Picture this: a three-pound netbook with more than eight hours of battery life, but no hard drive. Instead, Google’s new line of cloud-based Chromebooks relies entirely on Google’s online services, such as Gmail, Google Documents, and Google Calendar, not...
Nancy writes: I appreciate your info on the cloud. Doesn’t storing so much of your data in the cloud mean hacking it is easier? Greetings Nancy! Yes, you’re right: theoretically, any time you put data on a Net-connected server like Apple’s upcoming...
We’ve been hearing chatter for weeks about Apple’s plans for the “cloud,” and now we finally have the official details. So, what is “iCloud,” exactly—what will it do, when will it arrive, and more importantly, how much will it cost?...
Marjorie writes: Somebody at work was going on about how information is now going to be stored in clouds. I’m not a total idiot so I realize he did not mean the fluffy white cumulus kind. But I’m enough of an idiot to not really know what this is all...
All eyes will be on Apple’s keynote at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday, when Steve Jobs & co. are widely expected to (finally) unwrap a new service that’ll stream all your music from the vaunted...
Sounds like Apple has reached the finish line in terms of security the rights to stream music from its upcoming iCloud service, with CNET and the New York Times reporting that Universal Music has finally signed on the dotted line. The stage now appears to be set for...
After weeks—nay, months—of rumors and speculation, it looks like Apple is finally ready to take the wraps off its long-awaited streaming music service. Apple just announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote will take place Monday, June 6, and...
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