Daily Debrief: When the (computing) cloud darkens Video

Video description: When Google's down and Twitter's up, you know the stars are not in alignment. Webware editor-in-chief Rafe Needleman talks with Charles Cooper on the CNET News Daily Debrief about what you can do when you're favorite cloud computing app goes down for the count.

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