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A Comparison of Zipping Utilities
There was a time when storage space and bandwidth were precious commodities. So techniques were developed to compress data, by means of obscure algorithms and shoddily designed GUI's (if they are generous enough). Now we've all got broadband and terabyte hard disks. For the computer-literate in the 21st century, compression is mainly synonymous with video codecs, which are handled in a totally different way. There's the old archiving job, but the shell command that comes with the operating system handles it easily enough. So are zipping utilities going the way of the dinosaur?Windows XP Media Centre Edition
Windows XP Media Centre Edition is a program in the Microsoft Windows XP operating system which is specifically designed to play the role of a home entertainment hub.
Role of WINS in Networking
WINS stands for Windows Internet Name Server, a program (designed by Microsoft) that runs on NT servers and provides clients with a way of finding other computers operating on windows networks. It achieves this action by resolving the computers’ NetBIOS names to IP addresses so that the windows computers in a network can find each other and communicate easily. A distributed database is provided by WINS for registration and querying of dynamic NetBIOS names mappings to IP addresses on the network. This action eradicates use of broadcasts for purposes of resolving names hence eliminating the... Read moreSpeech Recognition Software and Its Importance
Whether we think we know what speech recognition software is, or not, the chances are good that we all have interacted with this software at one time or another. It is often used in telephony systems, in order for a particular system or application to be controlled via spoken commands. The voice dialing function on your mobile phone is made possible by speech recognition software. The terms speech recognition and voice recognition are usually considered interchangeable, but technically they are not. Speech recognition is designed to recognize individual words, and perform a specific action... Read moreSolar Winds Products and Their Benefits
Since its inception in 1998 by two brothers, Dave and Don Yonce, Solar Winds have grown from strength to strength. This is largely due to their great products and support, primarily provided at www.thwack.com The company has expanded since its conception to provide faster and user-friendly network management tools, and now offers products covering Fault and Performance Monitoring, Configuration and Compliance, as well as Storage and Virtualization Management. The company also offers an extensive range of free tools relating to its core commercial products. Let us look at just a few of their products. IPMonitor This... Read moreSome Essential Software for Internet Users
Simple Adblock: It is a simple browser expansion of the internet explorer that can block all kinds of unnecessary things which may disturb you. These unnecessary things could be anything like ads, banner, flashes, fly-ins, rich media, etc.RSS; Its Working and Benefits
The word syndicate may not be that enticing to our ears but there is one type of syndicate that is enjoyed and embraced by the cyber community. Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a very popular, simple yet efficient method of links distribution direct to your website. It may not make you a millionaire just like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, but this may be your stepping stone in acquiring the necessary number of hits you need in a day that will make your website popular worldwide. How does RSS work? RSS works as an information sifter.... Read moreHot picks for Remote Desktop Software
A program or software which helps a user to connect to a computer present at a remote location is generally called a Remote Desktop Software. This utility can be used by administrators, end-users and trouble-shooters who are looking to interact with their remote machine. There are many protocols involved for this process; some are NX, VNC, RDP and ICA. Read on for the 5 top picks in Remote desktop software.
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Introduction: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is one of the four layers of cloud computing, the other three being Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Business Process as a Service (BaaS). Infrastructure as a Service is also known as Hardware as a Service (HaaS).Comparative Study on Oracle and SQL
| Oracle History: Oracle Corp is the leading supplier for S/w products, headquartered in Redwood shores, California, USA. It was founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates in 1977. Now they have 43,000 Employees in 150 countries. Oracle first commercial RDBMS was built in 1979, and it is the first to support the SQL. Oracle is the first S/w company to develop and deploy 100 % Internet-enabled enterprise Software. | SQL History:
IBM introduced structured Query Language (SQL) as the language to interface with its prototype relational database management system;... Read more
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