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RSS bitsUsing Windows XP Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) With Visual Studio .NET
White Paper This paper explains how to use Microsoft Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET through a wrapper around API calls. The BITS library includes much more functionality than what is covered in this paper and... [09 Aug 2005]
Editor's Blog: Moving bits
Comment It's the day before our office move over the long weekend (more on that in a moment) but it seems moving bits of the digital variety is much bigger news still. And understandably so. No sooner do we hear half of UK households now have broadband of... [05 Apr 2007]
The Next Generation Networks and the IPv6: A Perspective From the Project IPv6@BITS
White Paper BITS, believe that the Next Generation Networks will retain characteristics of multi-technology framework with IPv6 as the cornerstone. It considers IPv6 as the factor that will bind multiple technologies - fixed and mobile together. [29 Oct 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: A sea of bits
Comment In addition, we have security services and government departments recording more than we need to know and at home the personal collection of life-bits is escalating with digital cameras, movies, music, games and other forms of entertainment. [20 Oct 2004]
IBM puts one trillion bits on tiny, wee chip
News IBM has developed a storage device that can store up to one trillion bits of information in an area the size of a postage stamp. The experimental prototype is part of Big Blue's ongoing Millipede research into nanotechnology devices. [11 Jun 2002]
Numerical Performance of Fixed-Point DSP Data Paths, or, What are Guard Bits and Why Should I Care?
White Paper A comparison is made between use of guard bits, scaling of intermediate results, and scaling of filter inputs or coefficients to eliminate the possibility of overflow. This paper explores the ways in which quantization is introduced into fixed... [24 Feb 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: My life bits
Comment But, asks Peter Cochrane, do we value our life bits? My life bits are just plain getting away from me. We live on a timeline and pass through space but our life bits (pics, movies and documents) need not. [10 Jul 2003]
The Right Intel Platform for the Right Job: Making a Sound Choice Between 32 and 64 Bits
White Paper This research paper indicates increased uptake of Intel Itanium processors during the next 12-24 months, as applications and operating systems prove their scalability and reliability in a 64-bit environment. [20 May 2004]
Average PC harbouring 28 bits of spyware
News US ISP EarthLink is starting to keep score in its fight against spyware. The internet service provider on Thursday said it found an average of nearly 28 spyware items on each PC it scanned during the first quarter. [16 Apr 2004]
Wireless Comeback Combines NLOS, Big Bits, Wi-Fi & WiMAX
White Paper WiMAX has achieved enormous strides since it was invigorated by leadership of Intel Corp. The focus on standards has served also to energize proponents of competing visions, including those with proprietary technologies and those supporting a more... [11 Aug 2005]
Private bits - the battle to safeguard data through encryption
Comment The encryption algorithm uses a key, which is a binary number that is typically from 40 to 128 bits in length. The greater the number of bits in the key, the longer it will take to break the code. The data is encrypted by combining the bits in the... [12 Jan 2001]
Bits to Bolts: Bridging the Gap Between the Solutions and Infrastructure Architecture
White Paper Has anybody ever written a component or application only later to find that it drives the infrastructure people crazy because of the way it works? Sometimes people are so focused on just designing and building components that they don't think about... [31 Mar 2007]
BEA TuxedoŽ FML32 Field Table Tid-Bits
White Paper This article describes some fundamental FML32 concepts that are intended to help you better understand your code. I assume that you already know how to create and compile a FML32 Field Table, and that you know how to set the environment variables... [24 Feb 2004]
TCP Sending Rate Control at Tera Bits Per Second
White Paper An analysis of the sending rate of TCP control over Terabit per second rate links illustrates how future optical network characteristics, such as higher bitrates, network congestion, and larger data loads, would affect performance. [19 Dec 2007]
Bits are better than bugs for VCs
News Software companies pulled in almost $1bn in venture funding in the first quarter of the year, pushing biotechnology out of the top spot in the VC cash league. That's according to the latest MoneyTree survey, done for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson... [27 Apr 2004]
