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USDA moves e-mail to Chicago-area cloud
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving to a cloud-based system for e-mail, with its data being stored in Microsoft’s data center in suburban Chicago.
Cloud computing moves applications to the Internet, cutting costs and facilitating easier access to information. The USDA said it awarded a contract in May to Dell for Microsoft Online Services, aiming to move all of its e-mail, instant messaging and collaboration applications to the cloud.
Microsoft’s data center in Northlake opened in September 2009 and is home to thousands of servers that provide processing power and storage for the company’s cloud services. Get the full story »
Google takes wraps off first Chrome PCs
The first laptops powered by Google Inc’s Chrome system will hit store shelves later than expected, as the Internet company works out bugs in a family of Web-centric computers intended to take on Microsoft Corp and Apple Inc . Get the full story »
Comcast says no plan for usage-based pricing
Comcast has no plans to start charging customers based on how much broadband is consumed by online video and other content, a top executive said on Tuesday. Get the full story »
Microsoft plans ‘do not track’ feature in browser
Microsoft plans to introduce a new “tracking protection” feature in the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, which will let users filter out sites they don’t want to share information with. Get the full story »
Google mobile head says Nexus One too ambitious
The head of Google’s Android mobile operating software says the search company “bit off a little more than we could chew” with the sale of the Nexus One, a smart phone Google began selling online early this year but then stopped offering after similar devices powered by Android hit the market. Get the full story »
Massive outage takes down blogging site Tumblr
The popular blogging site Tumblr is working to recover from an outage that’s left it out of service for at least 15 hours.
Tumblr says the problem is in one of its database clusters, or collection of databases. Get the full story »
Comcast back online after Midwest outage
An Internet service outage affecting Comcast customers in the Chicago area, northwest Indiana, southwest Michigan and Minnesota came to an end early Monday morning. The outage of high-speed Internet started at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and ended at 12:15 a.m. Monday, said a Comcast spokeswoman. Comcast provided updates on the outage to customers via Twitter account @comcastcares. Get the full story>>
Sources: Groupon rejects Google’s offer; will stay independent
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason speaks at the company's headquarters on Aug. 31, 2010. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
By Melissa Harris and Wailin Wong
The deal didn’t tip after all.
Chicago-based Groupon Inc. has turned down an acquisition offer from Google Inc. and is staying independent, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation said Friday.
The two companies had been engaged in talks, with speculation about the marriage reaching a fever pitch over the last week. Mountain View, Calif.-based Google reportedly had offered between $5 billion and $6 billion for the daily deal start-up. Get the full story »
Feds check wrong person’s e-mail in spam probe
It’s the online equivalent of police breaking down the wrong door.
Court documents show that a typo caused federal investigators in Milwaukee to go through an innocent person’s e-mail account as they tried to track down an alleged Russian spammer.
An FBI agent says in a search-warrant affidavit that as soon as he discovered his mistake he stopped reviewing the e-mails, sealed them and sought a new search warrant for the correct address. Get the full story »
Viacom appeals ruling in YouTube copyright case
Viacom is appealing a court decision that YouTube obeyed copyright laws even though the Internet video site used to show thousands of pirated clips.
The challenge filed Friday in a federal appeals court in New York had been expected since a June ruling rebuffed Viacom’s copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube and its owner, Google Inc. Get the full story »
Accused ’spam king’ pleads not guilty
A Russian man accused of masterminding a vast worldwide spamming network has pleaded not guilty in a Wisconsin federal court.
Oleg Nikolaenko was arraigned Friday morning in Milwaukee. The 23-year-old Moscow man was slightly disheveled in his orange prison jumpsuit. His attorney entered the plea while a Russian interpreter translated for Nikolaenko. Get the full story »
