New Apple Trademark: 'XGrid'
Apple has registered a new Trademark with the name "XGrid"
Other Apple trademarks that are currently not known products include: Keynote, Junkyard, and Gigawire.
Communication by computer; communication intercommunication; rental, hire and leasing of communications apparatus; providing access to electronic communication networks for the access to electronic mail-boxes; electronic bulletin board services; electronic transmission of data and documents via a global computer network (Internet) or other databases; delivery of data and messages by electronic transmission; providing access to an electronic communication network for the downloading of information and data from a global computer network (Internet); consulting services in the fields of telecommunications; providing access to electronic bulletin boards.
Other Apple trademarks that are currently not known products include: Keynote, Junkyard, and Gigawire.
One unconfirmed source writes in to report that XGrid refers to a new collaboration environment to create a LAN or WAN-based distributed computing platform. The XServe is the obvious target of this software/service.
While Gigawire reportedly refers to a yet undefined Firewire 3.
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121 months ago
Well since the other thread is closed I'll post this link here. It looks like a company has already brought out a program called Xgrid, the company is Greetree technologies and the link to the press release (the only information about the program I could find on the site) is http://www.green-tree.com/homelinks.asp?page=pressroom .It's a database program sort of like Excel. Since another company has already used that name I'm thinking either that companies trademark has run out (?) or Apple either purchased the rights to that name from them or purchased the company. Or they could be completely unrelated. heh.
121 months ago
Sounds like apple is going to add more functionality to Appleworks or add their own twist to openoffice.
121 months ago
If I remember correctly, Apple has rights to use a specific high-power frequency band from the FCC (They bought the rights at nationwide auction or somehow got the frequency opened for their use back in the mid-90s).
Many speculated that Apple was launching a nationwide cellular network or wireless communication for the Newton.
It now appears that they are preparing to create just such a network for unknown devices- perhaps interlinking home Airport networks wirelessly nationwide.... Additional equipment required, of course.
Hmm. "We'll be kicking ass," Steve grinned.
Many speculated that Apple was launching a nationwide cellular network or wireless communication for the Newton.
It now appears that they are preparing to create just such a network for unknown devices- perhaps interlinking home Airport networks wirelessly nationwide.... Additional equipment required, of course.
Hmm. "We'll be kicking ass," Steve grinned.
121 months ago
It has something to do with servers hense the name starting with X. that's all I can say for now.
121 months ago
It sounds to me like the xServe clustering rumor we heard a few months ago- you could cluster multiple xServes to combine their power. Anyone else remember that?
121 months ago
Well IBM has been talking about computing grids for a long time now.
Basically distributed computing doing one task.
Maybe Apple will implement something like that? Distributed computing network to handle large complex computing tasks. Get the users involved and maybe pay them something. So far none of the startup distributed computing companies go far enough to pay consistently for them borrowing your computer's idle time. A big company like Apple can make it happen probably much easier.
Basically distributed computing doing one task.
Maybe Apple will implement something like that? Distributed computing network to handle large complex computing tasks. Get the users involved and maybe pay them something. So far none of the startup distributed computing companies go far enough to pay consistently for them borrowing your computer's idle time. A big company like Apple can make it happen probably much easier.
121 months ago
Seems to me like it's some new way of communicating with and maintaining a server over the internet or another form of network.
121 months ago
I'd say it sounds like an Apple branded router. Perhaps an enterprise level "airport base station". Can't think for the life of me why they'd want to play in Cisco's space, though. :confused:
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