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- Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight
- Experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in...
- News items 2008-09-05
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?Hmmm ....Could be worse ....Homer: [narrating a TV commercial] Are you tired of having your hands cut off by snowblowers? And the inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow?Maybe......they should hire the company that does the Mac commercials....
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup
- SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- How important is boot performance?
- How important is boot performance?Boot performance is very importantA computer should only take as long to get to working state as a television - 10 seconds tops - with either the option of restoring the exact shutdown state or a fresh rebooted OS.Moderate importance overallBootup speed is not really a...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Office 2.0 Conference day one
- David Allen discussed his 'getting things done' methodology with conference creator Ismael Ghalimi during the opening keynote session at the Office 2.0 conference at the St Regis Hotel, San Francisco. The core of the methodology is to free up the sophisticated processing unit that is your brain...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook
- My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbookTotally different machines.A netbook is a full laptop. Yes, the industry is trying to keep the impression that it is only for casual use, etc, but there is little only constrained by ram these netbooks can't do (well, with Linux). ...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
- News items 2008-09-04
- Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates
- It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Handicapping Apple's September 9 event (updated)
- Now that it's official that Apple will be holding a special "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco on Tuesday let's take a look under the curtain to see what announcements may be in store from Cupertino. It's pretty apparent that new iPods are in the offing,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Fourth quarter IT hiring outlook: The helpdesk is hot
- Fourth quarter IT hiring outlook: The helpdesk is hotRe: 4Q IT Hiring is Hot - I'll believe it when I see it !It is strange how employment hiring forcasts vary so much between research firms.Robert Half claims a big swing increase in IT hiring, yet Network World runs a brief...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- 2008 Acura MDX
- Photo gallery:2008 Acura MDXThe 2008 Acura MDX remains largely unchanged from the 2007 model, when we reviewed the then-new redesign and found it chock full of tech options inherited from Acura's sedans, and with improved handling courtesy of similarly upgraded four-wheel-drive management. Back in 2006, the first-generation MDX had some...
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Toshiba XD-E500
- When Toshiba finally pulled the plug on HD DVD, nobody was quite sure what the next step for the company was going to be. Would it go back to making DVD players, or would it forget the tensions of the format war and release a Blu-ray player? Well, instead of...
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Acer Aspire X1200-U1520A
- The Acer Aspire X1200 line of minidesktops fits budget PC components inside a compact case and offers some features that let it act as a light home theater companion. Our $450 review model came with a dual-core AMD processor, 4GB of memory, and 64-bit Windows Vista, which make it...
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Infosys: Moving up the consulting food chain
- An Infosys executive reiterated that the offshore outsourcing business is holding up amid an economic slowdown and outlined plans to continue to move up the technology food chain to offer consulting services. Speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York, Ashok Vemuri, head of banking and...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policyThis is a surprise???Is anyone surprised that the government holds itself to a lower standard than anyone it regulates? Congress routinely exempts itself from laws that everyone else has to follow. Can you imagine the airlines being allowed to use such a policy on aircraft?...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhone
- Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhoneNot fair to compare??Sorry, but I have to disagree. Looking at the price of an iPhone 3G it IS in the same bracket as the more powerful smart phones. All this shows is it is poor value...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Could Google's Chrome be death blow to Firefox?
- No doubt, Google's forthcoming open source browser -- known as Chrome -- is going to challenge other open source browsers, most notably Firefox. It could be a devastating blow to Firefox, which has amassed and taken roughly 18 percent of browser market share away from Internet Explorer in a short...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Keylogger Software (exe)
- Professional key logger software secretly records all typed characters from your keyboard in a log file text file and run in hidden mode. Keystroke logging software confidentially stores all Internet browsing, e-mails, account ID password, Web pages, Web searches, visited Web site URLs, chat history, typed keys, files transferred, running...
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Sequence Downloader (exe)
- Downloading files from Internet in sequence which can be set in the admin panel of the application. Downloads files like image0001.jpg - image7870.jpg. User is able to setup limits, downloaded file name and url to download filr from. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- eBaymotorosdeals (zip)
- eBaymotorsdeals is a search tool for eBay motors. It circumvents technical issues that make searching eBay motors usually slow and sluggish. Features includes a visual search panel for eBay motors hot deals. Integrated visual inspection of available product photos. An up-to-the-moment check of auction status and biding. Fully integrated with...
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
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