Archive for November, 2009
Cloud computing is an Internet-based way of working where users access applications through a web browser rather than hosting software locally on their own PC. The applications can be very simple, such as web-based email, through to more complex software packages.
What are the benefits?
For small businesses, there are many benefits to adopting Cloud Computing, particularly, the cost and flexibility.
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The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone has been discovered spreading "in the wild" in Australia.
The self-propagating program changes the phone’s wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message "ikee is never going to give you up".
The worm, known as ikee, only affects "jail-broken" phones, where a user has removed Apple’s protection mechanisms to allow the phone to run any software.
Google has launched the latest beta of its Chrome web browser. This release includes bookmark sync.
"For those of you who use several computers — for example, a laptop at work and a desktop at home — you’ve asked for a way to keep your Google Chrome bookmarks in sync across multiple computers," explains Google. Read the rest of this entry »
