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- Raptivity (zip)
- Raptivity allows you to create meaningful learning interactions quickly and easily. The Raptivity library of 3D objects, virtual world interactions, games, simulations, videos, and 200+ such pre-built interactions is based on best practices in instructional design. Raptivity outputs your interactivity to a single Flash file.This version is the first release...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- New touch screen Classmates unveiled today
- Intel unveiled a new iteration of its Classmate PC today, featuring a touch screen with tablet mode, a new wedge design, and motion-sensing internal hardware. According to Intel's press release, "Our ethnographic research has shown us that students responded well to tablet and touch screen...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Jive Clearspace 2.5: increasingly sophisticated social productivity tools
- Clearspace, Jive Software's 'social productivity' collaboration software, hits version 2.5 today. This latest release builds on a solid foundation, and has many new features and enhancements, as the above video illustrates. 2.5 marks some significant upgrades - there has been some major tweaks under the hood to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile
- The light-weight user interface toolkit for Java ME LWUIT has been released as open source under the GPLv2+classpath exception license. LWUIT is a library that helps content developers in creating rich and consistent Java ME applications. LWUIT supports visual components, theming, transitions, animation, and more. Sounds similar to JavaFX doesn't...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- WinRemotePC Lite (exe)
- WinRemotePC is a program that allows you to work on a remote PC as on your local computer. With WinRemotePC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that...
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see
- Y Combinator posted a list of a bunch of different startup ideas they'd like to see and fund. It's a sizable list with 30 different thoughts waiting for enthusiastic entrepreneurs to take a shot. But what struck me most about the list was how RIA-heavy it is. I as much...
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- New Magic Rituals: Subconscious Techniques (exe)
- Despite the magic environment of the program, it is not traditional magic at all. It is magic of a new level. This program is only starting its development and all our users will soon be able to get updates for further self-improvement. This product is a complete innovation and there...
- Software downloads 2008-07-07
- Samsung LN46A750
- "The kitchen sink" is a term used loosely when describing a feature set on any product, from cars to countertops, but in the case of the Samsung LN46A750, we're using it in the tightest sense. This 46-inch flat-panel LCD packs more feature punch than any HDTV we've tested yet. 1080p...
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Adobe Acrobat 9 series
- Adobe Acrobat 9 document-creation software is adding dynamic features such as integration of animation, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption, and improved forms. We've been playing with the beta edition of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended.Acrobat 9 comes in three versions, which are set to hit store shelves in the coming weeks: Standard...
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- Mobile advertising: "The next big wave" and a golden opportunity for RIAs
- Eric Schmidt has an interview that was posted today in which he declares that the next big wave in advertising is the mobile internet: Second: The most obvious large space of advertising is the mobile internet. Every German has a mobile phone. Just take the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Silverlight version of New York Times reader for Macs
- The WPF-based New York Times reader is one of my favorite RIAs out there. I wrote a long post about it when it first came out praising the added interactivity and for making reading the newspaper a lot more interesting. I also think it does a good job of showing...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta
- We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words
- Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine KVM technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- A distributed alternative to Twitter must respect what already exists
- Lots of talk over the last few days among Twittervangelists about the need for some kind of open source and fully distributed version of Twitter to protect against the outages that continue to plague the service. "We're all creating artifacts and connections that are even more fragile...
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Four Reasons To Skip Web Conferences
- Four Reasons To Skip Web Conferencesthis is the problem with forks in general"...can hiccup for all sorts of reasons."When we don't all pick one way to do things, we, at best, over complicate the task. All too often we end up just not using the technology and we lose all...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- TrackMania Nations Forever (exe)
- TrackMania Nations Forever lets you drive at mind-blowing speeds on fun and spectacular tracks in solo and multiplayer modes. Nations Forever offer s a new "Forever" version of the Stadium environment, a solid solo mode and 65 brand new, progressively difficult tracks. TrackMania Nations Forever unite players with engaging multiplayer...
- Software downloads 2008-04-25
- Count me out for ad-funded Works
- Count me out for ad-funded WorksAlbany is a rented version of MS OfficeActually, [url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1345]Albany is a rented version of MS Office supported by security, collaboration, and other services[/url]. Albany, as I understand it, has nothing to do with MS Works.RE: Count me out for ad-funded WorksHi, Chris.While some folks who...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- iSpring Pro (exe)
- iSpring Pro is a PowerPoint add-in for conversion of presentations into Flash format. Flash movies created by iSpring look the same as your PowerPoint presentations. iSpring accurately transfers PowerPoint interactivity, animation effects, slide transitions, embedded Flash movies, audio and video clips into Flash presentation. Now, you can use all Flash...
- Software downloads 2008-04-21
- The best Facebook apps for business and career enhancement
- This is a guest post by Aseem Kishore, a technology enthusiast and lead blogger for Online-Tech-Tips. Even though most people, including myself, use Facebook to connect with friends, family and colleagues, Facebook can also help you become more productive. Yes it's true, Facebook does not necessarily have...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Healthcare Solution Provider Finds Competitive Advantage in Move From SCO UNIX to Windows
- American HealthNet wanted to increase ease of use for both the business users and IT staff at its customers; customers neither knew nor wanted to learn SCO UNIX. The company also wanted to expand functionality - both by adding modules for new uses, and by enabling interactivity over the Web....
- Case studies 2008-03-28
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