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- News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Facebook settlement: Kill Beacon, pay $9.5 million into fund to promote online privacy
- So "paranoia" is not so abnormal .....even if you've done NOTHING wrong! (IE: The wrong could be "being done" to you without your knowledge)!Free service ... you get what you pay for.I find it hilarious that people can sue a company that is giving them a free service.I'm...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Facebook settlement: Kill Beacon, pay $9.5 million into fund to promote online privacy
- A class action suit over Facebook's controversial Beacon program today received preliminary approval PDF by a U.S. District Court, bringing an end to the Beacon service and giving the company an option of clearing the matter without long - and expensive - court proceedings. The proposal calls...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Works of Ambrose Bierce. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)
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- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- Works of Ambrose Bierce. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial (Mobile)
- NovelsCobwebs From an Empty Skull Illustrated With Engravings By Dalziel BrothersThe Fiend's DelightNon FictionA Cynic Looks at LifeThe Devil's DictionaryWrite It RightAnthologiesFantastic FablesTales of Soldiers and CiviliansCollectionsAshes of the BeaconBits of AutobiographyCan Such Things Be?The Fourth EstateFor the AhkoondJohn Smith, Liberator The Land Beyond the BlowNegligible TalesThe Ocean Wave "On...
- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2009 (Mac)
- Highest Resolution Graphics All 16 typing practice video games are sharp and clear with brilliant new graphics. Floating Typing Gauge Clock your typing speed in style with our new floating toolbar utility. The retro gauge dial measures your speed in words per minute in any application from Mail to Word....
- Software downloads 2009-09-05
- Facebook: the twenty-to-one rule
- If only...If only Facebook would allow you to decide who they can sell your info to, like they didn't do with Beacon and whatever the latest info scandal was. Or was it the old "we own every piece of info forever" issue? You may decide who your friends...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-29
- Sonic Beacon 1.1.0.6 (Windows)
- Sonic beacon is a PC-based test and measurement system for the testing of loudspeakers and other electro-acoustic products using commercially available Windows multimedia sound cards. Sonic beacon will perform impedance, frequency and phase response, harmonic and inter-modulation distortion, sensitivity as well as other FFT and real-time analysis tests, Sixteen bit...
- Software downloads 2009-08-26
- Dell: Linux netbook returns a "non-issue"
- Marketing?A Dell exec goes to a Linux convention and says what the community wants to hear. He says, Linux netbook returns are not an issue. What's he gonna say to a linux crowd, "We put your OS on our hardware and people hated it."He's going to throw them...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- LocateMe 1.2 (Mobile)
- LocateMe is your personal location beacon with the ability to broadcast your location to friends, and family. It is fully integrated into the iPhone. It makes use of the internal GPS, Address Book, and Google Maps to provide instantaneous location awareness and sharing of your contact information. It features Locating...
- Software downloads 2009-08-06
- Beacon Designer 7.6 (Mac)
- Beacon Designer designs optimum qPCR oligo sets: For molecular beacon, TaqMan, LNA, NASBA, FRET, Scorpions and SYBR Green Compatible sets for multiplex reactions Unique cross homology avoidance to ensure specificity Template secondary structure avoidance for assay success Probes for SNP allele discrimination MethyLight TaqMan assays for identifying DNA methylation patterns
- Software downloads 2009-08-03
- Like Santa, only greener. PecoBOO knows when your PC should be sleeping
- I'd be lying if I didn't admit that this one creeps me out a bit. A green PC maker out of the United Kingdom VeryPC has rigged some facial detection software to work in conjunction with your system's power management features. As in, if the software doesn't "see" that you're...
- Blog posts 2009-07-10
- Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?
- Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?Zuckerberg has proven before that he does not value members' privacy...Remember the Beacon fiasco? People were learning about their Christmas gifts and one poor guy was even upstaged when Facebook, or rather Beacon, informed his girlfriend that he'd purchased a diamond...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- EPA, Climate Savers to host power management tips seminar
- If you've got a little time on July 21, green IT organization Climate Savers Computing Initiative and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are teaming up to host a Webinar entitled "Briefing on IT Power Management for Utility Energy-Efficiency Program." The content will include an overview of the impact that controlling...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- One example of "smarter planet"
- The smart grid for electricity has become so mainstream Congress wrote it into the stimulus law enacted earlier this year. IBM's marketing of "smarter planet" goes way beyond electricity and networked grid. I recently spoke with Drew Clark, director of strategy of IBM Venture Capital Group. And...
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- Emergency Distress Beacon 1.0 (Mobile)
- Emergency Distress Beacon, when activated, sends out a distress beacon with your current location to rescuers. And although you may be able to send a signal from urban locations, Google Maps may be of little help in rural settings. Emergency Distress Beacon is a simple peace-of-mind application that can be...
- Software downloads 2009-06-18
- Beacon Auditor 1.7 (Windows)
- The Beacon Auditor is a software package designed for proactive network scanning, inventory and analysis. It was created to maximize productivity for network consultants and IT administrators in their task of network discovery and documentation. How does the Beacon Auditor work? The software is installed on any Windows XP or...
- Software downloads 2009-06-17
- Space race or education?
- Space race or education?Just FYIJust FYI, the Constellation program is the replacement for the Shuttle. There's no separate Shuttle replacement program.However, regarding Ares / Constellation, some like myself have been troubled by the program from the beginning. For more info I suggest forum.nasaspaceflight.com and www.directlauncher.comAs an architecture, I...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Facebook Fallout: Is it time for Zuckerberg to go?
- Facebook Fallout: Is it time for Zuckerberg to go?Facebook Fallout: Is it time for Zuckerberg to go?I wouldn't say its time for him to go, afterall it is his company and he can pretty much do whatever he wants with it. But the overall message that he should listen to...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
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