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This Is Not a Bubble -- It's a Wave, and You're Not on It

Beverly Macy | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Wipeout, Solomo, Social, Banzai Pipeline, Mobile, Big Wave Surfing, Facebook IPO, Ibm Social Business, Tube Ride, Cloud, Local, Solomoclo, Business News

In surfing, it's the 'tube' ride or 'cracking the barrel' that creates heroes. There's an aura around those who've mastered this skill and they say th...

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The Cloud Storage Sector Egnytes

Bill_Robinson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Google, Terri McClure. Mohr Davidow Ventures, Microsoft, Apple, Box, Matt Murphy, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Enterprise Strategy Group, Cloud Storage, Cloud, Vineet Jain, Cloud-Wars, Dropbox, Egnyte, Technology News

One of the hottest current technology sectors is 'Cloud Storage' and there's even been increasing references to the "Cloud Storage Wars." This kind of hyperbole conjures up images of Genghis Khan saddled up and roaming the steppes for conquerable peoples.

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Dot-Social and Dot-Cloud Bubbles

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Instagram, Google, Cloud, Yelp, Facebook, Znga, Craigslist, Facebook Buys Instagram, Facebook Instagram, San Francisco News

I can definitely sense that the second we mention the words "social" or "cloud" our objectivity in judging businesses dissipates.

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So, What's Google Drive Good For, Anyway?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Google, Google Cloud Drive, Video, Skydrive, Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Microsoft, Cloud Storage Wars, Cloud, Icloud, Cloud Wars, Cloud Storage, Google Drive, Amazon, Technology News

Up until Tuesday afternoon, "Google Drive" was something you did when you wanted to learn about a violent Ryan Gosling movie. Now, however, Google Dri...

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WATCH: Moving To The Cloud: Pros and Cons, From Jennifer Jolly

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Mondays With Marlo, Marlo Thomas, Cloud, Tech, Cloud Storage, Jennifer Jolly, Hard Drive, Video, Women News

Tech expert Jennifer Jolly explains the benefits and downfalls of using a cloud as backup storage instead of a physical hard drive. var src_url="htt...

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Why I Need the Cloud

Robert Whent | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Cloud, Dropbox, Cloud Computing, Technology News

I came home yesterday to copy hundreds of my recent wedding photos to my server and OMG! -- Nothing. No Lights. No Hum. Nothing. I got the dreaded "Server is not available" message and my heart sank.

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3 Themes of Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Government, gov20la, Engagement, Gov 3.0, Mobile, Politics, Technology, Emergency Services, Alan W. Silberberg, Santa Monica, Social Media in Emergencies, Cloud, Government 2.0, Crisis Communications, Technology News

We are past the point where the "Gov 2.0" in our name does more than evoke recognition. It is time to focus not on the theoretical but on the practical.

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2012: The Year of the Personal Cloud

Hal Steger | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Cloud, Icloud, Cloud Data Storage, Personal Cloud, 2012 Tech Predictions, Technology News

2012 is going to be the tipping point of personal cloud adoption by mass market users, due to several unstoppable trends.

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5 World Capitals With Lots of Listening

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: England, Australia, Semantic Web, Gov 2.0, Mobility, Social Media, Russia, Governments, Alan W. Silberberg, Canada, U.S.A., Cloud, Psengage, gov3, Londoncyber, Technology News

The pace of change in government use and implementation of social media, gov 2.0, open gov, egov and various other monikers is extremely rapid, in some countries it is breakneck.

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A Cloudy Forecast for Screenagers

Marian Salzman | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Online Shopping, Disconnect, Mobile, Playing the Future, Unplug, Cloud, Internet Dependency, Media, Screenager, Facebook, Douglas Rushkoff, Screen Age, Tablets, Technology News

With internet dependency and addiction growing, I think many people will deliberately unplug and seek out places where wireless is not an option.

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High Tech Startup Focus: Zirtu

Bill_Robinson | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Demo 2011, Zitru, Cloud, Mobile Virtualization, Technology News

I confess to never really understanding all this Cloud elation before. Now, after watching the Zirtu demo, finally, I began to 'get it'... to understand what this whole sector of Cloud computing and virtualization can mean to the average schlub.

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How the Cloud Will Change Technology

Robert Siciliano | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Internet, Cloud, Technology, Technology News

You may have noticed that over the last decade, computers have grown faster and more powerful, with more RAM, bigger hard drives, and improved process...

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Profiling the Public Cloud Buyer's Danger

Tony Greenberg | Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: Joyent, Public Cloud, Managed Services, It Services, Aws, Servicemesh, Rackspace-Failure, Data Center, Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Services, Colocation, Vmware Failure, Smarter Ideas, Technology News

In the 10 plus years I have advised buyers of IT infrastructure services, few technology options have been as polarizing as "the cloud."

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Don't Tread on My Cloud

Leslie Harris | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Cloud Computing, Cloud, Icloud, Fourth Amendment, Ecpa, Apple Icloud, Cloude Storage Government, Cloud Security, Cloud Storage Security, Technology News

Yes, the security concerns about cloud computing are valid -- the recent hacks of Google accounts belonging to government officials are just one example -- but security in the cloud should not be as controversial as commentators have suggested.

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License, Registration and iPhone Please

David Coleman | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Search, Iphone, Cloud, Cell Phones, Android, Michigan Illinois State Police, Cellphone Tracking, Privacy, Cnet, Google, California, Technology News

The path of least resistance seems to be the best response to a police request to examine a car, at least until the officer discovers a text message from a drug-using associate, or contact information about someone who is under suspicion.

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Did Human Error Cause Amazon's Giant Cloud Outage?

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Technology News, Cloud, Cloud Storage, Amazon Ec2, Ec2, Elastic Cloud Compute, Amazon, Technology News

It's been more than a week after Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service went down, taking sites like Reddit, Quora and Foursquare with it. Amazo...

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Cloud Architecture

Carla Leitao | Posted 04.16.2012

In our office we are interested in creating a framework by which the word 'technology' can indeed be engaged through its practical corollaries -- communication and material -- in the creation of architectural and urban space.

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1986: Remembering Another Nuclear Disaster and Troubles with Libya

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chernobyl, Reagan, Libya, Mitterrand, Radioactive, France, Terrorism, Contamination, Violence, Cloud, Scandinavia, World News

As I watch with absolute horror and sadness what is happening in Japan, and imagine the ways that contamination will spread, and as we once again decide to go after Libya, I wonder, when will it end? When will we learn?

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My Laptop Died During Finals Week, And I Didn't Care

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Software, Cloud, Google Docs, Evernote, Back Up, Computer, Finals, Malfunction, College News

At HackCollege, we're big fans of cloud-based software like Evernote and Google Docs that keep all of your assignments backed up online, and I found out firsthand just how invaluable this practice can be.

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Con Games: Con Man Visits Cloud Cuckoo Land

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cloud, Internet, Wang, Ibm Selectric, Technolgoy, Amazon, Microsoft, Technology News

I hate the way things used to be: I like the way things are now. Even so this cloud thing has got me worried, mainly because everyone who says it's "...

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