As more companies offer us web based services that reduce the dependency of client based applications (think Gmail, Google Documents, Live Mesh) we are storing more of our data in the cloud. So does that mean we can leave desktop app behind or are there issues like security and availability that mean you want you data safely stored on your local machine?

This Tuesday (July 15th) at 8pm UK 12pm PST I will be talking to jkOntheRun's Kevin Tofel to talk about the pros and cons of Cloud computing and I will be streaming the recording live on Yahoo Live. It will be interesting to see how Media Center users can take advantage of Cloud computing.

You can watch the live stream on Yahoo Live

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