Results tagged "Gmail"
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Google Compute Engine Is No Threat to Amazon, Microsoft, RackSpace
June 29, 2012 09:33 AM
With limited configurations, virtual machine and operating system support, the beta version of Compute Engine isn't likely to steal users from Amazon and other IaaS leaders.Backing Up Cloud Apps
April 26, 2012 09:00 AM
When I first heard that Backupify had developed a backup service for cloud applications like Facebook, I must admit I snickered a little at the thought of someone thinking that Facebook data was worth backing up to anyone but Facebook. When they called again and said they could now back up Google Apps, they got my attention.Tape Backups Come To Gmail Users' Rescue
March 07, 2011 09:00 AM
The folks at Google installed a new version of the Gmail back-end storage software recently. As sometimes happens when code moves from development to production, it broke, and 0.02 percent of Gmail's multitudes lost access to their mailboxes. Google's techs are furiously restoring data from backup tapes while the blogosphere and twitterverse are all abuzz about how the cloud is falling. So what can we learn from this?Google's Holiday Wish May Come True: An Online Clone Of Microsoft Office
December 15, 2006 02:47 PM
A Google team has visited the Korean company that makes ThinkFree Office, a clone of Microsoft Office, for acquisition talks twice in recent days, according to Korean press reports.Is Google Still The Ajax King?
August 23, 2006 01:27 PM
Google has taken a decisive lead in creative Ajax-based applications, but challengers abound. We review 20 other online apps to see how they stack up against Google's offerings.Microsoft Beta Tests Outlook Express Replacement
July 19, 2006 04:52 PM
Microsoft provides the first wide-scale look at the ad-supported e-mail client that eventually will replace Outlook Express.Can Microsoft Regain Its Edge In Software?
June 20, 2006 04:00 AM
Software expert Michael Cusumano looks at the Microsoft-Google battle, Vista delay and other challenges facing Redmond.Weird "Ghost Spam" Testing Addresses
June 08, 2006 05:43 PM
The messages are unusual in that the send and from fields are the recipient's own address, and the subject heading is a number.FUDBusters: Google's GMail
April 09, 2004 04:00 AM
Will Google's new services solidify it's dominance, or be its downfall?
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On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
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