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- Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?
- MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years
- Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- What a decade taught Larry Augustin
- Larry Augustin's story is proof that second acts in business are possible. Most of those who boomed during the dot-boom were never heard from after the dot-bomb. But not Larry. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Blitz Football Pro for iPhone 1.6 (Mobile)
- Blitz Football Pro for iPhone is an entertaining and action packed football game you can get for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Whether you are a seasoned pro or have never touched a football you can immediately pick this game up and play just by touching the screen to throw...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Blitz Football Free for iPhone 1.2 (Mobile)
- Blitz Football Free for iPhone is an entertaining and action packed football game you can get. Whether you are a seasoned pro or have never touched a football you can immediately pick this game up and play just by touching the screen to throw a pass. You are the quarterback...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Shotgun Granny for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Shotgun Granny for iPhone features get multiple kills per shot for huge points, achievements and online leaderboards via Open Feint, unlock hilarious Granny dialog with multi-kill combos, easy to play, but difficult to master, and collect ammunition, super-speed, and mega-bomb powerups.
- Software downloads 2009-11-13
- Bloons Lite Plus for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Bloons Lite Plus for iPhone the online flash sensation has finally landed on iPhone and iPod touch. Play as the mischievous monkey as you set out to pop as many balloons as possible using an arsenal of darts and special power ups. Bloons Lite Plus for iPhone is a simple...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Bloons Lite for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Bloons Lite for iPhone the online flash sensation has finally landed on iPhone and iPod Touch. Play as the mischievous monkey as you set out to pop as many balloons as possible using an arsenal of darts and special power ups. Bloons Lite for iPhone is a simple yet hugely...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Kerry-Boxer bill battle set for Tuesday
- That is just the bipartisanship ........ President Obama campaigned on. Not!!!Harry leaves and we're all better offWhy don't you go somewhere else to blow off all this hot air and perhaps the U.S. emissions will be cut in half? :-)Harry's blogs: e-pollution on this IT tech site.ntLeveling the playing field...The...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Blow Up 1.0 (Windows)
- Blow Up is an interesting arcade game for free. Having aimed with the mouse cursor to the wanted place, click left mouse button and ball will fly. Try to collect three or more balls of the same color and they will burst up. There is a thermometer under the playing...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- BombLink for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- In BombLink for iPhone, layers of bombs appear from the bottom of the screen, each with a fuse attached. Move from grenade to grenade and chain fuses together with a flick of the screen. When the falling flame from either side of the playing board comes into contact with a...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Desert Strike 1.0 (Windows)
- Desert Strike is a shooting game for free. Once the game starts, your fighter are at the bottom of the screen. And you can use the arrow keys to move around your plane above the barren land. Avoid your enemies and their bullets. You can press space bar to shoot...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'
- Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Apocalypse Zombie Fish for iPhone 1.0.3 (Mobile)
- In Apocalypse Zombie Fish for iPhone Dr. Edmond Villes latest experiment has gone horribly wrong. Mindless hordes of Zombie fish now threaten to take over, and he is left with nothing but his trusty pipe-bombs to clean up his mess. The object is to try and throw Dr. E. Villes...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- Beat Runner 145 bpm for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Beat Runner 145 bpm for iPhone plays a series of drum loops sampled at 145 bpm whilst you run with your iPod in hand, or in pocket using the built in accelerometer to sense arm/leg movement. The aim of the game is to race faster than a ticking time bomb...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- Calling all global cooling, how about a little help here?
- Don't shoot the messenger, you might not like it that the earth is getting hotter and that we need to do something about it, but, don't get mad at those reporting it.You probably don't like all of the photos of open water over the arctic either. Nor would you want...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS
- hasince they used the work impossible i'll give them 1 month. That is, one month until the figure out how to jail break that sucker, may be 2.If people are able to figure out how to make their own hackintosh computer I'm pretty sure they will be able to...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Why Mac open source gets no respect
- "Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Google Wave: Begging for a classrom
- Using Wave to interconnect academic institutionsI think, the first large-scale Wave deployment should be used to interconnect all academic institutions around the world.This would be attractive because:1. younger generations are very adaptable, to new technology.2. there is a great deal of collaboration, in the academic world.3. technical glitches are likely...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Arrested al-Qaeda suspect has links to Cern
- scarier access than the bomb?What if this person had been tapped to turn the collider into producing a blackhole that would've ate the whole Earth up? hehehe just had to put that out there :-) have a good weekend everyone!
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
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