You may recall a column from several months ago that described
cloud computing. The concept of cloud computing is that all
operations would be carried out in the Internet, rather than on
a user’s computer. Software and documents would be resident in
the Internet rather than on the user’s machine. Further,
software would be sold on a subscription basis, rather than by
periodic updates. This was considered a boon for companies – and
individuals -- with large storage requirements and, with the
proper security in place, the need for off-site storage of
sensitive or critical data. The cloud is used as an amorphous
metaphor for the Internet as a whole. Now comes Apple with its
latest contribution to computing technology, iCloud, released
earlier this month for mobile devices and soon to be available
at no charge for both Mac and Windows platforms. iCloud allows
iPod, iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC users to store their tunes – and
a lot of other content – on Apple’s servers and access it via
the Web. Apple wants to help i