LINKOPING, Sweden - icloud, the Swedish Internet service that in 2009 will give everybody in the world that does not have a computer its own "free computer online," today announced that it has been chosen a winner of the prestigious Red Herring 100 Global Award.

Past award winners include Google, Yahoo, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.

Daniel Arthursson, CEO of icloud, said, "We are honored to be a winner of the Red Herring 100 Global Award for 2008. We have worked hard for 7 years with our free computer online, icloud.com. This Award is a significant validation for our promise for 2009: to give everybody in the world that does not have their own computer, a free computer online with the icloud.com service."