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1、海天英语2010年春季大学英语四级考试强化讲义阅读理解部分四级真题同源阅读——从题源角度征服四级阅读GoogleplanstomakePCshistoryIndustrycriticswarnofdangeringivinginternetleadermorepowerGoogleistolaunchaservicethatwouldenableuserstoaccesstheirpersonalcomputerfromanyinternetconnection,accordingtoindustryreports.Butcam
2、paignerswarnthatitwouldgivetheonlinebehemothunprecedentedcontroloverindividuals'personaldata.TheGoogleDrive,or"GDrive",couldkilloffthedesktopcomputer,whichreliesonapowerfulharddrive.Insteadauser'spersonalfilesandoperatingsystemcouldbestoredonGoogle'sownserversandacce
3、ssedviatheinternet.Thelong-rumouredGDriveisexpectedtobelaunchedthisyear,accordingtothetechnologynewswebsiteTGDaily,whichdescribeditas"themostanticipatedGoogleproductsofar".ItisseenasaparadigmshiftawayfromMicrosoft'sWindowsoperatingsystem,whichrunsinsidemostoftheworld
4、'scomputers,infavourof"cloudcomputing",wheretheprocessingandstorageisdonethousandsofmilesawayinremotedatacentres.Homeandbusinessusersareincreasinglyturningtoweb-basedservices,usuallyfree,rangingfromemail(suchasHotmailandGmail)anddigitalphotostorage(suchasFlickrandPic
5、asa)tomoreapplicationsfordocumentsandspreadsheets(suchasGoogleApps).Thelossofalaptoporcrashofaharddrivedoesnotjeopardisethedatabecauseitisregularlysavedin"thecloud"andcanbeaccessedviathewebfromanymachine.TheGDrivewouldfollowthislogictoitsconclusionbyshiftingtheconten
6、tsofauser'sharddrivetotheGoogleservers.ThePCwouldbeasimpler,cheaperdeviceactingasaportaltotheweb,perhapsviaanadaptationofGoogle'soperatingsystemformobilephones,Android.Userswouldthinkoftheircomputerassoftwareratherthanhardware.ItisthisprospectthatalarmscriticsofGoogl
7、e'sambitions.PeterBrown,executivedirectoroftheFreeSoftwareFoundation,acharitydefendingcomputerusers'liberties,didnotdisputetheconvenienceoffered,butsaid:"It'salittlebitlikesaying,'we'reinadictatorship,thetrainsarerunningontime.'Butdoesitmattertoyouthatsomeonecanseeev
8、erythingonyourcomputer?DoesitmatterthatGooglecanbesubpoenaedatanytimetohandoverallyourdatatotheAmericangovernment?"Googlerefusedtoc
