Links for July 26th through July 27th

• Wikileaks' Afghanistan war logs: how our datajournalism operation worked
  "datajournalism in action"
• HP says prefab data center cuts costs in half
  I'd be interested in the market size for all this prefab, shipping container data center stuff going around.
• On the Street… Outside of the Principe Di Savoia, Milano
  "I mean, would Fred Astaire have looked so cool dancing in cargo shorts?"
• The Spy Scandal Is Over. Next Comes The Reckoning.
  "This is the result of betrayal and traitors always end badly. As a rule, they end up in the gutter as drunks or drug addicts…The special services live under their own laws, and everyone knows what these laws are."
• SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot
• IDC: SaaS momentum skyrocketing | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld
• Europe Starts Antitrust Inquiries Against I.B.M. – NYTimes.com
• My Top 10 Favorite Costumes at Comic Con
  yes!
• Google: City Of Los Angeles Apps Delay Is Overblown
  cases la googleapps email cloud
• IIAR Analyst of the Year Survey
  Give input on who think good analysts are for the 2010 survey.
• Dell's fraud settlement explodes PC market myths
  "Intel's rebates amounted to 38 per cent of Dell's operating profit in the fiscal year 2006, and rose to 76 per cent (or $720m) in one quarter alone, Q1 2007. While almost all of the Intel funds were incorporated into Dell's component costs, Dell did not disclose the existence, much less the magnitude, of the Intel exclusivity payments."
• Two Austin startups raise venture money
• AT&T activates 3.2 million iPhones in Q2, 10x iPhone 4s as 3GS
  "The company's financial results announced today confirm it activated 3.2 million iPhones in its just gone quarter."
• With Subsidies, Electric Cars Gaining Foothold in Texas
• Competition Spikes As More Smartphones Are Sold Than Ever Before
• Rackspace aims for a cloud platform based on Linux model
• The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache FOP Version 1.0
• New IBM Mainframe a 'Data Center In-a-Box'; Can Manage 100K Virtual Machines Simultaneously — Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online

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