Amazon cloud knocked out by violent storms in Virginia

Amazon cloud knocked out by violent storms in Virginia


Amazon cloud knocked out by violent storms in Virginia

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:55 PM PDT

Mother Nature huffs and puffs a derecho

A wave of "hurricane-like" thunderstorms ripped across Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia on Friday night, leaving more than 3.5 million people without power and knocking out the US-East-1 data center operated by Amazon Web Services.…

IBM trims Flex System prices

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:26 PM PDT

Global Services behemoth offers installation hand-holding

It looks like some customers are complaining a little about the pricing IBM's new PureSystems modular systems - and they want a little help to get the new iron and its systems and cloud management software up and running.…

Brits upscaling their TV buys

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Bedroom or living room, sets are getting bigger

British homes may be generally smaller than those of, say, the US or Australia, but the nation's TV buyers are nonetheless increasingly keen on bigger and bigger tellies.…

TiVo plunges into Swedes after penetrating Virgin Media

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Gets another pipe into the box

The announcement that Com Hem of Sweden has cut a deal with TiVo this week shows how the TiVo strategy is rolling out in Europe and points to more and more deals being likely in the future. Expect it to drift outside of Europe soon, as well.…

Ten... Androids for under 200 quid

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The price is right?

Product Round-up  At the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona earlier this year, Google chief Eric Schmidt famously said that he expected Android smartphones to be as cheap as normal phones as soon as 2013. The current sub-£200 Sim-free sweet spot in 2012 means you can expect large screens and a variety of processors. Yet don't expect iPhone 4S Retina display crispness, those large screens inevitably come at a lower resolution.…

Second win for Apple as Galaxy Nexus sales banned in US

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:53 PM PDT

Bad week for Samsung's lawyers

Apple has scored its second legal victory of the week with a court ruling on Friday that effectively bans sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the US.…

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