Amazon’s Kindle Fire is taught to be the real cloud connected device due to its Silk Browser capability to use AWS (Amazon Web Service) cloud technology. But privacy advocates have expressed concerns over whether or not the pre-fetching technology utilized by Amazon’s Silk Browser could be a gaping hole into a user’s browsing habits. The specially designed mobile browser is designed to serve pages to users more quickly than having the device render the pages itself, which means Amazon’s Elastic Computer Cloud, or EC2 will be the processing power behind the new technology.  (more…)

 Amazon announced their entry into the tablet market recently with Kindle Fire and as anticipated, the price point could potentially be something Cupertino-based Apple should fear. While the device’s specs are nowhere near that of the iPad 2, the basic function of the device appeals to a broad range of consumers and the $199 price tag has had consumers snatching them up since they became available.

Let’s look at some numbers. Just after its announcement Amazon received more than 250,000 pre-orders for the tablet in less than a week. That amounts to around 50,000 pre-orders a day with no signs of slowed growth on behalf of the device. Plus nearly 4 million Kindle Fire sold this holiday season. In fact, Kindle Fire is the second best-selling item on Amazon, with the new $79 Kindle taking the top spot.  (more…)

Cloud Computing is becoming a new buzz word in IT industry now a days. With ever demanding changes in the business processes, this “word” is here to stay in IT field. Cloud Computing derives its meaning from the word “Cloud” – An age old depiction of Internet or large networked environment. Cloud computing structure can be seen as an overlap of various other computing infrastructures like Grid computing, Utility computing, Clustering etc.

If you are thinking of using cloud based web services, then you must first acquaint yourself with this word, what it means.

According to Wikipedia it is computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the services. Parallels to this concept can be drawn with the electricity grid where end-users consume power resources without any necessary understanding of the component devices in the grid required to provide the service. (more…)

Recently I wrote an article about the reasons of Why Buy Kindle And Why Not, on the launch of Kindle in Indian markets. So I thought why not write on How Kindle Works for more insight. The online bookstore Amazon.com recently launched the Kindle2, a thinner version with more memory and other enhancements. So what’s the big deal about the Kindle? The Kindle is intricately linked to Amazon‘s online book store where there are more than 230,000 book titles to choose from. These books cost as little as $1 or as much as $10. In addition, there’s a selection of magazines, newspapers and blogs. And all this is delivered wirelessly to the Kindle, without the need for a PC. The Kindle2 can hold as many as 1,500 books. Fortunately, the Kindle now can be used internationally. Since the Kindle has a USB connection you can transfer certain documents to it from your PC, such as audible audio books, MP3 files and text documents.

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