EDITOR'S NOTE

Morning all!

The cloud just seems to keep marching on. Our headline story has some obviously cheeky references to a certain Time magazine front cover in '94.

At the time it freaked out desktop heavyweights Microsoft enough to throw a lot of money at it to go away - and it kind of did, at least for a while.

It's taken a good 12-14 years to resurface again with strength, but looking at the market this time, it would be hard to imagine anyone treating the cloud the same way as Netscape.

Even Microsoft acknowledges the cloud is here to stay and is largely the future of computing - but at the expense of its desktop OS business? Well, that's an entirely different story...

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Egan Orion | December 03, 2008

The Linux Good OS team announced its lean, quick booting 'Cloud' browser-based thin-client computing environment at a Netbook expo in Paris on Monday.

By Rosalie Marshall | December 03, 2008

Amazon has moved its SimpleDB online database service out of beta, claiming that new features have reduced the cost of data storage from US$1.50 to US$0.25 per gigabyte per month.

By Shaun Nichols | December 03, 2008

A group of amateur developers has ported the Linux operating system to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices.

By Staff Writers | December 03, 2008

Japanese electronics conglomerate Hitachi said it and U.S. chipmaker Intel would jointly develop solid state drive (SSD) memory devices, which are seen as a promising alternative to hard disk drives.

By Tarmo Virki | December 03, 2008

Nokia launched a flagship phone to update its ageing high-end offering, but analysts said the device would not be enough on its own to help the world's top mobile phone maker recover lost market share.

By Daniel Robinson | December 03, 2008

VMware has updated its virtual desktop product with enhancements that make it easier to provision and manage virtual clients, and new capabilities that support mobile workers on laptops.

By Ry Crozier | December 02, 2008

Telstra have added a new mini-site to nowwearetalking to 'encourage a conversation' on the NBN - let's hope it's a bit more insightful than the first post, which blasts Aussie journalists, Singtel Optus and basically anyone within reach.

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