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GigaOm  2 hours ago:

Amazon pushes forward with Kindle Fire HD’s international expansion -

Amazon is making its Kindle Fire HD tablets broadly available internationally, with preorders shipping in June.
GigaOm  3 hours ago:

Joyent to Amazon: It’s on -

Joyent isn't being coy about it: It wants to compete head on with Amazon and that means it will offer many more options including some, it says, are cheaper than analogous AWS services.
GigaOm  3 hours ago:

Sponsored post: Determining the root cause of a data breach using “the 5 Whys” -

Developed for manufacturing, the 5 Whys technique can be applied to many situations in IT. In this post, we use it to identify the root problem underlying a data breach: nonexistent entitlement procedures.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

ConteXtream claims mystery carrier has deployed its SDN technology to 40M customers -

Software-defined networking vendor ConteXtream says a wireless service provider has deployed software to virtualize a network that supports around 40 million customers.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

WibiData gets $15M to help it become the Hadoop application company -

Startup WibiData has raised another $15 million and wants to turn the lessons it has learned in the field into generic software that can let anyone build predictive applications on Hadoop.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Podcast: How to design a connected device that isn’t a jerk, plus IoT’s recipe for success -

Life now. Data later. In this week's podcast guest Carla Diana, a product designer, discusses this mantra and other attributes designers should consider when developing connected products.
GigaOm  5 hours ago:

Shazam’s new iPad app automatically tags every song you ever listen to -

Shazam wants you to turn your iPad into an automated logging device for any type of media playing within reach.
GigaOm  5 hours ago:

Europe wants to be big in chip manufacturing -

A new industrial strategy for the continent aims to unlock €100 billion in private-sector funding through the use of targeted public-sector funding for R&D in the fields of nanoelectronics and microelectronics.
GigaOm  13 hours ago:

6 things every CIO should know (or at least think about) -

CIOs may be the kings of the IT heap within their companies but they are also under siege -- new technologies from outside, recalcitrant CEOs, budget-stealing CMOS.
GigaOm  15 hours ago:

Ericsson, Nokia Siemens lay the groundwork for HetNet with new Wi-Fi technology -

The heterogenous network will eventually allow our devices to connect to Wi-Fi and cellular networks simultaneously, but first those networks need to coordinate with one another.