The recent fire and electrical outage at Seattle’s Fisher Plaza data center caused well-publicized troubles for a number of major websites. But it also disrupted one of the region’s main hospital systems, Swedish Medical Center.
Doctors, nurses and staff at Swedish’s three main hospitals and other facilities in Seattle lost their connection to electronic medical records, [...]

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Microsoft Game Studios this morning provided details on a new division called 343 Industries that will serve as publisher of the Halo video-game series and oversee the broader Halo franchise — "including novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel and more."
343 Industries’ projects include a new anime series called "Halo Legends," short anime videos to be produced [...]

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A day after announcing plans to snap up shoe retailer Zappos, online retail giant Amazon.com said second quarter profit dropped 10 percent in the second quarter to $142 million, or 32 cents a share. Sales increased 14 percent to $4.65 billion, but fell just short of analyst expectations.
Amazon shares were down nearly 7 percent in [...]

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Dang, that was fun. Congratulations to Valeri Kim of Akvelon, winner of the first annual TechFlash Ping Pong Tournament, and thanks to the hundreds of you who joined us for the biggest and best TechFlash event yet. Thanks also to everyone who tuned in for the live stream. Photos and recap to follow.
 
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IBM executive Claudia Fan Munce argues that investing in ecosystems of related companies helps reduce risk and create new paths to market, more  and EBay’s Turnaround Is Taking Root  Second-quarter profits fell 29%, but CEO Donahoe is stabilizing the e-commerce company, more 

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The carrier is joining with Vodafone, Japan’s SoftBank, and China Mobile to grab a piece of the mobile-software market from the phonemakers, more  and Amazon.com Acquires Shoe E-tailer Zappos  The ten-year-old online show store with a “customer obsession” equal to Amazon’s, was bought for nearly $930 million, more 
and India’s Outsourcers: Using the Slump to Get Bigger  In [...]

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The online retailer disappoints Wall Street expectations, blaming a one-time payment to Toys "R" Us for the decline in profits, more  and Does Facebook Make Workers Less Productive?  Nucleus Research found that employees used Facebook at work for an average of 15 minutes per day, adding up to nearly 1.5% of total lost productivity, more 
and A [...]

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Our special report looks at innovative ways businesses can turn the troubled economy to their advantage, more  and Inventing a Better Burger  Think the hamburger can’t be improved? Top chefs around the world now see the burger as the latest test of their culinary ingenuity, more 
and Staples and OXO: Poor Timing or Strategic Boon?  The recession could [...]

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