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Article | 14/11/2009 Amazon called out over cloud security, secrecy
Amazon's cloud computing service should not be used for applications that require advanced security and availability, the Burton Group analyst firm sa...
Article | 16/11/2009 Amazon Web Services to expand into Asia-Pacific
Amazon Web Services will expand its footprint to Asia-Pacific during the first half of 2010, the cloud-computing infrastructure vendor said Thursday.
Article | 13/11/2009 Space agency eyes Amazon cloud for star data
The European Space Agency plans to launch a new scanning satellite to map the stars in our galaxy in more precise form than ever before, and researche...
Article | 5/11/2009 Siemens invokes Twitter to lure unified communications application developers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Siemens is invoking the model of iPhone-application development by opening a site in Amazon's cloud to encourage creation of unified ...
Article | 29/10/2009 Amazon downplays report highlighting vulnerabilities in its cloud service
Amazon said today that it has taken steps to mitigate a security issue in its cloud computing infrastructure that was identified recently by researche...
Article | 30/10/2009 Amazon simplifies payments with new PayPhrase system
Amazon Payments has introduced a new way to pay at Amazon.com and a number of other web retailers. The service is called PayPhrase and lets users ente...
Article | 7/10/2009 Amazon's Kindle e-book reader to ship to Australia
Australians will soon be able to get their hands on Amazon's much-loved Kindle e-book reader.
Article | 19/09/2009 Music industry wants Apple, Amazon to pay up
Music professionals want more money, and now, they're going after online retailers like Apple's iTunes and Amazon to get it. Performing rights groups ...
Article | 4/09/2009 Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud
Amazon and Microsoft have been pushing cloud-computing services as a low-cost way to outsource raw computing power, but the products may introduce new...
Article | 3/09/2009 Amazon objects to Google Books settlement
In a strongly worded letter, Amazon added its voice to the growing chorus of cries urging a court to reject the proposed Google Books settlement.
Article | 27/08/2009 Amazon integrates with datacenter using private clouds
Amazon Web Services has announced a limited beta version of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service, which aims to connect a company's existing comput...
Article | 26/08/2009 Sony trumps Amazon with e-book reader
E-books are doubtless the future of reading, and Sony's newest device, the "Reader Daily Edition" makes good by supporting on open e-book format. But,...
Article | 25/08/2009 Apple's Snow Leopard regains top two Amazon sales spots
Pre-orders for Apple's Snow Leopard regained the top positions on Amazon.com's bestseller list Monday after Apple announced that it would start sellin...
Article | 21/08/2009 Report: Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal
Microsoft, Amazon.com and Yahoo plan to join a consortium to fight a proposed settlement Google has made with authors and publishers over its Google B...
Article | 17/08/2009 Amazon's data shipping goes both ways now
Amazon Web Services has expanded a shipping service for large data sets on its S3 cloud storage platform so customers can get their content back inste...