An earlier dBASE compiler developed by Sophco, Inc., Boulder, CO, which combined C and dBASE structures. It was noted for generating very small executable programs.
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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
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale
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- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Bigger blogger presence at DNC
- There are 15,000 members of the media credentialed for the Democratic National Convention and 120 of them represent blogs. That may seem like just be a drop in the bucket, but as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explores the blogger lounge known as "The Big Tent," it's clear the nontraditional media...
- Videos 2008-08-27
- Tapulous developer fired
- Tapulous developer firedHe belongs in the Peace Corps not a corporation.In the text of his post he says he wanted to become "a real force for world change". I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but companies exist to make a profit - not to act as...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- How the world watched the Olympics online
- How the world watched the Olympics onlineI got sick of itI live in Germany, and the experience sucked big time. For those of you who don't know, in Germany you pay a TV and radio tax of about 26 dollar per month to subsidize public channels. The rule is: if...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust ActNice!If only Apple didn't ditch a perfectly viable platform in favor of off-the-shelf hardware for their operating system, half of which came from open source freeware, they might actually have an actual claim. Up to 4...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Open source extremism lives
- Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Laxius Force (exe)
- Our heroes are back! But so is the Order, and the demented Grand Commendanter. Embark with Random and his sexy girlfriend on a journey so vast it spans over tens of hours. Meet up to 16 friends and defeat your enemies, as you make your way to Adretana, the next...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- What good are gross hospital statistics?
- What good are gross hospital statistics?Patient population is significantAnd forget cheeseburgers. It's partly prior availability and use of medical care. People in some areas are more likely to be sick and more likely to have only emergency room interventions rather than ongoing care when their conditions force them...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Google brings election mobile as reporters become irrelevant
- Worried you'll miss it the second John McCain announces his veep choice? After all, the GOP isn't offering a text-message alert the way Obama did. (Not that that worked so well.) Well, maybe young mothers won't be checking it at 2:38 a.m., but...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Over my dead body
- Over my dead bodyStick to what you know, Murph!Hmm, last week you were saying you had little experience with SMEs and were offering space on your blog to those who do, today you are making stunningly sweeping generalizations about their employees! Where's your data!?My business focus, since 1993, has been...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Perspectives (xpi)
- This free Firefox extension contacts network notaries whenever your browser connects to an HTTPS Web site, providing two primary benefits: 1. If you connect to a Web site with an untrusted (e.g.,self-signed certificate*, Firefox will give you a very nasty security error and force you to manually install an exception....
- Software downloads 2008-08-25
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset HS-1200 - headset
- With so many PC accessories cutting their cords, it's no surprise to see wireless headsets joining the party. To that end, Creative has released the HS-1200 Digital Wireless Gaming Headset. As the name suggests, the unit is targeted at PC gamers who play games that allow you to use voice...
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- Is the Salesforce.com juggernaut faltering?
- Is the Salesforce.com juggernaut faltering?Salesforece.com and the $1B barrier...The $1B barrier appears to be not only a problem for software companies, it also created a hiccup for many mail order companies as well (Insight, Multiple Zones, PC Mall, etc). The one thing these companies all have in common with...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service
- Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a serviceDeferred revenues?I don't buy the deferred revenue argument. It doesn't make sense. If anything, having larger enterprise deals helps SFdC because it means the running Q's have guaranteed levels of income. Checking the last couple of Q's, there's no real change in deferreds...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- 79 million adults can't pay medical bills
- 79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service
- Amid a quarter that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff called "spectacular," but spooked analysts worried about future growth was an interesting nugget: Dell has jumped on the platform as a service bandwagon. On Salesforce.com's second quarter conference call (earnings recap, InStranet acquisition) Benioff revealed that Dell signed a...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- BigFix makes government's power management mandate more palatable
- For those of you readers who work within federal government agencies and have been faced with meeting mandated conservation policies, software vendor BigFix has negotiated a deal with the General Services Administration to offer its software at an annual license of $3 per computer for the first year of new...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
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