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- Google Chrome OS announcement
- Just as I thought"All data on Chrome OS is in the cloud""All data stored in the cloud in Google Docs":(YeahThat unfortunately is a deal breaker for me.I'll be sticking to my dual boot Windows 7/Fedora Core setup on my netbook.bad and bad no chrome os for me ......RE: Google Chrome...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Systemizer 0.9 (Windows)
- Systemizer Software will help you in your business in multiple ways. Map out your strategies, develop your own presentations quickly, streamline your routine tasks,link to files locally on your hard drive or on the Internet,embed images and videos into your nodes. The Systemizer Software can be used for any type...
- Software downloads 2009-11-11
- Netflix lands Sony PS3 distribution deal; Bolsters streaming footprint
- Netflix's streaming movie and TV service will be made available to Sony's 9 million PlayStation 3 customers under a distribution partnership announced Monday. Netflix said it will begin streaming through the PS3 next month (statement, Techmeme, PlayStation blog). The move gives Netflix another leading game console for...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- 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
- Export Artwork 4.1.8 (Mac)
- Export Artwork is a shareware AppleScript Studio application for use with iTunes on Mac OS X. It's main function is to extract the Artwork from the selected track's ID3 tag and copy it to an image file in a chosen location.It is also a fully fledged Artwork manager as it...
- Software downloads 2009-09-25
- JobVite's new thing: sourcing passive candidates
- I recently wrote about JobVite and how it permits employers to tap into the social networks of its employees to find quality recruits. JobVite permits employers to create eVites that employees, colleagues, etc. can pass around via email or publish to social networks like Facebook. It must be working as...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Will Office Web Apps overcome cloud biases?
- [i]since GAPE Google Apps for Education is right up there with sliced bread in my book.[/i]Of course it is, all your blogs ever do is profess your undying love for all things Google. We already know how your next blog is going to turn out. You are going to...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Protection! Licensing Toolkit 4.5 (Windows)
- Protection - a licensing toolkit that ensures that users adhere to the terms of your applications' licensing agreements. Protection! lets you embed powerful license reading and validation code into the components and applications that you sell, preventing unlicensed use of your software. Protection! delivers powerful and feature-rich licensing solution providing...
- Software downloads 2009-09-10
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Hacker demos persistent Mac keyboard attack
- Hacker demos persistent Mac keyboard attackHa ha, hah ah ahahahhah... Mac Security.God... is Apple still running smug "we are so secure" commercials?Doesn't this require physical access to the keyboard?In order to embed a firmware into the keyboard, wouldn't one need physical access to that keyboard? Or are we...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Facebook - Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?
- What on earth are Facebook doing? Imagine going into a stationery store and buying a Filofax personal organizer and then over time filling it with personal contacts info, photos and notes. You come home one night and it's no longer...
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- BeAnywhere Support Express 1.02.00 (Windows)
- Professional remote support solution. Unlimited support sessions. There is no limit to how many customers you provide support service or to how many support sessions you establish. Remote control, File transfer and Chat. No software installation required. Provide immediate support to customers and colleagues without pre-installing software. Generate reports about...
- Software downloads 2009-06-24
- The Cost of the Free Internet
- The outpouring of interest in and passionate argument about IAC chairman Barry Diller’s declaration last week that the delivery of content over the Internet ‘absolutely’ will become a ‘paid system’ was instructive. First, it shows the power of the “free†Internet, as it is currently constructed. A...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Anyone care to publish some textbooks on Scribd?
- The recent headlines about Simon and Schuster's publication of 5000 ebooks on Scribd grabbed my attention, since I had previously and unfairly put a look at the new service on the back burner. I'm glad I took the time to check it out since, assuming their business model is...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- GPS Tracker 1.2.2 (Mobile)
- Use InstaMapper to track an iPhone online, share your location with friends and family, and record tracks for later analysis. InstaMapper tracks your phone on Google Maps from the Internet, positions are updated as often as every five seconds, record up to 100,000 positions per device, embed a map with...
- Software downloads 2009-06-11
- WWDC 2009 live
- It's that time again: the annual Apple World Wide Developer's Conference and its highly anticipated keynote address. Phil Schiller ran the show this year, and while he's no Steve Jobs most observers agree that he did a pretty good job. Highlights include a revamping of the MacBook Pro line, the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks
- Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooksWindows 7 = crippled. Just use LinuxWhy buy an OS with all of these artificial restraints? This is what closed source gets you, a compromised product.Won't Run on ARM Netbook AnywayARM processor based netbooks are about to hit the market...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-22
- Flowplayer 3.1.0 (Windows)
- Flowplayer is an Open Source (GPL 3) video player for the Web. Use it to embed video streams into your web pages. Built for site owners, developers, hobbyists, businesses and serious programmers. Flash technology enables that 98% of all Internet users can see your videos. Highly skinnable. No other software...
- Software downloads 2009-04-23
- JExplorer 2.1 (Windows)
- JExplorer provides a convenient Java API for integrating Microsoft Internet Explorer into Java applications as a Java Swing UI component in headless mode, so you can embed it into the UI to manipulate programmatically without specific knowledge of COM or the Microsoft Internet Explorer API. Version 2.1 adds Java Applets...
- Software downloads 2009-04-16
- New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aesthetics
- New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aestheticsThe Apple World is missing the point of the commercialsAll this nitpicking is just pathetic because people are INTENTIONALLY trying to miss the point of the commercials and instead are deflecting and saying things like "Why didn't she pay sales tax"...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-04
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