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- Smart Protector - Internet Eraser 8.5 (Windows)
- Smart Protector - Internet Eraser is designed to protect you and your privacy. It deletes all the tracks of your Internet activity. It completely erases your Internet Explorer history, AutoComplete, recent document list, recycle bin, cookies, temporary files cache, typed URLs the drop down address list . You can choose...
- Software downloads 2009-06-08
- Hey, Andy: Assault on the Battery Will Push Newspapers Over The Edge
- Funny thing, how Sam Zell didn’t come hat in hand to Washington, D.C., this week, when his Tribune Co. hit the wall. He just filed for bankruptcy on his newspaper company and said: This is a pre-emptive action, to preserve assets. Too bad automakers can’t be as decisive. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- The old "install this codec to see free porn" trick works on Mac too!
- The old "install this codec to see free porn" trick works on Mac too!We don't have enough information to make an informed conclusion.Unfortunately every time we here of malware infested Windows systems never is even the most basic of information provided. I have yet to see the name of the...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-22
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1Development environment requirementsDoes Apple give you the freedom to choose the OS you use to develop for the iPhone? Are you forced to use this Xcode application you wrote about or can you choose your favorite code editor?Does Google give you the freedom to choose...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- X Decode 2009 Pro 1.2 (Windows)
- X Decode 2009 Pro. This is the first new Scandere decoder program in years, an updated, modified, and simplified version of the ZRFW 2006 program. It has been updated to better integrate with Window's Vista file system. ZR FileWorks was Scandere Software's most acclaimed program. The second series, ZR FileWorks...
- Software downloads 2008-08-22
- Zittrain explains the future of the Internet
- Oxford professor and Harvard pioneer Johnathan Zittrain came to the CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco on Tuesday to speak and sign copies of his new book "The Future of the Internet... and How to Stop It". His presentation was called Civic Technologies. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- ePreserver 8 (Windows)
- With just five clicks, you will easily import your AOL or CompuServe addresses book, e-mail and favorite places to Outlook or Outlook Express. EPreserver works with AOL versions 4 through 9 on Windows, even if you are no longer a member of AOL. ePreserver includes free upgrades and a money...
- Software downloads 2008-02-19
- I'd suggest Linux - but..
- I'd suggest Linux - but..just as we thought it was getting so much betterAfter installing the last couple of Ubuntu distributions I had reached the same conslusion: Linux is becomming for everyone. When I saw the multiple changes in the user interface of Vista, without getting any noticeable enhancements, I...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream media
- Back in 1991, when I first started as a tech journalist for PC Week now eWeek, there was no Web. There was print, TV, and radio. PC Week was a print book and, to the extent that any of the parent company Ziff Davis' publications were online, it...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Still no cure for what ails Yahoo
- Still no cure for what ails YahooTime For Another Round of Microhoo'sI think Yahoo has some outstanding properties: flickr, answers, delicious and a great search engine. Unfortunately they can't seem to sell ads, so may indeed be swallowed up by microsoft.Sign of the TimesIt might be a sign of the...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock
- For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock2nd Life HarbingerIt's not that 2nd Life can't sell these products, its that these manufacturers can't figure out what products to sell to the new Web 2.0 generation.Russ, you're speaking out of your arseNormally I appreciate your articles, but I...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-15
- What is the true value of open source?
- What is the true value of open source?reworking success.Subject borrowed from a book by Robert TheobaldWhen speaking to politicians about FLOSS, and the question of vendor revenue comes up, I explain it this way. Trying to evaluate the software marketplace through vendor revenue is like trying to evaluate a...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensiveWant to eliminate BotNets and all this crap?It's really easy, it takes a router expert and the will to force ISPs to take control of their networks. It works, I have personally forced several ISPs to disable spammers from their networks, it just comes...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Dell takes small steps toward Linux
- Dell takes small steps toward LinuxWell, certification for Linux is better than nothing, but, we would like tosee more certifications, including RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva. Those vendors would likely be willing to share the expense of certification.But, even then, it should be rather easy for Dell to keep track of...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- Massive fraud, 'free' trades roil online stock brokerage
- The FBI, the SEC and the NASD are investigating losses at TD Ameritrade and ETrade stemming from “one of the biggest cases of identity theft to strike the U.S. securities industry,” online infiltration of customer accounts by computer hackers in Eastern Europe and Asia, according to Bloomberg reports: In one...
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Vista Mythbusters #2: Dual-core and 64-bit support
- Vista Mythbusters #2: Dual-core and 64-bit supportAnd, the biggest Vista myth of all??That there would be any reason for companies and individuals to use it, of course.Stay with XP for now and slowley reduce your dependency on Windows programs that are costing you lots of money, and of course all...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-05
- Web 2.0 = a piece of jargon
- Web 2.0 = a piece of jargonLOL, this is so trueThere was a great website devoted to Web 2.0 certifications. It had a check list of things that if you qualify for any one of them, you're Web 2.0Things like:* Rounded corners* A touch of Google mapsWeb 2.0 is...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-31
- Closed platforms could cut high costs of fraud and spyware
- Closed platforms could cut high costs of fraud and spywareNot good to have proprietary internetWhat you are proposing is a propietary access to the Internet. That is not a good idea. It leaves too much power in the hands of potentially too few.When only two or three big players have...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
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