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• Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, it's all about Hyper-Hybrid

  By Thor Olavsrud | 11 February, 2012 04:11

  Cloud computing has gone from being a promising technology to a reality that brings a unique set of challenges along with benefits. To fully leverage the disruptive potential of cloud without getting trapped in a web of integration complexity, CIOs and their IT organizations need to focus on what it means to rethink their business as a collection of services.

• Crowd-funding site offers open alternative to Kickstarter

  By Cameron Scott | 11 February, 2012 12:08

  Crowd-funding website Crowdtilt officially launched on Friday, expanding upon the collective fundraising model pioneered by Kickstarter to enable raising money for any project -- even a beer blitz.

• Choose the right chargeback solution for greater cloud cost savings

  By Andrew LaCroix, director of solutions architecture at Cloud Cruiser | 11 February, 2012 09:30

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 February, 2012 09:19

  The Iranian government has severed some citizens' connections to secure websites and services, including Twitter and Google's Gmail, according to reports by Iranians and network experts.

• How the Phoenix Suns basketball team takes on social media attacks

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 February, 2012 07:31

  Every sport has its fans, and the Phoenix Suns basketball team is finding that use of social networking has become one of the main ways to keep in touch with its fan base -- though it can get dicey when basketball fans across the NBA go a little wild before big games.

• FCC map: Large areas not covered by mobile broadband

  By Grant Gross | 11 February, 2012 06:56

  Large portions of the western half of the U.S. do not have access to 3G or faster mobile broadband service, according to a new map released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

• Google abandons big, black drop-down menu

  By Cameron Scott | 11 February, 2012 05:38

  Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.

• Most social net users are kind, Pew survey finds

  By Sharon Gaudin | 11 February, 2012 05:32

  A majority of U.S. social networking users say their fellow users mostly kind, and that the sites make them feel good about themselves.

• Google: Concerns over Instant unwarranted

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 September, 2010 03:20

  Google shook the search market last week with the launch of Instant, a new feature that lets the company's search engine refresh results on the fly as people type their queries.

• In depth: Online backup services keep your data safe

  By Brian Nadel | 07 February, 2012 02:08

  It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7 per cent of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.

• SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts

  By Jared Newman | 19 January, 2012 01:31

  The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act are getting more negative attention, as major websites such as Wikipedia plan to protest the bills with blackouts on Wednesday. Even Google will join the action, with a link on its homepage explaining why the company opposes the legislation.

• Rumble in the Cloud: 5 Cloud storage services compared

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 08 December, 2011 04:29

  It used to be that when I said "Cloud services," people's eyes would glaze over and in minutes they'd be gently snoring. That was then. This is now. While CIOs and CTOs still debate about what role the Cloud will have in business, personal Cloud services have been slowly easing their way into almost everyone's computing plans.

• 10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

  By JR Raphael | 08 December, 2011 03:06

  For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?

• Apple and Spotify create ripples in the streaming music qorld

  By Eric Mack | 30 November, 2011 06:59

  The arrival of Apple's iCloud and iTunes Match this month, coupled with Spotify's October drop of its invite-only requirement, seem to have shaken the online music world.

• Guide: How to bulletproof your website

  By Esther Shein | 29 November, 2011 03:32

  'Tis the season to begin ramping up online shopping activity, and for retailers that means doing all they can to ensure their websites are up, highly available and able to handle peak capacity. Looming in many IT managers' minds is the cautionary tale of Target, whose website crashed twice after it was inundated by an unprecedented number of online shoppers when the retailer began selling clothing and accessories from high-end Italian fashion company Missoni.

• Guide: How to use Twitter for customer support

  By David Daw | 17 November, 2011 05:25

  You can use Twitter for more than just gaining a huge mass of followers. It's also a great way to engage with customers--even dissatisfied ones--and turn them into happy advocates of your brand in less time than traditional customer service often takes. All it takes is being active on Twitter and following a few simple steps.

• Technology argument 6: Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

  By Jeff Caruso | 15 November, 2011 09:37

  Much has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the autumn of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before.