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Microsoft: FINE! We'll match Amazon - by HIKING cloud prices

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What's the difference between Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services? Very little – or so says Microsoft, which has made a new commitment to match the web bazaar's pricing for basic cloud services. The price-matching announcement was made by Microsoft on Tuesday, alongside news that Redmond thinks its infrastructure-as-a-service cloud is now ready for general consumption.

 

Amazon offers free copies of CDs

Free digital copies of 50,000 CDs are being offered to Amazon customers via a service that stores the music in the cloud.

 

Amazon's Snafu Rattles Customers

Amazon.com's latest technical glitch—interrupting service for Netflix Inc. and others—is causing some companies to rethink their reliance on the company for the bulk of their Web-computing needs.

 

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