CherryPal launches $249 mini PC into ad-backed cloud
Buzzword chimera the size of a paperback Start-up CherryPal is taking pre-orders today for its partly cloudy "desktop" that mashes web-hosted computing, going green, open source, and social networking...
View ArticleGoogle's Rumored GDrive May 'Kill' the PC (anyone willing to...
Google's rumored "GDrive," a service that would enable users to access their PCs from any Internet connection, could kill off the desktop computer, The Guardian has reported. The GDrive, unconfirmed by...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome OS: Web Platform To Rule Them All
With Chrome OS, Google aims to make the Web the primary platform for software development. Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s plan to release its own operating system based on its Chrome browser is at once...
View ArticleMicrosoft to offer Web-based version of Office applications
Software giant comes under more pressure from Google's free servicesSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Microsoft Corp. on Monday made the latest edition of its Office software suite available for testing...
View ArticleMicrosoft Responds to Google Actions With Free Office Programs
Microsoft Corp will release a free version of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that arch rival Google Inc launched three years ago. The world's...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome OS Could Be Pivotal in the Cloud Revolution
Google Chrome OS is arriving just in time to take advantage of the perfect storm of cloud services, cheap hardware, and a new generation of platform-agnostic users. Unlike other Linux-based OSs, Chrome...
View ArticleMoblin: a First Look at Intel's Open-Source OS
Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and, specifically, the kind of people who use them. On a technical level this means Moblin is built for the Atom x86 chip found in...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Trust the Cloud (serious reservations about heavily...
Cloud computing has easily replaced Web 2.0 as the current trendy buzzword. The state of California is even turning to it for government systems. I have to say, however, that I have serious...
View ArticleBuilt Around The Browser, Google's Chrome OS Launches Reinvents The...
A radical new day has dawned for the operating system. Today Google finally aired its long awaited Chrome Operating System. The operating system was detailed at a press conference starting at 1 p.m....
View ArticleLawmakers question federal government's reckless sprint towards cloud...
So the federal government is rushing into cloud computing without any thought for security, privacy and other important topics. And then last month the Dept of Engraving gets hacked because their cloud...
View ArticleWhy IT Is Moving to the Cloud (The Driving Factors Behind Cloud Computing...
If youre an IT manager or senior IT executive in the evaluation phase for turning over some of your infrastructure to the cloud, youre not alone. Cloud adoption can vary by industry and organization,...
View ArticleA Cloudy Future (Why are Microsoft, EMC, CA and others touting "The...
I've always considered my wife a little paranoid about her privacy. Although she has never done anything illegal or immoral, she sometimes acts as though the world is out to get her. To avoid...
View ArticleAnalysis: Investors look to cloud for tech stock picks
Jeffrey Saut simply looks up to remind himself which tech stocks will be hot in 2011. Saut, chief investment strategist for brokerage Raymond James, says he is betting on companies that are leaders in...
View ArticleJustice Department opposes digital privacy reforms (as does Sen Grassley)
The U.S. Justice Department today offered what amounts to a frontal attack on proposals to amend federal law to better protect Americans' privacy. James Baker, the associate deputy attorney general,...
View ArticleThe Hidden Risk of a Meltdown in the Cloud (The worst case scenario in Cloud...
The cloud could suffer the same kind of collapses that plague the financial system, according to an analysis of the unrecognised risks of cloud computing. The cloud is essentially a metaphor for a...
View ArticleBrussels to unveil EU cloud computing strategy (central planning = power grab)
EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission is finalizing a strategy on cloud computing aimed at promoting the use of off-site data storage in a bid to cut information technology costs and create new jobs,...
View ArticleH-P (HPQ -0.9%) unveils its first Moonshot system, the fruits of a much-hyped...
H-P (HPQ -0.9%) unveils its first Moonshot system, the fruits of a much-hyped effort to develop the kind of densely-packed, low-power systems many Web/cloud service providers have embraced. The first...
View ArticleEurope pushes own digital ‘cloud’ in wake of US spying scandal
The European Commission will redouble efforts to promote EU-based cloud services this fallincluding the urgent drafting of a new charteramid mounting evidence that the US PRISM spying scandal may...
View ArticleSnowden scandal to cost US cloud companies billions
The US cloud industry faces up to 25.8 billion in lost revenues following revelations about US-led snooping on EU citizens. The surveillance revelations will cost the US cloud computing industry USD...
View ArticleAmazon set to flex its cloud-computing arm
<p>But for the average consumer, there is a part of Amazons AMZN -2.60% business that they may know little, if anything about, yet has the potential to become one of the companys biggest...
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