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Yay, it's Apple rumor roundup time again, friends. Has the iOS 5.0 release date been delayed? Does that mean the iPhone 5 release date is also delayed? Could all this point to an iPad 3 in the fall? In this special IT Blogwatch late edition, bloggers debate, dispute, and discuss. Not to mention The huge risk of drinking a glass of milk just seconds from the expiration date...
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Amazon Cloud Drive opens new doors for Android users -- but before you fully commit to the service, there are a few important points you should consider.

I came back from my summer break to an avalanche of cloud computing facts and figures in my inbox. There are dozens of cloud computing forecasts and predictions out there, but its sometimes a challenge to figure out what they all actually mean.

Update: Amazon denies it shut down WikiLeaks website because Joe Lieberman asked, only for a ToS violation. But Senator Droopy tells it different, suggests other hosters should follow AWS's lead.
WikiLeaks website has been shut down temporarily, after Amazon censored it. Joe Lieberman apparently put pressure on Amazon to pull the site. But the cloud service provider isn't talking. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers accuse Amazon of being selective with its freedom of speech defenses. Not to mention It's loud with the Shop Vac on...
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The Ubuntu desktop is looking better than ever, but, it's the Ubuntu server, cloud, and ISV partnerships that will make Canonical profitable

Update: Google's Gmail fail is still causing users anguish, as many as 35,000 consumer Gmail and Google Apps users have been affected since Sunday. Google has had to resort to restoring from tape, which must hurt a bit. The company blames an update to its software for losing the replicated cloud stores.
Google says the problem causing an outage in Gmail and Google Apps is still in-play for some users. It blamed an errant software update for nuking all online copies of a few users' data, causing it to go back to the backup tapes. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers try to visualize 0.02% of a user base. Not to mention Celebrity facial Photoshops are the stuff of nightmares...
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The just-released beta of Microsoft Office 365 is an impressive cloud-based suite of apps particularly well suited for small and medium-sized businesses. I've put it through its paces. Here are three reasons you'll love it --- and two reason you'll hate it. Insider (registration required)

Google Chrome OS. So you understand what Chrome is: it's Google's Web browser, but why have an eponymous operating system? Isn't that a bit obfuscatory? Let's clear up the confusion and illuminate Google's strategy.
After all the noise over Google's Chrome OS announcement yesterday, I find people scratching their heads. They can't see the point of what Google's doing. They especially can't see the point for enterprise IT. Let's try and remedy that, in The Long View...

Analysis: Apple's iOS 5 and iCloud are great news for existing iPhone users, but they aren't enough to help Apple stop Android's ever-increasing momentum.

I've heard from reliable sources that Apple will offer a significant update to iMovie at next week's Macworld. It will largely focus on Internet video for the YouTube generation. Details follow...

Updated: The Cr-48 Chromebook is here, as rumored. But Google's netbook complete with cloudy Chrome OS is a 'pilot program'. So what's the real release date?
All signs point to Google launching a netbook running Chrome OS, with an initial release date of, well, today. The Atom based Chromebook and the cloud based OS are Google's attempt to bring thin-client computing into the 21st century. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if it'll catch on this time. Not to mention The TRONitizing Wizard...
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Google's upcoming cloud operating system, Chrome OS, in slated for a Q4 release date. The news was announced at Computex 2010 by a Google veep. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers see through a glass, darkly. Not to mention The Geek Alphabet...
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Oh ****, where's all this spam coming from? It looks like Carbonite, Inc. has been giving out customers' personal information. The company's admitted giving my email address to a third party, despite promising that it wouldn't. Should you be worried? Let's take The Long View...

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Apple introduced the world's smartest smartphone yesterday, with a faster processor, faster graphics, better camera and world-changing voice assistant technologies -- but many in the analyst and media communities are disappointed. Why? Because Apple didn't change the shape...really?

Apple has commenced its first public developer beta test for its new iCloud services, announced the first Web apps and set additional storage pricing for its much-improved cloud-based services suite.