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Take a closer look at Apple iTunes 11 and see how the venerable music application and e-commerce interface has been redesigned for the better.
Amazon's Vogels Challenges IT: Rethink App Dev
Amazon Web Services CTO says promised land of cloud computing requires a new generation of applications that follow different principles.
Google Counters Amazon's Storage Price Cuts
Google cut storage prices by 20% at start of week, and then slashed another 10% in response to Amazon's price drops. Is there a storage price war going on in the cloud?
Ballmer: Hardware Key To Microsoft's Future
Facing tablet pressure, Microsoft CEO tells shareholders that company needs to bring hardware and software together to speed up innovation.
Syria Hits Internet Kill Switch; Blackout Continues
For more than 24 hours, Internet access has been disabled for nearly all of Syria. Anonymous has renewed its attack on Syrian government websites.
Gaza Ceasefire Doesn't Hold Online: New Anonymous Hack
War of words and hacked websites continues, even as the Palestinian territories receive upgraded state status from the United Nations.
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Netflix has made its own automated disaster testing service, Chaos Monkey, available as a free public download. Should you turn it loose on your own systems?
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