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Tech Awards honor techy solutions for developing world

From one-time-use syringes to fire logs made from an invasive African plant, the 2008 Tech Awards honored five innovators with $50,000 for creating technology solutions for problems in developing countries. CNET's Kara Tsuboi learns more about these seemingly simple solutions that have potential to make a big impact.

Tags: Solution, Free Trade, Finance, News, kara tsuboi, the tech, tech awards, san jose convention center, developing countries, 3rd world, india, china, asia, building, syringe, schools

Videos 2008-11-13

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Chinese wallboard gets a dirty bill of health

Yes, but the problem isThat these things were MADE TO STANDARDS... American standards, no less.So if these things are leeching this very bad shit..... how many American-made brands of wallboard are also doing this?More toxic garbage from China...From the country that gave us adulterated killer dog food ingredients, and long...

Tags: Quality, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

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...

Tags: password, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

RockeTalk (Symbian 3rd ed, 320x240 resolution) 5.28 (Mobile)

When text is just not enough...Share your world with your friends through FREE voice, picture and video chat from your phone. Use the search feature, participate in communities or just browse the free audio, video and photo galleries to find new friends in the RockeTalk world. What's more, you can...

Tags: Mobile, Video, Symbian Inc., Photograph, RockeTalk, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Greenland becomes green land; Brazil gets good news

Yes we know it is all lies...http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/globalwarming.htmlhttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/Did the dinosaurs pass some gas and causethe ice age? I guess they should have beentaxed for passing gas!;)Do you do any actual research?Or do you just try to scare people into thinking the way you do?Greenland is one of the worst examples you...

Tags: BE TRUE, information technology, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Apple ranks 3rd in smartphones, nipping at RIMs heels

What's more surprising......is Apple failed to dislodge RIM in the quarter the 3GS was launched whilst RIM launched nothing new of note (a new Curve and... err... hmm).Why don't we see what happens over the year and then form an opinion?RE: Apple ranks 3rd in smartphones, nipping at RIMs heelsI...

Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Handhelds, Cellular phones, smart phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Memo Mosaic (Mobile)

Brain storming & kill time! Make all the memos into the target color as in top. Very nice mini puzzle game on mobile. Features: You can play it many times, each time you will face new conquer; Exercise brain and memory; Funny enough to kill time. How to install:To install...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Tool, Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech, Telecom & Utilities, Productivity, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Where should Mozilla go from here?

Consolidation and security, Now!Firefox has emerged as the most buggy browser robustness and security. It has more vulnerabilities discovered than any other browser, month after month. Each new release sees new stability and robustness problems.And Firefox still does not have support for sandboxing.Repeatedly they have to patch patches because their...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Web browser, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

ABBYY Lingvo x3 Mobile French - English Concise Oxford Hachette Dictionary (Mobile)

Concise Oxford Hachette French - English Dictionary, 3rd Edition, 175 000 headwords and phrases. ABBYY Lingvo x3 Mobile is a dictionary, which allows you to translate words and word combinations quickly and accurately in a moment. Quick and easy to use, this Dictionary includes informative cultural notes on life in...

Tags: Mobile, ABBYY Europe GmbH, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-09

ABBYY Lingvo x3 Mobile English - French Concise Oxford Hachette Dictionary (Mobile)

Concise Oxford Hachette French Dictionary, 3rd Edition, 175 000 headwords and phrases.ABBYY Lingvo x3 Mobile is a dictionary, which allows you to translate words and word combinations quickly and accurately in a moment. Quick and easy to use, this Dictionary includes informative cultural notes on life in the French-speaking world.ABBYY...

Tags: Mobile, ABBYY Europe GmbH, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-08

February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Super QWERTY, One key to access all applications (Mobile)

Super QWERTY enable you to quick access your applications like Messages, SMS, Tasks, Browser, BBM, Calendar, MyPhone, Ever Light II etc just with one key. One must have tool on Blackberry. kindly input your PIN No. while filling the buying form. Your PIN number can be located on your BlackBerry...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Tool, Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech, Handhelds, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Memo Deduction (Mobile)

Kill time intelligently & help your brain storming ! You can decide deduction level and find out which color every memo is. Help: Deductive out the memo''s color according to the hints; Click each memo to select a color or leave blank, then click"done". How to install:To install Memo Deduction,...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Deduction, RIM BlackBerry, Tool, Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech, Telecom & Utilities, Productivity, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kids

Well, DUH!It's always easier to talk about something that you have experience with.RE: Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kidsIt would also help talking with the children about those subjects even if the parents really don't know about it! Maybe they could learn with the kids and...

Tags: Online Resource

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Why Android is beating Windows Mobile

So, the analysts have it wrong.because they do not agree with your assesment, but they have it correct when they do?That seems quite selective, but then again, it could be true. That is why when I see anaylyst that believe that Android (for as good as an operating system that...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Email Overload Syndrome: Too much in too many places

Dump it all into Gmail sarcasmDump it all into Gmail.Then their magical search engine will not only index the words in the email, but every word you are thinking currently so you can search for that too, even if it doesn't appear in the email.In addition, it will conveniently via...

Tags: E-mail providers, e-mail, FastMail

Discussion threads 2009-10-23