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On the Algorithmic Complexity of <endeca_term>Vague</endeca_term> Descriptions

On the Algorithmic Complexity of Vague Descriptions

The authors propose a fuzzy logic based model of vague descriptions that refers to a variant of Kolmogorov complexity. The model supports... Read more

1 January, 2012
<endeca_term>Vague</endeca_term> Regions

Vague Regions

...spatial phenomena not simply by sharp objects but rather through indeterminate or vague concepts. To support such applications the authors present a model of vague... Read more

1 January, 2011
Querying <endeca_term>Vague</endeca_term> Spatial Objects in Databases With VASA

Querying Vague Spatial Objects in Databases With VASA

...especially those that occur naturally such as mountains and biotopes, contain intrinsic vague attributes that make their representation as crisply bounded entities ineffective and far... Read more

5 July, 2010
Peering Into the Canadian Cloud: 2011 Mid-Year Review

Peering Into the Canadian Cloud: 2011 Mid-Year Review

...the dominant topic in the 2011 IT dialogue. Commentators are progressing beyond vague estimates of massive future adoption, and beginning to hone in on the... Read more

27 June, 2011
LibreOffice 3.5

LibreOffice 3.5

LibreOffice continues to improve, but it's still playing catch-up to Microsoft Office, and there's no sign of a vision that would make it a significant competitor on anything but price. Read more

21 February, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
Fluke OptiView XG Network Analysis Tablet

Fluke OptiView XG Network Analysis Tablet

...more detailed views of each reported problem. If this sounds a bit vague, it reflects the sheer variety of information that the OptiView XG is... Read more

3 January, 2012 by Jonathan Bennett

Apple's App Store review guidelines: Cheat Sheet

...Apple's mobile OS platform. By publishing a set of guidelines - however vague and mutable - Apple is showing it's trying to help developers get... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
MIME creator: Developers face patent trap

MIME creator: Developers face patent trap

...broad and inappropriate patents are granted. With software, it's all very vague and general. You can say, "Well, here's a patent that uses... Read more

6 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

Book Review: The Filter Bubble

...Hillary Rodham Clinton used such micromessaging tactics, Barack Obama won with broad, vague, generalisations. If you're known to vote consistently for a single party... Read more

27 September, 2011
Vispa 0.6.4

Vispa 0.6.4

...settings. The only recommendation I can give is not applying settings without vague knowledge of what you're doing. Not every setting is desired in... Read more

1 September, 2011

Linux Mint Debian Introduces "Update Packs"

...consuming to make an installation from scratch - you start to get a vague feeling of Windows when you install from the ISO and then immediately... Read more

6 July, 2011

Nokia's worst nightmare: a successful MeeGo N9

...So, depending on the price and Nokia's will, there is a vague chance that the N9 might take off. If that happens, it would... Read more

21 June, 2011

Why the Forecast is 'Cloudy'

...when people try and explain what it is, they tend to use vague language that obscures rather than reveals. It's a now clichéd... Read more

16 June, 2011

GNU/Linux software updates for the enterprise

Software updates are one of the main areas of IT, mainly because of continuous security and enhancement updates. ... Read more

14 June, 2011

Big data and the big privacy problem

If privacy is dead (as a number of technology executives in whose interest it is for us not to care about privacy have... Read more

1 May, 2011

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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...

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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...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

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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...

14 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...

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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...

17 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...

18 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.

20 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...

21 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

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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

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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...

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