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Chrome OS: Friend, Threat, or Menace?
As much as I enjoy using Chrome OS, I would think long and hard before recommending it to someone else...
NOAA’s Big Data Project Comes Into Focus
What’s different about this newly announced NOAA program is not just the potential “big data” scope of the program but the way in which private sector cloud vendors are involved as intermediaries not only to the public but also to potential data vendors and resellers.
Apple's September 10 Announcement -- So What?
It’s common on the social media aiwaves these days to hear Apple pegged as declining due to a “lack of innovation.” Let’s assume that’s true. The question can then be asked, “If that’s the case, what difference does it make and to whom?”
In “How Google plans to rule the computing world through Chrome” Peter Toffel describes a scenario for how Google plans to “take over” desktop computing by running more and more services — some exclusive — through its popular Chrome browser.
How Will Mobile Devices In the Workplace Make People More Productive?
In 2010 I posted Sometimes a phone is just a phone and a web site is just a web site. It discussed what I thought at the time was important in a smartphone, e.g., phone service, web access, email — the basics — and was based on recent Blackberry experience and anticipation of getting an iPhone.
Why Microsoft's "Surface" Tablet & Netbook Will Succeed
Why will Microsoft’s “Surface” tablet/netbook computer succeed, especially in large organizations and schools?