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- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customersDemocracy versus politicsThank you for discussing the difference between spectator politics and participative democracy. It seems to me that technology can definitely be put to better use for enabling the latter. At the risk of rambling, perhaps that might be a role that the newspaper...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- 1Click Spam Shield (exe)
- 1Click Spam Shield is the solution for eliminating one of the biggest threats of the mailing systems, spam. Receive all your e-mail safely and securely, all filtering being done, resulting in a clean inbox with just solicited mail and no more junk. The spam filter is compatible with almost all...
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000
- Seriously! A copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for just over $16 quadrillion Zimbabwe dollars. Bargain! I know I sometimes bitch on about Microsoft as being as evil as an al-Qaeda suggestion box, but this time they've excelled themselves. I got a press-release through a couple of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- News to know: RIP enterprise data center; Red Hat breach; Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dion Hinchcliffe: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center? Joe McKendrick: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval'...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" idea
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" ideaCHEAPSKATES!Ballmer said they could do a lot more!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" idea
- The Members Project, organized by American Express, is running an online nomination and voting campaign aimed at funding ideas that will have a "positive impact" on the world. There are several different categories, including a bunch of projects focused on energy, green tech and alternative fuels. At this link, you'll...
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- Windows Live Wave 3 managed beta begins
- Zack Whittaker was on compassionate leave when this was posted; posted offline and scheduled to release during this week. For many weeks, months, and I'd even say for around a year now, the kind gentry over at LiveSide have been keeping us up...
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95No thanksI wouldn't take a free copy of Office...not with that godawful ribbon bar. You know you've screwed up the user interface of a product when a predominant question on websites seems to be "How do I print?". If you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701
- 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 Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701 marks a new look for the Qosmio brand. Gone are the subdued blacks and silvers of years past; in their place come stylized...
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- Building Windows, not walls
- Building Windows, not wallsBuilding Windows, not wallsHooray for ZDNet duplication! Now we only need 5 more articles about this subject which will coincide with ZDNet agenda.[i]will reinvigorate Vista’s image and make Microsoft less of an Apple chump.[/i]As of lately the chump has been Apple with their failures. This ad...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- ListMate Express (exe)
- ListMate Express is an high-speed e-mail list management suite of tools for all Windows platforms. It features 9 separate tools/screens each with its own host of features. All executed at warp-speed. It comes in 3 different levels so you can custom-tailor your ListMate Express solution just right for you -...
- Software downloads 2008-08-21
- Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?
- I walked into an AT&T Wireless store earlier today, eyed the iPhone and picked up some brochures on pricing plans. I've been thinking that the problems with the new iPhone can't last forever - and yet, here's another black eye for Apple and the iPhone. An Alabama woman has filed...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr
- 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.As a back-to-school laptop, the HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr is overkill, unless, perhaps, you've managed to squeeze a large LCD in your dorm room or pooled funds with...
- Product reviews 2008-08-20
- CN!Express CX-7000 (exe)
- CN!Express provides multiple simultaneous connections to your processor. At top speed, CN!Express processes 1,000 transactions in under 5 minutes. Flexibility as you would expect of a modern payment application, the CN!Express built-in Web server CN!Express also supports traditional file-based transactions to support your business environment. Simplicity CN!Express contains everything you...
- Software downloads 2008-08-20
- Apple's MobileMe: Why don't we just call it a beta
- Apple announced another 60-day freebie extension for MobileMe customers. MobileMe is the synchronization service that launched along with the iPhone 3G and App Store and you could argue that going 2-for-3 with a strikeout isn't bad. But this isn't baseball. MobileMe has been a black eye for Apple and the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Henri Rousseau Screensaver - 120 Paintings (exe)
- Henri Rousseau Screensaver - 120 paintings spanning his career. A major catalyst in the creation of the Naive or Primitive style during the post-impressionism era, his paintings express innocence, clarity, and color; while at the same time a subtle undertone and acceptance of the struggle and harshness inherant in being...
- Software downloads 2008-08-18
- SecureZIP Express (exe)
- SecureZIP Express is the industry-leading security and compression utility that zips and unzips files, greatly reducing transmission times and storage requirements, while securely protecting data in transit and at rest with pass phrase and digital certificate based encryption. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-08-15
- Pug Happy screensaver (pd)
- In this free screensaver from American Greetings, a couple of enthusiastic and excited pug puppies race onto the screen, express their emotions through a lot of licking, and then jump up and down a lot.Note: The screensavers from American Greetings require site registration with a valid e-mail address. The Download...
- Software downloads 2008-08-15
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