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- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- News items 2008-10-10
- Consumers score a partial win against Walmart
- Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Unipro UGENE (exe)
- Unipro UGENE integrates most of the important molecular biology tools within a single graphical environment. UGENE runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS platforms. Unipro UGENE view and analysis of annotated DNA or protein sequences, huge files support, native support of zipped documents, and chromatograms visualization. Number of DNA plots supported...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- TraceIt (exe)
- TraceIt is a template makes the debug, implementation, and support of Clarion for Windows applications easy and better, allowing to easily find the conflict points with excellent results without the use of the complex debuger or the arcaic, poor and dangerous technique of the use of the message or setclipboard...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- India Radio (gadget)
- Introducing the India Radio gadget with 30 stations of Web radio. Simply click on the radio station you desire and play the live internet stream. Don't pay for web radio, when you can listen for free. This gadget uses your windows media player and real player for audio broadcasts, the...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Radio Hong Kong (gadget)
- Introducing the Radio Hong Kong gadget with 15 stations of streaming digital radio. Simply click on the radio station you desire and play the live Internet stream. Don't pay for Web radio, when you can listen for free. This gadget uses your windows media player and real player for audio...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- France Radio (gadget)
- Introducing the Radio France gadget with 60 stations of streaming digital radio. Simply click on the radio station you desire and play the live Internet stream. Don't pay for live audio streams, when you can listen for free. This gadget uses your windows media player and real player for audio...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Stackz Dictionary Edition (msi)
- Stackz Dictionary Edition is a flashcard organizer with a Japanese and Chinese dictionary integration. The Stackz visualization concept lets keep the overview over large amounts of items to be learnt by classifying the words according to two fundamental attributes: The proficiency level (known/unknown), and the refresh state (fresh/old). The state...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- SBSH SafeWallet - PC edition (zip)
- Store all your private and important information in one secure and organized application. SafeWallet is the most secure data storage application. Use SafeWallet to store credit cards information, online passwords, bank account info, and registration codes. This is the PC version of the application, including an application designed for Windows...
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Stereoscope Theatre (exe)
- Travel back in time with a look at life in Turn-of-the-20th-Century America with this fun, musical, 3-D slideshow ebook download for Windows. Features a background soundtrack of Scott Joplin ragtime classics. Big, beautiful vintage stereoview scenes come to life on your computer screen with the help of red-blue 3-D glasses....
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Easy Tweak (exe)
- With Easy Tweak you can take control of your Windows system with access to tweaks and hidden registry settings. The simple and intuitive user interface enables rapid access to settings that affect the security, efficiency, and convenience of your computer. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users
- Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical
- It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Look who's buying Vista Home Basic (hint: it's not home users)
- Who's buying new PCs with Windows Vista Home Basic? Judging by the name, you'd assume those OS editions would be loaded on underpowered machines for starving students and penny-pinching families. But you'd be wrong. Based on my observations of the PC market over the past year or two, I think...
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Apple notebook for $800 - Would you be interested?
- Apple notebook for $800 - Would you be interested?If it's a netbook......then it's suicide at an $800 price point. Only fanboys and fashionistas will buy it.Apple doesn't make a notebookThey make laptops, remember?LOLI actually think that PC doesn't stand for Personal Computer, it stands for Price Conscious.When you decide...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- The five products Apple must make
- The five products Apple must makeDon't quit your day jobGame console: No. The market isn't big enough.Tablet: No. the market isn't big enough. Unless Apple can make a notebook computer that can also be a tablet. Without a price increase.iPhone Nano: No. The touch screen interface requires a product with...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.
- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.Expect some people to care.Do not expect me to raise an eyebrow.Not that old!"The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago..."Lets be realistic about this, doesn't he mean almost 8 years ago? (and actually I thought the TiBooks came out...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
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