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News about sidekick

• Sidekick data restoration still not underway

  On Sunday, Microsoft apologized for the delay and saying only that data restoration would begin "this week." It hopes.

• Ballmer: Sidekick outage 'not good'

  But all data lsot will be recovered, he says

• T-Mobile takes the hit for sidekick data loss

  As the company that markets and distributes the Sidekick, T-Mobile is taking most of the heat, although it is not to blame.

• Sidekick fiasco highlights need for mobile backups

  Few users back up data stored on their phones, according to analysts

Features about sidekick

• Microsoft Sidekick Debacle & the Cloud: Lessons Learned

  When Microsoft's storage service for Sidekick users broke down, cloud computing questions sprang up -- both fair and unfair.