Future

Competition in the tablet market is fierce because the profits are potentially enormous (check Apple’s financial statements as proof). No wonder everybody is desperate to get their way in, some giving up before they really started (HP), others with dubious concepts (RIM). Apple obviously is fighting tooth and nail to keep up their dominance which is expected by analysts to last at least until 2014. Into these turbulent waters Microsoft just jumped in by presenting the developer preview of Windows 8. I expect it to be wildly successful - especially on tablets. Read on to find out why.

A desktop delivered from the cloud, accessible from everywhere, providing just the right amount of computing power for the task at hand, maintained by the cloud provider and paid for only when used - a dream? Or a commodity in ten years’ time? Time will tell, but in the meantime let us find out if such a virtual wonder device is even possible.