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When They Turn On The Grid, Neutrality Matters

The future, probably without the flying cars, the one you see in the movies with holograms, with instant and ubiquitous informational access and unbelievable computer processing capabilities, isn't too far off. It won't be built on the current Internet, though. The Internet is totally 20th Century. The red button on the Grid will be pushed this summer, and will change everything—again.

Google Docs Goes Offline

Don't worry, it's not an outage. Google implemented its offline option for Docs via Gears, the technology the company uses to make its applications available without an Internet connection.

Yahoo Helps Give Cloud Computing A Huge Boost

Yahoo and Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) want to support cloud computing research, and they're doing more than dedicating a couple of spokespeople (or even a room full of engineers) to the cause.  The two companies will instead work with the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world.

Google, IBM Create University "Cloud"

Google and IBM have partnered to give some of the world’s best young minds access to hundreds of linked computers.  What’s more, the companies aren’t doing this out of direct self-interest, and have teamed up with six universities.

Google, Apple May Partner On Cloud Computing

As rumors go, this is a pretty solid one: it seems that Google and Apple will partner, and together, the companies are likely to give .Mac a huge cloud-computing boost.