198 million Americans hit by 'largest ever' voter records leak
Personal data on 198 million voters, including analytics data that suggests who a person is likely to vote for and why, was stored on an unsecured Amazon server.
Latest from Zack Whittaker
Amazon opens Israel office to support startup efforts
The cloud giant will open an office in Tel Aviv in efforts to better support emerging companies in the region with its cloud storage and compute services.
Cloud contracts vague on security; more transparency needed
Cloud contracts contain vague terms and weak promises that ultimately affect satisfaction among users, according to the research firm.
Google Docs, Gmail hit by service disruption; company says it's investigating
UPDATED 3. The search giant said it was "investigating reports" of issues with three of its main cloud-based productivity apps, following reports of sluggish or downed service.
IBM bails on $600M CIA cloud deal, lets Amazon have it
Big Blue withdraws its bit to run the U.S. spy agency's private cloud, ceding to Amazon, which originally won the contract.
Here's what Google will look like in a post-antitrust Europe
Google and Europe are hammering out an antitrust settlement. Whether or not EU regulators will bite remains another thing, however.
German cloud management software firm Zimory secures $20M in funding
The German cloud management software firm announced on Monday it has secured funding from its newest investor, Deutsche Boerse, among others.
U.S. federal private cloud spending to hit $1.7B in 2014; IaaS leading
U.S. federal cloud spending is shooting up year-over-year, likely offsetting much of the disgruntled rumblings from cloud-wannabe's across the pond in Europe amid NSA spying.
JobBlogs: Facebook for business
I've been a little busy over the last few weeks, but it hasn't all been drinking and partying. I've been looking into JobBlogs, which has a highly innovative SaaS appliance, which blends together customer relation management and project management, with social media within business as a main selling point, into one central application.
2009: what to expect (or at least hope for)
Zack Whittaker is still trying to work out where he lives, after one massive new year party last night. This post was written a few days ago.