The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. See requirements management, system development cycle and configuration management.
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- Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
- A recent uproar in the right wing blogosphere about the shutdown of anti-Obama sites on blogger.com has some serious implications for those considering cloud computing. What seems to have happened there was a simple, if pernicious, denial of service attack carried out for political reasons - but there's not much...
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from Networkcar
- OK, I admit it. When I bought my car a year-and-a-half ago, comparing the fuel consumption metrics among the different models WAS part of the equation, but not the most important part. Now, with gas lines forming in my own little town and people putting summer trips...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?
- In partnership with indie security consultant Rich Mogull left Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help to -- we can only hope -- put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture. The idea is...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Sync files between computers over the Web, free
- Freeware application and Web service Dropbox instantly backs up and syncs your files over the Internet and to any Windows or Mac computer. Once you install the application, it will create a Dropbox folder on your hard drive. Any file you put inside that folder will sync...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Use Google Talk on your iPhone/Touch
- Google just released a new version of Google Talk that works on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's pretty nice looking, and it works well to boot. To use the new application, point your Safari browser to www.google.com/talk. You might want to put a bookmark on your...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up
- The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics. What a difference a downturn makes. Last...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
- Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool
- Updated: Nvidia said its fiscal second quarter revenue will fall well short of targets because of weak demand, pricing pressure from AMD's ATI and a faulty graphics processors on older notebook systems. In an SEC filing, the company said it is offering a driver that keeps fans running to relieve...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Helpdesks and productivity
- Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Hyperic CloudStatus
- Back in May, I posted my take on Cloud computing. Since that time, I've spoken to quite a number of suppliers who are focused on supporting cloud computing, managing cloud computing, and even using cloud computing as a way to provide either a desktop or a server experience without the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Huge Small File (zip)
- This is a freeware application which creates fake huge files on a NTFS disk which can be shared using common file sharing clients like DC++. Using Huge Small File you can safely share legal content. partitions.How to use it: Start the application on NTFS partition and press on the Generate...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Flash Games (exe)
- This is a freeware application which contains 700 flash games. Features: using Flash Games you can add new flash games in the program databases or you can delete unwanted flash games. You can also have the possibility to send mail with played flash game or to your friends. The most...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- WMIExplorer and Win32_Bios Discovery MP Viewer (zip)
- Since 2002, the WMI Explorer has been copyrighted by R.T.Edwards and the web page format view of properties, values and descriptions is part of this package. To use this program, you select a namespace. Once this occurs, the program will connect to your machine, discover if there are any providers...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Lyrics (exe)
- It's a free book which contain more than 235.000 lyrics. Lyrics application integrates with Winamp. Lyrics application can read MP3 tags for played MP3 file and give you information like artist and song name. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- PDF to Text (zip)
- PDF to Text is an Windows program designed to extract text from Adobe PDF files for use in other applications. The program is a standalone application. You do not need a Adobe Acrobat installed to ocr text from pdf files. In order to extract text, the pdf file must be...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- RapidDowner (exe)
- RapidDowner is a download manager for Rapidshare Services. Along with link management and image recognition. Use this program to by pass the 110 minute waiting time limit and make it in a few minutes. Built on the .net framework and forum supported. Make Rapidshare your free hosting service. This is...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Metadefender Lite (zip)
- Metadefender Lite provides application developers with an easy way to integrate ClamAV AntiVirus detection engine into their applications to perform real time virus scanning. Metadefender Lite uses the native port of Clam AntiVirus ClamAV. Version 1.5.62 includes several changes such as file and console logging functionality is expanded, documentation is...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- SmartTools (exe)
- SmartTools was planned for a complete check and management of the fitness-wellness clubs. At the same time the smaller fitness clubs can apply to the workplaces, employees' checking, to increase of their income and the optimization of marketing actions. The most important viewpoint was the easy manageability at the time...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Tiff Counter (zip)
- Tiff Counter is an easy to use Tiff page count application. It supports all versions of single and multi-page tiff files. Tiff counter also support tiff files which is compressed with LZW compression. Tiff counter also the known to be fastest tiff counting application for windows. Ideal for imaging bureaus...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
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