Tech Term: White Space

Sunday, 25 November 2012 | Jason Slater

White Space, or White Space Spectrum, is a term used to describe available gaps in the radio spectrum.

There are a number of reasons to qualify a particular frequency as being an “available gap” including a frequency that is not … Read More

Notes On Microsoft UK Technical Launch – The New Efficiency

Thursday, 8 October 2009 | Jason Slater

If you didn’t make it to Wembley you missed a good day – this was the Microsoft UK Technical Launch – Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange 2010 held at the very impressive Wembley National Stadium (I … Read More

Office 2010 Technical Preview

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 | Jason Slater

Not just the highly anticipated Microsoft Office 2010 but Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 have all entered technical preview.

 “Office 2010 is the premier productivity solution across PCs, mobile phones* and browsers,” said Chris … Read More

Tech Term: Daemon

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 | Jason Slater

A daemon in its simplest form is nothing more than a computer program that responds to specified events but the way it operates is what really distinguishes it from other computer programs.

Computer programs usually run in the foreground and … Read More

Tech Term: RFC

Friday, 28 November 2008 | Jason Slater | One Comment

RFC (Request For Comments) is the mechanism through which the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) discusses networking technologies.

The IETF is an international open standards organisation, consisting of a number of groups, that develops Internet standards.

Internet standards are … Read More