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Netflix Will Launch Multiple User Profiles This Summer To Keep Your Recommendations Pristine

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU It’s a nuisance many Netflix users are familiar with–you log-on to watch something from the Criterion Collection, only to find that your recommendations are now littered with “Dora The Explorer” or “Say Yes To The Dress” because someone in your household with less erudite tastes in streaming entertainment used your account. Fortunately, Netflix Vice President of Product Innovation Todd Yellinconfirmed at E3 that Netflix will launch separate profiles for people sharing one…

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Dell Kills Project To Build Out Public Cloud, Sends Layoff Notices

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Dell has decided not to build out its public cloud and will instead rely on partners such as Joyent to provide infrastructure services. A source close to the matter said layoff notices at the company went out on Friday. The group had more than 300 people in it. It is not known who was laid off or offered other jobs in the company. A spokesperson said Dell would not comment about…

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SkyDrive celebrates 250 million users

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As reported on Engadget. By Terrence O’Brien Microsoft’s celebrating a rather important milestone for SkyDrive: 250 million users, with 50 million of those signing up in just the last seven months since the debut of Windows 8. With the cloud storage service being so tightly integrated into Microsoft’s new OS, it’s no surprise that its popularity has started to skyrocket. And, with recent upgrades to the platform, it’s becoming an increasingly viable alternative to competitors like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and SugarSync. To commemorate the…

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Microsoft reportedly working on Mohoro, an Azure-hosted remote desktop service

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee Microsoft is plumbing the depths of cloud computing yet again with the development of what could be a pay-per-use desktop virtualization service called Mohoro. According to ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley, Mohoro is essentially Azure‘s answer to Remote Desktop, but as a hosted service. Intended for “companies who want thin clients or to run legacy apps on new PCs,” her source states that, “With Mohoro, you click a few buttons, deploy your apps, use…

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Kloudless Launches Service That Uses Connectors To Move Files Between Different Cloud Services

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Kloudless launched at Disrupt NY 2013 today with its service for moving data from email to different cloud platforms through connectors which act like pipes that flow between the different services. The service offers a plugin that the user installs in Outlook or as an extension through their web browser to use in Gmail or other apps, said CEO Eliot Sun. Kloudless does not store any data, nor files, the service…

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Microsoft Launches Preview Of Skype For Outlook.com

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Microsoft has announced that it is launching a preview of Skype for Outlook.com starting in the UK. The service will be made available in the U.S. and Germany in the coming weeks before it is rolled out to the rest of the world. With the rollout of Skype for Web, the VoIP service joins Microsoft’s suite of online tools, including SkyDrive. Since its launch six months ago, Outlook.com, meant to replace the Hotmail…

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YouTube lets you relive the old-school look of VHS — in HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Joe Pollicino Sure, watching YouTube videos in HD is great when you want clarity, but maybe you’ve been yearning for that grainy, tape-recorded look. Marking what’s apparently the 57th anniversary of cassette-based video recording, the YouTube team has snuck a VHS tape-shaped button on select videos. Clicking it will the throw a filter over the content, providing a highly distorted and nostalgic feast for the eyes. There’s no official list of compatible content, but the…

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Sqwiggle Makes Working Remotely Less Lonely, More Awesome

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As reported in TechCrunch. by GREG KUMPARAK Hey Marissa! Check this one out. Sqwiggle is browser-based group video chat built with work-from-homers in mind. It’s got the office-like immediacy that Skype lacks, but without the noise of a Google Hangout. I’m kind of in love with it. As someone who puts words on the Internet for a living, I’ve been lucky enough to spend most of the last 5 years working from my home. Awesome, right? Yeah, to…

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IBM Roadrunner retires from the supercomputer race

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas For all the money and effort poured into supercomputers, their lifespans can be brutally short. See IBM’s Roadrunner as a textbook example: the 116,640-core cluster was smashing records just five years ago, and yet it’s already considered so behind the times that Los Alamos National Laboratory is taking it out of action today. Don’t mourn too much for the one-time legend, however. The blend of Opteron andCell processors proved instrumental to understanding energy flow in weapons while…

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Google Starts Testing Google Shopping Express In SF, With Free Delivery At Target, Walgreens, Staples And More

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Google is finally opening up its Google Shopping Express service to the public today, with the same day delivery service being made available as a test to select users in San Francisco and the Peninsula from San Mateo to San Jose. Participating retailers include, as we’ve previously reported: Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle, Toys“R”Us/Babies“R”Us, Office Depot, San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Raley’s Nob Hill Foods, and Palo Alto Toy & Sport. Our original…

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