The data speeds initially promised for GPRS have turned out to be slideware - although in principle it can support throughput rates above 100Kbps, in practice, but currently the actual throughput rates are closer to 10 or 20Kbps, not much above...
The technology giant will upgrade N1 Data Platform next year with the ability to automatically provision storage, or add more storage capabilities, when a device hits a certain threshold, said James Staten, director of software marketing at Sun's...
The window size is a parameter used by TCP/IP networks to specify the amount of data, in bytes, that devices can send without receiving an acknowledgment from the receiver. The parameter, normally set by the operating system, can make a network...
On private networks - LAN, WAN or in the carrier's core - application performance can be assured using two distinct quality of service parameters: DiffServ and MPLS. With DiffServ, information about priority is places in a packets header; with MPLS...
Those who believe it will soon be sidelined by Wi-Fi will be surprised to hear that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, the industry association that ratifies the Bluetooth standard, has announced plans to work with the developers of the...
The criticism is reminiscent of that directed at Sony BMG Music Entertainment in November 2005, when a programmer revealed that a technique designed to cloak the company's copy-protection software for music CDs also could be used by virus writers...