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- Transdat 13.16 (Windows)
- Transdat is a useful application that executes coordinate transformations with and without changing the geodetic reference system in high quality and with high performance. With Transdat these world wide coordinate transformations and Reference System transformations are available: The current and many historical Coordinate and Reference Systems of all States of...
- Software downloads 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
- ESPN ScoreCenter for iPhone 1.0.2 (Mobile)
- ESPN ScoreCenter for iPhone brings you scores from hundreds of sports leagues around the world. Stay on top of all the results you care about with one-tap access to your personalized scoreboards. Never miss another goal, pitch, basket, try, touchdown, or wicket. ESPN ScoreCenter for iPhone brings you the fastest...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1
- Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Microsoft gives up to 1 million Xbox modders the boot from Live
- Exactly. I could not agree moreno different then many other things.In NASCAR, the team owns the car, NASCAR the rest.You are perfectlly free to do with your car whatever you wish, NASCAR just will not allow you to run it at their events.Microsoft is not stopping them from modifying their...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- CoreBudget 1.1.6.1 (Windows)
- CoreBudget is a powerful, simple to use personal financial management and budgeting system. CoreBudget allows you to import your financial transactions from nearly any bank or credit union account and then easily perform detailed analysis on your financials. You can view detailed chronological listings of your financial transactions for any...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Frugal Friday: Verizon DROID, Intel Antitrust, V-Block, Oracle/EU, ICCA
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the new Verizon DROID smartphone, the recent Intel anti-trust complaint filed in the State of New York, the Oracle/Sun merger delays by the European Union, and speak with ICCA founder Steve Epner. by Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Washington: lots of talk about global warming
- Lots of talk around the American capital today on the topic of global warming. The CO2 emissions from various political factions and lobbyists alone could raise the global temp another degree or two. And that's not counting the carbon footprint of all the plane travel involved in moving...
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Labels that lie, or perhaps elide a bit
- It's time for a clever cleantech company to make a home testing kit for BPA. Maybe another one could be used by groceries that are tyring to provide truth in labelling. BPA would be biphenol-A a component of some of plastics now uibiquitous in our food packaging here in America....
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- TacOps 4.06AHu (Mac)
- TacOps 4 is the commercial version of "TacOpsCav 4," an officially issued standard training device of the US Army. It is a simulation of contemporary and near-future tactical, ground, combat between United States Army and Marine, Canadian, New Zealand/Australian and German forces versus various opposing forces OPFOR, simulating the Former...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
- On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Universal phone charger OK'd
- The Universal Charging Solution will enable the creation of one-size-fits-all chargers that can be used on any future phone, according to the International Telecommunication Union, a branch of the United Nations. A standard for a universal phone charger was approved this week by the International...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Sun cuts 3,000 jobs as Oracle takeover twists in regulator limbo
- Oracle hasn't completed its Sun Microsystems acquisition yet, but the restructuring is already underway. In a regulatory filing, Sun said Tuesday that it will lay off 3,000 workers across the globe. The company added that it had to restructure as it waits for Oracle's purchase of the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on
- RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000
- it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Netbook or a cheap Compaq for students?
- Re: Netbook or cheap CompaqThe problem I see at least in my organization it is never 1:1. Sometimes I wish we could get away with a netbook or using some of our older desktop hardware for lighter 1:1 usage. We bought a small cart of Netbooks...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Has Chamber become a Chamber of Horrors for its members?
- There's an essay coming out in one of those MSM pubs that wll stir even more anger and argument over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's political stance via-a-vis federal action or inaction on global warming. I've blogged about this before, most recently when Apple left the Chamber over its...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- What we may/may not hear @ Oracle Open World this week
- Watch for movement on these matters Last night, Oracle’s annual mega event, Oracle Open World, opened. This event draws some 37,000 people to San Francisco to hear, see and speak all things Oracle. With the keynotes starting in mere minutes, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
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