Cloud computing Vs Virtualization: Differences and Similarity

Virtualization and Cloud computing are been rapidly embracing the internet techies.With the rapid growth of these technologies, innovative trends captured the whole Home and Business computing platforms.Let us walk through what these technologies aims for and current underlying platforms in web that backs up these ideas. For new to these technological terms simply speaking “Cloud computing is a technology that uses the internet and central remote...

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A Digital Library Better than Google?

On Tuesday, Denny Chin, a federal judge in Manhattan, rejected the settlement between Google, which aims to digitise every book ever published, and a group of authors and publishers who had sued the company for copyright infringement. This decision is a victory for the public good, preventing one firm from monopolising access to our common cultural heritage. Nonetheless, we should not abandon Google’s dream of making all the books in the world available...

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Top 3 Free Replacements for Microsoft's Skype

Skype has always been proprietary so those that prefer to use only Open Source have relied upon free alternatives. Now with Microsoft's purchase of Skype, Linux users are already predicting the end for them and are looking for alternatives as well. It turns out that the Free Software Foundation has had "Free software replacement for Skype" on their High-Priority List for a while. The FSF suggests that folks use one of the free programs available...

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