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• Amazon's lengthy cloud outage shows the danger of complexity - Ars Technica
• NASA: Clock Is Ticking for Delayed Endeavour Launch - PC Magazine
• Google Brings Video Chat to Android, But You Probably Can't Get It Yet - Wired News
• Apple's unorthodox crisis management approach - The Business Insider
• Royal wedding breaks Internet records - msnbc.com
• Android Pressures Apple On iPhone Pricing - Forbes (blog)
• Tourists busted for walking on Old Faithful geyser cone - Billings Gazette
• Hulu Plus hits Xbox Live April 29, free for a week - CNET
• Websites Complain About Fake Takedown Notices Being Used On Facebook - paidContent.org

Amazon's lengthy cloud outage shows the danger of complexity - Ars Technica Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:23 PM PDT BBC News Amazon's lengthy cloud outage shows the danger of complexity Ars Technica Reddit, Foursquare, and Quora were among the many sites that went down recently due to a prolonged outage of Amazon's cloud services. On Thursday April 21, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) went ... Amazon's 5694-Word Summary of Cloud Outage VisualizedMashable Amazon cloud outage was triggered by configuration errorComputerworld Amazon Apologizes For Cloud Outage, Offers CreditWall Street Journal InformationWeek -CNET -Register all 361 news articles »

NASA: Clock Is Ticking for Delayed Endeavour Launch - PC Magazine Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:28 PM PDT Telegraph.co.uk NASA: Clock Is Ticking for Delayed Endeavour Launch PC Magazine NASA today held a press conference at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center this afternoon to explain what happened to halt the scheduled final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. A faulty heater near the cargo bay was the guilty party ... NASA Delays Space Shuttle Launch Until Next WeekNational Geographic Obama meets with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at Kennedy Space CenterLos Angeles Times How Did NASA Pick Endeavour's New Launch Time?Space.com USA Today -Houston Chronicle -ABC News all 3,244 news articles »

Google Brings Video Chat to Android, But You Probably Can't Get It Yet - Wired News Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:37 PM PDT The Hindu Google Brings Video Chat to Android, But You Probably Can't Get It Yet Wired News On Thursday afternoon, Google announced the debut of video and voice chat for the Android operating system. In other words, you can now make calls through Google Talk over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G data networks (if your carrier supports it), ... Verizon, Sprint set to sell new $200 Android smartphonesComputerworld Nexus S 4G Coming to Sprint May 8PC Magazine Video chat coming to Android phonesUSA Today msnbc.com -DailyTech -TG Daily all 241 news articles »

Apple's unorthodox crisis management approach - The Business Insider Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:09 AM PDT Macworld (blog) Apple's unorthodox crisis management approach The Business Insider I knew Apple had a public-relations problem on its hands with iOS location tracking when I got the e-mail from my mom. "What about this thing with iPhone & iPad that Apple included that tracking system?" My mother is not a follower of technology news. ... Reporters' Roundtable: The location tracking dilemmaCNET (blog) Who Else Is Tracking Your Location?PCWorld The 5 dumbest things on Wall StreetMSN Money TheStreet.com -MacNewsWorld all 17 news articles »

Royal wedding breaks Internet records - msnbc.com Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:22 PM PDT Globe and Mail Royal wedding breaks Internet records msnbc.com Facebook, iPads, Android, and everything between — the tech news you need, the stories you want, and the tips you'll actually use. Our Digital Life. Read. Live. Share. In the US, Facebook was all about the wedding, according to the number of mentions ... Royal Wedding Shatters Online Audience RecordsPC Magazine William, Kate No Match For Sports On InternetWISN Milwaukee Live streamed royal wedding reigns on the WebWFIE-TV mediabistro.com -CNET -USA Today all 172 news articles »

Android Pressures Apple On iPhone Pricing - Forbes (blog) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:32 PM PDT Kansas City Star Android Pressures Apple On iPhone Pricing Forbes (blog) Apple's iPhone has seen tremendous success since its launch in 2007. But competition from Google's Android-based smartphones, Microsoft's Windows phones and Research in Motion's BlackBerry are gaining ground. The average price of an iPhone has declined ... Which smartphone operating system should you choose?The Mobile Indian The truth about Android vs. iPhone market shareThe Loop You're spoilt for choice on phonesnebusiness.co.uk Wireless Federation -Mobiles Please Blog (blog) -Online Social Media all 123 news articles »

Tourists busted for walking on Old Faithful geyser cone - Billings Gazette Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:59 AM PDT Fox News Tourists busted for walking on Old Faithful geyser cone Billings Gazette HOPD A group of tourists takes photos dangerously close to the iconic Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, in this still made from National Park Service video. Someone in Wisconsin watching the live ... Webcam catches tourists walking on Old FaithfulThe Associated Press Video shows tourists getting way to close to Old FaithfulMother Nature Network (blog) Tour Group Fined for Walking Right Up to Old FaithfulYellowstone Insider The Bozeman Daily Chronicle -Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription) (blog) -National Parks Traveler all 224 news articles »

Hulu Plus hits Xbox Live April 29, free for a week - CNET Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:57 PM PDT Hulu Plus hits Xbox Live April 29, free for a week CNET Xbox Live users can rejoice tomorrow--not just because it's still working--but because Hulu Plus will be hitting the console. Even better, the normally $7.99-a-month service will be absolutely free for an entire week thanks to a spicy ... Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox Live Friday with Free, One-Week TrialPC Magazine Targeted phish frags XBox gamersRegister Microsoft warns of phishing attempts tied to 'Modern Warfare 2'USA Today ITProPortal -Computerandvideogames.com -TIME all 196 news articles »

Websites Complain About Fake Takedown Notices Being Used On Facebook - paidContent.org Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT Digitaltrends.com Websites Complain About Fake Takedown Notices Being Used On Facebook paidContent.org Questions are being raised about how Facebook handles copyright and trademark complaints, after bogus complaints were used to remove the Facebook pages of a tech news website and a prominent social media researcher this week. ... Facebook shoots first, ignores questions later; account lock-out attack worksArs Technica Tech blogs' disabled Facebook pages caused by DMCA abuseDigitaltrends.com Fake Email: The Achilles Heel of Facebook PagesTIME TorrentFreak -FierceCIO -TidBITS all 23 news articles »

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