Killer Application
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At 40, the Internet's still reshaping history
Insight The Net has crushed geographic barriers and withstood extraordinary growing pains. But the human race has work to do adapting to its creation.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Netcraft, WWW, Net, cloud computing, Web 2.0, Web sites, PC, Facebook
Web community must realize IPv6 urgency
News IPv4 is "near exhaustion", says official from regional Internet registry APNIC, urging Internet community to recognize need to move to IPv6 within two years.
Tags: IPv6, Domain names, Web sites, Internet Service, DNS, Internet Service Provider, Internet, U.S., industry, service provider
Go slow with voice over WiMax
Cobrand The president of Soma Networks says that voice over wireless still suffers from capacity, quality and interoperability issues.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, VoIP/IP telephony
Do cloud computing and parallel processing lack use cases?
Techguide There are really no killer apps for cloud computing or parallel processing, and reasons why the two are not bigger trends than they should be, says industry watcher Justin James.
Tags: Business applications, Software engineering/development, Parallel Processing, Backup, CPU, Developer, Cloud Computing, Server, Use Case, multi-threading
Staccato: Wireless USB to be big in 2009
News As the chipmaker unveils its Ripcord 2 65nm CMOS ultrawideband system on a chip, its CEO claims PC makers will start offering wireless USB more widely next year.
Tags: Bandwidth, Processors, UWB, Broadcom Corp., Wireless USB, Wireless, USB, Lenovo Group Ltd., network, killer application
Mundie: The desktop of the future is a room
News While mobile devices will be important, the desktop isn't going away. Eventually your whole office will be a desktop PC, says Microsoft's top strategy officer Craig Mundie.
Tags: Business applications, Desktops, Hologram, computer, Microsoft Xbox 360, digital photograph, financial analyst, killer application, Microsoft Xbox, desktop
India poised to see triple-play growth
News Having seen exponential mobile growth, country now expects to see broadband and video take off in big way, say delegates at recent convergence event.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, TVs, IP Television, Security, Mobile, TV, India, Telecommunications, Wireless, Ekinops
Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?
News Support for multitouch input is one of the most tangible ways that Windows 7 differs from its predecessors. But will many people actually get their hands on the technology?
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, Notebook, computer, Touch Screen, Microsoft Windows, PC
Short Take: Mimos "hunts down" Web killer app
News Mimos Berhad, operator of the Jaring Internet service, believes that the country's Internet penetration rate could be boosted if the killer application among Malaysian Internet users was identified.
NTT DoCoMo steals limelight at Asian Internet Awards
News Japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo bagged top honors when it won three categories at the Internet World Asia Industry Awards 2001.
NTT DoCoMo steals limelight at Asian Internet Awards
News Japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo bagged top honors when it won three categories at the Internet World Asia Industry Awards 2001.
Yahoo tests new IM software
News Company set to unveil a test version that promotes VoIP communication and the Internet media company's new social network.
Tags: Instant messaging
Wi-Fi VoIP to threaten telco business models
News Traditional phone operators will be forced to change their approach as wireless VoIP technology surges over the next few years, say analysts.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, 802.11/Wi-Fi, VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Next-generation technology/networks
Yahoo to buy Net phone services company
News Deal for Dialpad raises questions about Yahoo's longstanding realtionship with regional dial-up and broadband service provider SBC.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
Market for handhelds continues slide
News Worldwide shipments of handhelds fell significantly in the first quarter as demand in the business and consumer markets cooled despite new devices and lower prices, according to a new report.
