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My 15 minutes with Bill Gates
Comment So I raised my hand and said something cheeky like, "Bill, what is the killer app that's going to make this multimedia PC a must-have on every desktop? It was apparent that there was no killer app to take this funny concept and make something of it. [11 Jul 2008]
Wireless Application Development for a Changing World: A Beginner's Guide to Designing Pervasive Application Architectures
White Paper Everyone, it seemed, was working on some kind of killer wireless app - even though most developers would admit they had no idea what customers actually wanted. The backbone of any well-designed computer system is its architecture, and this is... [01 Jul 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - ready for business?
News Chapman adds: "I'm sure they'd rather have 3G than not have it but it's not the killer app. With Apple CEO Steve Jobs set to unveil the hotly anticipated iPhone 2.0 on Monday, rumoured tweaks include 3G, GPS capability and variations on its sleek... [06 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News The rumour mill is dizzy with speculation about what 'cool new stuff' Apple's iPhone will shortly be sporting, ahead of CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on Monday. [05 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is. The next killer app on mobile, to gain proper share, is sat-nav. Not so "killer" apps Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [06 Mar 2008]
Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is...
News And silicon.com readers again share their world view, with almost a fifth (19 per cent) identifying social networking as the next mobile killer app - the second most popular option after the mobile internet. [04 Mar 2008]
Comparing Fax Servers to Hosted Fax Solutions
White Paper While e-mail may be the 'killer app,' the fact is many industries still rely heavily on faxes to transmit data between two or more parties. Today, faxing continues to be a dominant communications tool. [02 Jan 2008]
Live Webcast: Ensuring True High Availability for Microsoft Exchange
White Paper If there is a "killer app," it's e-mail. Business communications rely heavily on e-mail, and an increasingly mobile base of users and clients continually lowers the tolerance for e-mail downtime. How can you ensure the high availability (HA) levels... [16 Dec 2007]
What Business Needs from SOA: The SOA Killer App
White Paper Learn why ZapThink's "SOA Killer App" is what matters most for SOA initiatives today. A highly scalable SOA places increased demands for governance, modeling, policy enforcement and reporting. The demand for a comprehensive SOA tool is emerging... [12 Dec 2007]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News But the general consensus was no 'killer app' for NGNs has yet to emerge. That's the warning from Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch Europe, who was speaking during a Westminster eForum debate on the future of broadband Britain. [22 Nov 2007]
Delivering SAS to Excel Jockeys
White Paper Once Excel was included into the MS Office suite in 1993, it became the killer app overtaking other spreadsheet heavy weights such as Lotus 1-2-3. The ubiquity of Microsoft Excel and Word on desktop computers has made it a default entry point for... [06 Nov 2007]
BlackBerry: And the next killer mobile app is...
News He added: "If it wasn't for all these physical limitations, the next killer app would be TV. According to McDowell, a more realistic killer app for BlackBerry devices is mapping tools, including a variety of mash-ups with applications such as... [02 Nov 2007]
Ruby Cookbook - Web Development: Ruby on Rails
White Paper Ruby on Rails is unquestionably Ruby's killer app. It can take a lot of credit for lifting Ruby from obscurity outside its native Japan. No other programming language can boast a simple web application framework that also has almost all of that... [17 Oct 2007]
High Performance MySQL: Optimization,Backups,Replication & Load Balancing - Replication
White Paper In the corporate world, a single application developer may build the company's next killer app on top of MySQL. MySQL use often grows organically. This initial success with MySQL development typically breeds more projects and more success. [10 Oct 2007]
"Killer App" of Wearable Computing: Wireless Force Sensing Body Protectors for Martial Arts
White Paper Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing both have the goal of pushing the computer into the background, supporting all kinds of human activities. Application areas include areas such as everyday environments (e.g.clothing, home, office), promoting new... [31 Aug 2007]
