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Amazon sent out an official apology to users who have been affected by the massive AWS outage last week. Chances are you’re one of them. On December 24, a member of the crew in charge of maintaining the Amazon Elastic Load Balancing …
HP’s Meg Whitman: Having Second Thoughts On PCs?
HP said that it is seeking opportunities to sell underperforming assets in spite of “risk factors” that may hamper returns, the company stated in a regulatory filing last week. This is a big change from last year, when CEO Meg Whitman consolidated …
Lookout’s 2013 Mobile Threat Report: What’s Putting You at Risk + How To Avoid It
It’s twice as likely you’ll get hacked in 2013, according to the latest paper from mobile cybersecurity firm Lookout. The report, entitled 2013 Mobile Threat Predictions, makes several forecasts about the state of security as it pertains to Android users and the …
Dell 2013: Must Solidify Enterprise, Mobile Strategies
Dell’s made several good (and bad) decisions in 2012, but which will power the PC maker into 2013? SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier, Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante and networking guru Stu Miniman are on the showroom floor at Dell World 2012 in Austin, …
Is Android the Answer to Zynga’s Woes? Game Maker Pulls the Plug on 11 Facebook Games
Social game developer Zynga announced that 11 of its least popular titles are either barred new players or have been shut down entirely. The move is a part of a broader initiative orchestrated by founding CEO Mark Pincus to cut costs and …
IE Users Targeted In New Zero-Day Exploit
Microsoft is trying to resolve a zero-day exploit that enabled hackers to target Windows users, the company disclosed over the weekend. The loophole only concerns users of IE 6, 7 and 8, and was apparently used to target individuals who visited the …
Facebook Privacy Loophole Minor Compared to Other Fails
Facebook’s newest service lets you schedule a private greeting for your friends that will be delivered exactly on midnight, sparing you the choir of deciding on an acceptable timeframe before or after the New Year. The app is fairly straight-forward, but it …
Dell President Weighs in on Enterprise Clientele, Focus on Cloud Analytics
Steve Felice, Dell’s president and chief commercial enterprise, stopped by theCube during his company’s conference earlier this month to discuss the key aspects of his business: client trends, technology and services. He starts out with the former: customers want simplicity, and Dell …
Where Sputnik Meets the Cloud, Open Source and Big Data
Barton George, Dell’s Director of Web Vertical, and cloud strategy director Michael Cote sat down in theCube at Dell World 2012 to discuss the hottest topics in the developer community. George kicks off the session by tackling Project Sputnik, a recently launched …
The Cloud Review: Netflix Outage, Backup and New Zealand
Earlier this year Netflix enthusiastically announced plans to migrate the bulk of its operations to Amazon Web Services, which it also uses to power its content streaming service. But its subscribers probably don’t share this optimism, or at least not anymore, in …