Amazon’s US-East Region 1 data center is a popular choice for their ELB (Elastic Load Balancing) service because it’s cheap and typically is the first data center to get new services when Amazon rolls them out. It also tends to be a headache for US-East customers who rely on its CDN delivery network. On Christmas…
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Possible new species of spider builds an exact replica of itself as a decoy
A possible new species of spider in the Cyclosa genus has been discovered that builds a realistic, larger fake decoy spider to confuse predators (or to lure in prey). The decoy spider is built like a larger version of the spider itself, complete with legs and all, and is about an inch in body length.…
Finally, digital single issue comics from DC now available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble online stores
Single issues of digital DC Comics are now available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple. Previously digital single issues were available only in Comixology and DC Apps and the only comics viewable on Amazon and Barnes and Noble devices were graphic novels. The new digital single issues can be viewed on the color Amazon…
Reports indicate Amazon is close to greenlighting new, original musical comedy titled “Browsers”
Reports indicate that Amazon is getting close to greenlighting a new, original musical comedy titled “Browsers”. The single-camera project was originally developed last year at CBS, but it didn’t get beyond the script stage. “Browsers” revolves around four interns working at a Huffington Post-esque website, with musical elements woven into the narrative.
Amazon rolls out new Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app for easy storage of photos on the cloud
Amazon has rolled out a new photo-management application, Cloud Drive Photos for Android, this morning. The application integrates tightly with the photo capabilities in Android. Users can press and hold a photo in the gallery and choose “Upload to Cloud Drive” to send photos to Amazon’s cloud storage service or choose to upload all photos…
Amazon EC2 goes down – takes Reddit, Flipboard, Github, and others down with it
Rumor: Amazon in talks to buy TI mobile chip division bringing vertical business model more in line with Apple and Samsung
Rumors are circulating that Amazon is looking to buy Texas Instruments’ (TI) smartphone and table oriented OMAP chips division, bringing its table business model more in line with Apple and Samsung. Recall that TI recently announced that it was exiting the smartphone and OMAP chip business and moving its focus to embedded platforms (particularly in…
Amazon opens online Halloween Store featuring everything under the sun that is Halloween related
Amazon introduces cool new gear including 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD tablet
Lot’s of new gear introduced by Amazon today. Amazon held an invite-only event in an airplane hanger in Santa Monica, California. Guests were treated to several product announcements, some of which could be game changers. They again stressed the tablet as a service device and not a gadget (which means Amazon makes their profits off…








