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Keeping cloud computing reliable in the storm, and Russia's new Internet surveillance program
by
Molly Wood
Nov 2, 2012
One of the most common images of this week's hurricane, power-sharing: People huddling with their phones and laptops plugged into power strips set up in bank foyers, coffee shops, or dangled helpfully out windows.
After Sandy, the marathon must go on
Nov 2, 2012
The New York City Marathon will go off as scheduled Sunday morning as the city still deals with clean up, massive power outages, and limited transit services.
Telecommuting takes center stage
by
Amy Scott
Nov 2, 2012
Superstorm Sandy has many companies rethinking flexible scheduling plans.
How people behave after a crisis like Hurricane Sandy
Nov 2, 2012
Professor Dan Ariely discusses why there's an altruistic feeling following a crisis and what happens when everyone is going after a few limited resources.
Sandy strands elderly in New York highrises
Nov 1, 2012
New York is boosting food deliveries to elderly residents stuck in powerless high-rise buildings. Nonprofits are scrambling to help too.
AT&T and T-Mobile combine service in storm zone
by
David Gura
Nov 1, 2012
But is the move by the rival phone companies more about business than helping out?
Atlantic City struggles to reboot after Sandy
Nov 1, 2012
In Atlantic City on the New Jersey shore, the casinos remain closed and are estimated to be losing $5 million a day. Residents are still coping with the aftermath of the storm -- digging out, rebuilding, and waiting to get back online.
For public good, not for profit.
Rebuilding after Sandy in an age of austerity
Nov 1, 2012
All the state governments in the path of Sandy say they’re going to rebuild infrastructure. In this age of budget austerity, where will the money come from?
Send in the phone drones
by
Molly Wood
Nov 1, 2012
AT&T and T-Mobile say they have temporarily jury-rigged their network in parts of the Northeast so that customers who can't reach their normal cellphone connection can use the rival's tower without extra charge.
After Sandy, New York's new normal
Nov 1, 2012
It's been three days since Sandy hit New York City and as residents wake up this morning, the city is still staggering back to normal.