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Cisco won't take on Amazon in cloud
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The re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over challenger Mir Hussein Moussavi sparked demonstrations, and coverage of the protests led to the ouster of Western journalists. Twitter users stepped into the information gap, providing real-time updates. But the popular microblogging site also became a vehicle for protesters to launch denial-of-service attacks. While the conflict in Iran and the role of technology in keeping the world informed about it is our top story, for a whole lot of people the focus of the week was on -- what else? -- Apple's new iPhone 3G S, which went on sale Friday. We confess to momentary early morning confusion about the line on Boston's Boylston Street until we realized it was outside of an AT&T store. D'oh.

10 Ways to Do More with Less in the Recession
As the economic crisis continues, technology leaders are faced with the challenge of considering how best to trim the fat out of their budgets. While some steps are obvious and necessary, others can be like a diet you've been cheating on, which you know what you should be doing, but you don't always follow through. Here are 10 ways CIOs are doing more with less in tough economic times:

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Leadership Lessons from ... Eleanor Roosevelt
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AT&T's first quarter income was down 9% on flat revenue but its mobile business -- buoyed by its exclusive iPhone partnership with Apple -- continued to see healthy growth.

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