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Webian Shell: Prototype Web-Based Shell

By Michael Reed 

Webian Shell is a web-based shell that is designed to run full-screen and function as the primary user interface for your computer. At the moment, it's still at the proof of concept stage, but 0.1 is runnable without making any modifications to your system. As it features some interesting ideas, it's worth having a play around with. more>>

Open Source Cloud Computing with Hadoop

By Bernardo David 

Have you ever wondered how Google, Facebook and other Internet giants process their massive workloads? Billions of requests are served every day by the biggest players on the Internet, resulting in background processing involving datasets in the petabyte scale. Of course they rely on Linux and cloud computing for obtaining the necessary scalability and performance. more>>

Cloud Wheels

Behind the Cloud Redux

By David Lane 

Cloud computing is the hot buzz phrase. more>>

There's Drupal in my Acquia, No there's Acquia in my Drupal

Behind the Cloud It's Still Just Computers

By Shawn Powers 

I had the pleasure of joining a video conference with our local Drupal expert, Katherine Druckman, and Barry Jaspan, one of the system architects from Acquia. Acquia is a company that specializes in Drupal. While their company does many things for clients interested in using Drupal, we were specifically talking about cloud computing. more>>

Jolicloud: Cloud enabled and not just for netbooks

By Michael Reed 

There’s a Linux distribution for every occasion and the main purpose of Jolicloud is to present a web enabled GUI for netbooks and similar devices. I’m going to take a look at a preview release of the forthcoming 1.1 version. more>>

Observation: Cloud computing is nothing new

By Michael Reed 

Cloud computing is not only the latest buzz term, it might well be the model of computing that powers the 21st century. However, it’s easy to forget that personal computing, in which each user has a standalone system that can operate without a network, is itself a relatively new approach. more>>

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