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Cheat Sheet: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Cheat Sheet As the name suggests this is the Ethernet networking protocol built for speed. If however video streaming and hosted applications - to name but two - fail to inspire corporate users then 10 Gigabit Ethernet could become another technology forlornly... [31 Oct 2001]
Cheat Sheet: Virus names and alerts
Cheat Sheet OK, well I know what computer viruses are so this should be straightforward - the name is just how they are distinguished from one another and the warning is an indication of how problematic things are at a given time? [08 Nov 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Bluetooth
Cheat Sheet Harald united Denmark and Norway by particularly bloody means and it is this ability to tie things together that compelled mobile phone company Ericsson to name the technology after him. The name doesn't give much away, does it? [12 Mar 2002]
Cheat sheet: Difference between mm02 and 02
Cheat Sheet You don't need to care, really, but you may sound a bit stupid if you don't know that mm02 is the publicly traded holding company for the mm02 group of network operators.is the name of the UK and European networks and retail outlets, which is why... [24 Jun 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Phishing
Cheat Sheet As the name suggests it require a little angling - a little invention on the part of the scammer. Over the years there have been instances of people submitting details to spoofed banks they don't even bank with - simply because it looked official... [25 Jun 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Spam
Cheat Sheet They can then get more money selling your name on to other spammers. Try using a creative email address - one that a name-generating program would be unlikely to come up with. It's unwanted email. The electronic form of the postal junk mail you... [03 Jan 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Web 2.0
Cheat Sheet Where'd the name come from? The 2.0 name is a clear allusion to the naming convention of software updates - this is the internet version 2.0, get it? Web 2.0? I'm learning to spot a buzzword when I hear one and I think I just have. [21 Aug 2006]
Cheat Sheet: i-mode
Cheat Sheet And why the silly DoCoMo name? We'll spare you their name in full, but the phrase 'dokomo' means 'anywhere' in Japanese. A. Well, kind of.i-mode is a proprietary mobile data service owned by Japan's NTT DoCoMo. [08 Nov 2001]
Cheat Sheet: Mash-ups
Cheat Sheet If you have a list of sales leads, or a contact database, it makes sense that you should be able to click on a name and see a Google Map of where that company is. Likewise you should be able to click on that name and place a Skype call, or send an... [26 May 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Google Android
Cheat Sheet So that's an awful lot of big name tech companies feasting off of one man's creative energies. Unsurprisingly it does not include big name mobile OS makers such as Symbian. Ha, ha. You can sit back down - this is about Android: Google's up-and... [12 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Biometrics
Cheat Sheet Think fingerprints, think iris scanning - as the name suggests, it relates to specific biological features which can be measured, recorded and then used as a form of identification. Biometrics? Go on, explain what it is then. [20 Apr 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Prince2
Cheat Sheet Has the diminutive popstar changed his name again? Prince2? Funny. But no, it's got nothing to do with him. So what is Prince2 then? It is one of the most widely used project management methodologies around and stands for Projects IN a Controlled... [07 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Sarbanes-Oxley
Cheat Sheet It's the name of a piece of US compliance legislation, with global implications, which was signed off in 2002 and is soon to 'go live' with the intention of preventing financial malpractice and accounting scandals such as the Enron debacle. [10 Jun 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet Rather than hand over cash, sign your name or even do the chip and PIN thing when you buy something, the wondrous gift of technology has made it possible to make a purchase by tapping a teller's till with your wallet or mobile phone. [11 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Podcasting
Cheat Sheet If you haven't guessed, it gets its name from the ubiquitous Apple iPod. Podcasting, then. All sounds a bit A Space Odyssey to me. Can't argue with you there. So what is it actually? Unlike a number of its rivals, the iPod doesn't come with a radio... [17 Jun 2005]
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