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Microsoft kills off Windows Live brand

Microsoft kills off Windows Live brand

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Microsoft announced that the Windows Live brand will be retired in a shake up of the software giant's approach to cloud services ahead of the release of Windows 8.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on May 2nd 2012 at 10:19PM
Google gets social with new Picasa 3.9

Google gets social with new Picasa 3.9

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Google has launched a new version of the photo management software Picasa, taking the version to 3.9 while adding Google+ sharing and tagging.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Dec 9th 2011 at 6:14AM
BT unveils cloud-based teleconferencing

BT unveils cloud-based teleconferencing

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The teleconferencing arm of British telco giant BT announced that the firm has improved interoperability between different brands of teleconferencing equipment.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Nov 21st 2011 at 9:45PM
Microsoft and Google hit by cloud down time

Microsoft and Google hit by cloud down time

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Cloud based services from Microsoft and Google have both suffered outages over the last few days, calling into question the reliability of cloud computing.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Sep 12th 2011 at 12:09AM
Dropbox admits customer accounts were left unsecured

Dropbox admits customer accounts were left unsecured

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Online storage company Dropbox has revealed that up to 25 million accounts were left unsecured for four hours on Sunday.
 
At 1:54pm Pacific time, the firm made a code ...

Helen French
by Helen French
on Jun 22nd 2011 at 9:11AM
Kogan unveils Chromium-based Agora netbook

Kogan unveils Chromium-based Agora netbook

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Attention seeking Aussie etailer Kogan has released the first Chromium OS based netbook, the Agora 12-inch Ultra Portable.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jun 17th 2011 at 9:21AM
No Apple iCloud music service in UK this year

No Apple iCloud music service in UK this year

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Apple has yet to sign agreements with record labels to enable the UK launch of the iTunes in the Cloud music service, according to a Telegraph report.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jun 10th 2011 at 5:47AM
Apple unveils iCloud service

Apple unveils iCloud service

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Apple chief Steve Jobs returned from medical leave to present a set of cloud services called iCloud at the firm's worldwide developer conference.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jun 7th 2011 at 2:08AM
Apple iCloud service will be free at first, claims report

Apple iCloud service will be free at first, claims report

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Apple will initialy offer the iCloud music service for free according to an LA Times report.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:43AM
Apple says iCloud will be revealed next week

Apple says iCloud will be revealed next week

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Apple announced that that the firm would unveil Mac OS X 'Lion' and the iCloud upcoming cloud service at the iPhone-maker's Worldwide Developer's Conference next week.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Jun 1st 2011 at 9:09AM
Apple signs major labels for music service, claims report

Apple signs major labels for music service, claims report

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Apple has obtained agreements with a number of major record labels to launch a new music service similar to that offered by Google and Amazon.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on May 20th 2011 at 9:23AM
Intel says 15 billion on the cloud by 2015

Intel says 15 billion on the cloud by 2015

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Intel is working on new technologies that will facilitate the chipmaker's prediction of 15 billion devices on the 'cloud' by 2015.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on May 12th 2011 at 12:11AM
Google unveils ChromeOS subscription computing

Google unveils ChromeOS subscription computing

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Google has finally unveiled the first third party 'Chromebook' notebooks running the firm's web-focused Chrome operating system with devices from Acer and Samsung.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on May 11th 2011 at 10:45PM
Amazon apologises for cloud service disruption

Amazon apologises for cloud service disruption

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Amazon has issued a detailed post mortem of the firm's Amazon Web Services down time, apologising for the outage and offering a sevice credit to affected customers.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on May 2nd 2011 at 5:41AM
Amazon AWS downtime shakes faith in the cloud

Amazon AWS downtime shakes faith in the cloud

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Amazon's AWS cloud computing platform has suffered extended downtime, calling into question the reliability of cloud services.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Apr 25th 2011 at 12:32AM
Microsoft launches cloud Office 365 public beta

Microsoft launches cloud Office 365 public beta

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Microsoft has launched a public beta of the firm's cloud-based Office 365 business productivity suite.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Apr 19th 2011 at 8:17AM
IT managers show cloud caution

IT managers show cloud caution

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According to new research from anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, 62 per cent of IT managers have concerns about security when it comes to adopting cloud computing.

Helen French
by Helen French
on Apr 18th 2011 at 11:05AM
Dell to invest $1b on cloud services

Dell to invest $1b on cloud services

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PC builder Dell said that it is to build ten data centers to host enterprise cloud services at a cost of $1 billion over the next year.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Apr 11th 2011 at 9:45AM
HP chief Apotheker steers firm into the cloud

HP chief Apotheker steers firm into the cloud

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HP boss Leo Apotheker took the stage at an event in San Francisco to set out his strategy for the world's largest computer maker.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Mar 15th 2011 at 5:08AM
Google takes aim at Office with Cloud Connect service

Google takes aim at Office with Cloud Connect service

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Google unveiled Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office which is aimed at encouraging business users to migrate away from Microsoft Office software.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Feb 25th 2011 at 6:28AM