A Macintosh utility starting with Version 8.5 of the operating system that provides a common facility for searching the local hard disk, the local network and the Internet.
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- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes (exe)
- Dust the magnifying lens and get ready to scour London locations as Sherlock Holmes. Join Watson, Mycroft, and Inspector Lestrade along with other historical characters in this multi-dimensional Hidden Object game. In the Lost Cases, you`ll investigate hundreds of potentially relevant clues in 16 cases of forgery, espionage, theft, and...
- Software downloads 2008-07-25
- Houston we have a problem
- Regular readers don't need me to repeat the oft held view that enterprise wide application implementation is often slow, cumbersome and expensive. But are we really getting anything out of it at the end of the day other than some marginal cost efficiency? Rather than throw brickbats at any particular...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes (zip)
- The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes is a lavish mystery adventure game, featuring 16 unique cases of forgery, espionage, theft, murder and more. Investigate hundreds of potentially relevant clues and lively characters in each mysterious story. Explore 40 historically accurate locations around London, as you track down suspects and evidence.This...
- Software downloads 2008-06-09
- The tattered history of OOP
- The tattered history of OOPCalling for Mom ..SOAP etc are not themselves messaging based, they're messaging protocols - i.e. message carriers that are not internally implemented using object messaging.OOP!Crieky, I had no idea OOP had been through so much! We're just about to start using Zend Framework PHP, I might...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Why James Bond looks so healthy
- Why James Bond looks so healthySherlock Homes is looking pretty good too. Maybe a 7% solution is the keyYou do realize that James Bond is a fictional character, much like an "honest politician," right?Fictional NutritionIf this was published on April 1st, I would have thought more highly of it. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Why I won't be buying a "Hackint0sh" system
- A few people have been asking me why I've not gone to the Psystar website, whipped out my wallet, blown the moths out of it and bought myself an OpenComputer. Well, here's why ... The idea seems to be that if I slap down my cash and...
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilities
- Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilitiesThanksI already use a couple of these (UltraEdit, Foxit Reader) and totally agree with you on their merits. Some of the other choices also look interesting - particularly the DVD-burning ones :)Keep up the good work.Isobuster as an alternative...... to Virtual PC has the...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Apple Sherlock 3 SDK (bin)
- Everything required to develop a channel is provided in the Sherlock 3 Channel SDK. The SDK includes technical documentation, a sample channel, a Project Builder template, and an Interface Builder Sherlock palette. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-03-05
- comScore suggests Britain is the online home of truth
- comScore suggests Britain is the online home of truthReally, Really Funny...That people would go to a country that thinks Winston Churchill was fiction and Sherlock Holmes was real in a search for truth.Ya just can't make this stuff up!!! LOL!Steve G.RE: comScore suggests Britain is the online home of truthIt...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- Southern California Edison: Why not keep your options open?
- Southern California Edison: Why not keep your options open?Wellconsidering that water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and the major product of hydrogen fuel cells is water, I guess you could argue that killing the hydrogen economy is a good thing.And don't tell me that water...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-30
- Carbon dioxide is natural so what's the problem?
- Carbon dioxide is natural so what's the problem?No **** sherlockCO2 is toxic to humans in high enough doses. At something like 100,000 times current atmospheric levels. Mankind has known this since, oh, about the first time someone suffocated with a bag over their head. But CO2 is a plant FERTILIZER....
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Virtualization - Don't Forget Technical support
- As organizations are planning the implementation of a virtualization strategy, they often forget something that's very important — technical support. Technical support is an often under-discussed aspect of technology acquisition, though is part of nearly every technology-based solution. Depending upon the type of software involved, technical support contracts often cost...
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- What Mac apps will get 'Sherlocked' at Expo?
- Mac software makers must always look over their shoulders, waiting for the moment when Apple will disrupt their business model. With the annual Macworld Expo on the horizon — often the place where such bad news is first heard — what are some of the software categories that may receive...
- Blog posts 2007-12-27
- FileMaker fixes serious Leopard 'compatibility issues' for older versions
- FileMaker on Tuesday released a compatibility update for flavors of the older but still popular FileMaker Pro 8.5. At the same time, the company strongly suggests that users move up to Version 9 when running Leopard. According to the company, the FileMaker Pro 8.5v2 update fixes bugs...
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Believe it: Sherlock is really, really dead
- Believe it: Sherlock is really, really deadA moment of silence please...Sherlock was an excellent search engine back in Mac OS 8 and 9 when the internet was starting and there was no Google and other "super search" engines. The only thing was indexing feature was sometime annoying taking so much...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- News to know: LinkedIn revamp; Can enterprise software be sexy?; Apple; R.I.P. Marc Orchant
- Notable headlines: Rest in Peace Marc Orchant. Techmeme. I'd like to share with you the two life lessons Marc Orchant taught me. We will all miss Marc. LinkedIn revamps interface, opens API. On Sunday a big debate of enterprise software broke...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Believe it: Sherlock is really, really dead
- For generations of Mac, Apple pushed its Sherlock application as the preferred interface for searching Web resources as well as local content. But with the release of Mac OS X Leopard, search is all about Spotlight, the integrated desktop search architecture, and Dashboard, the Mac's front end to Web services....
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Soft-eReader (exe)
- This is the Soft-eReader software from RabitSoft, it is the full version and comes with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Collection; Imagine being able to read your favorite classics on your PC, with the ability the bookmark, print/preview, auto scroll, and even show how much of each book has been...
- Software downloads 2007-08-27
- On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employee
- On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employeeexciting place to workCompanies working on software/hardware, to someone excited about working on them, would still consider his/her employer as exciting place to work.I'd say to the person probably not excited about working on some [exciting] technology, the perks provided...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-27
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