Instead of grabbing content from the nearest DNS server, which could be half way across the world, now CDNs can grab content from the server that is closest to the end user.
The software consists of authoring templates, element inspectors, a time axis, a user interface inspector, an extensive javascript library, publishing and validation tools and a content delivery server.
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Where, for example, should a copyright or trademark claim involving in-game content created on a server in the U.S. by a player in Japan using software provided by a server owner in France be enforced?
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Unlike the other sites, you can store your content on your own server (for free), which means you can easily have your own URL, and the only person who controls your data is yourself no one can post ads on it or republish it without your permission.
Apple released a statement today confirming this, but here's where it gets interesting: the company says that "the developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed" -- in other words, the guy pulled a bait-and-switch on Apple by serving different content to his app after it had been approved using more PG-rated content.
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For example, a user in Hong Kong will get content for a website from a server in Hong Kong rather than a server in Paris.
This product assists in delivering video content from flash memory without using a server CPU or memory.
But it is rare that a single, central server has the responsibility for distributing content to users.
Students register their answers, these are assessed by the TOT server, and then new educational content is suggested and provided.
While another browser might still be setting up a connection with the host server, Silk has already pushed content that it knows is associated with the page to the Kindle Fire before the site has even instructed the browser where to find it.
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Lenovo's first home server - the IdeaCentre D400 - makes managing content across several PCs simple.
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The way the Internet works, not all content in a communication packet is sent to a DNS server.
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Once the channel is set up, listeners can simply press a button or touch a sensor to send a thumbs up or thumbs down back to the MyKOSS server to remotely 'fine tune' the content delivered to their personalized channels.
"Each server does not know the source or final destination of the content, " Hill said, comparing it to a spy that delivers a secret message to a clandestine location, but who has no idea where the message ends up.
The ability to access a robust DVR library and distribute all live and recorded HD content to eleven independent zones will be supported by Niveus' most powerful media server, the Pro Series n9, set to be released in Q4 2008.
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Despite years of negotiating with Hollywood content owners, we lost out to a much larger company who presented a closed server-based system.
With SeaMicro's fabric technology and system-level design capabilities, AMD will be uniquely positioned to offer industry-leading server building blocks tuned for the fastest-growing workloads such as dynamic web content, social networking, search and video.
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The server was in semi-retirement, redirecting visitors to another area of the network with more updated content, he said.
Flash Media Server 4.5 expands on its mobile delivery options with the addition of iOS support and enables content owners to create HTTP content on the fly to reduce costs brought on by device proliferation.
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