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- Court clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterprise
- Court clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterpriseCourt clarifies open source copyright: Key excerpts for the enterpriseHuge break for all the people out there working on projects, only to have their stuff picked up and altered and their credit taken awayAre you kidding?Really Larry?The teaser for this column...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- UserTable (exe)
- You are searching for a table control for your application with that you can fast and easy integrate a table without data binding? Exactly that is what the ActiveX control UserTable features: beside normal settings as column width and row height, you can define e. g. font type/color as well...
- Software downloads 2008-08-12
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)Government censorship is wrong...and UNconstitutional.Make no mistake, the MBTA is a government organization.The US Constitution states "no law abridging freedom of speech".The judge who issued the restraining order is:1. an idiot2. a d_o_u_chebag3. a fool4. retardedRE: Go MIT! (or...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Saying Farewell
- Saying FarewellRE: FarewellWell I just wanted to say that the Zero day blog wont be the same - you had a very no bs attitude when blogging about issues and that was awesome. Reading your blogs was a great source of security inforation for me. Good luck man and hopefully...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Linus Pauling's revenge
- Linus Pauling's revengeMatter of degreeI think there's a fair amount of evidence that Vitamin C does a lot more than prevent scurvy and that at least some of Dr. Pauling's claims are true. I think that reasonable people can disagree as to whether all of the claims made by...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Text to SQL Converter (msi)
- The converter creates a set of INSERTS based on text file delimited or fixed width. It is ideally tool to prepare data import to inaccessible database or to system that does not support direct data import. The program supports: predefined or custom column separators, predefined or custom SQL statement separators,...
- Software downloads 2008-08-08
- Export Database to Text for SQL Server (exe)
- Export Database to Text for SQL Server helps to save tables to text/CSV files. Predefined or custom column separators and a few options make export process more flexible. The program has easy to use wizard interface. This handy utility helps users, database developers and database administrators to create table-based text...
- Software downloads 2008-08-08
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Are you a Dog or a Cat?
- Are you a Dog or a Cat?You proved my point.People do not like change unless they are the implementors.Dog/Cat/FishI liked the way you put that! vista is a pretty configuration but it is a new learning venture for us all..I'm a dog/cat person...who also loves fish..hehehehThey moved everything around......to create...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Vizio VP322
- Mostly on the strength of aggressive pricing, Vizio in the last several years has taken the flat-panel HDTV market--both LCD and plasma--by storm, rocketing past better-known brands and becoming one of the best-selling names in the country. The company has also introduced some unique products, among them the VP322, which...
- Product reviews 2008-08-05
- HP Pavilion dv5-1002nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv5 is a member of the company's new Pavilion lineup, introduced in June. The ID of the product doesn't differ very much from previous...
- Product reviews 2008-08-04
- TinyGraphs (exe)
- TinyGraphs is an open source Excel add-in that creates sparklines, mini column graphs, and area graphs from rows of data. It generates beautiful tiny graphics that are as small as a cell and can be placed next to the items that they describe. The tiny graphics, or sparklines, are as...
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- Toyota tinkers with baby Segways
- Toyota tinkers with baby SegwaysI'd add a fourth column to that.Model: "Me".Length mm: 265Width mm: 464Height mm: 1820Weight kg: 80Maximum cruising speed (km/h): 6 can go fasterTurning Radius: 0Cruising range km: 50Charge time: 10 mins partial, 8 hours full chargeTo be blunt, if you're too fat to walk 5km @...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Will consumer economics have an impact on RealNetworks?
- RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser almost made it through his company's quarterly earnings call without taking a jab at Apple and the iPhone. But near the end of the call, he took a quick mathematical poke at Apple to drive home his point that there are plenty of opportunities to launch...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Bank blames user; gets caught
- In a consumer assistance column, the Guardian reports a classic case of IT favoring technology at the expense of usability. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- What is the best language for our kids to learn?
- I'm not talking about C++ vs. Fortran here. I'm talking about actual spoken languages. I bring it up in this column for a couple of reasons: first, one of my kids really struggled with French this past year and I'm wondering if there are alternatives that might come...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- IT as whiners: The great debate
- Over at TechRepublic, Patrick Gray has managed to rouse a hornet's nest of IT managers. What did Mr. Gray say wrong? He called IT folks a bunch of whiners. In his first post, Gray told folks to stop whining and noted that technology types have an image...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?
- Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?Cuil vs. GoogleAccording to some of the most public and powerful media sources, that inevitably pump 'edited facts' into the minds of the general public, portray Cuil as being a dismil attempt to tackle google. "Google has become so synonymous with Internet search that...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Simply Estimating (exe)
- Create quick & accurate estimates. Print Material Reports, Proposals. Create your own DataSource from scratch, or modify one of the sample DataSources included with the Estimating module. Never again submit an estimate where you forget to enter the quantity for a particular item or forget to price an item. The...
- Software downloads 2008-07-29
- Apple CEO Jobs' life not in danger: report
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent cancer or a life-threatening health issue, according to The New York Times. LOS ANGELES--Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent...
- News items 2008-07-28
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