Out: the Internet. In again: sneakernet. While Internet speeds stagnate and firewalls proliferate, portable storage media have been screaming ahead in capacity, transfer speed and, most importantly, ...
When Amazon Web Services' latest--and arguably most valuable--service is a system that allows you to ship terabytes of data to the cloud via snail mail you just have to chuckle. Yes folks, for all the ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Not everyone marvels at the speed of the internet. For researchers and companies sharing extremely large datasets, such as genome maps or satellite imagery, it can be quicker to send ...
Sneakernet is the process of copying a file to a storage device and carrying the storage device on foot to another computer. You might have a work or school project that requires you to work on a file ...
Despite advances in fiber optics and compression technology, physically transporting huge amounts of data can still prove faster than using the Internet. With this in mind, cloud companies have turned ...
When we were young physicians in training, computers had yet to take a leading role in clinical care. Data about patients, like vital signs, lab results and medication orders were not delivered ...
Last May, Bump — the iOS and Android app that lets you share photos and contacts with a quick bump of two phones — introduced a feature which let you transfer pictures from a phone to a Windows PC or ...
Despite advances in fiber optics and compression technology, physically transporting huge amounts of data can still prove faster than using the Internet. With this in mind, cloud companies have turned ...