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Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player

Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 playerNiceWow, now THAT is some serious streaming for sure! Simply amazing.Jiffwww.privacy.es.tc

Tags: BX100, Vudu, 1080p

Discussion threads 2008-10-05

Google sandbox is open for business

Google sandbox is open for businessGoogle Apps are going to kill CDNsThe collateral damage that will be coming out of mass adoption of Platform as a Service PaaS solutions like Google Apps Engine is going to be Content Delivery Networks who have enjoyed high bandwidth margins. http://tmccune.blogspot.com/2008/05/cdns-on-ropes.htmlDoes that make...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Sandbox, CDN

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Akamai prepping for high definition content

With Silverlight and the recent announcement of H.264 in the Flash Player, high definition video content is coming to the web and Akamai, one of the major content delivery networks, is rolling out a new network that will be optimized for delivering high definition content to the web. As Sean...

Tags: Web, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., Om, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-08-28

Why mobile data centers matter

Why mobile data centers matterI thought that's what CDNs were forGlad to hear you're listening to the Gang, Phil. You were a guest once very early on, as I recall. Anyway, caching is perhaps a more efficient means to accomplish much of what you allude to here. That's why Akamai...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, CDN, mobile

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Content Delivery Services Expected to Grow at a Solid Pace

US content delivery servicesrevenues will grow about 20%, in 2003, from the estimated level of $186million in 2002, according to In-Stat/MDR. Thehigh-tech market research firm reports that growth will come from bothexisting customers expanding their use of content delivery services, andfrom new customers subscribing to these services. "Content deliveryservices are...

Tags: CDN, content delivery

Blog posts 2003-09-03

Additional Resources

Hacking the vote

Hacking the voteYou'd think soBut lots of very smart people have spent lots of time not solving it.i think your server idea is right except that programmable clients make it possible to attack the server data store - something that can't be done with Sun Rays.Downside to having people pick...

Tags: Scanners, E-voting, SECURITY, VOTING MACHINES, ballot, hacking, programmer, server

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...

Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Updated: Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and Move

There was a lot of buzz around the fact that Silverlight was going to be use at the Democratic national convention for video my post here and off the heels of the Olympics, it seemed like a good thing for Microsoft to get into and I was really looking forward...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Plug-in, Move, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond

Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...

Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?

Limelight Networks may have won a medal for its role behind the scenes to keep NBCOlympics.com humming, but the company is still dwarfed by its largest rival Akamai. The big question: Does Limelight have enough headroom to gain meaningful share from Akamai? Jason Perlow detailed how content...

Tags: Patent, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Jason, Company, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?Traffic Shaping is not the reasonTom:I suggest you review the material that Limelight Networks has put out regarding the Olympics streaming infrastructure.The reason why the Net has not melted is because the content is not on the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Data centers, INTERNET, Storage, Traffic Shaping, Olympics Video, Limelight Networks

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Will the Olympics melt the Internet?

Will the Olympics melt the Internet?Well...No one really watches the Olympics, so it won't be a test.ScalingThe Internet will be able to handle it... unless they use Twitter's servers.Umm...2006?The Internet didn't melt then.p2pusers already use p2p programs and they download a massive amount of GB/week of films, but the network...

Tags: Olympic Games, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.Enron Loophole ...the biggest problem IMHO is the Enron Loophole Clinton signed into law that allowed Oil to be traded on the Mercantile Exchange ... aka Commodities Market .. so instead of oil just being sold as a consumable for...

Tags: gasoline, official gasoline

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

What's in a name? For LimeLeap, apparently, a whole lot

What's in a name? For LimeLeap, apparently, a whole lotHolding local discussionsIt's important for a company to pass on their knowledge in an area they're passionate in. It inspires, even if they take a small nugget of information away, it's worth it.We held an interactive talk to promote the use...

Tags: LimeLeap

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Microsoft adding 10,000 new datacenter servers a month

Today's trivia question: How big is Microsoft's back-end services infrastructure? Microsoft officials won't say how many servers total Microsoft has churning in its various datacenters. But Microsoft's corporate vice president of Global Foundation Services Debra Chrapaty is on record saying Microsoft is adding 10,000 new servers a...

Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Apple sales soar to capture 14ò0of US PC retail sales

Apple sales soar to capture 14ò0of US PC retail salesThe OS just rocksIt's easy, straightforward, stable, and powerful. Leopard is the anti-Vista and gives you what I like to call "mindless productivity." I can do everything I want at home, work, and school quickly and easily. This...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Desktops, Operating systems, PC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, sales, PC retail sale, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

AOL Pagetest (msi)

AOL Pagetest is a completely free and open source tool for analyzing your Web pages. It is the only free too for Internet Explorer that dissects all of the requests the browser makes and displays them in a waterfall view of the page load making it easy to spot bottlenecks....

Tags: Web, America Online Inc., Waterfall, Request, AOL Pagetest, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-20

Site offers free iPhone: contest ends March 1

If you, or your company are creating video content and then distributing this content through enterprise-level Content Delivery Networks not YouTube than you might want to know of a contest StreamingMedia.com is running through March 1. You simply complete a questionaire. Upon...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-16

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 - Installation (Windows Vista Service Pack 1 screenshot gallery)

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 - Installation (Windows Vista Service Pack 1 screenshot gallery)pictures, schmictures what about the blue circle of wait?and the ever present 'not responding' when doing the simplest things in Explorer?Just for FunI think it would have been funny if you had snuck a Blue Screen of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 screenshot gallery, Microsoft Windows, screenshot gallery

Discussion threads 2008-02-07