Infoworld – OpenStack , the open source "cloud operating system," has stirred community excitement and attracted a vendor following, including Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, and Red Hat. But until now one thing has been lacking: A high-profile corporate customer willing to talk about its OpenStack implementation. More: continued here
Street Fight Daily: Ebay's Same-Day Delivery, Google Localizes Political SpendStreet FightEBay has launched a new same-day shipping service called 'eBay Now, which will allow shoppers to gain same-day shipping on goods sold by local retailers. The new service puts eBay in direct competition with Amazon, which already offers same-day … More: continued here
Fake stamp paper case: court denies relief to Telgi's nephewIBNLive.comTabrej was arrested in Pune for counterfeiting government stamps and was sentenced to seven years in jail by a sessions court there and was lodged in Yerwada Central Prison there. The Delhi ACMM's court had sentenced Tabrej on June 11, 2009, …and more » More: continued here
Nicira, Inc., the network virtualization company, today announced that one of its customers, eBay, is running Nicira’s Network Virtualization Platform in a production OpenStack environment to rapidly test and deploy new Web applications. More: continued here
Authorities are investigating a carbon monoxide incident at Baltimore's main post office. More: continued here
Carbon monoxide leak closes downtown post office annexBaltimore SunA carbon monoxide incident closed an annex at Baltimore City's Main Post Office Monday and sent two people to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Fire crews responded at about 8:30 a.m. to the one-story annex at Colvin and Lexington streets, … More: continued here
Daily Mail London 2012 Olympics: Morrissey hits out at Games and Royal FamilyDaily MailThe rock star, who has come out with controversial remarks in the past, has said that he can not even bring himself to watch the Olympics, slating the presence of the Royal Family and David and Victoria Beckham in the process. He…
New Wetley Rocks Post Office set to be based in petrol stationThis is StaffordshireVILLAGERS could soon see the return of their post office after plans were unveiled to open a new service inside a petrol station shop. The Post Office wants to re-introduce services in Wetley Rocks after the village's branch in Meadow Avenue closed…
Stamp Paper Scam: Court Denies Relief to Telgi's NephewOutlookThe plea of fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi's nephew Tabrej Ahmed Telgi to set off his five-year sentence in an offshoot case here against the jail term served by him since January 2004 as under trial in another case in Pune has been …and…
Boston.com Kill the Farm BillThe Weekly Standard (blog)While keeping food stamps intact as an entitlement, the welfare reforms of the 1990s transformed SNAP into a “hand up” that went to many people who worked full-time for low wages. On the farms, meanwhile, subsidy and insurance programs typically …Congress Breaks For 5 Weeks, But Much Work…