Additionally, Cisco is set to start embedding caching, load balancing and quality of service functions into its equipment and software under its Content Networking Initiative. Cisco has announced plans to incorporate recently acquired Tasmania's...
Microsoft also plans to build peer-to-peer application programming interfaces (APIs) into Windows XP. For example, with the planned APIs, Windows XP will allow devices on a peer network to find and interact with each other automatically.
Last week, Stockholm-based Joltid said three major service providers in Europe licensed its PeerCache technology - software designed to reduce costs of network traffic by caching frequently traded digital files within file-swapping systems.
As well as new APIs, Mustang will also include a number of smaller features, such as improved out of memory handling and classpath wildcards. The Java Community Process (JCP) group responsible for deciding changes to Mustang, agreed on 15 June that...
It also provides access to other Google services and APIs to improve user or account authentication, although the search engine has confirmed it will not claim ownership of the applications once built.
The vulnerabilities in indexing validation and array, record parsing, and credential caching could allow an attacker to compromise a system if the user opens a malicious Excel file. The vulnerabilities, as detailed in Microsoft Security Bulletin...