Chrome, Google Docs, Cloud Co...

Google Chrome, Google Docs,

and the Explosion of Cloud Computing

LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee

November 19, 2008

Explore Google Chrome:

Download Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome
Learn about its features: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html
Read about its technology: http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html
Kevin Reiss's "Google Chrome and Cloud Computing" slideshow:
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhknrk5n_0hjj2mnhg

Explore Google Docs:

Access Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/

Learn about its features: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html

"Google Docs in Plain English" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

"A Vision of Students Today" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Explore Cloud Computing:

This report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has a nice overview of the history of cloud computing, and discusses the results of a recent survey on cloud computing uses:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/262/report_display.asp

An interview with Richard Stallman (founder of the Free Software Foundation) in The Guardian, in which he discusses his opposition to cloud computing:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman
A few responses to the Stallman interview:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/rms_hates_cloud_computing_says_you_should_too

An article about Microsoft's recently-announced cloud operating system:
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=51455

An article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about The Tower and The Cloud, Educause's new book on cloud computing:
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3418