In late April, Google announced, in a relatively low-key post on the official company blog, the existence of Google Drive.
The service, which has been the subject of rumours and enthusiastic chatter…
The NBN promises to be way more than a technology side-show.
Theophilos
Now that the hoopla associated with the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) has died down somewhat, I’d like to discuss one of the significant opportunities by drawing a line between the NBN and…
Having precious data split in two could keep it safer from prying eyes.
dorena_wm
Your data is out there, somewhere – all of your data. Encryption can protect files on your laptop or PC. Storing them on a remote server – such as DropBox is another option. And … well, that’s about it…
Left to right: Steve Jobs, John McCarthy and Dennis Ritchie
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Last month saw the passing of three pioneers of the information age – an age we more or less take for granted now. These luminaries were John McCarthy, Dennis Ritchie and, of course, Steve Jobs.
Of the…
Steve Jobs discussed iOS5 in one of his final public appearances.
AFP/Kimihiro Hoshino
Apple has made a series of releases today, including an upgrade to its iPhone and iPad operating system iOS 5, the introduction of iCloud, its cloud storage service and, in the US, its new music matching…
If you download shanties illegally, the iCloud may not float your boat.
sean cumiskey
Some people, including on this site, have suggested there’s a loophole in Apple’s new iCloud that will allow people who illegally download music to somehow “launder” their dirty music files, getting a…
Observers are making a song and dance about potential misuses of the iCloud.
Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP
Was Steve Jobs'announcement of the Apple iCloud yesterday music to your ears?
It certainly takes cloud computing a significant distance further along the path of integration.
All your devices – PC, iPad…
Steve Jobs is banking on cloud computing having a silver lining.
EPA/Monica M. Davey
Apple CEO Steve Jobs emerged briefly from medical leave to introduce iCloud at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco yesterday (2am Australian EST).
So how was it?
In previous…
Cloud computing could completely change the game.
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Google’s so-called Chromebook will be launched next month in the US and much of Europe, and, not unusually, “some time later” in Australia …
The move was announced at the company’s flasghip I/O conference…
Microsoft's US$8.5 billion purchase: investment folly, or money well spent?
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So, Microsoft has announced it will buy Skype in a US$8.5 billion move that has left the technology and business worlds puzzled.
Owners of Microsoft shares might be most puzzled of all, maybe even tearing…
