Apple WWDC Delivered With AJAX (Score 1)

It's no secret that Apple rumor sites receive a large spike in traffic during events such as the WWDC. I found it interesting that this year, one rumor site is attempting a new approach to reduce their bandwidth consumption Mac Rumors (http://macrumors.com/) has teamed up with Equiknox to deliver update via Javascript and XML (recently coined AJAX http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/ar chives/000385.php). They believe that this technique, combined with a lightweight http server, will allow them to serve 3300 hits/sec over three servers and to withstand the any severe spike.

If you want, you can read more about this on their technology reviw or on my blog.