Adding to the popularity of its Relational Database Service (RDS) with MySQL, Amazon Web Services will soon add support for Oracle databases under RDS. – Amazon Web Services has announced that it
plans to make Oracle Database 11g available via the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon
RDS), during the second quarter of 2011.
Amazon
RDS is a Web service that makes it easier to set up, operate and scale a
relational database in the cloud. …
Amazon reports that Kindle ebooks are outselling paperbacks sold via its online storefront, but sales figures for the Kindle e-reader remain elusive. – In a twist that will likely have paper-loving bibliophiles screaming in
agony, Amazon.com’s Kindle ebooks have apparently started outselling
paperbacks, having already surpassed hardcovers.
Amazon sold 115 Kindle books for every 100 paperbacks moved through its
online storefront, the
company re…
Motorola’s Atrix 4G may list for $150 from Amazon and Costco, but combined with a potential $150 price point for the docking stations, it might be hard for consumers to purchase. – Despite wearing the mantle of being the most powerful smartphone on Earth,
the Motorola Atrix 4G may not have a price tag that reflects that bold
description.
Android Central found both an Amazon product page and a Costco inventory screen that listed the high-end smartphone at
$150.
This …
Verizon is acquiring cloud-service provider Terremark Worldwide to compete against Amazons cloud by offering customers security, IAAS and managed services. – Verizon Communications
is acquiring Terremark Worldwide for $1.4 billion to enhance its cloud-computing
capabilities, the companies said Jan. 27.
The acquisition of the Miami-based
cloud services and data-center-hosting provider will expand Verizons ability to
provide IT services to corporate c…
Verizon acquired cloud service provider Terremark Worldwide to compete against Amazons cloud by offering customers security, infrastructure-as-a-service, and managed services. – Verizon Communications acquired Terremark Worldwide for $1.4
billion to enhance its cloud computing capabilities, the company said Jan. 27.
The acquisition of the Miami-based cloud services and data
center hosting provider will expand Verizons ability to provide information
technology services t…
eXo provides Java developers working with Amazon Web Services Elastic Beanstalk with a new Integrated Development Environment (IDE). – To help with the tooling process, eXo, a maker of Java user
experience and portal technologies, has announced the eXo Cloud IDE for
Elastic Beanstalk, the new platform as a service from Amazon Web
Services.
The recently announced AWS Elastic Beanstalk
enables Java developers to easily deploy an…
Amazon Web Services launched Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to provide businesses with large-scale bulk e-mail messaging in the cloud. – Amazon Web
Services Jan. 25 launched a bulk e-mail service for businesses and developers,
providing a messaging option for the cloud-computing provider’s arsenal of
Web-based services.
AWS intends
Amazon SES (Amazon Simple Email Service) as an alternative to the thorny work
of building a custo…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) delivers a new service known as AWS Elastic Beanstalk, which is aimed at, initially, helping Java developers more easily deploy applications on the AWS cloud. –
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the
beta release of a new service known as AWS Elastic Beanstalk, which
provides an easy way for developers to quickly deploy and manage applications
in the AWS cloud.
In
an interview with eWEEK, Adam Selipsky, vice president of Amazon Web Services,
s…
A recap of security news for the past week touches security researchers, vendors and attackers alike. – Security vendors, researchers and the Web’s bad actors all made the news
this past week.
The week closed with news that David Kernell, the man convicted of breaking
into Sarah Palin’s
e-mail account during the 2008 U.S. presidential election, had been sent to
prison instead of a halfway house …
Amazon’s forthcoming app store promises users an alternative Android Market that promises better and more visible apps. – Lost amid the uproarious din first generated by the Consumer Electronics Show and then closely followed by Verizons triumphant release of an old iPhone model was my favorite announcement of the new year: Amazon is creating its own Android application store, and the online retailer will be certifying…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is moving Treasury.gov, SIGTARP.gov, MyMoney.gov, TIGTA.gov and IRSOversightBoard.treasury.gov to Amazon EC2 as part of the federal government’s shift toward cloud services. – The Department of Treasury has moved its main Website and four other agency
sites to Amazon Web Services, said Smartronix, the systems provider that
handled the migration, on Jan. 10.
The revamped Treasury.gov Website, SIGTARP.gov, MyMoney.gov, TIGTA.gov and
IRSOversightBoard.treasury.gov are al…
A security researcher will reveal at Black Hat DC how he deployed password-testing software on Amazon EC2 to break into a secured wireless network using WPA-PSK. – Specialized software running over Amazon’s cloud services can be used to
crack passwords on wireless networks, said a German security researcher on Jan.
7.
Thomas Roth, a security and software
engineering consultant at Lanworks AG, in Cologne,
Germany, will be
publicizing his research at the …
Amazon Web Services (AWS) officials say there are at least five key features that fly under the radar and can be useful for cloud computing customers, including flexible pricing options and virtual private cloud capability. – Think
you know all there is to know about Amazon Web
Services (AWS) and its cloud computing strategy? Think again. AWS says
there are several underrated features, or quot;unsung secrets, quot; many
users and observers do not necessarily know about.
Since
Amazon Web Services launched in 2006…
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Amazon launches a new Appstore Developer Portal for mobile app developers who want to sell their Android apps on the Amazon platform. – Amazon.com has launched the Amazon Appstore Developer Portal to enable mobile application developers to sell their apps using the strength of Amazons platform.
In short, Amazon is getting “appy” with it, according to a blog post from the Amazon Appstore team. The new Amazon Appstore Developer Porta…
A new year has just begun. And if you’re like many of us, you may already be well on your way to forgetting any New Year’s resolutions you made during an evening of revelry. But when it comes to your life with technology, a sobering fact remains: bad habits can cost you. The good news: [...]
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 owners, like those with an Apple iPad or iPhone or Android and BlackBerry devices, now have their own Kindle app for reading e-books. – Amazon just made e-book reading a little more egalitarian, with the
introduction of Kindle for Windows Phone 7. The first major e-book app
for Microsofts new mobile OS, it enables owners of Windows Phone 7
smartphones to take advantage of Amazons Buy Once, Read Everywhere
Kindle applications.
…
Amazon plans to issue Kindle apps for Android and Windows-based tablets, even as its Kindle device continues to battle the Apple iPad in the marketplace. – Amazon plans to issue Kindle
applications for Android and Windows LCD tablets in a bid to spread its e-reader
software onto as many devices as possible. A free Kindle application already exists for
the Apple iPad, currently the best-selling tablet on the market.
Amazons Kindle application, whic…
News Analysis: The Amazon Kindle is selling extremely well. Although some may wonder if Apple will take down the e-reader next year, it seems more likely now than ever that it will fare just fine. –
Amazon.com
announced Dec. 27 that the companys third-generation Kindle is now the top-selling product
it has ever offered. With that news, some in the tech industry were undoubtedly
taken aback, especially considering that Apple, the company that typically wins
out in battles over consum…
