http://youtu.be/_u7F_56WhHk What's the News: Along with a whole passel of new Kindles, Amazon yesterday announced a new browser to accompany them, named Silk. And it's got some unusual characteristics that have some crowing about the next big thing in mobile browsing and others wondering about privacy implications. How Does It Work:
Silk, according to statements by the company (check out the video above), is a browser that uses Amazon's massive cloud computing resources to relieve the processing burden on its Kindle Fire tablet, resulting in super-fast page loading.
When you go to a webpage on the tablet, Amazon's remote servers, rather than the processor on the tablet, go forth and assemble all of the pictures, style sheets, HTML, and other gear that your browser usually needs to go track down by itself. Then the servers send that information to the tablet, accomplishing the task much quicker than a normal browser.
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