Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like a public utility. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves the provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources as a [...]
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Cloud Computing
Posted in ambiente, cooperation, cooperazione, data, ecologia, ecology, ecosostenibilità, enviroment, internet, IT, media, network, resource, risorse, technology, web 2.0, web application, tagged cloud, cloud computing, collective intelligence, communication, computer, internet, IT, media, scalability, shared resources on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Google Ocean – Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
Posted in cooperation, data, ecology, enviroment, free, internet, IT, media, science, technology, web 2.0, web application, tagged 3D, algae blooms, bathymetry, coral reef, currents, data, database, enviroment, google, google maps, google ocean, lamont_doherty, map, mape, mapping, ocean, oceani, sea, shipwreck, topografia, topography, weather patterns on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level–Google Ocean. The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts to create a 3D oceanographic map. The tool–for now called Google Ocean, is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will [...]
Wikipedia
Posted in cooperation, free, international organization, internet, IT, media, open source, people, society, technology, web 2.0, tagged collaboration, collaborazione, collective intelligence, cooperation, education, enciclopedia, encyclopedia, free, gratis, intelligenza collettiva, internet, jimmy wales, knowledge, larry sanger, no profit, sapere, technology, volunteers, web 2.0, wiki, wikimedia, wikipedia on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
video: “Truth in Numbers” “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” J. Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Wikipedia is a free, multilingual, open content encyclopedia project operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki [...]
