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Microsoft Silverlight- Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device browser plug-in built by Microsoft and designed for building rich Internet applications within a Web browser. As of October 2008 Version 2 was in Beta 2. Version 1 is currently available.
Google Chrome - Chrome is a free, almost open-source browser developed by Google. Its source code has two versions: one that Google will maintain and a copy that Google has published. It was developed with the idea that less is more. Chrome is simple, straight-forward and fast.
Cloud Computing - Businesses can subscribe to specific applications in "the cloud" (such as e-mail) but there is growing momentum to provide raw processing and storage capability so that any application can run remotely without typical constraints. The number and diversity of applications moving online is increasing. To support this demand the underlying infrastructure and business tools for hosting online applications are maturing. The two working together are feeding off each other thus accelerating overall adoption. Cloud computing allows for code and storage to exist on the Internet ("the cloud") as a service on a series of devices that by design appear as a single device.