A reordering of data so that punctuation marks, numeric data and alphabetic data appear as three separate groups. Contrast with lexicographic sort.
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- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped
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- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- First cell towers, now solar panels? Expect squawking over "appropriate" sites
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- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Metatomix seeks to bridge divide between structured and unstructured information
- Recently I spoke with Howard Greenblatt, CTO of Semantic Technology company Metatomix. Headquartered in the north-eastern US State of Massachusetts, Metatomix provides a 'Semantic Platform' that; "intelligently connects all of your data in real-time and makes it available to any application, providing a 360° picture...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- JavaFX Q&A
- To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFi
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- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
- On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult....
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!
- As fellow ZDNet blogger, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, notes, Apple now recommends the use of antivirus software on your Mac. UGH. Really? The relative immunity of Macs to the plethora of malware floating about the Net has always been a selling point for the machines, especially in schools. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Acoustic Research HDP100 HDMI Powerlink System
- If you've paid to have your HDTV installed in any kind of permanent way, you know that the cost of installation can often overtake the cost of the television itself. Part of that installation cost involves wiring: running cables from your gear up to the TV, generally through walls. In...
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- Vista SP2: What's inside?
- Vista SP2: What's inside?Windows ExplorerAre they going to fix Windows Explorer? Things like remembering views, better copy performance, etc?RE: Vista SP2: What's inside?Better remembering of views in Explorer would be really nice.RE: Vista SP2: What's inside?Are you using it in a networked environment? A lot of people who...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot
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- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever
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- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- (Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?)
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- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation
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- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward
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- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- 'Semantic Web for Business' ultimately misses the mark
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- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?
- At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Google outlines plan for extensions in Chrome
- Google outlines plan for extensions in ChromeYou are on target, GarettI would enjoy using Chrome if it were not for the features it lacks:☻ It lacks common user controls☻ It lacks needed functionalities (like ad-blocking, JavaScript controls, cross-site scripting controls, etc.)☻ It lacks Bookmark management ([i]including[/i] Sort features)☻ It lacks...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Sun warns of bugs as it releases MySQL 5.1
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- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
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