Work offline on Google Docs The advantages keeping documents online are obvious. No longer are your documents or presentations locked in the belly of one machine, but instead liberated to freely roam wherever internet connections abound. But if should find yourself somewhere where Wi-Fi isn’t available, such as on a train, plane, or a deserted log cabin, then the weaknesses become immediately apparent. Google offers the facility to view your documents offline via the Google Docs app in the Chrome App store (easily found by launching Chrome and clicking on the Web Store icon) but this is restricted to your more recent creations and doesn’t allow editing....

Cloud Computing Skills Shortage Forces CIOs to Grow Their Own When Majestic Realty Co., a Los Angeles-based commercial real estate developer, moved to Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) for cloud-based email in early 2011, CIO Jon Grunzweig was shocked by the lack of technical support he found for BPOS in the marketplace. “A year ago, no one knew anything about BPOS,” he says. “We couldn’t get good advice ahead of time on what to look out for, what to think about....

Nokia announces its first Windows Phone with NFC Nokia has announced an NFC-enabled version of the recently launched Lumia 610 smartphone.Orange will be the first network operator to sell it, Nokia said in a blog post on Wednesday. Nokia has added an NFC (Near-Field Communications) software stack on top of the Windows Phone OS, which doesn’t yet have integrated support for the short-range communication technology. Orange offers commercial NFC services in France and the U....

Apple Hits Flashback Trojan With Second Java Update Apple has issued a second security update aimed at Flashback, the Mac malware that has reportedly infected 600,000 computers since last year. AsIntego notes, the Java for OS X 2012-002 update appears to be same as the one Apple issued earlier this week, but the latest update is aimed only at Max OS X Lion users. It’s possible, Intego says, that Apple found a glitch in the first update that would make a new release necessary....

Install and configure iCloud Control Panel for Windows If you own an iPad then you’ve probably heard about iCloud, the online storage system that Apple recently launched for its various mobile devices, as well as its range of Maccomputers. Of course, there are millions of PC users who own iPhones and iPads, so Apple has also released a version of the iCloud software that runs on Windows too. The PC version of iCloud isn’t quite as straightforward to use as it is on a Mac, but it still works well as a quick and easy way of transferring files from an iPhone or iPad onto your PC....