Tom Yager adds cloud computing to his list of least favorite buzzwords because, like its namesake, the term refers to a “formless, vaporous, and semi-reliable indicator of climatic conditions.” Rest easy, though, because if people need it, the technology won’t need a catch-phrase to define it for long, Yager writes in Next-generation mobile is all about the cloud. “All of the ingredients needed to make a services-rich global cloud are in the public domain. It’s a matter of shedding the legacy baggage of clumsy session-oriented protocols and transports that were optimized for dial-up and time-metered networks.” Technology Industry