A server on the Internet that maintains files for downloading. An FTP site may be one or more servers or just one or two folders dedicated to file transfer on a single server. See FTP and anonymous FTP.
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- Live Services as Microsoft's consumer Web platform
- It's been tricky keeping separate all of the "layers" in the Microsoft cloud strata. One of those layers, Live Services, has been especially amorphous. But now Live Services is a little clearer, thanks to a new Web site detailing an upcoming series of Microsoft events. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)
- In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesn't use a Java...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
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- Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for now.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's more focused on growing the social networking site than he is in finding a way to monetize it - at least for now. In a Q&A interview with German blog Netzökonom, Zuckerberg has basically given himself and the company three years to come up...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed
- Apple has shipped another whopper of a patch to cover a total of 40 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Mac OS X ecosystem. The Security Update 2008-007, available for Tiger and Leopard, covers a range of third-party components and Mac OS X flaws that could users at risk...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Microsoft Live Labs launches politically focused social-media site
- Microsoft's Live Labs released on October 9 "Poltical Streams," which the company is describing as a way for individuals to receive "at a glance, a more complete picture of the information and opinions on the Web on a single page." by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Kevin Rose: advertising, can you Digg it?
- Digg faces two big challenges going forward. How to expand its user-base and therefore content beyond its geeky roots, and in turn, how to increase ad revenue. Addressing the latter, co-founder Kevin Rose says the social news site is exploring "Diggable ads". by Steve O'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Can the REDFLY and WM device match the Motorola VC6096 functionality?
- While checking out my RSS feeds I saw a photo in a Mobility Site post that I thought for sure was some kind of photoshopped fake device because it seems like a wide and squat Motorola Q when you take a quick look at the photo. I then went back...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Up on the rooftop: Brightening prospects for solar technology
- It's midnight, do you know where your solar panel is? I read somewhere yesterday where thefts of solar panels are on the rise, no doubt due to the rather dear price that they still command. Hopefully, that's on a pace for change, given that many of us...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- PH Arcade Script (zip)
- Arcade script to have your own online flash games of your own. Full administration. Many user features such as - comment, profile editing, tell a friend, full screen, add to their media to their own site code, and more. 5 star rating system by members. Forced signup depending on your...
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- AUS-Browser (rar)
- The Australian Government Direct Site Browser to allow a direct link to the Australian Government site for public usage for information and reading of all the services provided by the Australian Government and to other less known sites linked to the Australian Government. This version is the first release on...
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding
- The Associated Press takes a hard look at Sarah Palin's spotty – perhaps, hypocritical – record on open government and online transparency. She claims to be a reformer who will bring to Washington the government openness she says she established in Alaska. But the AP's review of her...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Can the Motorola Q11 compete in today's market without a 3G radio?
- The original Motorola Q was really the Windows Mobile device that started the trend of BlackBerry QWERTY competitors a couple of years ago, but had serious battery life issues. Since then Motorola has continued to improve the device so that today's Motorola Q9 devices are actually quite powerful, functional, and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .
- i use a lot of online services and I try to push as many applications as I can into the cloud. This means that I can work from anywhere on virtually any computer device. I don't need a personal computer (but I do need a personal cellphone - the new...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce feature
- It's Business 101: Don't wait for your customers to come to you. Go to the places where they are. That's why you've seen the launches of music streaming services within MySpace and Google's AdSense program extended into Web-based video games. Now, YouTube has partnered with Amazon and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Google is at your service
- Google is at your serviceWe're not too clear on how an ISP worksI construct my web site then upload it to Google?Google holds every article,blog and comment entry forever?Google replaces my browser with theirs---Credibility is a trait that must be earnedHas Google earned that? To a very small degree, yes...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Google extends AdSense into video games
- Google has injected some legitimacy into the Web-based video game market, announcing a beta launch of AdSense for games. Techmeme In-game advertising isn't new. Many of the more popular games for the big console players have had ads embedded in them for a while. And the feedback...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Student indicted for Palin e-mail hack
- Student indicted for Palin e-mail hackno luck for youseems your daddy wont be able bail you out of this one. Just remember to bring plenty of vaseline with you in prisonoh boy, is this kid in the crapperThis little jerky-boy is headed for a really miserable experience. Having a...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Seesmic snags Washington Post
- Seesmic snags Washington PostEase of use = good user experienceAt some point during Debate08 someone tweeted about a BBC page what was collecting an impressive number of comments on the event. I popped over there and noticed a "Contribute by Video" link. Having only very recently started with Seesmic I...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
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