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What you missed in Cloud: A blast from the past
The public cloud returned to its roots last week after Amazon Inc. rolled out a dedicated hosting option that allows users to rent out entire servers in its data centers for the first time.…
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Wikibon analyst defines need for cloud equivalents of ERP, CRM
In the late 20th century, when most businesses derived their basic value from building and selling physical products, they used complex enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to control their supply chains and manufacturing operations and customer…
Google Cloud suffers new outage in Europe
Google suffered a major cloud outage last week thanks to an errant peering advertisement by an unnamed European network carrier that caused its europe-west1 region to slip off the grid for about 70 minutes.…
Still hungry for deals? Sears’ Cyber Monday sale has 6 days of deals on iPads, Kindles, more
By Collen Kriel
Sears’ Cyber Monday brochure is out and contains a variety of deals on tablets, iPads, Kindles, TV accessories and various other tech accessories. The company’s Cyber Monday deals will run until Saturday, December 5.…
Microsoft declares war on Potentially Unwanted Applications in the enterprise
Microsoft has decided it’s time to put its foot down and do something about all of those annoying “potentially unwanted applications” (PUAs) that clog up Windows machines on corporate networks. To that end, Redmond…
Microsoft to finally make it in mobile… in 2019
Microsoft’s refusal to give up in mobile might soon pay off, if a new report from research outfit Strategy Analytics Inc. is to be believed. The market research firm claims the Redmond will become…
DANGER! Don’t get too attached to your online translator
I just finished reading the last story in the the sci-fi anthology Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft, a book dedicated to Redmond’s aspirations and how they might play out in the next…
Amazon demonstrates its latest delivery drone in new ad narrated by Jeremy Clarkson
By Duncan Riley
Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson isn’t just bringing a new show to Amazon.com, Inc., but has also taken on the role as company spokesman in a new video showing the company’s latest delivery…
Kids toy maker VTech hacked with details of 5m parents and kids exposed
By Duncan Riley
Children’s toy maker VTech Holdings Ltd. has been hacked, with the details of some 5 million users, consisting of parents and children, being stolen. The company, which sells electronic learning products for children from infancy…
Fraud Alert: BitcoinBlackFriday.info comes on online aaaand it’s a scam
By Kyt Dotson
Last week an up and coming competitor to Jon Holmquist’s yearly BitcoinBlackFriday.com website appeared with the website BitcoinBlackFriday.info. The website looked slick, filled with information, animations, and a newsletter signup. The owner even sent…