Computing In The Cloud: Who Owns Your Files? : NPR

Computing In The Cloud: Who Owns Your Files? : NPR: "Do you have a Yahoo e-mail account? Maybe a Gmail account? Do you put up pictures on Flickr? Perhaps you've started keeping your schedule online. If so, then you are using cloud computing — that's what tech companies call it when people work and store information on the Internet."

Building a Fort: Lessons in Software Estimation - 10x Software Development

Building a Fort: Lessons in Software Estimation - 10x Software Development: "My big project this summer was building a fort for my kids. I'd wanted to build a clubhouse or treehouse or fort or something for the past few years, but we didn't have a good place to put it. Then while clearing some blackberries in the spring I discovered that our property extended about 20 feet further into the adjacent overgrown area than I had thought, and that was the perfect place for a fort."

Will 'virtual' computers shut door on Windows?

Washington Times - Will 'virtual' computers shut door on Windows?: "I often tell people that my experience with every version of Microsoft Windows - going back to 1.0, which I purchased at the very first Staples store in Cambridge, Mass. - resembles my pre-marriage dating life."

GAO-08-822 DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to Be Better Justified, Defined, and M

GAO-08-822 DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to Be Better Justified, Defined, and M: "GAO has designated the Department of Defense’s (DOD) business systems modernization as a high-risk program because, among other things, it has been challenged in implementing key information technology (IT)management controls on its thousands of business systems. The Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps program is one such system."