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Amazon Beefs Up Its Cloud Ahead of MS Announcement 89

Amazon has announced several major improvements to its EC2 service for cloud computing. The service is now in production (no longer beta); it offers a service-level agreement; and Windows and SQL Server are available in beta form. ZDNet points out that all this news is intended to take some wind out of Microsoft's sails as MS is expected to introduce its own cloud services next week at its Professional Developers Conference.
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Journal Journal: Funny prank 1

Go to this website: http://www.shaveeverywhere.com/

After you watch the commercial, click the send to a friend link at the bottom. Pose as a friends wife/GF/SO and put in your friends email address.

Then they get an email from their wife, basically asking asking them to shave their $#%^ #$^*#, and #$^%$*.

The whole thing makes me entirely uncomfortable.

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Journal Journal: More Troops in Iraq 9

Why is everyone up in arms about Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq when almost no one who has an opinion actually has the remotest idea of whether it's the right thing to do?

Just curious.

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Journal Journal: Trouble Bubble LLC Credit Card Scam

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/67893

DSLR Spam and SCAM forum: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14286212~days=9999

Description: VISA CHECK CARD PURCHASE DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS
Amount: $24.99
Transaction Date: 09/19/2005

Also:
Description: VISA CHECK CARD PURCHASE WWW.BURDETTINC.COM 801-407-1342 UT
Amount: $9.95
Transaction Date: 09/20/2005

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