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Apple iCloud to be iPopular

Apple Inc. has joined the race in offering cloud computing services along with Google Inc., Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. Apple's iCloud service are intended to be used by 76 percent of iPhone users, according to a RBC Capital Markets survey.
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Apple iOS 5 stole the WWDC show (and ideas from Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7)

Apple, well-known for creating proprietary software, is probably running out of ideas these days as people have pointed out that many features in the new version of its mobile operating system - iOS 5 - launched earlier this month at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 were borrowed from other mobile OS such as Android, BlackBerry and even Windows Phone 7.
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Microsoft's cloud venture Windows Azure poised for take off

Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows Azure, is similar to cloud sky in many ways, according to reports of a test at the available production-level features in Microsoft's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, but with some major differences
A man looks at an iPhone at the Apple store in New York May 23, 2011.

In the post-pc era, Apple set to rule

With the range of new devices emerging from Apple, executives are quick to tout a post-PC consumer world where users roam free from their desktops with tablets and smartphones. But this is also a world that Apple is also poised to dominate, analysts say.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees work on the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) operational watch floor at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho

US Govt launches pilot cyber defense program with ISPs, defense firms

Faced with a growing threat from hacking and other cyber crimes, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have joined hands with leading ISPs and private defense contractors to launch a pilot program called DIB Cyber Pilot that will help strengthen their network defenses.
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3 Reasons why Google’s Chrome OS will fail

With the announcement of the Chromebook from Google, tech analysts, investors and consumers are watching closely to see if Google is more than a two trick pony. Google isn’t the only company betting big on the cloud either - Apple, Microsoft and Amazon have all made big moves into the cloud.
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White House's first chief information officer to leave

Vivek Kundra , who is the White House's first chief information officer and was the key leader in his administration's effort to streamline the federal government's massive IT infrastructure is leaving in August for a fellowship at Harvard.
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Microsoft releases Kinect software for developers

Microsoft Corp made available on Thursday a Windows 7-compatible test version of the software behind its hit Kinect motion-sensing game device, in the hope that developers will invent a host of hands-free features for standard PCs.
Steve Jobs Comic Book

First Steve Jobs Comic Book On the Way

Bluewater Productions is set to release a comic book on Steve Jobs that it says will tackle both his innovative genius, and his egomaniacal, corporate pirate side.

Will Intel Gain Success from Atom?

Intel is aggressively ramping its Atom chips offering to target handhelds, tablets, connected TVs, automobiles, industrial applications, and other applications.

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