Whenever you connect two computers together, either with cables or wirelessly, you have created a computer network. When the computers on the network can work independently of each other, it is ...

It doesn't take much these days to elevate a technology to hot-button status, complete with its own lingo and a catchy buzzword. After a few swiped songs, nifty names such as Napster and MP3 pop up.

Over the years I have provided computer consulting services for many businesses. While some of these small businesses have been simple one-man operations, many of them were larger. The thing that I ...

(1) A network of computers configured to allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected users. Peer-to-peer networks are quite common in small offices that do not use a ...

It has been a slow transition, but Skype is finalizing its move away from a peer-to-peer system to a cloud-based one. When it was first created, the Skype network was built as a decentralized ...

Though not all peer-to-peer applications are evil, they are frequently recreational in nature. As such, they tend to generate network traffic that businesses often like to limit, usually by means of ...

During the gameplay reveal, Bungie revealed that Destiny 2 won’t have dedicated servers, saying it’s “just not an investment that we made.” In the latest blog post from the developer, Engineering Lead ...