Gigawhat Ep. 30: The Cloud is Down
It’s a busy week as network issues across Amazon and the Playstation Network leave users frustrated and doubtful of the whole cloud hype. Meanwhile, everyone’s up in arms about the iPhone – is it really tracking everywhere you going? Is Steve Jobs keep tabs on you?
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iPhone Location Tracking: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/iphone-tracking-followup.html
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/21/the-iphone-tracking-fiasco-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Amazon Cloud Disruptions: http://techland.time.com/2011/04/22/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-outages-amazon-web-service-disruptions-continue/
Playstation Network Down: http://www.destructoid.com/sony-admits-hackers-have-taken-down-playstation-network-199468.phtml
Mortal Kombat: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/mortal-kombat/index.html?tag=topten%3Ball%3B1
Portal 2: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/portal-2/index.html?tag=topten%3Ball%3B2
iPhone 5 Rumors and Mocks: http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/22/iphone-5-design/
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