Tag Archives: infrastructure

Microsoft finishes migrating Hotmail users to Outlook.com, adds direct SkyDrive sharing

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When Microsoft took Outlook.com public, it also took on the rather daunting task of moving 300 million-plus Hotmail accounts over to the more modern infrastructure without drawing our wrath. However you feel about the new interface, that transitio…


Microsoft reportedly working on Mohoro, an Azure-hosted remote desktop service

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Microsoft is plumbing the depths of cloud computing yet again with the development of what could be a pay-per-use desktop virtualization service called Mohoro. According to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Mohoro is essentially Azure’s answer to Remote Desk…


Huawei loves the US too much to leave, doesn’t like it enough to stay

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Huawei VP Eric Xu has been quoted as saying that the company isn’t “interested in the US market anymore,” but that doesn’t mean he’s packing his bags. Huawei will continue to push its infrastructure and handset businesses in the States, despite be…


DoJ reportedly asks service providers to dodge Wiretap Act

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It’s funny how a few tweaks can make a Government program go from completely legal, to questionably so. A new secret authorization puts the US Justice Department on the fuzzy side of the legal line, approving the expansion of a program originally …


Huawei has lost interest in US market for its network gear after inquiries

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In recent months scrutiny has intensified over the involvement of Chinese companies in US networking infrastructure, and as a result Huawei announced it’s through trying to crack the market. Financial Times quotes VP Eric Xu saying that it is “not…


Nationwide Insurance uses lawyers to protect details of October security breach

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Nationwide Insurance wants to keep possible weaknesses in its digital infrastructure under wraps as state and federal investigators look into its October security breach that left 1.1 million Americans’ information exposed. The compan…


Spam war caused failure at critical internet exchange center

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The dust is settling from this week’s Dutch DDoS attacks — by some accounts, the largest denial-of-service action ever mounted, channeling 300 gigabits of junk traffic to the web’s weakest spots. For the most part, our tubes per…


US wants Sprint-SoftBank deal to avoid Chinese network equipment: WSJ

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In order for the $20 billion acquisition of Sprint Nextel by Japan’s SoftBank to go ahead, the US government wants to oversee network equipment purchases in a bid to keep Huawei and ZTE products out of the nation’s infrast…


Google’s decision to scrap Reader influenced by the cost of privacy compliance

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Google is taking a lot of heat for its decision to scrap the popular Reader RSS feed aggregator, leading many to question why it would pull the plug on such a popular service. It turns out that the answer might have a lot to do with t…


Dropbox acquires email startup Mailbox

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Cloud storage powerhouse Dropbox might be looking to expand its offerings to email with the announcement of the acquisition of startup Mailbox. Mailbox currently provides an email client for iPhone users, and as of today the only plan is to use Dropbox’s infrastructure to launch Mailbox on a wider scale, but the future could see [...]