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- Rip out my eyes: The Family Guy adverts
- Perhaps make an OS that sells itselfand doesn't need advertising nor anti-competitive and illegal wrapping up of the OEM's??So you're saying they shouldn't advertise at all?Spelling BeeI thought the Spelling Bee one was pretty funny. When you mix Family Guy with a boring corporate behemothyou get boring corporate crap.Hey, Microsoft,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server
- Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- FCC Chairman testifies on driving while texting
- As my teen niece told meSpeech to text? That defeats the whole purpose of texting! It's SUPPOSED to be "secret" - like passing notes. If you want to talk, then CALL them . . .Misleading headline!!The headline on the front page (http://news.zdnet.com/) says "FCC Chair admits driving while texting". ...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)
- Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Smart.fm - almost enough to make me want an iPhone
- I really don't want an iPhone. I'm holding out for a Droid, just as soon as I figure out some way to justify getting rid of my perfectly adequate BlackBerry. However, the iPhone has lots of apps and one in particular is being unveiled today: Smart.fm's iPhone interface...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Water, water everywhere. So why not use it to create steam?
- Here is a lesson on how little we can put in the blog...and still call it our own. Could you write less and still get paid ???sheshEver heard of Nuclear powered ships? They heat water that flashes into steam and thus turns the turbines.This short article.I think the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- SecFocus RSS Reader for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- SecFocus RSS Reader for iPhone receives information from a variety of RSS news sources which includes security focus news and vulnerabilities, ISCA labs, SANS, RootSec, Apple, Oracle, Linux, Sun, Ubuntu, Symantec, CERT, and Microsoft. SecFocus RSS Reader for iPhone contains frequently updated information--such as blog information, news headlines, audio, and...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- ColoState RSS Reader for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- ColoState RSS Reader for iPhone receives information for the Colorado State football program, latest football news, a feed from Twitter, and a CSU Alumni news feed. ColoState RSS Reader for iPhone frequently updated information such as blog information, news headlines, audio, and video.
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- AFA RSS Reader for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- AFA RSS Reader for iPhone RSS reader receives information for the Air Force Academy Football program, latest football news, a feed from Twitter, and a Air Force Academy Alumni news feed. AFA RSS Reader for iPhone contains frequently updated information such as blog information, news headlines, audio, and video.
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Notre Dame RSS Reader for iPhone 2.0 (Mobile)
- Notre Dame RSS Reader for iPhone receives information for the Notre Dame Football program, latest football news, a feed from Twitter, and a Notre Dame Alumni news feed. Notre Dame RSS Reader contains frequently updated information--such as blog information, news headlines, audio, and video.
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Leawo Free DVD to FLV Converter 2.0.1 (Windows)
- Leawo Free DVD to FLV Converter is a totally free DVD converter that can convert DVD to flash video in FLV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2 file with H.264 codec free. It also can convert DVD to MP3, M4A, and WAV audio for music enjoying. Then with the free DVD to...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Google Voice extends voicemail features to mobile users
- You may have heard about all of the cool features that come with Google Voice, the one-number-for-life service that allows you to transfer calls to any phone. But for those who aren't willing to start over with a new phone number, Google is offering the next best thing to actual...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Camtasia 1.0.1 (Mac)
- Camtasia for Mac. Remarkable screencasts made easy. Create eye-catching training, presentation and demo videos...the easy way. Camtasia for Mac screen recording software is streamlined, intuitive and makes you look like a pro. Easily record onscreen activity, Keynote slides, camera video, microphone or system audio - all with sparkling clarity. Record...
- Software downloads 2009-10-20
- Queen offers new greatest hits album exclusively for Logitech Squeezebox Radio
- I'm not usually one to put puns into my blog posts, but with the announcement of Queen's "Absolute Greatest" being released exclusively on the Logitech Squeezebox Radio, one has to wonder if this is the real life, or if it's just fantasy? The...
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- It's flu season: connect and optimize your workers
- More than technology to truly enable remote workingThis blog brings up a big point when discussing telecommuting: the technology must be able to handle the bandwidth when it becomes the norm. But that is solved by applying some well known technologies. It is a technical shift in where the bandwidth...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Renamerox 1.0.1 (Mac)
- Renamerox is the simple way to rename, copy and move hundreds or thousands of files or folders with a single Drag-and-Drop using presets. When you want to prepare files or folders for your website, blog, and backups, or when you need to organize or duplicate files, or when you make...
- Software downloads 2009-09-18
- Google reCAPTCHA could raise bar in anti-bot, anti-spam battle
- Well what are other options?I'm not knocking your concern because it is a valid point. But does that mean we just leave everything open to bots and spammers? What could be done for the disabled? I thought reCAPTCHA had some ways of handling this.What about for the deaf-blind?Implement CAPTCHA or...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what wasn't announced
- 800 lb GorillaThe Gorilla not being mentioned is why the Beatles aren't in iTunes. This was the alignment of the planets, the day of days to bring Apple Corps library into the digital age of distribution.Sam "Sour Grapes" DiazApple puts a camera in the iPod nano and you write "No...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Apple preview: A non-event for Wall Street? Are camera iPods ready?
- See, that's the problem......no-one outside the fanboys and tech journalists really cares anymore.I'm sure you'll all be there tapping away but ultimately no-one will give a crap. The iPods will sell right enough - they always do - but that would happen anyway.Obviously, you care...or you wouldn't have read...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Snow Leopard geared for multicore future
- You do realize that...You do realize that GCD is just a combination of 2 technologies that already existed previously on other platforms, right?a) Apple finally added "closures", aka "anonymous methods" or "lambda expressions" to Objective-C. Other languages have had this for many many years, and it is what you need...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
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