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"Cloud Computing": Useful Or Irritating?

Cloud Computing

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:45 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:20 PM ET

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Just when you thought we'd reached the known limits of annoying technology terms, a new specimen has begun to gain traction, putting up a spirited case for the most irritating tech buzzword of the year.

The new candidate, the mind-numbingly awful term "cloud computing," has been in the news this week thanks to the novella published in last Sunday's New York Times business section by Miguel Helft and Steve Lohr, and a cover story in BusinessWeek rhapsodizing about the power of Google's "clouds."

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Just when you thought we'd reached the known limits of annoying technology terms, a new specimen has begun to gain traction, putting up a spirited case for the most irritating tech buzzword of the yea...
Just when you thought we'd reached the known limits of annoying technology terms, a new specimen has begun to gain traction, putting up a spirited case for the most irritating tech buzzword of the yea...
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JScott
John Galt's last name is McGuffin-Smithee
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08:05 AM on 12/21/2007
It was 'fuzzy logic' now it's 'cloud computing'.
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