More cloud outages. Cloudages?

Sep 9, 2011
Yesterday we told you about Google Docs going down, which meant anything you had stored up on that cloud was not accessible. Not to be outdone,...

Cloud goes dark

Sep 8, 2011
Google Docs went down yesterday. Not for long, but it happened and it's not the first time. This left a lot of individual users in the lurch, of...

Google Magnifier

Aug 18, 2011
This launched yesterday and it's being variously described as a magazine or a service. The idea is to help users of Google's still-in-beta music...

Amazon's cloud goes down

Aug 9, 2011
Amazon Web Service's cloud infrastructure went all blinky last night for about 25 minutes, knocking such things as Netflix, Foursquare, and Reddit...

Government layoffs at computer centers

Jul 20, 2011
The US government will close 800 of its 2000 computer data centers. New technology, like cloud computing and spreading the data crunching load...

Amazon tries to make cloud service more appealing

Jul 7, 2011
Amazon is now offering unlimited music storage on its cloud for paying customers. So when you buy any level of storage for your files, you can put...

Microsoft cloud data policy ruffles Europe

Jul 6, 2011
Microsoft confirmed that data on its European servers can be handed over to American investigators because of the Patriot Act. This can be done wi...

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Google takes over Wyoming

Jun 23, 2011
It's a 4 million dollar cash deal. Kidding. All state workers in Wyoming are now running on Google Apps for Government, Gmail, and all sorts of...

Not everyone is happy in the cloud

Jun 13, 2011
Numero Group is not the largest record label in the world. Not exactly in Sony or Warner territory. But they're taking a stand against Apple's...

Leahy introduces digital protection bill

May 24, 2011
Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) has introduced a bill that would require law enforcement authorities to obtain a warrant before searching someone's email...