company is introducing not only updates to Windows Azure itself, but also to the resources accompanying the platform. The Azure Services Training Kit – April Update went live on April 9, 2009, and is currently up for grabs ... |
10 April 2009
10:07 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed that a bug affecting its Windows Azure operating system rendered some applications running in the Cloud inaccessible between 1:15pm PDT and 9:00pm today. The Redmond company identified the issue and already resolved the problem at the time of this article. Windows Azure testers should be able to s... |
3 April 2009
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Microsoft has not been shy of applauding its products as the lifebuoy that can keep businesses afloat in the global economic tsunami, provided that the necessary technology investments are met. When it comes down to squeezing IT dollars, Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, opined ... |
30 March 2009
11:44 GMT |
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Microsoft is no longer raining on open Cloud. The Redmond company has committed to engaging in dialog with representatives of the group of companies behind the Open Cloud Manifesto. The move comes in line with the software giant's support of an open Cloud, as the company only had criticism for the development pr... |
30 March 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is being challenged to “get in line” with other companies participating in a yet secretive group dedicated to ensuring openness in the Cloud. The Redmond company confirmed that it was handed the Open Cloud Manifesto, but went on to decry the very development process of the guidelines as lacking ... |
27 March 2009
10:45 GMT |
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Windows Azure is a new direction in Microsoft's approach to building platforms not only because of its exclusive focus on the Cloud, but also because it will introduce a new licensing model compared to the company's client and server operating systems. In this regard, Windows Azure will never leave Microsof... |
24 March 2009
06:45 GMT |
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After HP announced full certification for Ubuntu on their Proliant server machines, it's time for another company to make this step. RightScale, Inc., provider of cloud computing management solutions, announced last week a partnership with Canonical in providing full support for the Ubuntu Linux distributi... |
21 March 2009
08:01 GMT |
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SQL Data Services, based on Microsoft's SQL Server technology, are designed as highly-scalable distributed Cloud database services, planned to be a critical piece of the Windows Azure platform. Moving onward with the development process of its hosted database service, the software giant announced that, in accord... |
11 March 2009
07:33 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Software plus Services strategy is in no way limited to the private sector. In fact, the Seventh Annual Public Sector CIO Summit was the stage where the Redmond company found fertile soil to stress the need for governments to evolve to Government 2.0. Over 300 technology leaders from educational and... |
5 March 2009
04:44 GMT |
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Apple has announced that the MobileMe service has recently been updated with a few improvements. Besides posting the announcement on the MobileMe News page, Apple also updated a support document detailing the changes that have occurred with the cloud-based service.Talking about the Recent MobileMe Service Improvement... |
26 February 2009
02:50 GMT |
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Recently, we reported that Apple had updated its MobileMe News page, notifying users of the new functionality available in MobileMe iDisk – sharing uber files with their friends and families. According to Apple, users are no longer restricted to sharing small files as e-mail attachments. The company encourages ... |
20 February 2009
02:56 GMT |
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The Google Mobile Team has posted an update for owners of an iPhone, WinMo and SyncML phones, letting everyone know that a Google Sync Beta is now available to try out. Using the service, handset owners are promised a highly useful backup and sync solution for their contacts, calendar events and more.“One of th... |
10 February 2009
05:05 GMT |
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For developers shifting their focus away from the desktop and onto the Cloud, Microsoft has centralized the resources it is offering for Azure and the Live Framework in a single location. Microsoft Cloud Computing Tools on MSDN is designed as the starting place for developers to access tools, SDKs, and information th... |
3 February 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Open source developers embrace in mass Google's Cloud-based offerings, while steering clear of what Microsoft has to offer. The face-off between Microsoft and Google has put the two companies in the position of making inroads into each other's traditional territory. While Google is moving onto the desktop w... |
21 January 2009
10:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is known to plan the release of not one, but three mobile services sporting a MobileMe-like functionality, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month. Apple's MobileMe automatically pushes new email, contacts, and calendar events to your Mac, PC, iPhone and iPod touch, and other mobile ... |
20 January 2009
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The open source SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) and FTP browser for Mac OS X, developed by David Kocher, Cyberduck, has reached version 3.1, adding Amazon CloudFront support (S3), as well as support for cloud files. Pre-configured protocol settings for MobileMe iDisk have also been added, this being just the tip... |
8 January 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Reliable sources told 9to5mac that Apple’s iWork suite of office applications is moving into the Cloud, as is iMovie, becoming full-fledged web applications. Besides online storage, there will be a web interface for iWork apps, such as Numbers, Pages and Keynote, the leaked information says.
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2 January 2009
05:34 GMT |
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A new knowledge base article has appeared in Apple's Support section, following last week's updates to MobileMe. New additions to the cloud-based service include updates to Contacts, Calendar, Gallery, iDisk, Account, and the login screen, all of which are detailed by Apple as you will find below. The comp... |
23 December 2008
10:24 GMT |
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We actually don’t know that many things about stars, despite the fact that there have been many attempts and numerous researches in the field. The only close star we have most access to, theoretically speaking, is the Sun. But we only know little about it as well, given the still limited technology we have, and... |
13 December 2008
07:35 GMT |
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When people hear about mass extinctions of the past, they immediately think dinosaurs and asteroids, but what they don't know is that the event that occurred about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period), was not the first. In fact, before they even appeared, life came close to being obliterat... |
13 December 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Microsoft is planning to share the keys to the cloud services marketplace with its partners. In this context, via a partnership with HP, the Redmond company revealed that it would offer the tools and solutions necessary for Value-Added Resellers to tap the growth opportunities offered by its Software plus Services bu... |
11 December 2008
06:00 GMT |
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Nature appears to be slowed down by the coming of winter, which might make you think that scientists could also become a little lazy during this season. Well, you couldn't be farther from the truth, as nature keeps spoiling us with scientific treats. It all starts with the weather, which gets much colder. But th... |
4 December 2008
09:26 GMT |
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A new study performed by a team of scientists led by Dmitry Titov from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and based on images received from the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft revealed the mysterious source of the light and dark bands seen on the planet's surface in ultravio... |
4 December 2008
08:17 GMT |
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Voorwerp means “object” in Dutch. This is the generic definition received by a peculiar phenomenon spotted a while ago by a Dutch school teacher, Hanny van Arkel, while she was combing through hundreds of photos as a volunteer for the Galaxy Zoo project. For more than a year now, scientists have been tryi... |
26 November 2008
07:21 GMT |
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At long last, the biggest planet in our solar system is given the proper attention again, after about 13 years. Following a long series of delays and cancellations (both in this case and for previous suggested missions), NASA has finally decided to send an orbiter to Jupiter. The probe which has made it is called Jun... |
25 November 2008
11:11 GMT |
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At times, those who are lucky enough can stand in awe at the spectacular beauty of a fire rainbow, which makes the sky look like it is aflame. Going by the scientific name of circumhorizontal arc or circumhorizon arc (CHA), nature surely throws in a lot of effort for one of these rainbows to occur. Basically, it is ... |
29 October 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Although people take it for granted, it doesn't mean that clouds remain up there in the sky just because we're accustomed to. There is a number of reasons for which this happens, and these include water particles' size, air and wind pushing or weight.Surely, this is a question that reminds us of the Ig... |
17 October 2008
02:55 GMT |
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Recent calculations performed by a US plasma physicist suggest that noctilucent clouds do not bounce off radar signals because of their silver plating, but because of their, albeit small, metal content.Blue polar mesospheric clouds, as the late twilight residents are sometimes called, form at the boundaries between a... |
16 October 2008
06:39 GMT |
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