See magnetic tape and paper tape.
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
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- Blog posts 2008-08-29
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- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- EZ-Metrix (zip)
- EZ-Metrix is a source code metrics utility with a difference. It's like a tape measure for your software. With an easy Internet-based interface, multiple language support and flexible licensing features, you will be up and running in minutes with the EZ-Metrix code counter. Measure software size from virtually all text-based...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100
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- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effort
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- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- TCG Vault Quik Client (exe)
- Backup your data now. The TCG America Vault Quik client provides reliable online backup for your data. Small and medium-sized businesses SMBs are rapidly turning to online backup to replace aging, manual, unreliable tape backup. Smaller companies in particular can't afford the complexity of tape or its potential for failure:...
- Software downloads 2008-08-22
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid...."[B]But - it does show that maybe we're a bit too dependent on our devices and that we can be a bit too caught up in the technology of the day.[/B]"That's part of the lesson and the rest of your post is dead...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Apple tops customer satisfaction survey ... again
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- (Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- CISCO: Why the Olympics didn't melt NBC
- Yesterday I posted about how Limelight Networks was used as the primary caching content provider for NBCOlympics.com and lifted a huge burden off on the public Internet by leveraging relationships with last mile ISPs. It's an amazing story about how technology can be used to solve immense problems. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Will the HTC Dream be an iPhone killer?
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- Blog posts 2008-08-18
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- William Shatner signs off on video autographs
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- News items 2008-08-15
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- Product reviews 2008-08-13
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