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- ROFLthing 2008
- Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download
- IE 8 Beta 2 ready for downloadRE: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for downloadIt's been a pleasure to work with the IE team to deliver some of the first Visual Search services out there. They're a cool team - and deserve some kudos. We're all looking forward to some user...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.Yep, going green allrightIt's called moss growing over all the abandoned homes and industry as Colorado slips into economic depression.The question now becomes how much misery will Americans allow greens to foist upon us until we've finally had...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- ntfsdump (zip)
- NTFS filesystem is the most widely used filesystem for many years, while hard disks become bigger and bigger in size, even FAT32 has become obsolete. This tool allows you to explore the internal on-disk structure of NTFS volume on Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003, you can dump any data on-disk data structure you...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- ViewonLog for Visual Studio 2005 (exe)
- ViewonLog is a real-time logging solution that checks the problems while developing the software or testing the software and collects log messages(Text, Dump data, Screenshot) during software usage. It also supports various searching condition and fast searching speed about collected log messages. With the changeable logging policy in run-time, the...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- ViewonLog for Visual Studio 2008 (exe)
- ViewonLog is a real-time logging solution that checks the problems while developing the software or testing the software and collects log messages(Text, Dump data, Screenshot) during software usage. It also supports various searching condition and fast searching speed about collected log messages. With the changeable logging policy in run-time, the...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Belkin GoStudio
- If you're a musician, amateur podcaster, or college student looking for a way to capture CD-quality recordings on your iPod, the Belkin GoStudio is an all-purpose solution with some impressive bells and whistles. The GoStudio is not without its flaws, but at $120 you're likely to take its shortcomings with...
- Product reviews 2008-08-22
- Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effort
- Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effortThe day Apple goes green is when they will let users buy their OS,and use it on hardware they ALREADY own instead of having to dump a PC for a PC that costs much more than it should.Why throw out a $1000...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- AdminToys Suite (exe)
- Allows you to manage processes remotely, monitor computers performance on your network, track and limit disk space usage on remote machines, synchronize computer clock all over your network, perform a planning restart/shutdown of network computers, execute commands remotely on a group of computers or in the entire domain, configure network...
- Software downloads 2008-08-21
- WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client
- WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 clientThis is the evidence that Windows 7 is the code name for Vista SP2if WSUS shown Windows7, this is the evidence that Windows 7 is the code name for Vista SP2, and so each Vista user will have it for free! Thank you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and Ubuntu
- Dell Inspiron 910 customers can choose between XP and UbuntuIt's also interesting that......[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112885]A third of new PCs are being downgraded from Vista to XP[/url].Why do you suppose that is? ;)At this price point, I just might buy my first small computer. Though, Imight wait for them to offer a little...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Excel and Basic Accounting Error
- Excel and Basic Accounting ErrorWe should go back to manual ledgers...VisiCalc was created to eliminate accounting errors. Now the spreadsheet is now being blamed for accounting errors. Perhaps the real problem is GIGO. Garbage in, Garbage out.The real culprit is slick sleaze ball corporate accountants and managers that are trying...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Don't downgrade me to XP!
- I ordered several desktops last week for administrative staff and, unfortunately, overlooked the "Downgrade to Windows XP" option. This is, in fact, the default for HP's business systems, which certainly speaks to Microsoft's Vista debacle. The secretaries are thrilled that the machines on their desks are running XP...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- ExcelAPI (zip)
- Based on JExcelAPI by Andrew Khan, ExcelAPI is a Java application that allows user to read, write, create, or modify Excel file. ExcelAPI keeps all the JExcelAPI functions and add Script, XMLXLS, SrcDump functions to enable user can modify/create Excel file by a script file, output xml format as xls...
- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do
- SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we dowhat else could he say? but SAP is a BLACK HOLE!!but just ask some customers that have had to dump millions into high price patches, maintenance, resources... SAP sap your bank account and then some...SAP is the BLACK HOLE of technology!!!!!!!!!!!!;)"near freezing...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Review roundup: AMD's Radeon 4870 X2 delivers
- Review roundup: AMD's Radeon 4870 X2 deliversGo ATI. Nvidia takes another dump, G92&G94parts appear to be bad.http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/12/nvidia-g92s-g94-reportedly
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Do you know where your computers are being recycled?
- Do you know where your computers are being recycled?Good storyIf this were a story about Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux there'd be a hundred posters yelling at each other by now. It isn't, it's just a really significant issue that affects people here rather directly... we're all using computers, that...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- News to know: Mozilla; Windows Server; LinuxWorld; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder Mary Jo Foley: What's next for Windows Server Microsoft finalizes SQL Server 2008 TechRepublic: 10 questions and answers about Microsoft Live Mesh Dancho Danchev: Today's...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- 2009 Jaguar XF
- Photo gallery:2009 Jaguar XFOn first getting into the 2009 Jaguar XF, the car seems like the ultimate in automotive tech. A red backlight on the engine start button pulses with a heartbeat cadence. Push it, and panels over the air vents open up while the shift dial rises from the...
- Product reviews 2008-08-06
- Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protection
- Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protectionWhen a feature is not a featureIf a feature is too hard to use then it is not a feature. Jobs did extensive case studies and found that warnings about phishing simply confused people and that in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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