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'Cashmere': Another (possible) destination on Microsoft's embedded roadmap

'Cashmere': Another possible destination on Microsoft's embedded roadmapGee...an improved browser.You think?The BloatFarm should have had a better browser back in 2002 instead of that dissipated, shrunken, ie monopoly defender that it is been inserting. WinMo is roadkill to most other mobile Oses, particularly iPhone/iPod Touch.By the time this is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Web browsers, Strategy, Cashmere, Microsoft Corp., WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

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News to know: Google I/O; Zune HD; Bartz and Twitter at D7; Mac updates; AT&T's 3G

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google I/O kicks off with bigger push into Android, Web apps and more Google: Programming for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, I/O, Microsoft Zune, AT&T Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-28

'Cashmere': Another (possible) destination on Microsoft's embedded roadmap

Microsoft is considering releasing this year a new version of the core embedded operating system that powers Windows Mobile phones and other devices. That new Embedded Compact release, codenamed "Cashmere," could introduce a host of new features, from Adobe FlashLite support, to more advanced gesture recognition. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Textile Manufacturer Uses Hosted Filtering Service to Instantly Eliminate Plague of Spam

Johnstons of Elgin, which makes cashmere and other fine textiles in northern Scotland, was receiving up to 1 million unwanted e-mail messages a day. The spam clogged data lines, crashed server computers, overwhelmed numerous internal solutions, and diminished employee productivity. Efforts to stem the spam were ineffective, and some proposals...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cyberthreats, Data Centers, Spam, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Spam And Phishing

Case studies 2009-03-01

InterWeave: A Middleware System for Distributed Shared State

As an alternative to message passing, Rochester's InterWeave system allows the programmer to map shared segments into programs spread across heterogeneous, distributed machines. InterWeave represents a merger and extension of the previous Cashmere and InterAct projects, combining hardware coherence within small multiprocessors, Cashmere-style lazy release consistency within tightly coupled clusters,...

Tags: Segment, Consistency, Middleware, University Of Rochester, InterWeave, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance

White papers 2008-01-01

Denial of Service or Denial of Security?: How Attacks on Reliability Can Compromise Anonymity

This paper considers the effect attackers who disrupt anonymous communications have on the security of traditional high- and low-latency anonymous communication systems, as well as on the Hydra-Onion and Cashmere systems that aim to offer reliable mixing, and Salsa, a peer-to-peer anonymous communication network. The paper shows that Denial of...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Attacker, Association For Computing Machinery, Attack, Security

White papers 2007-11-02