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Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine? Part II
Comment Netbooks are everywhere - but can they replace your work laptop? silicon.com's Bethan Jones put one to the test. Last week I set myself a challenge: ditch my current laptop and see if I could use a netbook for my everyday work tasks. [09 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment As a sub editor for silicon.com, my working day is broken down by a mixture of home and office working. Netbooks have been enjoying the spotlight of late - but are they suitable for the workplace? Bethan Jones puts one... [02 Nov 2009]
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: Performance and Scalability - Database Scalability for the Enterprise
White Paper In a test based on a customer database of over 1 billion records, Microsoft Dynamics CRM was able to achieve sub-second response times using a modest hardware configuration. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 demonstrated its... [28 Oct 2009]
Automated Sales Order Processing for Order-to-Cash Performance with ERP Systems
White Paper There are several sub-processes within the order-to-cash cycle, including: receiving orders, entering sales orders, approving sales orders, fulfilling orders, billing for the orders and collecting payment. [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: New Apple MacBook learns lessons from the Pro
Photo While consumers have long called for lower entry prices for Mac laptops, Apple has always been reluctant to stray into the lower-margin sub-$1,000 market. Apple updated its MacBook line-up this week. Here's a closer look... [22 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo The System and Security sub-section of the Control Panel acts as a clearinghouse for backing up data, preventing security breaches, and maintaining system performance. Windows 7 is to go on general release this week. [20 Oct 2009]
A Study of the Performance of SSL on PDAs
White Paper Unlike previous studies,, the measurements are at sub-protocol granularity allowing for researchers to consider appropriate optimizations for these resource-constrained devices. PDAs and smartphones are increasingly... [05 Oct 2009]
Reducing the Complexity of Sub-Band ADPCM Coding to Enable High-Quality Audio Streaming From Mobile Devices
White Paper This paper discusses research undertaken to lower the complexity of existing high-quality sub-band ADPCM coding schemes to better satisfy these conflicting criteria. The number of consumer audio applications demanding... [02 Oct 2009]
Sub-Prime PKI: Attacking Extended Validation SSL
White Paper One of the attributes that the paper discusses is the type of SSL certificate presented by a web server when negotiating a secure connection. Modern web browsers support both Domain Validated (DV) and Extended Validation (EV) SSL... [02 Oct 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung Galaxy i7500
Photo Dull appearance; no multitouch; sub-par keyboard design; bog-standard version of Android means no innovations Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of... [25 Sep 2009]
After the Storm: A New Era for Risk Management in Financial Services
White Paper Almost two years since the financial crisis first emerged from the sub-prime mortgage business in the US, the repercussions continue to be felt. Despite unprecedented efforts by governments, central banks and regulators,... [16 Sep 2009]
The Web Changes Everything: Understanding the Dynamics of Web Content
White Paper The paper describes algorithms, analyses, and models for characterizing changes in Web content, focusing on both time (by using hourly and sub-hourly crawls) and structure (by looking at page-, DOM-, and term-level... [16 Sep 2009]
A Composable Model for Analyzing Locality of Multi-Threaded Programs
White Paper The per-thread statistics is then composed to predict performance for all cache sizes, either for sub-clusters of threads or for futuristic environments with a larger number of similar threads. In a multi-threaded... [16 Sep 2009]
Searching Oracle Content Server (Stellent) With Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10.1.8
White Paper The value SES brings to the Content Server customers is to provide highly relevant search results in sub-second query response time, and the ability to search multiple Content Server instances, and other content... [02 Sep 2009]
A Hybrid Data Mining Metaheuristic for the p-Median Problem
White Paper The paper believes that patterns obtained by a data mining technique, from a set of sub-optimal solutions of a combinatorial optimization problem, can be used to guide metaheuristic procedures in the search for better... [29 Aug 2009]
