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- An asynchronous communications protocol used to quickly transmit files over high-quality lines. Error checking is done after the entire file has been transmitted.
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- fast battles GOOG and YHOO for media markets, says its search traffic larger than Yahoo!
- FAST Search and Transfer, the leading European search firm, today introduced a search based business platform for media companies and said that search traffic from its customers has surpassed Yahoo! and will overtake Google in 2 years.The Norwegian based company said its FASTMedia software platform is the first to match...
- Tags: New Rules, FAST, Enterprise IT
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- fast Search and Transfer plans ambitious online ad exchange
- FAST Search and Transfer, a leading European enterprise search company, said it will build an advertising exchange for its media company customers, who between them have an online audience that rivals Yahoo! in size.The move will help to establish it as serious contender in the battle for large media advertising...
- Tags: Yahoo, Search, Media/Blogging, Google, FAST
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Creating enterprise applications using modified search algorithms
- FAST Search and Transfer has suddenly popped into my sphere of attention and I mean really popped. I got to spend some time at FASTs user conference at the end of last week, and it was an educational experience that got me interested in search again. This Norwegian based enterprise...
- Tags: Google, FAST, algorithm, enterprise application
- Blog posts 2007-02-10
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- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta
- We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...
- Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- VIA reveals world's lowest-power x86 processor on world's smallest board
- Since nothing gets Toybox readers going quite like processor wars -- I mean, hey, it's the Crusades of computing -- I thought I'd throw this little morsel into the ring. Arriving in the Toybox inbox this morning from Taipei is news that VIA Technologies has announced their...
- Tags: Board, X86 Processor, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...
- Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- What's wrong at OpenSolaris
- The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- What
- WhatWhat Vista Should BeAn excellent article and I couldn't agree with you more as to how an Operating System should be in 2008. Remembering of course that an OS is ONLY an OS. Everything productive one wants and needs to do on a computer sits above the layer of an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards
- In what I think is the biggest victory for Linux so far, DeviceVM's Splashtop Linux desktop will ship across the entire P5Q range of motherboards, with more to follow by the end of the year. DeviceVM, the award-winning developer of Splashtop™, today announced the proliferation of their innovative software...
- Tags: ASUS, Motherboard, Model, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?
- Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Yes. Diversity is the key for making revenue. If one product or service doesn't generate the whole company isn't at a loss. Only one division is.Microsoft's strengthwas Bill Gates' ability to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Game players, Games, Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Does Microsoft, consumer product
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- HP partners with Desktone to advance virtualized desktops as a service
- Desktone, the desktop as a service DaaS provider, has lined up a powerful ally in Hewlett-Packard HP, which has signed on as the first member of Desktone's partner program for desktop virtualization technology. Desktone announced HP's involvement at the same time it unveiled its service provider...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Service Provider, Desktone, Virtual-D Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- AT&T blowing out refurbished iPhones
- Another sign that the 3G iPhone is right around the corner: AT&T is selling refurbished 8 and 16GB models for US$249 and US$349 – US$150 off their regular prices. Personally, I think that you should be committed if you buy a 2G iPhone three weeks before the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- UK warned of China, India software threat
- Key UK industry figures believe Britain should forget any hopes of matching China and India in the low-cost end of the software market, and instead carve out a high-end niche. UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60 billion behind China this year, fuelling high-level calls for...
- Tags: Revenue, China, India, U.K., Tools & Techniques, Management, Nick Heath silicon.com, software, Inda, services
- News items 2008-05-14
- Business PCs are going nowhere fast
- Business PCs are going nowhere fastRE: Business PCs are going nowhere fastDefinitely agree with every single word. Todays PCs are bloated with unnecessary features that slow down both the pc and the user, reducing productivity. Even when using awesome stellar looking 3d applications, all you really need is a stable...
- Tags: Desktops, PC innovation, PC, business PC
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Business PCs are going nowhere fast
- "Everything that can be invented has been invented." If Charles Duell, in 1888 the Commissioner for the U.S. patent office, actually said that, then he would, of course, have been wrong; but I think the claim may have some applicability to the business PC in 2008....
- Tags: PC, Business PC, Unix, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Benchmarks: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks)
- Benchmarks: Psystar v. Mac mini and all three MacBooksThe tests Adrian refused to runI guess he was going to find that his Mac Mini was not a good purchase anyway.RE: Benchmarks: Psystar v. Mac mini and all three MacBooksWell what do the numbers indicate ??? Larger numbers better or worse...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Psystar, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, computer, Tiny Computers
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Xbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks)
- I've completed some initial Benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer. The results below are from Xbench 1.3 running on the following systems: Psystar Open Computer, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2 Mac mini, 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2 ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Memory, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Wiznotes (exe)
- Wiznotes educational software is the number 1 digital exercise book for students. Apart from providing students with an enjoyable interactive learning environment, Wiznotes is designed to help students learn and revise fast. Regular automatic updates provide the users with a continuously increasing number of innovative features that really improve students'...
- Tags: Student, Mesoraware, Patches
- Software downloads 2008-05-14
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