P2P networking using lowly personal computers is not only possible but can also be extremely powerful.
The days of delivering computers and networking equipment to the schoolhouse are over.
But Dell's risk is that the march grinds to a halt as it approaches the proprietary bastions of storage, mainframe computers, switches and networking equipment.
But Dell's risk is that the march will grind to a halt as it approaches the proprietary bastions of storage, mainframe computers, switches and networking equipment.
Phoneline home networking uses existing telephone wires to connect computers and peripherals to each other.
While the PC has gotten easier, newer technologies, such as wireless home networking, are as depressingly complicated as computers once were.
The problem has stemmed from the way giants in the Wi-Fi hardware business, like Cisco Systems and 3Com, build their antennas: They're like little computers, with a lot of networking and security intelligence in the box.
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They saw the machines as computers and began adding the latest graphics chips and networking ports.
By focusing on the cloud, HP is linking disparate technologies, from personal computers and printers to servers, and from mobile phones to computer-networking equipment, according to The Associated Press.
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The communications processor business includes the IXP family of network and communications chips used in networking products and Intel's Xscale application chips are used in cell phones, handheld computers, and smart phones.
All its computers now include a built-in antenna which, in conjunction with a networking card, can exchange data with a small base station plugged into a broadband Internet connection up to 45 metres (150 feet) away.
While Napster is a consumer example of peer-to-peer computing, with the right networking technologies in place, businesses will be able to use it to harness the power of multiple computers connected to the Internet to run compute-intensive applications, he said.
After all, it was the Pentagon that gave an early boost to computers during World War Two, and then helped spawn innovations such as jet engines, lasers and digital networking in the postwar period.
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