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- Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?
- The day after it launched the first ad in its $300 consumer-focused make-over campaign, Microsoft is going public with some of the other planned Windows-branding fixes it has in the pipeline. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- ScopeBox (dmg)
- Across the industry, there is a wave of change from single-use hardware solutions to software-based solutions running on standard personal computers. ScopeBox capitalizes on this trend by allowing users to replace expensive hardware devices with a single, low-cost, flexible software application. ScopeBox recreates every major video quality assurance tool in...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Google journeys to the center of the earth (well not quite) with latest alternative energy foray
- Google journeys to the center of the earth well not quite with latest alternative energy forayIs it even a start?Bank chief execs get more than that in bonuses for "losing" billions of dollars. Credit crunch? Why? Has someone been destroying the cash?Our future should be based on civil projects. As...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service
- Amid a quarter that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff called "spectacular," but spooked analysts worried about future growth was an interesting nugget: Dell has jumped on the platform as a service bandwagon. On Salesforce.com's second quarter conference call (earnings recap, InStranet acquisition) Benioff revealed that Dell signed a...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Apple market capitalization tops Google
- Apple market capitalization tops Googleit means nothingEasy comes, easy goes, that number is just that, a number; prosperity doesn't always last forever...This news comes as great relief to manyThis will totally make up for the fact that MobileMe doesn't work, the iPhone 3G doesn't work, Mac video cards don't work,...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught
- Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaughtwhat a bsis it really journalism when just copy and paste somebody else's BS?RE: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaughtRussia is doing an amasing job in protecting the people in he break away regions.RE: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Mule Enterprise (zip)
- Mule is the premiere tool for rendering LightWave content over a network of computers. It used to be the case that your workflow was highly impacted by a time-intensive pipeline running between your LightWave work environment and the ultimate viewing of completed renders. You pretty much had to walk away...
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- HGST demos 600Gbit/in² disk density
- HGST demos 600Gbit/inĂ‚Â² disk densityOldie but a goodieI have a feeling that hard disks are going to be around for quite some time - even with the rise of hard disk sizes and lowering of price there are still robotic tape libraries that are being developed and sold.There will never...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Nimbus Basic Edition (exe)
- Create amazing 3D scenes in less time with Nimbus software. This full featured modeling, animation, and rendering application will integrate your DirectX, XNA, or any DirectX based Game Engine 3D Content production pipeline, without any extra effort. Those looking to quickly and efficiently generate convincing characters, seamless HLSL effects, or...
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- Symantec is commanding more of your IT budget
- Symantec's strategy of selling security and storage together is apparently paying off as companies consolidate the number of vendors they use. The security and storage management software company reported strong fiscal first quarter results statement as net income more than doubled from a year ago. Symantec reported...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- News to know: Microsoft Midori; Sub $600 PCs; Dell; Neosploit; SOA
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: More tech details emerge on Microsoft's 'Midori' What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'? Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Microsoft, In Search Of Itself Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The 'Mojave Experiment' - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Report leaked: 23 (yes, 23) Eee PC models in the pipeline
- The fine people over at Engadget have discovered a leaked image showing the ASUS Eee PC roadmap. Normally, this would be cause for only slight excitement -- until you count just how many of them there are. Go on. I'll wait. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)
- Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009
- During his July 9 keynote at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, CEO Steve Ballmer shed a bit of light on what's in the Office Communications Server pipeline. Ballmer told attendees that Microsoft is readying a new release of OCS that will hit "later this year." by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Rumors: New, bigger Asus Eee PCs in the pipeline
- According to today's DigiTimes, Asustek Computer is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905 -- which have an 8.9-inch panel but use a similar chassis and keyboard as the company's 10.2-inch models, according to the Times' vendor sources. The major difference between these...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- myInfosafe (msi)
- myINFOSAFE is a Windows PC Application. In one secure application you can store your personal information (things like your education details, your employment history, key documents, user IDs). You can also create a simple Income and Expenditure and net worth statement to understand your financial situation. Also keep a track...
- Software downloads 2008-06-16
- Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software
- After a week of intensive usage last December getting his company's application to run against Amazon's SimpleDB cloud database, DreamFactory founder and CTO Bill Appleton wondered how big a bill he'd run up. To his amazement, what had seemed like a week's heavy usage had cost just a few cents....
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Windows Powershell
- Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsGain the knowledge and skills to use Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows Server 2008. You'll cover cmdlets, script structure and flow control, language...
- Training 2008-06-01
- Is the UMPC finally ready for the masses?
- I have to admit I have never taken the UMPC very seriously. A couple of years ago, I wrote a review for the now-defunct Personal Tech Pipeline of the Samsung Q1, one of the earliest versions of these machines, and I came away less than impressed. It struck me at...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
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