As the name suggests, this is a balance between personal computing, with local applications, and web-based cloud computing.

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In this age of cloud computing are you too reliant on local data?

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Its Chrome OS has a history of being secure (although cloud computing will never be as protected as a local personal hard-drive).

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Losing it would hurt, of course, but it would not cripple a local economy that has been adding jobs in retailing, distribution and computing.

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As computing becomes a utility type service, cloud providers will be extensively more capable than any local staff.

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