An unchanging name that points to the location of an object that may change. See abstraction layer and XRI.
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- Microsoft proposes "invitation mechanism" for secure social networking behind enterprise firewalls
- Ask any security-conscious enterprise sys admin hopefully they are all born with the security gene and they will tell you that they dread outside social networks. In more cases than not, these social networks are firewalled. Apparently sensing the need...
- Blog posts 2007-10-27
- EXCLUSIVE: Apple Patent app describes way for users to resize icons
- A newly published Apple Patent application describes technology that would let users adjust the size of their icons. The Patent app is entitled, Graphical user interface for computers having variable size icons. What's significant about this application is- unlike the...
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- BlackBerry Patent app would display caller location on map
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would use GPS data from an incoming caller's location, and then display that location on a map interface running on the recipient's BlackBerry.The Patent application, fittinly enough, is entitled Visual representation of contact location.The application's Abstract gives us a basic understanding...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Details of anti-phish detection technology revealed in Microsoft Patent app
- A Microsoft Patent application has just been published that goes into intricate detail about anti-phishing "predictive model" technology incorporated into Outlook and Outlook Express or providable to third-party providers.The app is entitled "Finding phishing sites." The Patent literature is arguably the most thorough description of how Microsoft email software attempts...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Browser-based spelling autocorrection described in Microsoft Patent app
- Technology described in a newly published Microsoft Patent application would enable automated spell-checking of text entered by the user in a networked Web browser.The way I read this Patent's literature, an example of this functionality would be if, when you were accessing the Web through a network-connected broswer, the technology...
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- EXCLUSIVE: Google patent app shows extensive Google plans for mobile search
- A Google Patent application newly published on the United States Patent & Trademark Office website this morning appears to furnish extensive details on Google's plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices.Fittingly enough, the Patent app is entitled, Local Search and Mapping for Mobile Devices.The Abstract gives us a sneak...
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- What users care about (1)
- What users care about (1)You can still do it on the AS/400 iSeries etcSwiped from the CL Reference manual[pre]DCLF FILE(DF1) RCDFMT(FMT1) OPNID(DSPF1) :RCVF DEV(DEV1) OPNID(DSPF1) WAIT(*NO) :WAIT DEV(*NONE) OPNID(DSPF1)In this example, the RCVF command specifies to use the displayfile...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- Context aware telephony
- Last week, in a report from Digital ID World, I mentioned Equals. Gabe Gabe Wachob gave me the demo, but kept saying "I wish Ajay were here--he really gives a good demo." Ajay is Ajay Madhok, the CEO of AmSoft Systems, the company...
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
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