Un altro muro cade sotto le spinte del cloud computing: il browser a bordo del nuovo tablet della Amazon si appoggia ai server di Amazon. La motivazione ufficiale e' per aumentare l'efficienza (e non dubito che in alcuni casi possa anche essere vero), ma le implicazioni e le possibili conseguenze sono preoccupanti. Da leggere con grande attenzioni i "terms of use" quando saranno disponibili. Ciao, juan carlos September 28, 2011, /7:22 pm/ Amazon’s Silk Browser Plays Another Role By QUENTIN HARDY <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/author/quentin-hardy/> With access to books, movies, and other media, Amazon <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/amazon_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org>’s Kindle Fire tablet may look like another consumer toy. However, an important part of the product, an advanced Web browser, is at the heart of where business computing is going. The new Amazon browser, called Silk, seems to be the first of its kind built for the world of cloud computing, which uses the Internet to gain access to the extensive computing power in data centers. Silk takes into consideration both the computing power in the user’s device and the computing power in Amazon’s enormous data centers, then executes tasks for maximum efficiency. As Peter Vosshall, a Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, says in a video <http://amazonsilk.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/introducing-amazon-silk/> that Amazon released Wednesday, “it is split between what runs on your device and what runs in the cloud.” [...] Continua qui: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/amazons-silk-browser-plays-another-...