ZDNet Definition for: PIL

Additional Resources

News to know: Apple as economic barometer; 100 GB memory chip; IE 8; Amazon DevPay

Notable headlines: Robin Harris: 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009 Larry Dignan: Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stock; Is the beating warranted? David Morgenstern: Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy? Janice Chen: The best cameras...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Memory Chip, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chip, Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Operating Systems, Memory, Software, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitterMicrosoft is a for profit entity...whose only agenda is to maximize the value of its stock.Philanthropy with any expected return is not philanthropy.Summing upMicrosoft's "charitable" contributions are the same sorts of things that other companies add to their marketing budget: promoting their products...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Free trade, Microsoft Corp., PIL, not-so

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter

Microsoft's Partners in Learning PIL program is one of those intiatives that only the hardest hearted cynics would disparage. Advancing the quality of education? Helping train teachers? Providing students in developing nations with access to technological tools? What's not to like? Some Microsoft observers -- including a...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Unlimited Potential, Linux, Investment, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-22

Cornice (exe)

Cornice is a cross-platform image viewer written in Python + wxPython + PIL. It doesn't pretend to be complete, fast, or even useful, but I like it. It has been inspired by the famous Windows-only ACDSee. Why did I write it? Well, because I like ACDSee, but it's not free...

Tags: Cornice Inc., Agriggio, Keyboards, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-06-14

SAP Case Study: Pidilite Industries Limited

Matching aspiration with execution is an important ingredient for success, especially for companies playing in the global market. And to execute well, visibility into operations is a pre -requisite. As Pidilite Industries figured, a robust system can provide this much needed visibility. So they chose SAP Business One application to...

Tags: Industry, SAP AG, Benefits, Human Resources

Case studies 2007-04-09

Has the iTunes Store jumped the shark?

Has the iTunes Store jumped the shark?Poor quality and crippled with DRMSorry, your poll is sadly lacking. The big problems with the iTunes store are as follows:1) Poor quality recordings. 128 kb/s is not good enough.2) DRM = Death. Why buy a crippled product, particularly when a...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Sales strategy, Sales force management, itune, Apple iTunes, sales, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

On going along to get ahead

About 2,500 years ago, a group of great minds got together to eat and drink, a party recorded in Plato's Symposium. The subject was love, the god of love, and the pursuit of the beloved. For some time, Aristophanes, Agathon and their compatriots pay tribute to their particular idea of...

Tags: Socrates

Blog posts 2006-08-29

WebGobbler (exe)

WebGobbler creates images by mixing random images from the Web. Each created image is unique. Can work as simple image generator, a Web page generator, a wallpaper changer, a screensaver. Runs in command-line mode or GUI mode, under GNU/Linux, MacOS X, Windows and any other operating system where Python and...

Tags: Generator, Image, WebGobbler, Apple Mac OS, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-05-19