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An interesting article from RWW about the future of desktop application.
I a few words, the future of desktop = Hosted services + social layers + cloud storage… and, of course browser-based.
Read the full article from ReadWriteWeb

For those of you who would like to embrace cloud computing but are a bit lost, the two following links should help you to choose the best providers, according to your needs :
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