Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals’ computers.

The new platform, dubbed Windows Azure, was announced at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

The platform was described by Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie as “Windows for the cloud”.

The framework will be offered alongside the next Windows release, Windows 7.

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New versions of the two most popular web browsers have burst onto the scene. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is due to appear by the end of the year, while Mozilla Corporation’s Firefox 3 (Fx3) was released on June 17. The ‘public beta’ version of IE8 was made available on August 27 and can be downloaded from the Windows IE8 Home Page. Both browsers claim to offer significant advancements to the web-browsing experience. In addition to these two new browsers, search giant Google have recently launched their own browser, “Chrome“, which they hope will eat into IE’s share of the market and become a base for more complex Web 2.0 applications. We have used this in the office and like it alot!

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