From Technology Review, Google's cloud looms large: How might expanding Google's cloud-computing service alter the digital world? The Internet of Things: Your cell phone camera can tell you all about a product — is this an ephemeral gimmick or a great business? A look at how a versatile computer program works for detecting best blogs and worst water. From The Chronicle, a review of The Second Life Herald: The Virtual Tabloid That Witnessed the Dawn of the Metaverse by Peter Ludlow. From OJR, an article on Tim Berners-Lee's Web of people: The founder of the World Wide Web lectures on maps, bobsleds and the human qualities of his digital creation. Thanks to OpenID and OAuth, the open social web is beginning to emerge. From Wired, a look at how Facebook is always watching you. Watching what you see on the Web: New gear lets ISPs track users and sell targeted ads; more players, privacy fears. PCs have a multitude of uses, but, as a string of recent scandals illustrate, private information storage is not one of them.
