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PodSnack: Joost

Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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The other day I promised you that Peter would return today to give you a summary of a new Internet application. This one is about television and entertainment, and it is known as Joost . The cable companies and telco's deploying video services should Read More...

PodSnacks: Instant Messaging

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2008q4/im.mp3
It isn't exactly email , but instant messaging (IM) is also a messaging application we find both out on the Internet and within private corporate networks. It is widely used, and has even given rise to its own sub-language! In today's PodSnack, Read More...

PodSnack: Skype

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Hey, we just roped in another Hill Instructor to talk to you! Today, Peter is going to give you the low-down on Skype , and then tomorrow he's going to introduce you to another very promising Internet application, from the same people who gave us Read More...

PodSnacks: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we shift back to email . We recently discussed SMTP , so you should know a bit about how email moves across the Internet . But SMTP, as it was initially conceived, was a pure text-based system. Today we want to send far more than that using email, Read More...

PodSnacks: Java

Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we shift to a technology related to the World Wide Web . This technology is actually a programming language known as Java , and it is the magic that makes a lot of the advanced capability of the WWW possible. In today's PodSnack, I'll explain Read More...

PodSnack: Traceroute

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Recently, we did a session on Ping , a TCP/IP utility we find on most computers. Today, we look at another TCP/IP utility: traceroute . Where Ping tests for reachability and provides round-trip delay on an end-to-end basis, traceroute is really focused Read More...

PodSnacks: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we take on email, but this time by looking at the primary protocol used for sending email over the Internet : the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). I hope you find it informative! As always, you can listen to (or download) the PodSnack by clicking Read More...

PodSnack: Ping

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we take a look at a TCP/IP utility known as ping . Ping is often used to test a network, or to test the reachability of a server. It's supported on most systems today. In today's PodSnack, Dave will give you an overview of what it is, what Read More...

PodSnack: Browser

Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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We recently talked about the Hypertyext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), so I thought this might be a good time to talk a little bit about the client end of that relationship. Specifically, I thought we might look at the web browser . You probably use it everyday. Read More...

PodSnack: Telnet

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Let's go back to the Internet and look at yet another Application Layer protocol: Telnet . Telnet is a virtual terminal application that operates on the client/server model. Running over TCP to ensure end-to-end reliability, and using TCP Port 23 Read More...

PodSnacks: Application Services Layer

Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we go back to the world of network models and architectures, and we take a quick look at the highest layer of the four-layer TCP/IP model: the Application Services Layer . This is the layer that is concerned with the various tasks we are trying Read More...

PodSnacks: Unified Messaging (UM)

Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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We hear a lot about convergence , but the discussion is often focused on combining voice and data in a common network. Convergence is about more than the network, though. It's also about the applications. Today, we'll ask Paul to take us through Read More...

Check out Xobni

Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 10:17 AM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Thanks to Ken from ipadventures who sent me an invitation, I have been trying out an add-on to Outlook called Xobni , which is inbox backwards and pronounced Zob-Nee. What Xobni does is provide you with additional information about the email you are currently Read More...

PodSnacks: IP Multimedia Subsystem

Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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We've had a few podcasts on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), but Paul and I thought a brief podsnack to give a high-level definition might be a good idea. Then, if you are curious, you can go listen to some of the other podcasts we've done on this Read More...

PodSnacks: Back Office Application

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we talk about a fairly generic concept: the back office application . The idea is fairly trivial: it's the software that is implementing the business logic to support a user interface, and it is typically running on high-end systems in the data Read More...
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