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A total of 568 hours of downtime at 13 well-known cloud services since 2007 had an economic impact of more than US$71.7 million dollars, said the International... full story 
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The Columbia River Crossing says an error of more than $3 million was the reason project officials gave the Federal Transit Administration an inaccurate operating cost estimate for at least two years.
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Researchers create cloud-based brain for robots
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‘Cloud Atlas’ A Surprise Hit In China, After Offending Asian Community In The U.S.
“Cloud Atlas” has finally found an audience, after an unimpressive run in U.S. theaters in late 2012. The ensemble fantasy cost a reported $102 million to make but earned just $85 million globally—making it one of the biggest domestic flops in recent years. But it’s a different story in China, where “Cloud Atlas” is a surprise hit.
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Brake light switch failures prompt mass recalls by Hyundai, Kia and Mitsubishi
Hyundai and Kia are recalling nearly 2 million cars in the US and Puerto Rico including the 2007-2009 Accent and Tucson, 2007-2010 Elantra, 2007-2011 Santa Fe, 2008-2009 Veracruz, 2010-2011 Genesis Coupe and 2011 Sonata. Of...
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Cost estimate for Long Bridge replacement drops
PORTSMOUTH — Maine transportation officials have been able to shave $12 million off the cost of replacing the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge — bringing the estimated figure to $160 million.
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West Coast fiasco 'to cost £50m'
Civil servant failures over the West Coast rail contract will cost taxpayers "at least £50 million", a report by MPs has said.
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Researchers’ algorithm intends to get more work out of cloud database servers
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an algorithm for predicting workloads, which cloud providers can use to distribute workloads across servers in a more efficient way.
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Thatcher funeral cost well off estimate
MARGARET Thatcher's funeral cost British taxpayers an estimated 1.6 million pounds ($A2.4 million), a fraction of the $14 million estimated.
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Vote change cost put at $14.5M
Eliminating voter registration at the polls would cost Wisconsin taxpayers up to $14.5 million, more than double the original estimate, according to a state elections board report released Monday.
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