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Apple profits grow an astounding 95% in Q2 of 2011

It's almost not even fair. With an uncanny ease, Apple continues to earn money hand over fist with unprecedented consistency. Apple yesterday released its earnings for the second quarter of 2011 and delivered EPS of $6.40 on revenue of $24.67 billio

Apr 21, 2011 2 mins

Apple Data Center

Cloud storage startup Cirtas retreats

The maker of cloud storage gateways is backing out of the market to reorganize

Apr 21, 2011 3 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Enterprise Storage

PlayBook’s first-day sales outdo Galaxy Tab and Xoom, analyst says

50,000 units sold on Tuesday, says RBC analyst

Apr 21, 2011 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Telecommunications Industry Wi-Fi

Visa, Gap use text messages to mobile phones for promotions

Customers show the text to a sales clerk to receive a discount

Apr 21, 2011 2 mins

Smartphones Technology Industry Telecommunications Industry

Open Source is Expensive

How much money would you invest for free software?

Apr 21, 2011 2 mins

Data Center Open Source

Amazon EC2 outage calls ‘availability zones’ into question

When multiple zones fail, Amazon's cloud redundancy isn't redundant enough

Apr 21, 2011 5 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Data Center

Google invests in another wind farm for its data centers

It's the second such investment that Google has made to reduce its carbon footprint

Apr 21, 2011 4 mins

Sustainable IT

Apple faces questions from Congress about iPhone tracking

Privacy attorney says Apple may be looking at lawsuits, too

Apr 21, 2011 6 mins

Cybercrime Data Center Smartphones

Amazon cloud glitch knocks out popular Web sites

Server outage hits sites Reddit, Quora and Foursquare hard

Apr 21, 2011 3 mins

Cloud Computing Servers System Management

Verizon’s growth driven by lower tax estimates

The company also points to mobile growth during the first quarter of 2011

Apr 21, 2011 2 mins

Enterprise Technology Industry Telecommunications Industry