Computing Anywhere Anytime

1. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=13702What is meant by a net book? What is the “cloud” in cloud computing.
The term net book is meant by, that net books is a small portable computing device, which is very similar to a notebook, and is great for surfing the Web and checking e-mail. the differentiates a net book from a notebook is its physical size and the computing power. The term cloud computing is, running applications in or from network servers. Computing "in the cloud" may refer to a company's own network, but often refers to the Internet and the use of Web browser-based or rich client applications. It implies a trend toward thin client computing, which was embodied in the "network computer" of the late 1990s. An example of cloud computing would be: -*Google Apps provides common business applications online that are accessed from a Web browser. The software comes from the Web servers, and the data may be stored on the servers as well.

2. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.htmlWhat applications does Google docs offer online?Why would you want your documents stored in the “cloud” (online)?
Google docs offer online, accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc. So go ahead and upload your existing files.I would wont to keep my documents stored in the "cloud" because we can publish our documents online with just one click, we can make them look like normal web pages, without having to learn anything new which maybe more harder for other people to learn.

3. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour5.htmlWhat advantages do students and teachers find in Google docs?
The advantages that students have is that they use it to post to there blogs on to google docs, do writing assignments, type notes for reading assignments and many other things.The teachers advantages is that they have been sick and tied of sitting threw many power points and boring the students they have decided to upload each of the online safety power points to a google account and then the class joined the presentation.