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- In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl
- T-Mobile's Sidekick/Danger Inc. meltdown has far-reaching implications for wireless carrier data integrity responsibilities way beyond any immediate remediation the company may need to offer its customers. Yesterday, T-Mobile notified all of its Sidekick device customers that a failure which occurred on Microsoft's Danger,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?
- I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- BitNami phpBB Stack 3.0.5-1 (Mac)
- BitNami phpBB Stack makes it easy to deploy phpBB, which is one of the leading bulletin board solutions. phpBB has always comprised of a key feature set, including powerful permission systems, private messaging, search functions, a customizable template and language system, as well as support for multiple databases. In the...
- Software downloads 2009-09-15
- wodImapServer 2.2.3 (Windows)
- ImapServer ActiveX control is component that you can easily integrate into your applications to provide full IMAP4rev1 protocol server implementation. All you need to do is to put it on VB form, call it's Start method and it's immediately accepting connections by your clients. It fully supports commands defined in...
- Software downloads 2009-08-20
- Marines block social networks, concerned about security
- Marines block social networks, concerned about securityEmail?Whatever happened to email as a method of communicating with family? Still beats the heck out of licking a stamp and sending the slow way, and is much more managable from a security perspective.RE: Marines block social networks, concerned about securityThe success of any...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- Michael Arrington snared in libel verdict: lessons for us all
- The UK's High Court of Justice has ruled that Michael Arrington and Interserve Inc libeled Sam Sethi (see above.) The original plaint claimed that Arrington/Interserve engaged in a: "...sustained campaign of character assassination against the Claimant alleging fraud; bank forgery and other crimes;...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- China demands new PCs carry spyware
- There comes a time when despite the allure of the market, Western industry should band together and turn its back on China. A time when the computer and Internet industry realizes that the censorship-and-repression tax the government is intent on levying is too high a price...
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- MobiTradeOne for TD AMERITRADE 1.0.6 (Mobile)
- MobiTradeOne gives you an opportunity to manage your TD AMERITRADE account, observe financial market trends, place new orders and execute current positions in stocks and options. MobiTradeOne enables trading securities listed on the NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, as well as OTC Bulletin Board OTCBB securities, pink sheet securities, options and exchange...
- Software downloads 2009-06-05
- The Business OpsCenter 3.8.2 (Windows)
- The core features of OpsCenter include a real-time employee in/out board, sending and receiving text/phone messages, vacation/sick day calendar and management system with optional vacation requests, bulletin board system, event calendar, out-of-office and work schedule manager, and highly customizable features on both the system level and individual client level.OpsCenter is...
- Software downloads 2009-05-23
- MobFinance US Edition for BlackBerry 3.3 (Mobile)
- MobFinance is a powerful real-time portfolio management program that enables an investor to monitor stock portfolios traded on 10 US exchanges by retrieving stock quotes, live charts, and related business headlines directly to your mobile phone. It offers a broad range of trade information for stocks, mutual funds, and derivatives...
- Software downloads 2009-04-28
- MobFinance US Edition 3.3 (Mobile)
- MobFinance is a powerful real-time portfolio management program that enables an investor to monitor stock portfolios traded on 10 US exchanges by retrieving stock quotes, live charts, and related business headlines directly to your mobile phone. It is also an efficient tool to monitor stocks and financial matters like services...
- Software downloads 2009-04-28
- How do you convince teachers that Twitter isn't a waste of time?
- How do you convince teachers that Twitter isn't a waste of time?for extended discussions, not answersit might be abused for direct messaging, but for a generalized discussion, it's a useful tool.But going to phpbb.com and setting up a bulletin board for the school woudl be another useful tool as well...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Would you replace your email system with a social network?
- Would you replace your email system with a social network?I don't think soTrying to understand why a lecturer would want to use it. Also "Facebook" is proprietary, so I would want a system totally under the control of the University, rather than farmed out to a third-party.Students can sometimes say...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Palm investor: Pre will trump iPhone
- Palm investor Roger McNamee is talking smack and arguing that Apple iPhone users will jump ship to the to-be-launched Pre. According to Bloomberg, McNamee said: “You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment...
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- phpBB.com hacked; Details scarce
- [ UPDATE: A reader e-mailed a link to this blog describing a blow-by-blow attack against phpBB.com. ] One of the most widely used open-source bulletin board system in the world has been attacked by malicious hackers. According to a brief "maintenance" notice posted on...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- iComment Button for Internet Explorer & Firefox 2.0.4 (Windows)
- iComment turns the entire Internet into a huge public and private bulletin board forum and social network. Each day huge numbers of people use the iComment button to read and post their opinions, viewpoints, ideas, thoughts, advice and experiences. iComment is a revolutionary free patent pending service based on a...
- Software downloads 2008-12-15
- phpBB 3.0.3-0 (Windows)
- Since its inception, phpBB has been among the leading bulletin board solutions and quickly rose to be the world's leading Open Source forum software. phpBB has always comprised of a key feature set, including powerful permission systems, private messaging, search functions, a customisable template and language system, as well as...
- Software downloads 2008-11-28
- Employer Search 1.7 (Windows)
- Employer Search is an automated search tool that allows you to search hundreds of job posting sites - all at the same time. By automatically scanning using spider technology, Employer Search saves hours if not days of wasted time looking for employers to target for your recruiting business or job...
- Software downloads 2008-09-29
- Social design advice for Starbucks
- Starbucks announced today it will begin a daily "Good Sheet" of news about politics, health care and other issues that it will distribute in its stores as a way to start conversations. According to a Starbucks executive quoted by The Motley Fool, the company is looking for "conversation starters." It...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- goDigital Content Management System 1 (Windows)
- Within the CMS software a user is able to create different "Web Groups" which can be used to split up the different parts of your business/office. For example, each area of your company (Sales, Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources) could have their own unique Web group. Features: Unlimited users with the...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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