http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17195&ch=infotech*You know, if you HAD a "personal infocloud" where all your data was automagically synchronized and wirelessly backed-up, somebody would say: "You know what? You could keep all that data inside your own 'personal computer.'"*A PERSONAL COMPUTER?! Really? Gosh-wow!
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