Focusing on the document as the foundation or starting point. In a document-centric system, the document is retrieved and automatically calls the appropriate software required to work with it. Contrast with application centric. See document management system.
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- Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on eve of WiMax launch
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on eve of WiMax launch
- With the launch of its long-hyped WiMax service XOHM scheduled to debut in September in Baltimore, on Thursday Sprint announced a set of location-based personalization features that will enhance the user experience of WiMax subscribers by allowing them to, for example, quickly look up restaurants, check traffic and weather, and...
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- Public policy and open source
- Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- HTML2Any is the software to convert html/text data to html/javascript/text data with charset encoding conversion or without. Open, drag'n'drop, paste from clipboard, set source charset encoding and reopen source document, convert to destination document, then save it in the wished charset, copy to clipboard or repaste it to source field....
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- XEdit (ZIP)
- XEdit is a multi document binary editor for Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP. You may open or save whole file or part of file starting from any specified offset with some particular length, read and write sectors of local devices (the last feature works only in NT/2000/XP). For Windows NT/2000/XP it is possible...
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- LastBit Excel Password Recovery (zip)
- LastBit Excel Password Recovery recovers Excel 4.0-2007 passwords using various attacks, providing a 100% satisfaction guarantee and offering your money back if it cannot unprotect a protected XLS document in 36 hours (97% of all spreadsheets can be usually recovered within just a minute). Distributed Password Recovery attacks allow recovering...
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- PDF UNdo is a versatile and most importantly simple to use PDF to Word, RTF or TXT converter. PDF documents are converted with immense accuracy and preserve the formatting of the original document including images. PDF UNdo will copy fonts down to size and type, preserve single and multi-column pages,...
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
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- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- FlexiDoc Server (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- How the world watched the Olympics online
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent
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- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- News to know: IE 8; Code name of the day; Facebook security; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Codename a day: Rouge Dancho Danchev: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers Twitter's "me too" anti-spam...
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Text Speaker (exe)
- Text Speaker will convert any text document to MP3 audio. Create your own audio books. To hear text, just open a Microsoft Word, Rich Text RTF, HTML, or text TXT file. Click Speak to hear a clear, understandable human-sounding voice read the document, or click Convert to Audio to create...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Benubird Pro (exe)
- Benubird Pro is designed specifically for the SOHO market who wish to take control of their documents. It is very, very powerful--and easy to use. An intuitive user interface combined with comprehensive filters, browsing, and search technology mean that your documents are only ever a few simple clicks away. Benubird...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
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