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- Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?
- Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, talks about the App Store approval process. But is the process too cumbersome, tedious and does Apple take too much responsibility for the content of apps? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?
- I've been testing out the Roku HD-XR and just this last weekend was sent some beta bits for their newly announced Roku Channel Store. The Roku Channel Store is available via a software update on all three Roku players, the Roku SD, Roku HD original, and Roku HD-XR. After the...
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Schiller: App Store isn't broken
- In a recent interview with BusinessWeek, Apple's Phil Schiller defends the App Store by saying that most apps are denied for being "inappropriate" or for intellectual property reasons. So there. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-22
- Roku becomes cloud-enabled with new Roku Channel Store and Developer SDK
- The new Roku Channel Store, which is being rolled out to all Roku devices, will greatly expand the capabilities of the $99 set-top on-demand streaming device. Late Sunday night, Roku announced that its players would now have a "Channel...
- Blog posts 2009-11-22
- BdContacts 1.250 (Mac)
- BdContacts is a powerful Menu Bar Contacts application that takes up very little room on your menu bar and gives you instant access to all your Address Book contacts along with extending the information stored with a contact like unlimited Notes, ToDo's, Alarms, Emails, Documents and Photos without having five...
- Software downloads 2009-11-21
- Science of better fuel cells
- Get realSo we are going to have 1-ton work trucks with a battery.PleaseYou are an idiot, please shut up.Misleading. Not produce, STOREThis article is misleading.If you can produce excess solar energy during the day, you can use some for electrolysis to create hydrogen, which may be easier to store, and...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- PKB 2.2 (Windows)
- PKB is a new concept in Personal Information Managers. Not another fancy and overloaded appearance, full of confusing functions that you don't need. Not another invasive application requiring installation and megabytes of space. PKB is aimed to reduce the user interface to a direct response. It is designed to be...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management
- FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Proactime Pro 12.41 (Windows)
- Proactime Pro--efficient and intuitive time planning and scheduling software. In today's hectic world, you cannot afford losing a single minute. Although it does sound like a cliche, reality proves that it may not be too far from the truth. Meetings, goals, appointments, interviews, documents to be prepared, mail to be...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Rental Vision 10.1 (Windows)
- Rental Vision is up to date Windows point of sale software for managing your rental store. Fancy Dress Costume Rental, Garden Equipment Hire, Electrical Equipment Hire, Cycle Hire, Dress Hire, Glass Rental and Toy Rental are just some of the possible uses-- just about any rental store will be able...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- PowerArchiver 2010 11.61 (Windows)
- PowerArchiver is an archive utility that provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools through an easy-to-use interface that seamlessly integrates with Windows Explorer. PowerArchiver natively supports ZIP, 7-Zip, CAB, LHA LZH, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, BH, RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe
- Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- iPhone UI: The age gap and other stats
- Why tether to purchase an app?I'm surprised people bother to tether their iPhone to their computer except when absolutely necessary (ie software upgrades--which, like purchased apps, ought to be delivered over the air). Funny that Apple thinks everyone that wants an iPhone also wants or has a computer.The reason apps...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Five ways Android could get into trouble
- the only danger lies with patents owned by Apple, M$ or other trolls.Without them, the sky is the limit!Good points! Apples success, and closed software, and AT&T exclusivity are what are giving Android a big push. Verizon ONLY accepted Android on their network to combat iPhone / AT&T for example....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Apple's Black Friday discounts leaked
- A deal even NZ could like!But then I think he already has bought a MacBook Pro.Maybe time for the i7 iMac. :)"Leaks," are a marketing game. With the limited dollar the consumer has this season they're going to have to prioritize their purchases. Some things are simply going to...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!
- RE: Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!I for one am proud to see Microsoft employees that love their job. They are really enjoying themselves which not only makes for a better environment but also makes for better customer service. This is exactly the kind of thing the Microsoft store should...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!
- Employees at Microsoft's Mission Viejo store shake their booty ... by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- RightNote 1.6.7 (Windows)
- RightNote is a note-taker and note-organizer, that allows you to store and organize all bits of different information in a single place - and find that information almost instantly. Instead of having many pieces of paper lying all over your desk, which may contain contact information, phone numbers, to-do lists,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Rogue Amoeba: App Store 'broken'
- Yikes, I will never buy an iPhone app then[i]Kafasis goes on to say that Rogue Amoeba won't develop additional apps and that updates to its existing iPhone applications "will likely be rare."[/i]How terrible! You buy an iPhone app, it has a couple bugs in it, but because of Apple's incompetence...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Rogue Amoeba: App Store 'broken'
- Another prominent iPhone developer is bailing on the App Store calling it "broken." Rogue Amoeba says that "the iPhone platform had great promise, but that promise is not enough." by Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
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