Mid-day Minute - July 15 Tech
Microsoft announces cloud computing prices
Microsoft Corp. unveiled some of the pricing for its cloud computing platform, Windows Azure. It will offer a discount of 15% to 30% to developers and resellers who agree to work with them for six months or more. In the pay-per-use category, the company will charge 12 cents an hour for computing, 15 cents per gigabyte for storage and 10 cents per 10,000 storage transactions.
Google Voice App to soon appear on Blackberry, Android
Google Voice is headed for Blackberry and Android handsets which will allow users to manage voice mail, contacts, and make low-cost phone calls, according to reports surfacing on the Web today. Read Full Article Here.
EU partners with MTV on climate change
The European Union will partner with music channel MTV to raise awareness among teens about the dangers of climate change. MTV plans to host special climate change concerts in Stockholm, Budapest and Copenhagen in the run-up to the U.N. conference, which starts Dec. 7.
NASA starts fueling shuttle for 6th launch try today
NASA has started fueling the space shuttle for a sixth attempt to launch Endeavour on a mission to the international space station which is set lift off Wednesday evening at 6:03 p.m. ET. Forecasters put the odds of good weather at 60 percent.
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