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Monday, July 2, 2012

Friday’s storms raise questions about safety of cloud computing

Storm-related outages at an Amazon data center in Ashburn prompted some congressional officials on Monday to question whether the federal government is moving too swiftly to put important data on private-sector cloud computing servers.

The outages affected companies such as Netflix and Pinterest, not the government. But several federal agencies have moved e-mail and other services to cloud servers, which are housed at remote data centers and typically managed by technology companies such as Amazon or Google.

Man Destroys T-Mobile Store In UK: Video Here

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Chesty Femme Fatale Robs Gas Station at Bust-Point

100 Great Things ABOUT AMERICA!

From engineering feats, to cartoon dogs, to entrepreneurial gumption, America has plenty to celebrate. For the third year running, Fortunepresents 100 outstanding things about the U.S.A.

"The ‘Busy’ Trap"

"The ‘Busy’ Trap"

If you live in America in the 21st century you’ve probably had to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It’s become the default response when you ask anyone how they’re doing: “Busy!” “So busy.” “Crazy busy.” It is, pretty obviously, a boast disguised as a complaint. And the stock response is a kind of congratulation: “That’s a good problem to have,” or “Better than the opposite.”