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BBC reveals iPlayer user habits
News Just over half of users (51 per cent) access iPlayer via a desktop computer, with 32 per cent using their laptops. There's also evidence that people are linking up the service to their TV, with five per cent saying they always view iPlayer with... [06 Aug 2008]
Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News The part-time Computer Systems Management Foundation Degree, which has been developed by computer maker HP in collaboration with Thames Valley University (TVU) where it has been piloted since 2006, will furnish students with HP Certified... [06 Aug 2008]
Photos: The tech that holds up the net
Photo This is the Pilot Ace computer at NPL in 1950. This is NPL's first attempt at a full-scale Ace computer, which was completed in 1957. Here's someone working on NPL's Deuce computer in 1956. Alan Turing - widely seen as the father of modern computer... [06 Aug 2008]
UK School Transforms Computing Department and Introduces New Learning Opportunities for Its Students
White Paper The specific issues the school wanted to address were the problems of computer downtime, the potential threat of viruses to the computer network and bring a standard technology solution across the school. [04 Aug 2008]
Developing the Web100 Based Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT)
White Paper This paper describes a novel new way of performing the basic diagnostic function needed to identify that a problem exists and if that problem is in the source computer, the destination computer, or the network infrastructure. [04 Aug 2008]
On Quality of Service Optimization With Discrete QoS Options
White Paper Quality of Service (QoS) control is considered an important user demand and therefore receives wide attention, especially in the areas of computer networks and real-time multimedia systems. This paper presents a QoS management scheme that enables... [04 Aug 2008]
Improving Node Visibility and GRID Scalability in a Globus Environment
White Paper Nevertheless, due to its features for dealing with common network traffic, it is simple not possible to take a full advantage of the toolkit services for interconnecting computer resources that are part of several independent cluster systems. [04 Aug 2008]
Dell Precision Workstations Help SolidWorks Developers and Customers Make the Most of Industry-Leading 3D CAD Software
White Paper SolidWorks Corporation needed to maximize the productivity of its software developers in order to enhance its industry-leading 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software. The company also wanted to recommend a high-performance hardware platform for... [04 Aug 2008]
Wyoming Seminary Uses McAfee Solutions to Protect High-Risk Users
White Paper The college wanted to improve email and computer security for high-risk student users. Founded in 1844 and located near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wyoming Seminary is the oldest coeducational independent college preparatory school in the region. [04 Aug 2008]
The University of Hawaii Protects Its Slice of Paradise With Check Point Security Tools
White Paper After many years of using a firewall from a legacy computer-network provider, UH decided it needed a solution with much more functionality and a better user interface. The University of Hawaii (UH) system includes 10 campuses and dozens of... [04 Aug 2008]
Paessler AG Case Study: Accel
White Paper The company's personnel work both in the office and occasionally from home and, as so much work is done by computer, staff notice if things are not running as smoothly as usual - especially if speed is the issue. [04 Aug 2008]
End-to-End Optimal Algorithms for Integrated QoS, Traffic Engineering, and Failure Recovery
White Paper This paper addresses the problem of optimal Quality of Service (QoS), Traffic Engineering (TE) and Failure Recovery (FR) in Computer Networks by introducing novel algorithms that only use source inferrable information. [04 Aug 2008]
Scalable Hybrid Search on Distributed Databases
White Paper This scalable hybrid search provides a total query result from the collection of individual inquiries against independent data fragments distributed in a computer cluster. A hybrid keyword search that combines metadata search with a traditional... [04 Aug 2008]
Pacific Coffee Perks Up Customer Loyalty and Protects Point-of-Sale Platform With Check Point Safe@Office
White Paper With its focus on offering customers coffee as well as convenient computer connectivity, Pacific Coffee is no stranger to the challenges posed by technology. Since 1992, Pacific Coffee Company has been providing world-class coffee to satisfy Hong... [04 Aug 2008]
Protecting Content During Business Disruption: Are You Covered?
White Paper Whether its something as ordinary as a fire, power outage, or computer virus, or a dramatic anomaly like a major hurricane or terrorist attack, more and more businesses - large and small - are facing the reality that the unexpected can happen at... [04 Aug 2008]
