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 Danger! Sidekick Information Dissipates in Microsoft Cloud Crash Published: Oct 11, 09 Comments: 1 Views: 688 Sync-dependent Sidekick owners are getting the bad news that their online data is probably permanently lost. Danger and its parent company Microsoft suffered a server failure and apparently were not prepared for the inevitable rainy day that cloud computing brings. T-Mobile has promised to credit for a month’s worth of data service to active Sidekick owners, but that is of little comfort to those who are functioning in a state of cyber-amnesia due to the data loss. Users of cloud services, including iPhone owners with MobileMe, Exchange ActiveSync, Google Gmail/Calendar and so on should be sure that important data is backed up locally. Local backup may be the only silver lining in a cloud crash.  Microsoft has demonstrated that the dark side of cloud computing has no silver linings. After a major server outage occurred on its watch last weekend, users dependent on the company have just been informed that their personal data and photos “has almost certainly been lost.”
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