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- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
- Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Adobe makes Flash searchable, crawlable
- It's not gadget news per se, but if you consider Adobe Flash a tool in your arsenal, this is big news. Posted on Slashdot today is news that Adobe has figured out a way to make Flash crawlable by search engines: Today Adobe systems made an...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier
- It's a big day for rich Internet applications. Why? You can now find these newfangled Web applications a lot easier. Google, Yahoo and Adobe have teamed to make Flash file format content easier to find. Adobe said in a statement Tuesday that it has worked with Google...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- EAUpload (zip)
- EAUpload is an ASP.NET file upload component that provides expansive functionality for ASP.NET applications to work with uploaded files to Web server by a browser. It conforms to the specification that is defined in RFC 1867 (Form-based File Upload). EAUpload doesn't require any client side control such as ActiveX or...
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- DB Compare 2008 (exe)
- DBC ensuring your applications don't fail due to a missing database structure object DBC Database Compare is a fast, comprehensive database structure and data comparison tool.DBC can compares the schema of two Microsoft SQL Server databases and quickly locates the differences in tables, views, stored procedures or any other object...
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- 2009 Nissan GT-R
- Photo gallery:2009 Nissan GT-R It must be Christmas, because a 2009 Nissan GT-R showed up in our garage. Just like how we spent 1973 transfixed by commercials for the Vertibird Rescue Ship toy, we slathered over every specification sheet and photo of the new GT-R since the concept was shown...
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- Why I still prefer Internet Explorer
- I wrote a blog post last week where I discussed some of the good lessons from the success of Firefox. I truly believe Firefox is a great browser, and I am glad that competition has forced Microsoft to pull its IE developers out of suspended animation to update its ability...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem,” the letter stated. “Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Tim Berners-Lee talks cranberry sauce and Linked Data in New York City
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee took to the stage in New York City last night, to deliver the final keynote of the day at JupiterMedia's new semantic web event, Linked Data Planet. The ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel was certainly busier than earlier in the day, as a smattering...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Smart General Ledger (exe)
- Smart General Ledger SGL is an easy to use software implementation of an Accounting General Ledger. A General Ledger records all transactions that occur within your company. SGL employs classic double-entry bookkeeping. But as a user of SGL, you do not need to know anything about double-entry bookkeeping. SGL creates...
- Software downloads 2008-06-13
- Intel: Enough with the whining; We're not holding back USB 3.0
- Has there ever been a technology specification that didn't have some drama involved? Intel is trying to remove a little drama from USB 3.0, which will be a faster version of previous generations. As a quick refresher. USB 3.0 is the newfangled spec for USB connections. It's...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- ManageIQ releases EVM 2.0
- Joe Fitzgerald, CEO of ManageIQ, gave me an update on what his company was doing and the improvements that would be in the second version of the company's Enterprise Virtualization Managementâ„¢ EVM Suite. Joe's rich experience in management technology really shows during our discussions. Here's...
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Dell's Esser: Green tech is not just about the data center (P.S. It doesn't have to cost a lot more.)
- I spoke with Dell's green guru (aka Albert Esser, vice president of power and infrastructure) about two weeks ago, just before I disappeared on vacation. I hadn't gotten around to writing about that conversation yet, but today seems like a pretty good day to do so, what with the company...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back downIt lies with the winner?Microsoft didn't win--it did it's usual thing of lying and cheating to steal a result it couldn't earn. E.g.,http://deepakphatak.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is.htmlNot a standard, yetWith the appeals and the lack of publishing, it's still not a standard.OOXML is largely irrelevant and will "die"ISO...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- NVIDIA announces GeForce 9M series of laptop GPUs
- NVIDIA wants your summertime notebook to take a look at Adobe CS4, yawn, and ask, "please sir, can I have another?" The company reportedly announced its GeForce 9M series of laptop GPUs alongside a new graphics innovation named "Hybrid SLI" today at Computex. Set to launch this...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- NVIDIA to beef up notebook graphics with Hybrid SLI and GeForce 9M Series GPUs
- NVIDIA, responding to user demands for a better visual experience when using notebook PCs, announces the GeForce 9M Series of graphics processors, and a new graphics innovation, Hybrid SLI technology. "Beginning this summer, GeForce 9M GPUs and Hybrid SLI, paired with AMD and Intel CPUs, will enable a new...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Jason Chen answers questions about Android
- At the recent Google I/O 2008 conference, Jason Chen from the Android team presented a 90 minute introduction to Google's new software platform for mobile devices. Since I've written about Android basics before I'll just cover some of the points that were new or previously unclear. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Sony Bravia KDL-37M4000
- Although CNET did not review the 37-inch Sony KDL-37M4000, we did review the 32-inch Sony KDL-32M4000. Judging from their specification sheets, the two Sony LCD HDTVs are essentially identical but for screen size, so we expect the review of the 32-incher to give a good indication of how the 37-inch...
- Product reviews 2008-06-02
- 6 reasons government IT projects fail
- Failed government IT projects occur with alarming frequency. In some respects, these failures share much in common with botched private sector initiatives. For example, failures in both environments are primarily a function of poor management rather than bad technology. Still, there are important differences between government...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?
- Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?Threat assessmentYour point on the ever-shifting sands of Microsoft intentions simply underscores one of the basic rules of threat assessments: "assess enemy capabilities, not enemy intentions."In the present instance, that means that the only things that others should count on from Microsoft are the enforceable...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
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