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Elecard AVC PlugIn for WMP 3.0.111108

Elecard AVC PlugIn for WMP 3.0.111108

...II, III, AAC, HE-AAC audio. Widely used to receive live and VoD streaming with the help of built-in Elecard network components Read more

17 February, 2012
Providing Hierarchical Lookup Service for P2P-<endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Systems

Providing Hierarchical Lookup Service for P2P-VoD Systems

Supporting random jump in P2P-VoD systems requires efficient lookup for the "Best" suppliers, where "Best" means the... Read more

1 February, 2012
Understanding Demand Volatility in Large <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Systems

Understanding Demand Volatility in Large VoD Systems

Bandwidth usage in large-scale Video on Demand (VoD) systems varies rapidly over time, due to unpredictable dynamics in user demand... Read more

3 June, 2011
Statistical Modeling and Analysis of P2P Replication to Support <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Service

Statistical Modeling and Analysis of P2P Replication to Support VoD Service

Traditional Video-on-Demand (VoD) systems reply purely on servers to stream video content to clients, which... Read more

27 March, 2011
Novasky: Cinematic-Quality <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> in a P2P Storage Cloud

Novasky: Cinematic-Quality VoD in a P2P Storage Cloud

...this paper, the authors present Novasky, a real-world Video-on-Demand (VoD) system capable of delivering cinematic-quality video streams to end users. The... Read more

16 January, 2011
Strategies of Collaboration in Multi-Channel P2P <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Streaming

Strategies of Collaboration in Multi-Channel P2P VoD Streaming

...to live Peer-To-Peer (P2P) streaming, modern P2P Video-on-Demand (VoD) systems have brought much larger volumes of videos and more interactive controls... Read more

18 October, 2010
Peer-Assisted <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Prefetching in Double Auction Markets

Peer-Assisted VoD Prefetching in Double Auction Markets

In peer-assisted Video-on-Demand (VoD) streaming systems, server bandwidth costs can be astronomical when the number of... Read more

14 August, 2010
APEX: A Personalization Framework to Improve Quality of Experience for DVD-Like Functions in P2P <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Applications

APEX: A Personalization Framework to Improve Quality of Experience for DVD-Like Functions in P2P VoD Applications

...supporting DVD-like functions raises new challenges to the design of P2P VoD systems. The uncertainty of frequent user DVD-like interactivity makes it difficult... Read more

10 June, 2010
VoDPStream - The Optimized Design and Implementation of a P2P-Based <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> System

VoDPStream - The Optimized Design and Implementation of a P2P-Based VoD System

The rising number of Internet users brings about greater demand for VoD streaming. However, the quality of audio and video data streaming to displays... Read more

7 June, 2010
A Lightweight Currency-Based P2P <endeca_term>VoD</endeca_term> Incentive Mechanism

A Lightweight Currency-Based P2P VoD Incentive Mechanism

Users in a Peer-To-Peer Video on Demand (P2P VoD) system are allowed to watch any video file at any point in... Read more

1 June, 2010
Quality-Assured Cloud Bandwidth Auto-Scaling for Video-on-Demand Applications

Quality-Assured Cloud Bandwidth Auto-Scaling for Video-on-Demand Applications

There has been a recent trend that Video-on-Demand (VoD) providers such as Netflix are leveraging resources from cloud services for multimedia... Read more

16 January, 2012
Prioritization of Lineare TV Sub Traffic in the IPTV Over IMS Session

Prioritization of Lineare TV Sub Traffic in the IPTV Over IMS Session

The distribution of real-time 'Linear' TV, VoD and PvR traffic, on IP infrastructure, requires strict QoS constraints especially low... Read more

1 January, 2012
Minimal Cost Reconfiguration of Data Placement in Storage Area Network

Minimal Cost Reconfiguration of Data Placement in Storage Area Network

Video-on-Demand (VoD) services require frequent updates in file configuration on the storage subsystem, so... Read more

1 January, 2012
Chaining Algorithm and Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Streaming Video on Demand System

Chaining Algorithm and Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Streaming Video on Demand System

As the various architectures and protocol have been implemented a true VoD system has great demand in the global users. The traditional VoD system... Read more

1 December, 2011
Sustainable Performance Bounds at Receivers for Contiguously Framed Server Streamed Video Data for VCR like Functions for Online Video on Demand

Sustainable Performance Bounds at Receivers for Contiguously Framed Server Streamed Video Data for VCR like Functions for Online Video on Demand

Ideal online Video on Demand (VoD) system should make available any video at any time with smooth VCR... Read more

1 December, 2011

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SoapyTablet

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What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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Smilig Eddie

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

24 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC