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- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation
- lol...and double lolwhoever thinks that windows 7 is any better than any previous disaster they created will be dispelled soon.Google will take over and leave MS in the dustGoogle is going to take over and leave the lethargic Windows in PC dust.loverock's mother herei must apologize for my 44 old...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
- ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Autorun MAX 2.1.1 (Windows)
- Autorun MAX gives you the power to create professional looking CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun and autoplay menus, CD business cards, scrapbooks, photo journals, brochures, and other interactive multimedia projects. And you don't have to be a software programmer to do it. You can combine photos, music, video, text, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Psystar: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!
- No matter who they have to sueApple will never allow competition.agreedthey want as much profits as they can make.too bad their computers aren't very good for anything other than the basics and some visual/audio work ;)with that said, i believe that apple will have its future in their i-products (ipod,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down
- Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure
- Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- The chief value of open source
- Custom code solutions...It's great you can see the code, but for companies I disagree that is a "value".What SMB has the resources to comb through thousands of lines of code to assure reliability and security? Even if they do manage to find a bug, are they going to fork...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.
- "Hannah Montana Linux" may not be ready to give to your kids yet, but it's an idea that has legs. My partner in crime in the Frugal Tech Show, Ken Hess, who blogs over at Daniweb, recently published his list of Top 10...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5.1008 (Windows)
- AutoPlay Media Studio makes it easy to create your own interactive multimedia software. Even if you re not a programmer, you'll be creating professional projects in no time. It s all done in a completely visual, drag-and-drop design environment. From images, text, checkboxes, radio buttons and music to slideshows, video,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-19
- Adobe joins Patch Tuesday barrage: 29 PDF security flaws
- Adobe joins patch Tuesday...Ryan and everyone else,I need your help in understanding something. I've been in IT for 17 years. I've dealt with lots of software and OS's over those years. However, I'm not a programmer. My question is "How can a piece of software that...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Home Buying Payment Calculator 9.0 (Windows)
- Can You Afford Your Dream Home? Find Out today. After purchasing my first home at a young age, and working in the real estate industry, I found out that many people have no idea what price range to look at when buying a home. Since I was already a computer...
- Software downloads 2009-10-04
- Open source is sold and FOSS is not
- I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- How to save the PC: A petition to Microsoft and Apple
- IndeedThat's the point. Let's not leave this to the user to have to figure out, when a change to the default installation could make system recovery a lot easier for both IT and end users.Yes, two drives would be idealBut it's also a little more expensive and it would depend...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- What would it take for you to switch to Linux?
- Secret Service ProtectionI'd consider switching to Linux if I was provided presidential level protection. With all the spyware functionality built into Linux allowing serial killers to track your location, it's simply too dangerous to run Linux. You're literally asking to be killed. Save yourself, pay for your software.Linux - Whom...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Planet Android and the terrible twos
- Re: Planet AndroidAs a programmer, I am more interested in what is going on with the actual OS than ads for it. For example, I would like to know how to place android on a phone that does not have it, or get the actual Android os on a...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Snow Leopard Blues - Users of Exchange 2003 should avoid this update
- yes man cyberducki had to freaken use fillezilla, not that filezilla is bad, its just not cyberduck, quickly i realized i was working so much slowerbeing a web programmer, i went nuts yesterday getting used to filezilla with its windows like interface, i love cyberduck, man i am crying like...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-29
- XlsToOra 1.9 (Windows)
- XlsToOra is a data conversion tool that helps DBA and database programmer import Excel data to Oracle database. Main features: easy visually config, just click on the mouse. Saving and loading session parameters. Config once, run many times. Displaying Progress, time estimation. Import preview and seeing results immediately. Unicode support....
- Software downloads 2009-08-29
- DebugAdvisor: A Recommender System for Debugging
- In large software development projects, when a programmer is assigned a bug to x, she typically spends a lot of time searching (in an ad-hoc manner) for instances from the past where similar bugs have been debugged, analyzed and resolved. Systematic search tools that allow the programmer to express the...
- White papers 2009-08-28
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