So what is cloud computing, anyway? We’re hearing more about this. It’s pretty simple. Cloud computing is using a file or an application that is not stored on your local computer, but in a server elsewhere. A well known example would be Google Docs. You do not actually store these documents on your computer, they are hosted elsewhere. You log into your Google account to access and edit them, and you choose with whom they can be shared. Yahoo mail and Hotmail are other well known applications of cloud computing. More and more people are using cloud based services. Even Microsoft is releasing its latest version of Office as a cloud based application, and is beta testing it now. What this means for the internet is that speed will become even more important to users of these applications. Storage is no longer a problem, but speed is necessary to access and download information, as well as keeping your browser up to date.