Today we will talk about Web Robots - The “crawler” or “spider”
A search engine has three parts:
Web Robot (also called “crawler” or “spider”): a software agent that traverses the World Wide Web information space by following the hypertext links and retrieving web documents by standard HTTP protocol.
Catalog: a program that creates an index from the […]
Today at MIX 07 Ray Ozzie, chief software architect unveiled the beta version of Silverlight. Also he unveiled new details about the upcoming platform and its importance in Microsoft’s strategy.
Microsoft Silverlight offers to developers and designers a new way to deliver media experiences and interactive applications. The new technology works with existing infrastructure and applications, […]
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi), announced a trio of new products: the 15K RPM Ultrastar 15K300, 7200 RPM Ultrastar A7K1000, and the company’s first small form factor (SFF) enterprise hard drive, the 10K RPM Ultrastar C10K147. Hitachi’s new hard drives target a broad range of enterprise storage systems, from mission-critical and lower duty cycle storage […]
Dell announced it is the first major storage provider to deliver the next generation of Linear Tape-Open drives and media – known as LTO-4 – to help protect and manage business-critical data. With device-level encryption, the Dell PowerVaultTM LTO-4-120 enables greater levels of security, capacity and performance for tape-based storage.
Industry research shows that most companies […]
At the Intel Developer Forum, High Tech Computer Corp., the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile-based smart devices, announced that its new groundbreaking mobile computer, the HTC Shift, will be based on Intel’s new Ultra Mobile platform 2007.
“With its revolutionary design, advanced wireless connectivity and comprehensive software applications, the HTC Shift is strengthened by […]
Over the weekend, Intel announced its own substantive price cuts for its high-end Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad microprocessors. The most notable cut was on its Core 2 Quad Q6600 microprocessor, which was reduced by 38 percent to $530.
However, Intel also reduced the prices of its mainstream Core 2 Duo chips as […]
We’re sure China hasn’t given up on its efforts to skip over the major format war players and go with its home grown EVD format, but that doesn’t mean Blu-ray manufacturers can’t give it the old college try over there. To that end, Pioneer is busting out a $300 combo Blu-ray burner/player drive for PCs, […]
The computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs.
Like most computer makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Vista-based systems following Microsoft’s mainstream launch of the operating system in January. However, the company said its customers have been asking for […]
Via Technologies has formally announced the Pico-ITX motherboard form factor, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.
At just 10cm x 7.2cm, the Pico-ITX is half the size of the Nano-ITX, which Via introduced previously. Not surprisingly, both categories of motherboard re being targeted at small-form-factor PCs, embedded PCs, and other applications […]
The 200GB model is the largest available capacity in this form factor: the so-called “pocket” 2.5-inch form factor that fits neatly in notebook carrying cases and runs off of USB bus power. That is, it doesn’t require an external power brick like external hard drives with a desktop-class 3.5-inch drive mechanism. A 200GB drive can […]