technoculture314-09

I found this article in The Guardian interesting. It highlights some of
the issues around ownership, security and consumer rights as we
increasingly move towards a cloud computing model which sees resources
(infrastructure, platforms or services) virtualised and hosted online
by service providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Apple or Google.

Why did Big Brother remove paid-for content from Amazon's Kindles?

"Kindle users were left seething when Amazon removed paid-for content
from their devices, while the Popfly and GeoCities services are to
close. How did we lose control of the digital products we use?"