From desktop to cloud top: cloud computing comes of age.(TECHNOLOGY)

In a world where we seem to be dealing with a baffling assortment of technology buzzwords, one you will probably hear thrown around a lot in 2009 is cloud computing. While the name may sound a little funny, it refers to a very important change in how we are using our computers and the internet.

In the past, most of what we did with our computers involved desk top applications and storing files on a hard drive. With cloud computing, your workstation is just a device to access the web, and everything you need and the do with your computer is online. The sort of applications you used before are now available on the web, which really changes what we can do with those programs and …