How Big a Deal is Microsoft Office 365?

Microsoft Office 365 has been released. Deemed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as “where Microsoft Office meets the cloud”, industry insiders are calling it “Google Docs catchup”. But, while it may not be incredibly sexy from an innovation...

Would You Lease a Web-Only Laptop for $20/Month?

Would you lease a Web-only laptop for $20/month? That’s the student package price that Google looks to be aiming at with their new Chrome laptop lease promotion. This package includes both hardware and access to online services. These Chromium notebooks...

Should Amazon's Outage Make You Rethink the Cloud?

The idea of the cloud makes us feel a lot safer. If something happens to our hard drive, our network, our servers, the information is all still there. But, the recent outage at Amazon Web Services reminded cloud users that they’re still dependent on a physical...

The Imminence of iTunes Streaming

March 2nd has come and gone, with the announcement of the iPad 2, but nothing regarding the oft-rumored iTunes streaming music service. So, what does that mean? Should we audiophiles give up? Fast Company doesn’t think so. In fact, they think we’re really...

Broadband Speed Growth Slowed in U.S.

What’s the next step for broadband speed increases in the U.S.? Because as our imagination continues to grow with what’s possible online, we continue to want cooler and cooler entertainment streamed to us through the cloud. So, the idea was that the nation...