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- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round
- Trilliant, a green tech company that's working with about 100 utilities on various smart grid deployments, has just closed a $40 million round of equity funding from a group of investors including affiliates of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures. Trilliant CEO Bill Vogel characterizes the investment...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Loginany Professional Edition (exe)
- Step over LAN firewall to realize remote computer connecting with penetrating multilayer network professional user operation interface and a plenty of software function. Remote desktop control remote PC like beside of you, service agent will provide you weak broadband supplementary and acceleration function. This version is the first release on...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- 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
- SilverFast Ai Epson Scan-Software (Mac) (txt)
- SilverFast Ai for Epson award-winning scanner software sets a new standard for ease of control and sophistication for desktop scanners film and flatbed. SilverFast Ai is high-end scanning and image optimization software from LaserSoft Imaging, a pioneer in desktop high-end imaging. SilverFast is now available for more than 315...
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- SilverFast Ai Epson (Win) (exe)
- SilverFast Ai combines a very intuitive user interface with sophisticated and professional scanner and image controls. Beginners and professionals will appreciate the unique real-time controls and the intelligent automatic functions as well as the ability to manually adjust the image at any point. Predictable color from the SilverFast Ai...
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop
- If you haven't heard the news, Jerry Seinfeld has recently been hired to do an entire campaign of advertisements for Microsoft. When I learned of this, I thought of a classic Seinfeld episode that could be re-enacted, with only a few minor dialogue changes to bring it up to date....
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Applicationpro 2008 (exe)
- Applicationpro 2008 allows you, to define application white lists to control application access within your company, to define roles and assign predefined application packets to them, to learn your users application usage and redefine your companies application needs which helps optimizing your license cost, as well as to stop viruses...
- Software downloads 2008-08-22
- Suit over baby vid with Prince song goes forward
- Everybody agrees. Stephanie Lenz' video of her young son with Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" playing in the background was a fair use of a copyrighted work. But Universal submitted a DMCA takedown notice on the video and YouTube took it down for a month until Lenz was able to get...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- nudgeMe Agent (exe)
- nudgeMe Agent allows you to easily store reminders that will be sent to you at the time/date you decide via eMail and text message. You can also easily send SMS text messages to your friends and contacts. nudgeMe Agent is the best way to make sure you never forget anything...
- Software downloads 2008-08-21
- Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)
- Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)kids?Not sure at what age group you are referring to when you say kids.Basic computer skills are all that are necessary for middle and high school. If a student would like to explore advanced uses of a computer they...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?PURE BS!Look, I KNOW several people with advanced degrees in the sciences and math. Guess what? They have been laid off and replaced with offshoring and H1-B workers.Tech companies like Intel want to point the finger? Fine, hand them a mirror...We...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- (Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)
- (Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)2008 SF Responders WMD Training EventThe ARMY CBRNE response trailer that is referred to in the picture is really a 6-wheeled, Gator-style ATV that is self-propelled by its own engine. The picture of the SWAT officer holstering his pistol in his boot is an absolute...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?....It's pioneers like Colorado that will finally propel us into the 21st century. Great news! Love it when the old ways are trounced by new tech AND soundly at that!"[B]Despite a continuing boom, oil and gas companies here are on the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond
- Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- William Shatner signs off on video autographs
- William Shatner signs off on video autographsBeam my up Scotty"Beam me up Scotty...there's no intelligent life down here! Another P.T Barnum is born.What a complete waste. What ever "respect" I had for Shatner before reading this article, has completely vanished.Any fool who pays for this "service", who actually believes that...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos
- Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos"Web 2.0" is Techno-HypeLike so many tech articles posted since Tim O'Reilly coined the term in 2004, this one references "Web 2.0" as if it were something tangible--or at least a concept with clear, concise definition. It is not....
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Amazon Chess (exe)
- Two magnificent army of Amazons blondes from the north against brunettes from the south, prepare for the great chess battle. You must become a commander of one of these armies to resolve this longstanding dispute: who are the most intelligent, beautiful, and strongest of them. This version is the first...
- Software downloads 2008-08-15
- Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skip
- Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skipYes and NoYou make a great point based on your confirmations. Though I think what makes more sense, and dollars, isn't just information. Mediabrokerr seems more fitting to play each side, as actions speak more loudly than just words...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Timebomb in VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (Update 2)
- Timebomb in VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (Update 2)test what?so you are supposed to test EVERY day of every month of every year to see if there is a time bomb? if a customer put beta software in production without consent of the company then it is their...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
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