In a graphical user interface (GUI), a small, pictorial, on-screen representation of an object, such as a document, program, folder or disk drive.
Icons on the Desktop
This Windows desktop shows icons of files, folders, programs and other resources. Icons are everywhere these days.
Icons on the Desktop
This Windows desktop shows icons of files, folders, programs and other resources. Icons are everywhere these days.
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- Software downloads 2008-08-29
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Bitmap To Icon (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Seinfeld target is not open source
- Seinfeld target is not open sourceIrrelavant comicIs that site supposed to be relavant or something?Seinfeld's from Massapequa?I grew up the other side of Boundry Ave. in F'dale.:)Well, the ads may not target Apple or open source, but, they sure are aresponse to Apples successful ads and increasing market share, and...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- XML Pretty Printer (exe)
- Allows you to easily display your XML in a cleaned-up fashion. XML files and/or text can be easily copied, loaded, or drag-and-dropped onto the icon or surface of the application and the text will be formatted to display cleanly and displayed in both a text and a tree display. From...
- Software downloads 2008-08-22
- Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret
- Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- ZC Dream Photo Editor (exe)
- ZC Dream Photo Editor makes you easily blend your digital photo onto another picture a landscape picture in any size. You can rotate or edit your photo. You can also add some pretty frames, flowers, cartoon, jewelry, icon pictures, or write your comments on the photo to make it more...
- Software downloads 2008-08-19
- Fluid (zip)
- Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite WebApps as a separate Cocoa desktop application. Fluid gives any WebApp a home on your Mac OS X desktop complete with Dock icon, standard menu bar, and logical separation from your other web browsing activity. It includes Tabbed...
- Software downloads 2008-08-19
- Insignia NS-BRDVD
- Pundits debate whether Blu-ray will be as successful as DVD, but they're relatively united on one issue: the prices of the players need to drop before the format takes off. The Insignia NS-BRDVD is part of a new breed of bargain players we've seen this year, and its $300 list...
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 1
- The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- A walk through the two new student tools for Office 2007
- Zack Whittaker was on compassionate leave when this was posted; posted offline and scheduled to release during this week. Late last month I wrote about the five newly released tools designed for students and academics. I was on the phone last week to an old colleague of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Motorola VE20 - silver (Sprint)
- Just when you thought the Motorola Razr was dead, Moto has brought it back for another round with the Razr VE20 for Sprint. Before you start grumbling about Moto never having anything new--a sentiment we've no doubt shared--we advise you to give this Razr a chance. Sure, the design is...
- Product reviews 2008-08-17
- Garmin Nuvi 500
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- Product reviews 2008-08-14
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- Product reviews 2008-08-14
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- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- BangDisk32 (zip)
- BangDisk32 is a Windows based data eradication software utility. BangDisk32 offers a wide range of configuration options including number of overwrite passes, and pattern selection. BangDisk attempts to auto-protect the system disk, providing a 'lock' icon and allowing users to override this setting. This trial version of BangDisk limits the...
- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul
- Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haulFor the past week, everytime I shutdown XPI get a message saying 'an update is ready for installation'. I can't tell if XP is stuck in 'update forever' mode or if I'm slowly digesting these updates one day at a time.Is anyone else...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Apple and iPhone
- Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Apple and iPhone3 million iPhones sold in 30 daysEven if the selling rate fell by 50% you still be talking about 9 to 10 million by years end...I see you failed at MATHSYou can't believe anything with such an EXTREME hyperboled and PROPAGANDA ridden track...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Students choose webcam over phone calls
- Since many of you decided to whinge and whine about my previous article, I thought I'd go with something a little simpler for the masses. The first rule of mass media is of course, "give the people what they want." [Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997]. After much thought...
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
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