More delays hit Windows Mobile 7
Microsoft still can't seem to make up it mind as to when Windows Mobile 7 will be released but it is clearly later than originally planned.
This week Microsoft UK's head of mobility, Phil Moore, said that the release had been put back until late 2010 just a few weeks after Microsoft Office vice president Kurt Delbene claimed it would be released in March.
It seems that fans of Microsoft's mobile operating systems will have to put up with Windows Mobile 6.5 for a bit longer.
Obama puts up the bucks for broadband
Investment by the US Government in broadband infrastructure has been in the pipeline for sometime but now it has come to fruition with the announcement this week of $2 billion going towards national schemes.
The investment will see 18 broadband projects across 17 states and is just the first section of a $7.2 billion budget to bring broadband to unserved or underserved US communities.
Vice President Joe Biden's chief economist also said the Government expects the schemes to provide tens of thousands of jobs which will be a great boost in this difficult economic situation.
EU decides on browser ballot
After months of deliberating, the European Commission and rival firm Opera have decided that Microsoft must advertise other browsers to keep competition fair.
Before Microsoft and simply been bundling in Internet Explorer with its operating systems but now it has been made law that a browser ballot scheme must be in place, advertising rival browsers for the consumer to chose from.
The law says the company will have to do this across Europe for the next five years.
Best of the rest
The Gary McKinnon saga continued this week as a protest was staged on Tuesday at the Home Office against his extradition.
More iPhone apps hit the news with The Guardian updating its offering for the popular smartphone as well as Amazon introducing the Kindle iPhone app to the UK. Whereas Android's Market reached the 20,000 app milestone.
And the European Commission decided it wanted to protect our ears by imposing compulsory volume restrictions to MP3 players sold in Europe.
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AWS eyes ‘flexible’ data center expansion with $11bn Georgia investmentNews The hyperscaler says the infrastructure will power cloud computing and AI growth
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AWS launches Australia's first local zone for low-latency workloads and data residencyNews The company is aiming to help customers who need infrastructure closer to their data sources or end-users
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AWS plans to be 'water positive' by 2030News A number of projects will seek to improve groundwater replenishment, efficiency, and overall sustainability
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Amazon signs launch deals with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance for Project KuiperNews The retail giant has secured up to 83 rocket launches with the trio to deploy a bulk of its 3,262-satellite constellation
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AWS to invest £1.8bn in UK data centres and other cloud infrastructureNews The cloud giant's investment will contribute to new data centres amid market growth across the country
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Verizon and Amazon partner on enterprise connectivity solutionsNews The collaboration links Verizon’s terrestrial mobile network with Amazon’s LEO satellite network
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Alkira deepens partnership with AWSNews The firm also strengthened ties with AWS customer Warner Music Group
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AWS makes Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus generally availableNews The monitoring service integrates with open source Prometheus and is tailored for containerized applications
