Optimists might say that every cloud has a silver lining.

VOA: special.2011.04.00

So we all went up to the Space Needle to watch the fireworks and this big cloud moved in and covered the Space Needle and so we just kind of watched the clouds and that was it."

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Macpherson says there is also no way of knowing whether there could be another eruption that could cause a similar ash cloud.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Some Internet companies are worried that concerns about privacy could hold back the growth of cloud computing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Critics say that e-mails and other information sent through cloud providers are no longer private anyway, just by virtue of being on the web.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

One research survey found that almost 70 percent of Americans use at least one cloud service.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The skies above large parts of Europe were empty for a second day Friday, as air safety authorities warned that the cloud of ash from Iceland's volcano is spreading.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

The volcano has sent a massive cloud of microscopic ash particles swirling across northern Europe - particles that air specialists say are highly abrasive and could cause aircraft engines to fail.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"We become afraid to use those services. We don't trust the fact that when we put our data into one of these cloud service providers that it is actually going to be protected."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

It's completely out of date." Stanley says inconsistencies in the law have made it easier for law enforcement and government agencies to demand that service providers give them consumer data stored on cloud servers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22