Data Center

Windows Azure turns 1 in ‘anemic’ market

Microsoft slowly ramps up adoption of Windows Azure cloud platform

US peer-to-peer traffic lower than world average

But the majority of content traded via the BitTorrent protocol is under copyright protection, according to Envisional

Pervasive’s parallel development API paired with Hadoop MapReduce

EU struggles with online consumer rights

Legislators face criticism from consumer groups for failing to take account of downloads

Lawsuit claims AT&T cheats iPhone, iPad owners on data

Wireless carrier accused of inflating data transfers, billing for 'phantom' downloads

Senate’s H-1B foes begin new attack

Senators Grassley, Durbin question student-visa work extension

Mozy’s move could bring storm to unlimited cloud storage

Mozy has increased prices, ended unlimited consumer online storage plans; other providers likely to follow suit, says analyst

China search engine Baidu sees Q4 profits nearly triple

The China-based search engine continues to dominate the market, with Google a distant second

Apple hit with another suit alleging privacy violations

The class-action suit says that Apple allows for the tracking of iPhone and iPad users' browsing habits, without user consent

Ham radio not a viable option for Egypt

There are few licensees in Egypt and so far there have been no confirmed transmissions