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Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Cheat Sheet But in recent years rumour had it the search behemoth was eyeing up the mobile space with a view to making a mobile phone - or 'Gphone' as journos dubbed it. To pave the way for Android in the mobile space, Google has established a coalition of...

Tags: android, mobile linux, google, mobile phone

[12 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Galileo

Cheat Sheet The need for a European global satellite navigation system was first identified in the mid-1990s when the EU got together with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build a civilian-controlled satellite network.

Tags: galileo, satellite, sat nav, europe

[28 Jan 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV

Cheat Sheet It really is a case of watch this space. Is that when I download clips onto my phone? People falling over, pop videos, stuff like that? Mobile TV means video content that's either streamed or broadcast direct to your mobile phone - rather than...

Tags: dvb-h, dab-ip, mobile tv, nokia

[22 Nov 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Social networking

Cheat Sheet Social networking is the business of engaging and interacting with other internet users in a communal online space. An obvious corporate use for social networks is as a tool for building a sense of community within an organisation - linking up...

Tags: myspace, facebook, social networking

[15 Jun 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation

Cheat Sheet A lot of companies turn to virtualisation when they want to boost the capacity of their IT infrastructures - but in a cost and space efficient way. So watch this (virtual) space. Virtualisation? So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a...

Tags: virtualisation

[04 Jun 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Blade servers and PCs

Cheat Sheet Blade PCs save on space in the office too by reducing the clutter that normal workstations create. So what's all this about blades? I thought they were what samurai warriors use to kill their enemies.

Tags: blade servers, pc blades, blades, sun microsystems

[24 Jan 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Software as a service

Cheat Sheet By and large, yes it does - though there are still relatively few companies making a real name for themselves in this space compared to the real big names who are still shipping box-loads of CDs with software the user must install.

Tags: netsuite, salesforce automation, saas, software as a service

[31 Oct 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence

Cheat Sheet Business intelligence software will cross-reference multiple factors from seasonal change in demand for goods to the relative cost of shelf or rack space and availability of replenishment - and it will enable the retailers to make decisions based...

Tags: sas, business intelligence

[03 Oct 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Two-factor authentication

Cheat Sheet Many companies developing solutions in this space are providing secure tokens - little gizmos, if you like, no bigger than a key-fob which generate the random numbers for you. Two-factor authentication?

Tags: two-factor, lloydstsb, passwords, rsa

[24 Oct 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Podcasting

Cheat Sheet All sounds a bit A Space Odyssey to me. Podcasting, then. Can't argue with you there. If you haven't guessed, it gets its name from the ubiquitous Apple iPod. So what is it actually? Unlike a number of its rivals, the iPod doesn't come with a radio...

Tags: podcast, podcasting, cheat sheet, ipod

[17 Jun 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Smart phone operating systems

Cheat Sheet: Smart phone operating systems

Cheat Sheet PalmSource is established as the guardian of the Palm OS and is increasingly dedicating its resources towards the smart phone space. Yes. I didn't realise that. How obvious your OS is depends on the type of phone you have.

Tags: smart phone, symbian, palmsource, linux

[02 Nov 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Grid computing

Cheat Sheet: Grid computing

Cheat Sheet A well-known basic example of grid computing is the ongoing SETI@Home project in which thousands of people share unused processor cycles of their internet-connected PCs in the search for alien life in space.

[11 Apr 2002]

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