Monthly Archives: May 2009

Jargon of the Web Design Industry (Glossary)

Author: Cameron Chapman (Smashing Mag) Edited by: Ryan Sanders (Poc Network) There are specialized terms referring to all sorts of aspects of web design. For someone just getting started in web design, or someone looking to have a site designed, … Continue reading

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Google Chrome 2.0 Launched and Stable

Author: Sean Michael Kerner (Internet News) Google Chrome stable is now at version 2.0. Forgive me if I don’t sound too excited, I’ve been running Chrome 2.0 dev-channel (Google has three version of Chrome dev, beta and stable) for months … Continue reading

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New IBM SSD Drives + Smart Software = Possible Future for Server Drives?

IBM has introduced new solid state drives (SSDs) for its enterprise servers that add something long-missing to SSDs: intelligence. New management software can improve performance up to eight-fold and reduce, IBM said, while reducing the amount of storage needed by … Continue reading

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Growing Ad Networks Shaking Up Online Ad Spending

America Online’s Platform-A tops the U.S. rankings for ad networks. That puts Platform-A ahead of Web heavyweight’s Yahoo’s Ad Network in second-place and Google’s Ad Network, in third, according to a comScore report out today. The research firm also said … Continue reading

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JetPack Bring Customized Experience to Firefox

Author: Mark Long (News Factor) Mozilla Labs has launched a new browser project that promises to give developers the ability to explore new ways to help Web-site visitors customize and personalize the surfing experience. Featuring support for status bars, tabs, … Continue reading

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Pocket-sized Web Servers

Author: Andy Patrizio (Internet News) Dell has been a notoriously loyal Intel customer, but today it went way off the beaten path with the introduction of Web servers based on VIA Technologies’ Nano processor. The Nano, usually used in netbooks … Continue reading

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FastSoft Announces Industry’s First One-Sided 10Gbps Internet Accelerator at Interop Las Vegas 2009

Source: MarketWire (Marketwire) — 05/19/09 – FastSoft, Inc. introduced at the Interop IT Expo the latest product in its E Series line which supports 10Gbps throughput. The E Series EX accelerates TCP traffic 2 to 5 times, speeding up web … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s New Search Engine (Kumo) Expected Next Week

Author: Ian Paul, PC World Kumo, next week at The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things D conference. Ballmer is one of the featured speakers at the conference, which runs from May 26-28 in Carlsbad, California. News that Ballmer could … Continue reading

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Microsoft may unveil new search engine next week

Source: Ajay & John (Reuters) (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first time next week, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The … Continue reading

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Yahoo Talks About Delivering Smarter Search

Author: David Needle (Internet News) Yahoo picked the first anniversary of its launch of SearchMonkey to update the public on its progress on several key fronts, including improvements to mobile and image-related results. SearchMonkey gives site owners a structured way … Continue reading

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