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Cloud computing: A catchphrase in puberty

Fail and You It’s been called a lot of things: utility computing, grid computing, distributed computing, and now cloud computing. You can come up with any CTO-friendly name you like, but they all mean the same shit: Renting your quickly depreciating physical assets out because your software company is out of ideas for computer programs. … Continue reading »

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Microsoft, Google, Yahoo sued for sex selection ads in India

Microsoft, Google and Yahoo were issued notices by India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, following a complaint that they were promoting techniques and products for the selection of an unborn child’s sex through advertising and links on their search engines. There is a deliberate attempt by these companies to target Indian users with advertisements that claim … Continue reading »

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Surfing Google may be harmful to your security

A well-known researcher specializing in website security has strongly criticized safety on Google, arguing the world’s biggest search engine needlessly puts its millions of users at risk.”Google is and will be and always has been vulnerable,” Robert Hansen, CEO of secTheory, told a standing-room-only audience at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas. “They haven’t … Continue reading »

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