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- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- FirePAC (zip)
- Athena FirePAC reduces the amount of manual effort and expense required to manage complex firewall rules. It ensures a correct configuration that allows only essential services in and out of the firewall. It precisely pinpoints the rules that can be cleaned from a firewall, making the configuration easier to understand...
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- Ready for real Indian medicine?
- Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook again
- Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook againApple on the MoveApple continues to impress both in unit sales and marketshare gains. It has taken Steve Jobs awhile to make significant inroads into PC marketshare, but you are now witnessing the fruits of his perseverance. If Apple only had a development...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- The Techie Hall of Shame
- A SFGate story began this week with the all-too-familiar line--"A disgruntled computer engineer..." before going on to list the disgrace of the day, in this case virtually commandeering San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network and hacking it to deny access to top administrators. He's now locked up with a $5...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Online Poker Bot (exe)
- Online Poker Bot is a Texas Holdem playing program, a project that has been under way for 2 years. The software Online Poker Bot v2 support NL, Pot, Fixed Limit games, tournaments and sit and go's. A unique Feature of this poker bot is the 'Stealth Mode' which totally hide...
- Software downloads 2008-07-13
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular ideaAnd, yet againWe see the asinine argument that the path to energy independence isn't to produce energy, but to restrict use.But this is no surprise. Like all environmental issues, it really isn't about what it says it's about. Energy independence isn't about...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- MAX SIP ActiveX (exe)
- VoIP SDK to accelerate development of any type of VoIP-enabled application, like a SIP soft phone, teaching tool, live support, meeting tool or any other type of application which requires users being able to talk to each other. Deliver SIP-based communications and services for PC-to-Phone, Phone- to-PC and PC-to-PC services...
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at Ganymede
- Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at Ganymedecomparison to netbeans?I keep hearing really good things about netbeans... is there a comparison between the two?RE: Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at GanymedeEveryone know Ganymede was destroyed in the Inter Galactic wars. Leaving the Doctor as the lone survivor.Depends on your needsI jumped...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Can open source save Yahoo?
- Can open source save Yahoo?That's one weird photo....It actually looks like Yang's face has been Photoshopped onto a head belonging to someone else.Yahoo is a content company.Having a community which returns to the site is a resource for selling ads. That's why AOL bought Netscape. Well, that and...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Take Four Cassatt's Active Response 5.1
- In honor of the demo goddess, my chat with the good folks of Cassatt was rescheduled four times. They had to reschedule. I had to reschedule. A fire alarm forced a reschedule. Finally, on the forth try, we connected and I was able to see a most impressive demo of...
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Students try to bring down Facebook
- A little off topic I'll admit, but it still contains "students" and "technology", which to me justifies this post. I'm not one to make harsh and unsubstantiated comments about something or someone, but this calls for an exception. Facebook is a difficult one to judge in terms...
- Blog posts 2008-06-01
- Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google
- Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than GoogleCreative distruction makes us all stongerI think Ray is right. His biggest competitor is open source. I'm not sure Microsoft will recover unless they learn how to embrace open source. The patent wars they have started make them toxic...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of Microsoft
- Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of MicrosoftWin 7 TricklesMaybe it's only a trickle, but it's enough for me to know that it's going to be compatible with pathetic old VISTA. That's a big coffin nail to me and only tells me I'm right to be so interested...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- ByDesign, the younger person's ERP
- Many of the small and mid-sized businesses to whom SAP would like to sell its Business ByDesign SaaS offering are family-owned, especially in sectors like manufacturing, distribution and retail. SAP seems to feel that ByDesign will appeal to the forward-looking younger generation of those families — the future heirs of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Frenemies
- Enterprises both large and small are psychologically complex places. Industrial and organizational psychologists are full of fascinating anecdotes about the ways the individual people that make up an enterprise organize themselves to hinder, help, block or share with one another. A common term in Hollywood is ‘Frenemies'...
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- American Fiber Systems Case Study: J.R. Simplot Company
- Based in Boise, Idaho, the J.R. Simplot Company is one of the largest privately held companies in the world. Like many companies in their industry, Simplot managed a decentralized telecom network made up of various T1s, DS3s and OC3s. Information was backed-up and stored using the time-consuming and costly magnetic...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another champion
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championAdobe should show the non compete and sue M$!Stealing talent should not go unpunished!M$ must pay!RE: Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championWhile the basic facts are correct–Mark is leaving Adobe for MSFT to do User Experience work, that's about the extent...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- RPG, PHP, and history
- RPG, PHP, and historyIf it works for you, use it - but it doesnt work for me.If it works for you, and especially if it has an elegant simplicity, then go for it.However,[i]So what’s the model? simple: business applications are user interfaces to business data.[/i]I think that in many cases...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Career Transition Specialist Simplifies Voice Communications Through IP Telephony
- DBM's business is to support major employment transitions in both the public and private sectors, often working across its different sites to provide a coherent, nationwide service. With eleven different phone systems in place across fifteen UK sites, they were wasting money, because they had no inter-site calling plan. UK...
- Case studies 2008-04-24
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