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Should your next mobile app be an HTML5 web app?

...goodbye annoying plug-ins, hello natively streaming audio/video and more. This new specification turns the browser into a rich runtime environment, meaning web apps... Read more

18 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Apple rumours: Sandy Bridge iMacs tomorrow

...The changes are expected because Apple updated its portable range to the new specification on February 24. The iMac models are pretty much portables anyway... Read more

2 May, 2011

SD card speeds set to triple in 2012

...Card Association plans to speed flash cards arriving in 2012 with a new specification that nearly triples data transfer speeds. The faster speeds require a... Read more

6 September, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Mozilla pushes ahead with Firefox 4 upgrades

...working to make WebM's VP8 codec a standard part of the new specification for built-in video being added to the HTML 5 web... Read more

16 June, 2010 by Stephen Shankland
Key Management for Substations: Symmetric Keys, Public Keys or No Keys?

Key Management for Substations: Symmetric Keys, Public Keys or No Keys?

...research areas, and the IEC 62351 standards committee has already initiated a new specification dedicated to key management Read more

6 December, 2010

Spec speeds up chip links

A PC standards group is set to unveil a new specification next week for high-speed connections between PC components. A representative... Read more

3 February, 2004 by David Becker

HyperTransport gets faster

...4 gigatransfers per second), according to the HyperTransport Consortium, which published the new specification. The update should give a lift to the technology, which was... Read more

19 August, 2008 by Peter Judge

W3C approves mobile graphics standard

...Web's leading standards group put its seal of approval on a new specification for graphics technology tailored for use by mobile phones and other... Read more

15 January, 2003 by Paul Festa

Industry connects to data centre standard

Intel, Microsoft and Sun are among the computing giants backing a new specification designed to make data centres easier to manage Read more

1 August, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

NEC gives a 4x for DVD writer

MultiSpin drive is the first to use a new specification doubling the speed at which DVD+R discs can be written... Read more

2 October, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Novell to play bigger role in Web services

The networking company has released a new specification designed to tie directory software to Web services Read more

30 May, 2002 by Ben Heskett

Bringing 3D to the Web

Virtual Reality Modeling Language backers are betting that a new specification will drive a comeback Read more

27 February, 2002 by Paul Festa

Linux standard eases programming

New specification is aimed at reducing difficulties of getting software to run on... Read more

3 July, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

Compaq, Intel, MS team on clustering spec

Compaq Computer Corp., Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a new specification for connecting a variety of inexpensive servers in a cluster to... Read more

17 December, 1997 by John S.McCright
Analysis of Backward Congestion Notification (BCN) for Ethernet in Datacenter Applications

Analysis of Backward Congestion Notification (BCN) for Ethernet in Datacenter Applications

IEEE 802.1 standards committee is working on a new specification for congestion notification in Ethernet networks. The goal of this work... Read more

10 January, 2010

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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