Cloud computing News

It’s not quite the Borg Collective of Star Trek fame but this week, the prospect of sentient, reasoning robots took a step closer as the European Roboearth project deployed its alpha version of a standardised knowledge base for robots.

New York - It seems even Wall Street is heading to the Cloud. No longer are individuals, small businesses and organizations using cloud storage, but various Wall Street firms are adopting cloud computing practices as well.

Atlanta - Netflix customers across North America were forced to interact with their family members or find alternate entertainment on Christmas Eve due to a streaming media outage.

The survey has found that while many Americans have heard of cloud computing, they don't really understand what it means. Most believe it can be affected by the weather, while some think it refers to pillows, drugs, toilet paper or a mysterious network.

In discussing the future of media, it is important to address the underlying present-day technologies that are governing the transformations and directions to come.

Steve Wozniak expressed grave concerns about the future of cloud computing Sunday in light of a former Gizmodo employee’s account being hacked.

Sydney - Microsoft is now selling the new Office due for release next year. It’s basically an “Office Mobile” setup to be used as a Cloud app, with Skydrive saves direct on to a server. Fine, but why is nobody talking about security?

Sydney - If you can remember the huge hype that came with the original internet, you’ll recognize the arrival of the hard sell for Cloud computing. They haven’t actually come up with a hymn called “Nearer My Server To Thee”, but it’ll be there somewhere.

Google Drive, the online cloud storage service, is at last upon us. Going head to head with competitors Dropbox and Microsoft's Skydrive, Google Drive will offer all users 5GB of free storage.

Sydney - You could be forgiven for thinking that computer design had become more like fashion design reading the information about the new Windows and Apple systems. "Market wisdom" is pitting the boxes against the phones.