A specification for hardware or software that is either widely used and accepted (de facto) or is sanctioned by a standards organization (de jure). See standards.
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- Virtual Album Maker Standard 1.49 (Windows)
- Virtual Album Maker Standard allows you to organize, protect and share your personal photos as a 3D album, giving you the impression that you turn the pages of a real album. The program, in practice, is a very easy to use software, providing you the possibility to add music to...
- Software downloads 2009-11-23
- Master Voyager 2.29 (Windows)
- Master Voyager is especially designed to create protected DVD/CD discs and USB Memory Sticks. It creates protected areas on the media and it is needed to enter password to see protected contents. Protected Disc/USB Stick is fully autonomous and does not need any special software installed on computer. It has...
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- QuuxPlayer Standard Edition 2.8.0.5 (Windows)
- QuuxPlayer delivers a clean, well-organized and almost infinitely customizable audio player interface, in a small package for people who just want to listen to music. Quux has done away with the emphasis on skins, visualizations, and other irrelevant features and stressed playback quality and ease-of-use over visual bling. Standard Edition...
- Software downloads 2009-11-21
- GS-Calc 8.0 (Windows)
- GS-Calc is a spreadsheet that will help you to better organize your data. Track your expenses and incomes, create reports, search and edit databases, perform statistical calculations. GS-Calc does the job quickly, easily and efficiently. You can install it on any portable storage device and carry it with you. The...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010
- $2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup
- To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Backup4all Standard 4.3 build 173 (Windows)
- Backup4all is an award-winning backup software for Windows. Backup4all protects your valuable data from partial or total loss by automating backup tasks, password protecting and compressing it to save storage space. Using Backup4all you can easily backup to any local or network drive, backup to FTP (with support for SSL...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- ClockDummy 2.0 (Windows)
- ClockDummy is an atomic clock, which can say the time with a real human voice. It can enhance your standard taskbar clock with custom graphics, months, and seconds. ClockDummy also keeps your clock updated to the exact second via an atomic clock Internet server for any time zone and location,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Disks: why size means performance
- OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Altova StyleVision Standard Edition 2010 (Windows)
- Altova StyleVision 2010 Standard Edition is a drag-and-drop, visual XML- to-HTML stylesheet designer for graphically designing templates that render eye-catching HTML output from XML content. StyleVision is fully standards-compliant and supports XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, CSS, and JavaScript for building advanced Web pages. It even has a built-in HTML importer...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Apple QuickTime 7.6.5 (Windows)
- Just launch QuickTime Player, and there's no telling where you're likely to land. The Player may whisk you to the Moon or perhaps to an exotic location on this planet. Take you on a virtual field trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Or treat you to...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?
- Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Altova XMLSpy Standard Edition 2010 (Windows)
- Altova XMLSpy 2010 Standard Edition is an entry-level XML editor for viewing, validating, and editing XML-related documents. It is perfect for users who need to open XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, HTML, and CSS files and perform light-weight editing tasks. XMLSpy Standard Edition includes advanced Text View with line...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Altova MapForce Standard Edition 2010 (Windows)
- Altova MapForce Standard Edition is a graphical XML data mapping tool for converting XML data in one format to any another XML format. MapForce converts data instantly or autogenerates industry-standard XSLT 1.0 or XSLT 2.0 data transformation code for use in recurrent conversions. This visual data integration tool is so...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- In The Know - Hidden Today Plus - BlackBerry 9700 (Mobile)
- In The Know - Hidden Today Plus v1.1 for BlackBerry 9700 OS 5.0+:Discover the POWER of this Hidden Today Plus Theme for BlackBerry 9700, Bold/9000, Tour/9630, Storm/95xx, 8900, 8350, 8520/8530 and the 8220/8230-Pearl Flip. In The Know - Hidden Today Plus Theme is a custom theme with custom highlight boxes,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- PinkBerry - HiddenToday Plus! - BlackBerry 9700 (Mobile)
- PinkBerry - Hidden Today Plus v1.1 for BlackBerry 9700 OS 5.0+: Discover the POWER of this Hidden Today Plus Theme for BlackBerry 9700, Bold/9000, Tour/9630, Storm/95xx, 8900, 8350, 8520/8530 and the 8220/8230-Pearl Flip. PinkBerry was built for the female BlackBerry User Community. This Theme holds a professional look and true...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Vizio VO320E
- Photo gallery: Vizio VO320EVizio chose to adorn its VO320E 32-inch LCD with claims of environmental consciousness, saying the little set exceeds Energy Star guidelines by 15 percent. But that's not a very high standard, and according to our tests the Vizio, while definitely no power hog, sips just...
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Toshiba 32AV502U
- Photo gallery: Toshiba AV502U seriesWhen we say the Toshiba AV502U series can produce relatively deep black levels, the key word is "relatively." It's perhaps more accurate to say that its shade of black outdoes most other less-expensive, lower resolution small-screened LCDs we've seen by a narrow margin. It...
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Standard Phonebook 1.2.0.6 (Windows)
- Standard Phonebook is quality designed for simple and effective way to quick access your important phone number and contact information, keep contact information in a nice way. You may also create reminders of events. its a very simple, fast, friendly contact management pim software with printing ability, phone dialer integration,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
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