(1) Software ready to install. It often refers to a "Linux distribution," which is the Linux OS combined with installation programs, documentation and various utilities in one package. See Linux distribution.
(2) An English word that means "dissemination" or delivering something.
(2) An English word that means "dissemination" or delivering something.
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- Apple iPhone sales rise in Europe after end of exclusivity agreements
- Sales of the Apple iPhone in Europe are actually rising in the face of the end of exclusivity agreements thanks to wider distribution. What of AT&T in the U.S.? by Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Diamond Scheduler 6.63 (Windows)
- Diamond Scheduler is a sports league scheduling program that takes the work out of round robin league pairings. It works well for most sports leagues that pair teams or individuals; it offers a choice among a variety of customized pairing methods, allowing the user to control for early/late distribution, no-play...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests
- The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan. The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan. A man and a woman, both...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage
- The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- OpenSUSE Education announces Li-f-e 11.2
- Li-f-e is OpenSUSE's Linux for Education product. While this product has been quietly maturing, it has, to some extent fallen off my radar. However, the latest features announced today with this release of OpenSUSE's educational distribution have me downloading as fast as my BitTorrent client will allow. by...
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Pacific Timesheet 6.69 (Mac)
- Pacific Timesheet Enterprise PTE is a time and work tracking platform that powers the management and secure deployment of specialized end-user tools for: Enterprise time, attendance, work, project and schedule tracking, Enterprise timesheet and custom object workflow and management, Standard Reporting, Custom Reporting and distribution,Proven, scalable, open J2EE-compliant services-oriented architecture,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Tunnelblick 3.0b22 (Mac)
- Tunnelblick is a simple graphical user interface for the great VPN software OpenVPN 2.0 and higher. It is written in Cocoa and comes in a ready to use distribution with all necessary binaries and drivers. It supports the Apple Keychain to store your username and passwort or your certificate passphrase...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Pooch 1.8 (Mac)
- Pooch is designed to combine powerful, numerically-intensive parallel-computing clusters with the famed ease-of-use of the Macintosh. Pooch coordinates the distribution of data, acts out commands from other Pooches, and provides a modern user interface to start and monitor parallel computing jobs.
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Time Warner sets AOL spin off for Dec. 9
- Time Warner declares a spin-off date for AOL of Dec. 9 and explains the stock distribution and dividend plan. by Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent
- My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- GOOG could lose more than Murdoch
- Thanks, this was insightfulWhat if Murdoch and minions stroke a deal with a more desperate Google competitor - and blocked Google. That would be a very real threat. If users suddenly finds that Google returns fewer quality results than competitors, Google could lose search share, fast. That would strike directly...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- ActivePython 2.6.4.8 (Windows)
- ActivePython is the industry-standard Python distribution. Developers worldwide rely on ActivePython's completeness and ease-of-use, while corporate users protect their infrastructure and stay competitive with quality-assured ActivePython business solutions. ActivePython is 100% compatible with the reference distribution of Python. Code tested with ActivePython will run on any Python installation that has...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Inno Setup Compiler 5.3.6 (Windows)
- Inno Setup is a free, feature-packed installation builder. The application's features include a Windows 2000-style wizard interface; the ability to create a single EXE for easy online distribution; support for disk spanning; and full uninstall capabilities. The program also includes customizable setup types, integrated LZMA file compression, support for installing...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Friday Challenge: What's your take on OS/browser market share trends?
- Firefox is taking over...With Firefox the days of vendor lock-in withIE required are over, like banking sites theyare cross-platform as they should be.I use CentOS/Fedora/RHEL and use I am able todo all of my job functions and use any applicationI want without the fear of security holes andthreats from a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- SquidNet 2.54 (Windows)
- SquidNet Software's Cross-Platform Network Distribution Processor SquidNet allows just about any distributed processing application (Maya, Blender, Lightwave, research, educational) with a command-line based interface to evenly distribute job "slices", segments or frames amongst one or more network processors. These network processors, called Tipnodes, pull and process outstanding job requests from...
- Software downloads 2009-11-13
- Setup Factory 8.2.1.0 (Windows)
- Setup Factory 8 is the result of over a decade of experience in creating software installation tools. Unlike other installer builders that require week-long training courses in order to get up to speed, Setup Factory was designed to be fast and easy to use. By pairing a visual layout of...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Blockbuster initiating rentals via SD cards at store kiosks
- AmusingEvery second American has a rear-end the size of a flying saucer and people are worried about the "convenience" of not leaving their house?You've got to be kidding.I am not going to goto the Video store...and get some crap ladden movie on SD that I can not play on...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Microsoft gives up to 1 million Xbox modders the boot from Live
- Exactly. I could not agree moreno different then many other things.In NASCAR, the team owns the car, NASCAR the rest.You are perfectlly free to do with your car whatever you wish, NASCAR just will not allow you to run it at their events.Microsoft is not stopping them from modifying their...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Wholesale Distribution Software 11.1 (Windows)
- Daily, monthly, and annual tracking of Complete Employee, Customer, Vendor Management. Inventory Tracking by department, item, and category. Flexible taxing system which allows you to tax items differently. Create user roles, and easily associate permissions with each role you create; this way, you can easily control which users are allowed...
- Software downloads 2009-11-11
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