Converting a name into the address required by a machine or network. Looking up a phone number in a telephone book is a human version of name resolution. See address resolution, resolve, naming service and DNS.
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- Google Earth to license new satellite imagery
- Google has agreed to license imagery for their mapping products from a satellite due to launch on September 4th. This new satellite can take detailed imagery for an area the size of Delaware in one day. What does that mean? Well, you could get high resolution pan-sharpened...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- New Android Market is YouTube for mobile applications
- Google released early details yesterday about their plans for Android Market, an online bazaar for programs that run on Android phones. Essentially an Android version of the iPhone's popular App Store, it offers three key advantages over Apple's offering: It will follow the YouTube model of instant...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to follow
- Comcast will implement a 250 GB data monthly cap on customers starting Oct. 1. The move, reported first by DSL Reports, was confirmed by Comcast today Techmeme. On its site, Comcast posted its amended user policy: We've listened to feedback from our customers who asked that...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Sangeetpedia-Encyclopedia of Indian Music (rar)
- Sangeetpedia features: Fully searchable, easy to use layout. 60+ Ragas & 23 Talas, defined and demonstrated. Install on hard drive or run from DVD-ROM. Packed with 8 gigabytes of video/audio/images. 1,250 fundamental terms of Indian Music. 685 rare and often unseen images. 220 high quality audio files. 425 high resolution...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100
- These days, there's a wide range of products that will stream on-demand movies from the Internet to your living room (Apple TV, Vudu, Xbox 360, TiVo, PS3, and Roku's Netflix Player). The ability to access YouTube videos, video podcasts, and other online content is built into some of those products...
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Palm Treo Pro (unlocked)
- Photo gallery:Palm Treo ProWhile not the best-kept secret in the technology world, with leaked photos and videos all over the Net, we were still amped over Palm's official unveiling of the Palm Treo Pro. And why wouldn't we be? The smartphone looked pretty sharp, both inside and out. However, now...
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Suddenly, Android is hot again
- After months of silence, the double-whammy of new software and hardware has gotten everyone talking about Android again. Earlier this month Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch was wondering if anybody cared about Android any more. Now TC is practically gushing over the mobile platform. What happened? Two things:...
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Dell XPS M1330-126B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.While 13-inch laptops make up only a small part of the market, Apple's popular MacBook has made this form factor, which we call thin-and-light, a staple...
- Product reviews 2008-08-26
- How the world watched the Olympics online
- How the world watched the Olympics onlineI got sick of itI live in Germany, and the experience sucked big time. For those of you who don't know, in Germany you pay a TV and radio tax of about 26 dollar per month to subsidize public channels. The rule is: if...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Sony Ericsson TM506 - amber (T-Mobile)
- The Sony Ericsson TM506 marks a couple of "firsts" for T-Mobile. Not only is it the first Sony Ericsson to land at T-Mobile in several years, but also it's the carrier's first 3G cell phone since it launched its 3G network in May. Though it doesn't offer a streaming media...
- Product reviews 2008-08-26
- LG 50PG20
- The LG 50PG20 is the company's least expensive 50-inch plasma, competing against similar entry-level models from Samsung and Panasonic. It doesn't have the 1080p resolution of higher-priced plasmas, but we didn't really miss that extra detail. What we did miss with this LG, namely deep black levels and more accurate...
- Product reviews 2008-08-26
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XPDo it right......kill WGA altogether!! Time to start listening to your customers, M$!!WGA, friend or foe?Somebody at my work brought to me his laptop that had XP pro. A friend of his had sold it to him and when he tried to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Quick Timer PPC (zip)
- Quick Timer PPC is an application for Pocket PC to control NCD ProXR relay boards. High resolution timer and quick setting make it easy to use for light control science project, laboratory experimenter, and home automation. It supports 8-relay channels. Each channel has a control panel separately. Relays can be...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- BatchResize (msi)
- BatchResize application can help you create smaller copies of high resolution photos acquired by a digital camera. Such smaller copies are better suited for sharing with your friends and family via internet due to mail box and bandwidth limitations. After configuring first time - it is very easy to use....
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP
- The $2,000 Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP is a beautiful-looking display with a ton of features. Because of its 117 percent NTSC color gamut, however, we encountered many more color problems than we expected during DVD and Blu-ray playback. Be prepared to do a lot of color tweaking if you plan to...
- Product reviews 2008-08-25
- Olympus SP-570 UZ
- Photos and image samples:Olympus SP-570 UZOnce you mention the Olympus SP-570's 20x zoom lens, the rest of the camera's feature set seems almost superfluous; with an atypically wide-angle lens for any class of single-body cameras plus an exceptionally long telephoto view, the lens is the raison d'être for the camera....
- Product reviews 2008-08-22
- Belkin GoStudio
- If you're a musician, amateur podcaster, or college student looking for a way to capture CD-quality recordings on your iPod, the Belkin GoStudio is an all-purpose solution with some impressive bells and whistles. The GoStudio is not without its flaws, but at $120 you're likely to take its shortcomings with...
- Product reviews 2008-08-22
- The iPhone 3G honeymoon seems to be over for some folks
- The iPhone 3G honeymoon seems to be over for some folksMy honeymoon is still going on....But it's probably more due to "technological ignorance is bliss". I don't own an iPhone, or any other type of smart phone, for that matter. I purchased a $20 Motorola GoPhone 2 years...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Unboxing video and shots of the new Palm Treo Pro
- Unboxing video and shots of the new Palm Treo ProScreen resolution and crispness of fontsWith so many VGA devices coming to market, i am more interested to know the how crisp looking the fonts and the screen are. I would like to see some screenshots around this.I have the design...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Will the EMR movement become a political divide
- Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
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