C. Janine Hodge

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Microsoft’s bid for ailing Yahoo. As mentioned, it is certainly a situation to monitor, due to the potential implications if Microsoft acquires Yahoo. The stand-off wages on…

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On the morning of February 15, 2008, Amazon’s S3 service suffered an outage. It was resolved in a matter of hours, but affected a notable number of services and businesses.

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Following Yahoo’s recent release of information regarding its earnings, and the anticipation of massive lay-offs, Microsoft extended a nearly $45 billion deal to “help” Yahoo. Some interesting coverage and debate on this development can be found here, here, and here.

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There’s a great piece at Brainstorms & Raves on why it’s a good idea to thoroughly trash your old hard drives.

I can’t really think of much to personally add to Shirley’s breakdown on the subject, except to say that I am also first-hand experienced in how easy it can be to retrieve Continue Reading »

Amazon has long been a force with which to contend in the world of online retail. Now, they are trying to step things up a notch, apparently by competing with Paypal. One of Amazon’s newest venture is the new payment service TextPayMe.

The TextPayMe FAQ description opens thusly:

The TextPayMe service is powered by Amazon Payments and allows you to send and receive money through both your mobile phone and the TextPayMe website. Once you have registered with the TextPayMe service, you can make secure payments from your mobile phone and the website to any US mobile phone or email address. There is no cost to you or the person you send the payment to when you send a payment using TextPayMe.

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