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Asus Eee Slate EP121

Asus Eee Slate EP121

...the EP121 responds instantly in most cases, with much less of the sluggishness that has plagued similar systems in the past. The CPU in question... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Dan Ackerman

Orange San Francisco II

...much of the web browsing experience. I also found the handset somewhat sluggishness in response to screen presses. This particularly affected text entry, and even... Read more

12 January, 2012

Nokia X7 and Symbian Anna

While we wait for the first Nokia handsets running Windows Phone later this year, Nokia has two other operating systems... Read more

14 July, 2011
HP TouchPad: a first look

HP TouchPad: a first look

...watching an HP representative navigate through the OS, we did notice some sluggishness, but until we actually get our hands on the final hardware with... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Eric Franklin & Donald Bell
Developers, your time has come

Developers, your time has come

...outdated by the time it is rubber-stamped for employee use. That sluggishness is why many employees have sometimes clandestinely started to use their own... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Jason Hiner
Asus Eee PC 1215N

Asus Eee PC 1215N

...or typing they can be bogged down by bouts of seemingly random sluggishness. The Asus Eee PC 1215N aims to address this shortcoming by being... Read more

31 August, 2010 by Dan Ackerman
Defrag Manager ActiveX 1.1.1

Defrag Manager ActiveX 1.1.1

...s supplied with advanced disk optimization techniques, which will remedy your system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation. Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns... Read more

21 March, 2012
Wrap it! 2 with Vermeer 1.0

Wrap it! 2 with Vermeer 1.0

...on route you will find the cows to pasture! With their typical sluggishness, they will try to make you slow down: to avoid wasting time... Read more

6 March, 2012
Bio2Real Time 1.0

Bio2Real Time 1.0

...colorful dreams and have more energy for the upcoming day.The morning sluggishness, caused by violently being awakened in one of the deeper sleep stages... Read more

22 October, 2011

Quora - Cheat Sheet

...question about why the site has been so slow lately, explaining the sluggishness is down to scalability issues, owing to a lot of new users... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Construction Firm Boosts Mobility With Notebook PCs and Feature-Rich Operating System

Construction Firm Boosts Mobility With Notebook PCs and Feature-Rich Operating System

...of a project with ease, excellence, and top-level customer service. The sluggishness of Gafcon's computer systems, however, was hampering the productivity of the... Read more

1 September, 2010
ComicBookPad 1.0

ComicBookPad 1.0

...BIG difference) - ComicBookPad provides a smooth viewing experience: no choppy images, no sluggishness, no lags - It lets you view your comic book while playing music... Read more

26 August, 2010

Intel falls shy of views; revenue flat

The chipmaker meets expectations for revenue yet falls just short of profit goals for the quarter. Guidance for the fourth-quarter is conservative Read more

16 October, 2002 by John G.Spooner
Progressive Display for Efficient Visualization: Eliminating <endeca_term>Sluggishness</endeca_term> of Heavy Geometry Data Using Progressive Display

Progressive Display for Efficient Visualization: Eliminating Sluggishness of Heavy Geometry Data Using Progressive Display

Progressive display technologies attempt to solve the problem of visualizing large size 3D data, by optimizing the... Read more

1 January, 2009
Progressive Display for Efficient Visualization: Eliminating <endeca_term>Sluggishness</endeca_term> of Heavy Geometry Data Using Progressive Display

Progressive Display for Efficient Visualization: Eliminating Sluggishness of Heavy Geometry Data Using Progressive Display

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1 January, 2009

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J.A. Watson

@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

8 minutes ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

18 minutes ago by Moley on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

22 minutes ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

3 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

4 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

4 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

6 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

7 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

10 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

18 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...

19 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...

21 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...

22 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...

22 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...

23 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.

1 day 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...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC