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Smart, but not in a business suit.

Earlier this week I suggested that the name "smartphone" seriously underestimated the capabilities of today's pocket computers. The latest ARM-based mobile... Read more

21 August, 2010
Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks: Efficient Localization Schemes Using SemiDefinite Programming

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks: Efficient Localization Schemes Using SemiDefinite Programming

Location awareness and distance estimation cannot be underestimated in wireless sensor networks especially for the marine environment. State-of-the... Read more

2 March, 2011

UK Border Agency IT system running again after crash

...other paperwork. It called out supplier Fujitsu in particular, saying it had "underestimated the complexity" of designing a key system. According to the BBC, officials... Read more

4 May, 2012

Book review: Digital Wars

...motto), and mis-steps in digital music and smartphones, where it sorely underestimated the competition. My favourite bit of the book is Arthur's discussion... Read more

17 April, 2012

A big week for Nokia

Wednesday will see the opening of Nokia World in London. It will be the first time in around three years that the... Read more

25 October, 2011

Amazon's Fire will sell millions, but perhaps at a loss

Two unofficial reports suggest that Amazon's forthcoming Kindle Fire tablet will sell very well at $199, but the cost of... Read more

4 October, 2011

Nearly £500m up in smoke: Four failures that wrecked another gov't IT project

...the IT component of the project. Project risks were also underappreciated and underestimated. Failure 3: Bad management, lack of leadership and weak oversight After such... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Yahoo blames staff changes for revenue dip

...division, leaving the company understaffed toward the end of the quarter. "We underestimated how much the changes would increase turnover," Bartz told analysts on Tuesday... Read more

20 July, 2011 by Jay Greene

Bradford: The UK's best broadband city

But the UK is still lagging behind international rivals on connection speeds Read more

28 April, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

Study: Facebook challenges mobile operators

...Facebook is encroaching directly on mobile-operator territory and should not be underestimated," said Eden Zoller, author of the report and Ovum principal analyst, in... Read more

24 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Global library body lobbies against Digital Economy Act

...of complying with or appealing against this type of situation cannot be underestimated, nor can the types of penalty that could be imposed on libraries... Read more

3 February, 2011

Pinguy OS 10.10.1

...to take my hat off to Pinguy at this point, I seriously underestimated them. Making a few small tweaks to the Ubuntu distribution and packaging... Read more

29 December, 2010

Hope for the Future

...with Windows loaded. After a few days, it is obvious that I underestimated the children. First, the daughter wanted to play the music from an... Read more

27 October, 2010

Facebook: the film and the books

"You're going to be successful and rich," Erica (Mara Rooney), the departing girlfriend of Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse... Read more

19 October, 2010
Inotia 3: Children of Carnia 1.2.4

Inotia 3: Children of Carnia 1.2.4

...characters itinerary is delineated on 130+ maps. 230 of not-to-be-underestimated quests with various themes are enough to testify the Inotia IIIs distinctive... Read more

29 April, 2012

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Dean Talboys

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

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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...

1 hour 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...

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

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

12 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...

13 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...

15 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...

16 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...

17 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...

17 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.

19 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...

20 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

21 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

22 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....

23 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...

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

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

1 day 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

1 day 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

1 day 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