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• ThinkSmart launches PC rental service in UK

  Australian computer equipment financing company ThinkSmart (ASX:TSM) and its UK partner, electrical retailer Dixons, have jointly launched a computer rental and services solution for consumers.

• Microsoft signs cloud deals with California, New York City

  Continuing the progress that Microsoft is making in the state and local government sector, the company has signed cloud computing deals with the city of New York and the state of California.

• Queensland Rail goes for gold with internet hosting

  Rail network operator Queensland Rail has made the decision to move from hosted internet functions to managed services in a bid to save money.

• Credit Suisse saves power with virtualization

  Banking giant Credit Suisse has found a way to stem its seemingly ever-growing need for electricity, through the use of virtualization.

• IBM adds Notes capabilities to LotusLive

  IBM has upgraded its hosted collaboration suite, LotusLive, with additional capabilities, including a revamped e-mail and calendaring service called LotusLive Notes, and a new set of collaboration tools, called Communities.

• How Hitler's downfall mocks your ideals

  A short clip from a 2004 movie about Adolf Hitler has ended up speaking for a generation of discontented Internet surfers, as well as pushed the boundaries of copyright law, noted a Massachusetts Institute of Technology social networking researcher who discussed the reasons behind the clip's wide appeal at the Open Video Conference in New York last Friday.

• IBM explores water management market

  Divining a possible new market in municipal water management systems, IBM has set up a pilot project in Dubuque, Iowa, to investigate whether cities could both save money and conserve water by monitoring citizens' usage more closely.

• ADP runs new tax service on IBM cloud software

  Business process provider ADP has found that cloud computing can be a handy way of servicing a new market that would otherwise be too cost prohibitive to enter.

• Google adds OAuth support to Google Apps

  Joining a growing number of enterprise and consumer-facing Web services, Google has added support in Google Apps for the OAuth authorization profile, the company announced Monday.

• OAuth 2.0 security used by Facebook, others called weak

  The emerging OAuth 2.0 Web API authorization protocol, already deployed by Facebook, Salesforce.com and others, is coming under increased criticism for being too easy to use, and therefore to spoof by malicious hackers.

• SAP moves an OnDemand service to Amazon

  SAP has migrated its online service for reporting carbon emissions over to an Amazon cloud platform, the company announced Monday.

• Toyota signs with Fujitsu for Windows 7 upgrade

  Toyota's Australian division will upgrade its desktop fleet to Windows 7 as part of a new four-year IT services deal with its incumbent supplier, Fujitsu.

• Muglia offers details on Microsoft Azure Appliance

  On Monday, during the kickoff of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference being held this week in Washington D.C., Microsoft <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/071210-microsoft-releases-azure-cloud-platform.html">announced</a> that it would be releasing a version of its Windows Azure cloud computing platform that can be run as part of an appliance offering.

• Red Hat launches hybrid cloud platform

  Red Hat has launched a comprehensive package, called Red Hat Cloud Foundations, that will allow organizations to run applications in both public clouds and their own private clouds.

• IT managed services market in India to hit $US3.8 billion in 2013

  The IT managed services market in India is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.8 per cent, according to IT market research specialist Springboard Research's newly released report 'Indian Managed IT Services Market'."