![]() | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2009 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
Additional Resources
- Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?
- Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- StarUML 5.0 (Windows)
- StarUML is an open source project to develop fast, flexible, extensible, featureful, and freely-available UML/MDA platform running on Win32 platform. UML is continuously expanding standard managed by OMGObject Management Group. Recently, UML 2.0 is released and StarUML supports UML 2.0 and will support lastest UML standard.
- Software downloads 2009-07-15
- RFID Tag Security
- RFID is a technology that offers huge potential for change management activities by automating processes and providing accurate, trusted data. Its unique features include giving each physical object a globally unique digital identity read from a distance without requiring line-of-sight capability, and often without using a battery. These features provide...
- White papers 2009-06-22
- DataMate Connect 1.0 (Windows)
- DataMate Connect is a powerful and feature rich database exploration, manipulation and automation tool. With DataMate Connect, the user has the finest data exploration, manipulation and automation tool available. There are many many database tools available that are good database managers - but for their specific database type only. They...
- Software downloads 2009-06-16
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five years
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five yearsYou forgot one thing!You need to be able to work for the same or less hourly wage than someone in India, Russia, or China. Qualifications are one thing, but CEOs always go for cheaper. Being able to work for...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Palm Treo Pro (Sprint)
- Recently, Sprint confirmed the rumors and announced that it will add the Palm Treo Pro to its smartphone lineup starting March 15. Unfortunately, the news received lukewarm response given that most people's attention is focused on another Palm smartphone coming to the carrier (that'd be the Palm Pre, of course)....
- Product reviews 2009-03-10
- CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped
- Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3
- This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battle
- T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battleVery good points. Google does not have to make a penny on the OS, and willhelp drive the cost of mobile internet devices as low as possible. Price sells, and we will eventually see some pretty cheap and pretty amazing phones.Haha!...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-22
- OMG, Microsoft joins OMG
- Microsoft announces participation in Object Management Group to advance modeling by Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (Level 200)
- Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management AGPM provides a workflow process of offline Group Policy Object GPO creation that integrates role-based delegation, review, and approval of Group Policy before deployment to a live environment. These roles can be delegated according to the supervisory needs of the enterprise. However, with custom permissions...
- Webcasts 2008-08-08
- Palm Centro - cobalt blue (Verizon Wireless)
- It's not quite the Palm Treo 850 news we were hoping for, but we're sure Verizon Wireless customers will still be happy to hear that they'll be able to get their hands on a Palm Centro. First introduced on Sprint and then AT&T, the Centro has breathed new life into...
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
- Spike in enterprise 'events' spurs debut of Event Processing Technical Society
- The recent growth -- and expected spike -- in business event data in enterprises has led a group of IT industry leaders to form the Event Processing Technical Society EPTS, designed to encourage adoption and effective use of event processing methods and technology in applications. Among the...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Oddball thinking about OOP
- Oddball thinking about OOPVery interesting Murph ...... but a tad tricky to know if I followed your drift or not.OOP in my mind is a programmers management tool/way/approach/methodology. I'd find it hard not to write OO now. In the background Erlang is proving an interesting curve, but it's a hobby...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- The tattered history of OOP
- This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh
- Microsoft took the wraps off Live Mesh at 9 p.m. PDT on April 22, just ahead of the service's official debut at the Web 2.0 Expo this week. (Here's a bunch of screen shots of what testers can expect to see when Microsoft kicks off its...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 3.2 (Windows)
- Service Pack 1 introduces support for some new hardware and software standards, notably the exFAT file system, 802.11n wireless networking, IPv6 over VPN connections, and the Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol. Booting a system using Extensible Firmware Interface on x64 systems is also being introduced; this feature had originally been slated...
- Software downloads 2008-03-20
- Palm Centro - glacier white (AT&T)
- It's no secret that Palm has been struggling of late to keep up with the smartphone competition. A lack of innovation and a stale operating system is partly to blame. However, the company made a bit of a comeback with its Palm Centro device, which debuted with Sprint last October....
- Product reviews 2008-02-22
- Power SNMP for ActiveX 2.8.4 (Windows)
- PowerSNMP for ActiveX is a family of controls and objects used to manage network devices and access remote MIBs. Full support for SNMPv1, SNMPv2 and ASN.1standards provide interoperability with many network devices. The Manager and Agent controls provide message transport over the network and a suite of supporting objects provide...
- Software downloads 2008-01-29
- Survey: People skills valued over those for IT
- Survey: People skills valued over those for ITDirect CommunicatorsInteresting article. Gates is clueless but then many are. Many of us in IT have worked hard to simplify communications only to be horrified by the fear of email which surfaced shortly after it was used in the second US Microsoft anti-trust...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
Neighboring Terms
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online - Free Six-Month Trial for Eligible Organizations
-
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online provides fast online access, simple contact management and better sales performance for a low monthly cost - the best value on the market today.

- Learn more about the free, six-month trial offer>>
- New Online Dashboard for IT Leaders
-
Read about top issues IT decision-makers face every day, plus get cost-effective solutions to real-life IT problems.
- Learn more >>
- Learn more about tools to grow your business
-
The Business Essentials Guide provides you useful tools and templates to help grow your business and save you time with automated shipping solutions.
- Save time with the UPS Business Essentials Guide
-
-
Smart Tech
Expert advice on innovations in healthcare and the green technologies that make it happen.
Find out more
-
Smart Business
Discussion and advice on management issues that revolve around making your world smarter and more useful.
More Smart Advice
-
Smart People
The best and worst moves in the management and strategy trenches.
Learn More






