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4U FLV Converter (exe)

4U FLV Converter is an easy-to-use video program to Convert FLV files to various video and audio formats including AVI, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3. It also allows you to convert popular video to FLV video file such as AVI to FLV, MPEG to FLV, WMV to FLV,...

Tags: FLV, Video, 4U Computing, 4U FLV Converter

Software downloads 2008-05-15

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Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'

I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...

Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-10

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

The most striking thing about the appliance computing applications market is that most customers have one or two global applications and a range of special purpose stuff accumulated and refined over many years - the opposite of what happens in data processing where thousands of tiny applications get strung...

Tags: IBM iSeries, Data Center, Contact Management, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Storage, Servers, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.Expect some people to care.Do not expect me to raise an eyebrow.Not that old!"The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago..."Lets be realistic about this, doesn't he mean almost 8 years ago? (and actually I thought the TiBooks came out...

Tags: Notebooks, Investment, notebook, Apple OSx, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers

Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?Not realy, their flaw isThey honestly believe they know vastly more than everyone else, refuse to listen, and miss major oportunities.Not a fatal flaw, but MS recognizes the need to change.MS became dominant, the big dog with selling it's and only it's OS on PCs...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., fatal flaw, flaw, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Amazon cuts S3 pricing; Dangles carrot in front of enterprises

Amazon said Thursday that it will cut prices on its Simple Storage Service (S3) and offer more volume discounts. The pricing, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, may reflect that Amazon is looking to grab share as competition from Microsoft and others is about to heat...

Tags: S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Desktone "Desktops as a Service"

I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...

Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-09

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .SLAI think it's important to know the Service Level Agreement when such crisis occur. Legal action might deter such problem from recurringFor those who want to implement and control their own cloud computing, you can...

Tags: Service level management, Stikipad

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...

Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Large Hadron Collider gets fresh power supply

Cern is planning to build a new computing hub in France, because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. The lab cracking data from the Cern Large Hadron Collider experiment needs a new computing hub because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. ...

Tags: CERN, Power Supply, Grid, Computer, Hadron Collider, Productivity, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-08

YieldCurveFitter (for Pocket PC 2002) (CAB)

YieldCurveFitter is a tool for computing the spot rate and several commonly used intermediate (non-T-bill) term rates. It 'knows' what yield curves act like, fitting with relatively few points. The two shortest term rates must be provided, but only a few of the last ten are needed to compute those...

Tags: Pocket PC 2002, Rate, PocketNumerix, YieldCurveFitter, Pocket PC, Investment, Financial Accounting, Handhelds, Hardware, Finance

Software downloads 2008-10-08

YieldCurveFitter (for Windows Mobile 5.0) (CAB)

YieldCurveFitter is a tool for computing the spot rate and several commonly used intermediate (non-T-bill) term rates. It 'knows' what yield curves act like, fitting with relatively few points. The two shortest term rates must be provided, but only a few of the last ten are needed to compute those...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Rate, PocketNumerix, YieldCurveFitter, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2008-10-08

YieldCurveFitter (for Windows Mobile 6.0) (CAB)

YieldCurveFitter is a tool for computing the spot rate and several commonly used intermediate (non-T-bill) term rates. It 'knows' what yield curves act like, fitting with relatively few points. The two shortest term rates must be provided, but only a few of the last ten are needed to compute those...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Rate, PocketNumerix, YieldCurveFitter, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2008-10-08

YieldCurveFitter (for Windows Mobile 2003 SE) (CAB)

YieldCurveFitter is a tool for computing the spot rate and several commonly used intermediate (non-T-bill) term rates. It 'knows' what yield curves act like, fitting with relatively few points. The two shortest term rates must be provided, but only a few of the last ten are needed to compute those...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Rate, PocketNumerix, YieldCurveFitter, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?

My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer  MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...

Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.

Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...

Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launchedWell, some question the mindset of the scientists, but think this:Hackers breaking into the system are a far greater threat to success, safety, and stability than these scientists (who doubtlessly know much more!) than some pathetic little hacker and his little... oh myOf course, why...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Apple notebooks to be fabricated from a solid "brick" of aluminum

The term "brick" was mentioned in a 9-to-5 Mac rumor piece on 10 September 2008 when their source said that the MacBook update is "all about the Brick." 9-to-5 Mac now claims that the "brick" isn't a specific Apple product but rather a manufacturing process that uses lasers and jets...

Tags: Brick, Apple Inc., BW, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

From the vault: Lisa demo

From my forthcoming book, Corporations that Changed the World: Apple Inc. After a tour of the Xerox PARC Palo Alto Research Center laboratories in December 1979 and a demonstration of their Alto computer, Steve Jobs decided that the Graphical User Interface GUI was the future of computing. Apple traded...

Tags: Apple Inc., Xerox PARC, Lisa, Productivity, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07