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- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?Read the book Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh BernoffRead the book Groundswell if you want great insight into how to do this properly and there are also lots of case studies and stats in the book.In respect of the product ratings...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list
- Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Wireless networking finally hits the ceiling
- With the advent of multiple input multiple output MIMO technology that's used in Draft N (and some later 802.11g) products, wireless range isn't as big an issue for new networks as it has been in the past. But if you're running an older 802.11g network as I am in a...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Cloud Studio (zip)
- Cloud Studio is a cross-platform visual tool designed to make the development of applications for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) more convenient. Developers or someone responsible for applications deployment can effortlessly create and destroy instances, manage security groups, keypairs, and allocate and assign IP addresses. Studio also supports Amazon Simple...
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
- Microsoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-end
- Microsoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-endMicrosoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-endIf Google wasn't already crapping their pants about IE8 and the web then this should give them more than enough reason to fill their shorts. A final product that is released, not some...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- FlashDemo Studio (exe)
- Record your PC screen activity in real time to create interactive demonstrations, tutorials, and e-learning material. Key features: Record, edit, and share; Create stunning demo with ease. No programming skill required; Publish as Flash movie in extremely small file size. Perfect for Web distribution; Custom capture area; Record mouse and...
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Editor.NET (msi)
- Editor.NET is an advanced code editor allowing integration of a highly flexible edit control in your .NET applications. It has almost all the features that can be found in the Visual Studio.NET code editor, including customizable syntax highlighting, code outlining, code completion, unlimited undo/redo, bookmarks, word wrap, drag-n-drop, search/replace, and...
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- What's Chrome for? Ain't it obvious?
- So during lunchtime today I got to play with Chrome a bit. It's got a nice clean implementation, and it's fast. Sure, it doesn't do everything that either Firefox or Internet Explorer does yet, but hey, it's a beta. I like it. The...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Convert .NET 2.0 (zip)
- Convert .NET is a multipurpose conversion utility. Converts C# to VB and vice-versa using the ICSharpCode engine. Convert .NET also offers text translation, Base64 encoding/decoding and regular expression testing. A standalone tool that does not require installation. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Fujitsu LifeBook A6120 (2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400)
- The Fujitsu LifeBook A6210's $1,349 price tag may seem a bit high for a midsize laptop, especially considering that many similarly sized systems cost less than $1,000. But the Fujitsu has a number of features that help justify the higher price: namely, a built-in Blu-ray drive, ATI Mobility Radeon HD...
- Product reviews 2008-08-29
- Map Suite Geocode USA (zip)
- Map Suite Geocode USA is a .NET-native geocoding and reverse geocoding component for the United States. It can convert U.S. addresses into latitude, longitude, county, elevation, time zone, and more. Geocode USA comes with a highly-optimized dataset covering the entire United States. Supports .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005...
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Zero Media Convertor Studio (exe)
- Zero Media Convertor Studio Pack is a powerful multimedia conversion tool that includes four multimedia applications, namely: Video Converter, Video Merge / Split, Video 2 Audio Converter, Audio Converter. Zero Media Convertor Studio Pack is a powerful and easy video/audio conversion program. It supports most of the common video and...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools (zip)
- Huagati DBML Tools is an add-in for Visual Studio that adds functionality to the Linq2SQL/DBML diagram designer in Visual Studio 2008, adding options for comparing and synchronizing Linq2SQL designer diagrams with the database, for updating classes and properties generated using the Linq to SQL designer or Entity Framework designer to...
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- Microsoft, eat your own dog food
- Microsoft, eat your own dog foodReally?"Using hidden aspects of Windows to advantage Microsoft's own applications has been disallowed and behavioral remedies including disclosure demanded."I can't find these in the DOJ settlement, please help: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f9400/9495.htmWe can of course look to the EU which did demand documentation of a small subset of...
- Discussion threads 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
- Text Speaker (exe)
- Text Speaker will convert any text document to MP3 audio. Create your own audio books. To hear text, just open a Microsoft Word, Rich Text RTF, HTML, or text TXT file. Click Speak to hear a clear, understandable human-sounding voice read the document, or click Convert to Audio to create...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Olympus SP-570 UZ
- Photos and image samples:Olympus SP-570 UZOnce you mention the Olympus SP-570's 20x zoom lens, the rest of the camera's feature set seems almost superfluous; with an atypically wide-angle lens for any class of single-body cameras plus an exceptionally long telephoto view, the lens is the raison d'être for the camera....
- Product reviews 2008-08-22
- Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effort
- Speaking of gold medals, Dell is trumpeting the fact today that its Studio Hybrid has just been granted Gold status within the EPEAT program, the first consumer desktop to snag this distinction. EPEAT stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, and the program provides a terrific ranking of where desktops,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
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