Technical News

Every day we read some or the other technical stuff online that we feel like will be a boom in the coming days. Most of the times the stuff we stumble upon will only be a modified version of an already existing thing, or say a re-engineered version of an already existing one.

But in recent days I stumbled upon a major improvement in the networking field, that will surely become a major leap in the way communication systems are designed today.

Recently one of our Facebook friend asked us about a way to install Linux inside windows like an application. People who are very much used to windows for their day to day usage are a bit hesitant installing Linux on their machine.

The major advantage of windows over Linux is the fact that many of the application vendors choose their default platform as windows operating system. Although there are some vendors who make applications for both the platforms, still there is substantial difference in the amount of applications that are made for Linux than the applications made for windows.

What is SPDY or Speedy Protocol?

Speedy or SPDY is an expermental protocol developed by google. Its an effort made to reduce the latency present in HTTP.Its a protocol for transporting web content. Google also developed an open source web server that works on speedy protocol, and claims to have achieved 60 percent reduction in web page load time. 

One important thing to note is that , speedy is not built to replace HTTP protocol, but to advance http protocol. Speedy also uses the same HTTP headers but is very differnt in how the connection is managed.

Why is HTTP protocol Slow?

The main two protocols of the internet that makes the web functioning are:

There is some bad news for linux fans out there...

Intel reportedly claimed at IDF that Clover Trail-based Atom processors "cannot" handle Linux properly.

This is the forthcoming chip of intel atom

Clover Trail, is a low-power Atom processor that's intended specifically for use in tablets.

The company said that Clover Trail will be "a Windows 8 chip.Intel didnt gave any explanation for this step.