FLASH REPORT: 2012 Predictions, Phone Virtualization, Microchip Evolution, and Space-Age Autos

FLASH REPORT: 2012 Predictions, Phone Virtualization, Microchip Evolution, and Space-Age Autos

It's that time of year again — time for predictions! And in Network World, Gartner predicts that IT will spend more on cloud computing, and thaqt low-cost cloud services will take slices of revenue from the top outsourcingt players by 2015. Next, CNet reports that the VMware phone virtualization solution called Horizon Mobile solution will let us have a "phone within a phone," allowing us to toggle between work and personal phones. And if you've ever wondered how computers shrunk to the size of a phone, the website Howtogeek.com has published a fascinating infographic on the evolution of the microchip, from the first electronic calculators to the iPad, Finally, check out the latest space-age cars in a slide show from The Washington Post.