Software in which ownership has been relinquished to the public at large. See public domain, freeware, shareware, proprietary software and open source.
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- Magic Translator 8.12 (Windows)
- Magic Translator is a multilingual translation software based on Internet resources. There now exists many distributed machine in the world that can do the language translation work from a certain language to another specified language. Can we exploit these free or public domain resources? Magic Translator could be the answer....
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
- Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for good
- RE: Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for goodIf you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology. -Bruce SchneierCommon sense & best practicesFirst off social networking sites are a DISASTER waiting to happen, private data into a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws
- Thank god I am still using 3.0.xxxI still don't understand why the need to make all things software larger and more featured. Also I will never understand why people rush to use the latest larger, bloated package...Bigger is always better......that's why we're fat! =DIE still more secure than FF...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- iPhone app review: Mantis Bible Study
- boo!if i wanted religion, i would have gone to my nearest parish. cmon zdnet, this is a business tech site, not jesus's facebookWhy is software excluded from'tech' just because it happens to be for religious purposes? Are you saying that software made by, dare I say it, religious people...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- Gaping security hole in Time Warner cable routers
- how about telling us how to fix it?Can the customer log into their own router and change the vulnerable settings? Please advise.Patetic simply pateticThis is a worst case scenario... Time Warner is guilty of having used the same Admin Name/Password on all their routers and from what I read on...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Are today's new iMacs and Minis game-changers?
- It's been a logn time since Apple was ...... competitive at these retail price points but that day may finally have come! Good for Apple and good for the rest of us. Still, EdTech has always enjoyed extremely aggressive enterprise-level discounts from the top tier of PC vendors...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser
- Kindle Format?Did they also say how they propose to display Kindle's proprietary format in your browser?Oh myDunraven, go get a good strong cup of coffee, drink it down, and read the article again. You just aren't awake yet.This is cool!NTRE: Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browserAnyone...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- The best protection for software assets
- Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Will open source biology get anywhere?
- Any patent based on publicly funded researchshould be public domain as a matter of law. It is amazing that public money gets poured into research labs, and when a discovery is made it is handed over to Big Pharma along with all the intellectual property.Talk about yet another instance of...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- The Open College Textbook Act of 2009
- ProfsWhat will the profs who force everyone to buy the latest edition of their own $125 textbook do now?Probably still the same thing.RE: The Open College Textbook Act of 2009You do know that this act will severely curtail the research that could lead to new curricula and textbooks?Why? It's because...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Private clouds: A valuable concept or buzzword bingo?
- Governance and Control are a serious isssue...The blog seemed to try to downplay the loss of control of business information and data like it was the same as losing control of an electricity grid. The two things are not the same. When the electricity grid goes down, sure business stops...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents
- According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- REALbasic 2009.4.0.0 (Mac)
- Create software faster, enjoy increased productivity REALbasic is a rapid application development RAD environment that provides developers a marked increase in productivity over other cross-platform development tools. REALbasic includes drag-and-drop capability to enable you to quickly create a user interface design, then incorporate the code behind it to add power...
- Software downloads 2009-09-29
- Sky Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- Sky free screensaver containing high quality NASA/ESA space images. This screensaver was designed by the Creative Department, an award winning advertising and interactive agency serving Indianapolis, Ohio. Regardless of your position on time-space continuum, our rebel band of highly creative Imaginauts is ready to take your brand supernova. With a...
- Software downloads 2009-09-28
- Pay to play: The vendor / analyst mating dance
- Analyst Liability?Could you imagine if a customer held an analyst liable if their review/recommendation was markedly different than the customer's experience? I know your Devil's Triangle theory would make it near impossible to "pin" it on the analyst review, but it is an intriguing idea given the "mating dance" you...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Solar System Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- SolarSystem free screensaver containing high quality NASA/ESA space images. This screensaver was designed by the Creative Department, an award winning advertising and interactive agency serving Dayton, Ohio. Regardless of your position on time-space continuum, our rebel band of highly creative Imaginauts is ready to take your brand supernova. With a...
- Software downloads 2009-09-23
- Space Shuttle Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- "SpaceShuttle free screensaver containing high quality NASA/ESA space images. This screensaver was designed by the Creative Department, an award winning advertising and interactive agency serving Cincinnati, Ohio. Regardless of your position on time-space continuum, our rebel band of highly creative Imaginauts is ready to take your brand supernova. With a...
- Software downloads 2009-09-23
- The Creative Department Moon screensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- "Moon free screensaver containing high quality NASA/ESA space images. This screensaver was designed by the Creative Department, an award winning advertising and interactive agency serving Lexington, Ohio. Regardless of your position on time-space continuum, our rebel band of highly creative Imaginauts is ready to take your brand supernova. With a...
- Software downloads 2009-09-23
- Music execs crying about royalties again; Time for a start-over
- Once Upon a TimeWhen we had music stores and vinyl discs and LPs were premium items, stores had listening booths for people to check the recording out. Since that was a performance in commercial context, publishers and songwriters could have asked for performance rights back then. They didn't because it...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
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