Stories Tagged as
Cloud computing
Will Ubuntu revolutionize mobile computing?
by
Molly Wood
Aug 14, 2013
A startup seeks to make your smartphone into your PC.
Oracle sees future with NYSE; gives NASDAQ the boot
Jun 21, 2013
Oracle is leaving the NASDAQ and moving over to the New York Stock Exchange.
For software giant Oracle, the cloud of doom
by
Molly Wood
Mar 20, 2013
For years, Oracle's business has been selling big, expensive computers to hold all your data. The cloud has upended that business model and Oracle's latest profit report could tell us if the company is adjusting.
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.
Competition heads for the cloud
by
Queena Kim
Jul 2, 2012
After a vicious storm knocks out some cloud computing services, competitors look to profit.
Storms hit Amazon data center, Netflix and Instagram
Jul 2, 2012
Amazon's servers were hit by a storm in Virginia. Those data centers are also home to storage for other major websites like Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram.
Google wants to store your stuff in its cloud
by
Molly Wood
Apr 25, 2012
Google Drive premieres, offering users five gigabytes or more of space for documents, pictures, videos, what-have-yous. Plus, learn this term: liquidmetal.
For public good, not for profit.
Greenpeace says Apple and Amazon have dirty clouds
by
Molly Wood
Apr 19, 2012
Greenpeace says some companies running cloud services are doing better than others from an environmental stewardship point of view. It gives Amazon and Apple Fs. Plus, "The Legend of Grimrock" shows you the fun to be had while trapped in a dungeon.
Megaupload users could have data deleted soon
by
Adriene Hill
Jan 30, 2012
U.S. prosecutors warn that they may soon delete their personal data they have stored on the file-sharing site Megaupload, citing illegal transfer of music and movies on the site.
Megaupload case exposes cloud computing risks
by
Bob Moon
Jan 30, 2012
Users of blocked file-sharing site Megaupload could have their photos and personal documents purged. How safe is it to store data in the cloud?