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- Windows Mobile magazine ends, but iPhone Life launches on September 9th
- While I get the majority of my news and content online, I still do subscribe to a few magazines including MacWorld, Laptop, and Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. I am very saddened by the news that there will be one final issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. As you...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board
- Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White House advisor George Keyworth as the chairman of its board of directors. Keyworth was Science Advisor to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Speed up Vista installation via thumb drive
- It's Labor Day weekend. Have you given your computer a fresh Windows install for the holiday? (If you're the kind of guy or gal who's into periodically wiping your hard drive, this tip's for you.) The How-To Geek over at Lifehacker recently posted a...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Mobile access to your SIS
- Several student information system SIS vendors offer to sync data with a Palm Pilot or Windows Mobile PDA. This is a handy feature for teachers on field trips, assistant principals stalking the halls, etc. It's fairly limited in it's utility, though since it generally only provides a static...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- A (Microsoft) Codename a day: Wringer
- The Microsoft MOICE project isn't new, but the codename and its origins were new to me. MOICE is designed to "wring out" malicious content from Office documents. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Question about Gov. Sarah Palin
- Is it just me or can anyone get into the official web site of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? Have been trying for the past hour to get in. No word yet from the Governor's Office in Anchorage on the site's ability to handle a sudden surge...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Mashing up the client to the cloud
- The conventional wisdom of Office 2.0 says applications must be browser-only. But does that miss opportunities to use the cloud more efficiently and give users a more functional and satisfying experience? by Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments." Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes. The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....
- News items 2008-08-29
- Netbooks just want to be free
- At a trade show in Berlin, T-Mobile confirmed that it will sell an Asus Eee PC 901 netbook with built-in 3G. If the prices on these bundles come close to what's been rumored, they could start to catch on. In the UK, Asus already offers a free...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins Google, Mozilla extend search box deal Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- PikySuite (exe)
- PikySuite is a set of 3 products (PikyBasket, PikyFolders, & PikyTools) that eliminate day-to-day computing frustration from activities such as copying files & accessing favorite/recent folders. PikySuite is meticulously designed to save a lot of unnoticed time & effort wasted on trivial file/folder tasks everyday. PikyBasket is a file copy...
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Instant Services (zip)
- Instant Services is prepared for annoying length of path to reach the Services when you want to start or stop a service. Instead of keeping a shortcut permanently in your desktop, just use this simple tool to start or stop any Windows Service by selecting it. And it will start...
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- SmartLayouts (exe)
- SmartLayouts is easy, Innovative and powerful layout manager for Windows forms on .Net platform to ease the designing and development of GUI. It helps in arranging various winforms GUI elements and controls the behaviour of various elements when form is resized or repositioned. It uses unique methodology and algorithm for...
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Quotes (zip)
- Displays a quote from a file on startup, when resuming from standby or hibernation, after a given delay or at the users request. The user can add, delete and modify quotes in the file and files can be opened and saved. There are options for starting with Windows and showing...
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve (Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device)
- Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve (Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device)Where are the BIG screens?Is it just me ... ???Why can't we have some WM phones with screens as big as the iPhone ???
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- I'm really hoping that Steven Sinofsky will kick off a discussion about Windows 7 pricing over on the Engineering Windows 7 blog sometime soon. I'm not holding my breath because the chances of seeing an open debate on pricing is highly unlikely, but I can dream, can't I? by Adrian...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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