Refers to applications and operating systems that can have the architecture of their window borders, icons, title bars and menus customized by a desktop customizer application. See skin and theme.
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-17
- MB Life Theme Astrology 1.1 (Windows)
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- Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions
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- Windows XP Mode for dummies
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- Waledac botnet spamming fake SMS spying tool
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- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Tech to cure crop failure, look inside Einstein's mind?
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- Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?
- It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...
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- Windows 7 wishes
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand up
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- Blog posts 2008-07-15
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- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Automattic does Twitter for business
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- Project portfolio management and IT governance
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- Nokia N95 (North American Edition, Unlocked)
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- Product reviews 2007-09-24
- Dell pairs up with China retailer
- Dell has confirmed plans to broaden its retailing footprint--this time with China's largest consumer electronics retailer, Gome. In a statement Monday, Dell confirmed published reports (Techmeme, Reuters) that it would sell its PCs through Gome. Dell said the Gome deal is its first retail partnership in China. ...
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- RIM BlackBerry 8820 (AT&T)
- A lot of people have been waiting for this, and the day has finally arrived. Today, AT&T and Research In Motion officially released the RIM BlackBerry 8820, the first BlackBerry to offer integrated Wi-Fi. The 8820 supports 802.11a/b/g standards and is compliant with Wi-Fi security protocols, giving users another avenue...
- Product reviews 2007-09-19
- Cassatt Announces Green Computing Strategy
- Cassatt Active Power ManagementIf you'll recall, I posted a series on virtualization and green computing back in May. It seems to me that while virtualization technology won't solve all of the problems of power utilization and heat production in a modern datacenter, the proper use of this technology could certainly...
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Who's next? NY seeks a game-violence law that will pass judicial muster
- A judge's recent decision that California's law regulating video games is unconstitutional -- the eighth such decision such 2001 -- shows that courts are unwilling to allow states to limit free speech based on concerns about violence, The New York Times reports.“It’s more than a trend,†said Ronald Collins, a...
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
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