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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
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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.
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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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Apple to dare Nintendo, Sony by giving Phone 5 the latest mobile graphics architecture

There is apparently more evidence that Apple is prepared to dare the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo and vie for the gaming pie. The warrior is iPhone 5 and the arsenal include the A5 processor with a dual-core graphics core and the most powerful mobile graphics processing architecture built to date. New rumors that float around suggest the iPhone will have strong gaming capabilities supported by multi-core A5 processor and Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics process...
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Xbox 720: Xbox 360 successor soon

If rumors can be believed Microsoft will announce Xbox 720 at E3 2012. An industry source at Crytek was quoted by Videogamer.com, who revealed that Microsoft wants to make its new console announcement ahead of rival Sony and will do so in the next 12 months and 'likely' at next year's E3.
iCloud Banner at Apple WWDC, San Francisco

Apple iCloud vs. Existing players: Meet the top 5 rivals

There are a few existing online storage and data syncing services that are providing online file storage, and the necessary tools and apps to keep everything synced. But because of the entry of Apple iCloud into their territory, they may have cause for concern.
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Microsoft objects to Nortel patent sale terms

Google should not be allowed to buy thousands of patents belonging to bankrupt Nortel Networks under current sale terms, Microsoft said on Monday, the deadline for bids in an closely watched auction.

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