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<endeca_term>Bloat</endeca_term> Buster 1.2.2

Bloat Buster 1.2.2

...up? Are you wasting valuable time constantly waiting for your PC? Software Bloat has become a major problem on PCs these days, and there hasn... Read more

27 July, 2011
Detecting Inefficiently-Used Containers to Avoid <endeca_term>Bloat</endeca_term>

Detecting Inefficiently-Used Containers to Avoid Bloat

Runtime bloat degrades significantly the performance and scalability of software systems. An important source... Read more

10 June, 2010
Software <endeca_term>Bloat</endeca_term> Analysis: Finding, Removing, and Preventing Performance Problems in Modern Large-Scale Object-Oriented Applications

Software Bloat Analysis: Finding, Removing, and Preventing Performance Problems in Modern Large-Scale Object-Oriented Applications

Generally believed to be a problem belonging to the compiler and architecture communities, performance optimization has... Read more

8 November, 2010
Uncovering Performance Problems in Java Applications With Reference Propagation Profiling

Uncovering Performance Problems in Java Applications With Reference Propagation Profiling

Many applications suffer from run-time bloat: excessive memory usage and work to accomplish simple tasks. Bloat significantly affects... Read more

29 February, 2012

Thoughts on Gnome 3 & Fedora 16 Linux

Recently one of the people I've deployed Linux for came to me and wanted to purchase a new PC to replace a spare Pentium... Read more

16 January, 2012

Swift Linux - LMDE "Slimmed Down"

...image is less than 700MB (see comments above about "keeping down the bloat"), so it could be burned to a CD and installed that way... Read more

26 April, 2012
Ten flawed products that derail productivity

Ten flawed products that derail productivity

...For many, Flash is also an ideological nightmare. Be it performance, features, bloat, platform wars or monopolist grasp on web content, Flash has been and... Read more

5 February, 2012 by Jack Wallen
Coda 2.0

Coda 2.0

A fresh approach to web code. Bursting with features but without bloat. Built to make your life better: Coda 2 is the editor you... Read more

27 May, 2012
Registry Cleaner Flash 3.1.4.2

Registry Cleaner Flash 3.1.4.2

...its solid scanning function, Registry Cleaner Flash will quickly locate the excess bloat, including junk files, invalid and duplicate registry entries, and potentially dangerous Internet... Read more

18 May, 2012
Comodo Dragon 19.0.3

Comodo Dragon 19.0.3

...privacy over chromium, easy SSL certificate identification, and stability and less memory bloat Read more

16 May, 2012

Think before you do

...the entire jQuery libaries unless you need them. Otherwise you add complexity, bloat and precious download requirements to your website. A friend employed a plasterer... Read more

27 March, 2012

Harnessing the power of SSH

...piece of SSH, mainly useful if you don't want the extra bloat of a VPN but simply want secure remote connectivity and access to... Read more

5 March, 2012
ID3 Editor 1.17.15

ID3 Editor 1.17.15

...Ideal for podcasters who need to add information such as copyright. No bloat, just small and simple.Please note: This trial version expires after 30... Read more

12 February, 2012

Make me One With Everything

Apart from being the punchline to the joke about the buddhist and the hot dog, this is also the codename for my next... Read more

12 November, 2011

Keeping things simple in IT

...because of the natural progression of IT in general, but from extra bloat and nonsense that is being added on top of it all. Sometimes... Read more

30 June, 2011

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 hour ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

10 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

16 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

17 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

18 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

22 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

22 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

23 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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