Even in Germany, which is suffering somewhat under the European cloud, but is sort of the break in that cloud, there is a corporate earnings growth rate at close to 10% for the year.

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Meet these guys and their cloud-sent adversary on video after the break, and check out the read link for their ongoing liveblog of the launch -- naturally courtesy of some iPhone 3.0 tethering.

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Of course, while we've seen this sort of setup before (as seen above, check out an awesomely 90s Sega Channel ad after the break) and recently from OnLive and Gaikai, cloud gaming has yet to catch on in a major way.

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Instinctively it would seem that cloud computing technology would be a critical weapon to break down the line of business silos that exist in retail banks.

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Ironically, while Intel has yet to really break into mobile, its server business has benefitted handsomely as the mobile revolution has created greater demand for cloud services.

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