theITChannel Podcast Episode 23: Outages is a Social Concern

Stories this week: 1. A week of outages. Looks like lots of outages this week. Facebook, Sidekick, Twitter.
a. Are we relying to much on technology?
b. What is the backup when these happens?
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10373349-36.html
- http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815
- http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/

2. E-Books how useful are they? Everyone seems to be pushing it. We talked about this last week and we are revisiting the viability of e-Books and e-book readers. Including an announcement by Google to launch a new Bookstore/Remote Download. With Google coming in, it will help other ebook readers compete with amazon as an alternative ebook provider. Online Stores Rules.

Google's Announcement
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173749/google_online_bookstore_fuels_ereader_war.html

E-Books Avaliable/Announcements
http://gizmodo.com/5379050/ebook-craze-goes-outside
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/5-inch-bebook-mini-now-shipping-in-the-us-for-199-hands-on/
http://gizmodo.com/5378234/why-i-think-e+ink-readers-are-dumb

3. Malaysia Step up to protect Personal Data
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/10/8/technology/20091008134431&sec=technology

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