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From lolcat to textspeak: How technology is shaping our language

...but at the other end you're finding an extraordinary range of informality [that hasn't been seen before]." Crystal believes there's another, broader... Read more

21 November, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
by You 2.1

by You 2.1

...individuals integrate their personal lives and professional productivity drawing of discipline and informality, agility, and immediacy Read more

24 April, 2012
Azimut Magellano 50 1.1

Azimut Magellano 50 1.1

...or friends; it is for those who love freedom and often also informality without sacrificing comfort and has been designed for users who do not... Read more

5 August, 2011

Make the open door policy work for you

The open door policy has become almost a management cliche, but not every manager is comfortable with it. Scott Robinson examines the pros and cons of this effective but demanding and time-consuming policy to help you decide if it's right for you Read more

26 November, 2002 by Scott Robinson

Does Facebook Connect help enable broadcast 3.0?

...a big fan of Facebook. I was a member once, but the ‘informality’ and (for me) childish elements of the pings and zaps being exchanged... Read more

10 December, 2009

Intel's floating bodies

...news story, but on mature consideration it's more suitable to the informality of a blog post - when a company braindumps unconnected bits of technology... Read more

19 June, 2008

Perl language gets a revamp

...other things, to clean up some of the problems caused by the informality of Perl 5. Closely related to Perl but separate is Parrot, an... Read more

27 December, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

UK businesses lagging due to IT failures

...Typical characteristics of these better-performing businesses are a higher degree of informality; open sharing of information between peers and networks of managers; a focus... Read more

20 July, 2005 by Andy McCue

Companies told to clamp down on IM use

...NASD, in a statement. "Firms have to remember that regardless of the informality of instant messaging, it is still subject to the same requirements as... Read more

19 June, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Torvalds: Next Linux due by June

...Scheduling the arrival of open-source software can be difficult given the informality of the collaborative programming process and the programmers' reluctance to release code... Read more

28 October, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Free speech, free beer and free software

...the key to success for the evolved open-source model, bridging community informality with the stability needed by commercial enterprise. Above the reference implementation is... Read more

21 August, 2002 by Simon Phipps

Rupert Goodwins' Week

...However, the standards bodies are clearly under the influence of Internet-inspired informality; the part of the document set that deals with MPEG-7 (information... Read more

16 August, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins
The Mark of the Knife by Clayton H. Ernst 1.0

The Mark of the Knife by Clayton H. Ernst 1.0

...so many buildings on hilltops dothere is an air of hominess and informality about the place which new visitors generally notice and mention to Doctor... Read more

21 February, 2010
Start-up Nation by Dan Senor 3.0.1

Start-up Nation by Dan Senor 3.0.1

...of the country's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informality-- all backed up by government policies focused on innovation. In a world... Read more

2 February, 2010

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

5 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

8 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

10 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

11 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

14 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

15 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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...

17 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

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

18 hours 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

18 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

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

22 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
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...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
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...

1 day 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...

1 day 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?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry