Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:43 PM PDT

This may come as news to owners of 4G smartphones, but the Internet apparently isn't fast enough and needs to speed up. Google and Microsoft have submitted separate proposals to accomplish this. Google's SPDY proposal defines and implements an application-layer protocol that reduces latency and seeks to replace parts of the HTTP protocol. It is already being used by Mozilla and Twitter. Microsoft submitted its HTTP Speed+Mobility proposal to the IETF earlier this week. "SPDY did not address battery life in mobile devices or the specific needs of mobile applications," said Sandeep Singhal, group program manager of Windows Core Networking.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Google has rolled out version 1 of its experimental open source Go computer programing language, 14 months after it first announced the language back in 2009. Go "is an attempt to combine the ease of programming of an interpreted, dynamically typed language with the efficiency and safety of a statically typed, compiled language," Go team lead Rob Pike told TechNewsWorld. "It also aims to be modern, with support for networked and multi-core computing," Pike continued.

PDF to Speech Stumbles a Bit but Sounds Nicer Than Android

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

I've been looking at ways to optimize the time I spend sitting in traffic. The old days when listening to the radio constituted the sum extent of productivity achieved while staring at someone else's tailgate are long gone, thanks to the smartphone. I've already written about in-car Internet, including extending audio media like podcasts and TV audio streams to the driver's seat. In a recent column, I explained how to add a tablet to the dashboard paraphernalia. Well, what about catching up on the written word?

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Microsoft, Google Race to Speed Up the Web

Microsoft, Google Race to Speed Up the Web

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