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- How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with Ikea
- How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with IkeaDIYI used to have a voltage 110 to 220V convertor housed in a cocoa box, the guy who DIY-ed for me forgot to wash the box, so everytime the convertor got hot, that's every time, I got the nice cocoa smell all...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, DIY NAS device, NAS, How-To, IKEA
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- How-to: Build a $300 DIY NAS device with Ikea
- The crazy chaps at Indestructibles have cobbled together a how-to guide on building one's own network attached storage, or NAS, device. Using the stainless steel "Emu" box from IKEA ($7 per set), one Instructables user created a NAS system to be proud of. And since he went...
- Tags: NAS, IKEA, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments
- IKEA's mixed bag of IT investmentsIkea still very silo'edIkea may have doine a great job automating their back office, but the front office is a joke. The company remains very brick-and-mortar oriented, selling primarily the in-store experience where you follow a well-directed path. Their e-commerce website is practically non-existent, which...
- Tags: IKEA, IT investment, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments
- Last evening I read an interesting Gartner case study (registration wall warning.) It tells how IKEA Components, a company that is part of the iconic retailer of flat pack furniture used Lawson Software products to make significant across the board process savings and improvements. The business intelligence/process project makes great...
- Tags: IKEA, Information Technology, IT Investment, David Meerman Scott, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- My bad day with Windows Server 2003
- My bad day with Windows Server 2003I'm intrigued...Not by Win2k3 server, but your mention of Ikea furniture. What's that for? Computer desks, lab desks, general tables? My mind is boggling as to what school would let you use that, and what it's being used for!Partition MagicI've had some nasty experiences...
- Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Linux, Desktops, IKEA, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Partition Magic, server, bad day
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Creating good spaces for kids to work
- My wife and I have been struggling to create an "office" space for the kids and ourselves to work before school starts. All of the kids need access to at least one computer, preferably two or three, need school supplies handy, need comfortable spots to sit and spread out...
- Tags: IKEA, Kid, Projectors, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-17
- (Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room)
- (Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room)Ikeayes, but how formaldehyde was used in the wood, how many toxins were used to process and dye the fabric, and how much were the workers paid?RE: (Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room)The innovative design, ease of assembly, quality of materials used -...
- Tags: IKEA, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room
- The creation of almost any Ikea product, involves a series of factors, including price, demand, and environmental friendliness. by CNET News.com
- Tags: IKEA, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-04-20
- Fastest-growing German sites in January 2008
- Property Dec-2007 Jan-2008 % Change Total Internet : Total Audience 33,721 33,904 1% Sixt Group 736 1,891 157% PREMIERE.DE 1,013 1,797 77% Amadeus Global Travel Distribution 1,683 2,633 56% Mair Gruppe 1,159 1,740 50% Expedia...
- Tags: IKEA, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Web 2.0 isn't dead, but Web 3.0 is bubbling up
- Web 2.0 isn't dead, but Web 3.0 is bubbling upWhen will Web 3.0 be bornThere will be a short intermission before the birth of Web 3.0, if the past is any indicator. First a few latecomers to the party will have to take a financial bath as the musical...
- Tags: Channel management, Web 3.0, Web, IKEA, E*Trade Financial Corp., Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2006-11-12
- Top global brands: Apple, Google, Ikea
- In the survey of almost 2,000 ad executives, brand managers and academics by online magazine Brandchannel, Apple ousted search engine Google from last year's top spot, but the surprise to many will be Al Jazeera's entry into the top five.Top recognized brands worldwide, 2005:AppleGoogleIkeaStarbucksAl-JazeeraTop recognized brands in North America, 2005:AppleGoogleTargetStarbucksPixar
- Tags: brand
- Blog posts 2005-01-30
- Top global brands: Apple, Google, Ikea
- In the survey of almost 2,000 ad executives, brand managers and academics by online magazine Brandchannel, Apple ousted search engine Google from last year's top spot, but the surprise to many will be Al Jazeera's entry into the top five.Top recognized brands worldwide, 2005:AppleGoogleIkeaStarbucksAl-JazeeraTop recognized brands in North America, 2005:AppleGoogleTargetStarbucksPixar
- Tags: brand, Apple Computer Inc., Google Inc., Top Global
- Blog posts 2005-01-30
- Swede overtakes Gates as world's richest
- Swede overtakes Gates as world's richestGates will overtake SwedeGates will overtake the Swede by the end of the year if not earlier. Also, the guy sounds like a cheapskate, what is the point of having money, but not spending it.What I would do is help my friends and family, then...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, IKEA, furniture, Swede, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-04-04
- Microsoft's Independent License Purchase Analysis Gives IKEA Singapore the Power to Manage Its Software Licenses
- IKEA has been providing affordable home furnishings in Singapore for 25 years. With staff strength of more than 380, IKEA Singapore requires computer terminals for office use, supply chain management, inventory and order processing. Managing software licenses can be a challenge for any organization. At the end of 2002, IKEA...
- Tags: IKEA, Software License, Microsoft Corp., Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Management, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Cool New Google Maps Feature: New Jersey Wormholes!
- wow, just wow ntntSpock: They're maps, Jim, but not as we know them.[sigh] Where's Scotty when you really need him?
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Mapquest, Bing Maps, Cool New Google Maps Feature, Bing, New Jersey Wormholes, Brook
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Cool New Google Maps Feature: New Jersey Wormholes!
- In Google Maps, Try to drive to Whole Foods in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and you'll be teleported 11 miles to the west to IKEA in Paramus, New Jersey. AWESOME, right? by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Google Inc., New Jersey, Google Maps, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is
- Problem with your thinking...Sun owns the copyright. That means that they can rebrand the license. If you fork it, it is GPL forever. Thus you are definitely loosing out.Your argument would have made sense if Sun would have said, "hey we are going to release this under the Apache license."...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, mouth, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Did crook lure victims with oven door disguised as plasma HDTV?
- I know plasmas are becoming popular again, but I didn't realize they were this "hot." According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, con artists are using fake HDTVs to lure marks in store parking lots and then robbing them. There may be nothing new about the technique—crooks have...
- Tags: Plasma, Crook, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-08-22
- Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at System Building
- It all started with two extra Opteron CPUs and RAM and a bunch of hard drives which I had lying around, that mushroomed into a Build-Your-Own monster PC project. Like a modern day Victor von Frankenstein, who digs up bodies in graveyards in order to bring his...
- Tags: PC, AMD Opteron, Amazon.com Inc., Power Supply, CPU, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!
- My DVD collection is 3 layers deep and takes up 2 tall ugly fiberboard IKEA book cases. I'd like to get them out of my living room and into a random access, cataloged digital media format. Got any ideas? Over the weekend, I...
- Tags: Movie, Digital Television, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
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