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What Makes a Cloud Computer?

Posted on June 22, 2008

The relative success and cult-like popularity of Asus Eee cloud computer has helped raise the level of interest in what s being called a new class of computers. Some call the new machines ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), others have labeled them Netbooks, and many are safely referring to them as handhelds. It s hardly a surprise that the PC powerhouses Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Dell and dozens of others have gone running after this opportunity.After using one of the so-called Netbooks, it has become obvious that they really need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how ...

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