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Rorschach (zip): Rorschach is a detective-adventure for PC and PSP where you play a small person that has been called to an asylum where the chief doctor has been brutally murdered. The asylum is filled with weird and colorful people that has the information you need, but in Rorschach there are no...; Tags: Collecting Smiles, Rorschach, Asylum, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-04-17

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Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters: Just talked to Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive about their successful settlement with the FBI of a lawsuit over a National Security Letter. The FBI had demanded personal information on a user; the Archive replied with a lawsuit challenging the propriety of the NSL. As part of the settlement,...; Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Library, Brewster Kahle, Cookbook, National Security Letter, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Delaying a PC revolution in cell diagnosis: What if we could revolutionize medical testing, a platform as basic as a PC? Then what if every application, and every input, had to be separately inspected and approved by the FDA? That's life. Iknoisys of New Haven says it has just such a...; Tags: FDA, PC, Test, Clearance, Party Solution, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-08
SynapSense gets a grip on your data center's environmental profile: I was invited by a local hosting provider to give a presentation last Friday about green data centers. As I was gathering the data to illustrate some of the trends I wanted to highlight, I was astonished to discover that very few companies apparently measure their server power consumption very...; Tags: Data Center, Server, Wireless, SynapSense, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last week… MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...; Tags: Facebook, Privacy, MySpace, MySpace Karaoke, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Desktops, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-05

Amazon.com sues NY over sales tax law: Amazon.com sues NY over sales tax lawDouble taxationCorporations don't pay tax so we don't have to pay it twice.If you tax Ford for the steel they buy, Ford passes the increased cost to you. So you pay the tax for the steel as well as the tax for the completed...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Sales strategy, Wow!, tax, sales tax, Amazon.com Inc., sales tax law, sales; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Amazon.com sues NY over sales tax law: New York's new online sales tax law applies a novel way to get revenue out of online retailers. It's ready-made to tax Amazon.com and the Seattle-based company doesn't like it one bit. Amazon sued New York this over the law. Here's the theory, as the Times explains:...; Tags: New York, Amazon.com Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Forget the paperless office dream, but how about a paperless living room?: Like several high tech innovations Zinio began as a digital service aimed at B2B. But it worked, so it's inevitably grown to become a global, consumer-oriented service as well. If it works at work, just think how you can use it at home. And then...; Tags: Magazine, Zinio, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Jigsaw Puzzles (exe): Jigsaw puzzles collecting game. Enjoy collecting puzzles on your computer. Main features: puzzle image selection (36); loading custom image; save / load puzzle state; items arrangement; hint option; and preview option. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Puzzle, AltarSoft, Productivity, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-04-29
Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computing: Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computingDion Hinchcliffe bolsters WOA's roleZDNet blogger Dion Hinchcliffe had some email comments, repurposed (with permission) here:I find it intriguing that even amongst this group that WOA is considered an artificial construct or "pie-in-the-sky", when it's just the opposite.WOA simply...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, cloud computing, podcast, WOA, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-04-27
XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about: Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible difference to system performance. The Test Systems For this round...; Tags: Hard Drive, Result, Performance, Western Digital Corp., RAM, Performance Management, Microsoft Windows XP, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-25
SurveyGold (exe): This complete software system is for building and administering surveys and exams and then analyzing their results. It is ideal for individuals, educational institutions, and organizations that need to quickly create and conduct exams or surveys over the Web, over the phone, or with a printed questionnaire form. It provides...; Tags: Survey, Golden Hills Software, Marketing Research, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-25
Psystar: Go-to-jail-free card: Posting email I received from Andrew Storms, director of security ops at nCircle Network Security: There are absolutely enough key indicators here to warrant concern. The Pystar folks simply aren't escaping from this one unharmed. Lets start with Apple. They will most...; Tags: Card, Lawsuit, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Web Site Development, Sales, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Psystar mystery adds up to phishing scam: Walk through the Psystar fiasco with me. Many things are confusing. At a minimum, it's clear that the OpenMac is bogus. It's extremely dubious that Psystar is a legitimate company. It is increasingly likely that the whole thing is a phishing or credit-card scam. Item: The wandering...; Tags: Credit Card, Lawyer, Psystar, Address Thing, Powerpay, Sales Channel, Phishing, Financial Services, E-mail, Sales, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?: Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?Mind ControlWith my X-files inspired name, and a subject line like that, I probably deserver to be dismissed as a loon, but...A read of Derren Brown's book "Mind Control" should make even the the most ardent sceptic ponder on just how controllable people are....; Tags: Biometrics, Government, Authentication/Encryption, Mind Control, Google Inc., information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-17
ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks': The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK) The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. ...; Tags: Standards; News items 2008-04-15
He wrote 200,000 books (but computers did some of the work): Professor's computer algorithms collect publicly available information and turn it into books, printed on demand or delivered digitally.(From The New York Times) It's not easy to write a book. First, you have to pick a title. And then there is the table of contents. If you want the...; Tags: Digital media; News items 2008-04-14
Mario Maniac Bros (zip): Mario Maniac is a short colorful game created in few days. This game isn't difficult, it's dedicated for children. Just collecting coins, smashing evil slaves of bowser and winning. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Banesoft, Mario Maniac, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-04-11
Laser scanning robot 3D-R1 used to map mines: A UK-based company, 3D Laser Mapping, has developed robots equipped with lasers to automatically scan mines. Its latest mission was to create a 3D map of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico. The remote survey vehicle (RSV) 3D-R1 weighs about 135 kilograms and is 0.6 meter high. It...; Tags: 3D, Laser, 3D-R1, 3DLM, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-10
(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection): (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Physical CompressionWe see the diameter of the cable at the surface. What diameter is it when it reaches the depth of 3 miles?RE: (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Always amazes me what one will do to get High Speed Internet to have that High Speed Porn.RE:...; Tags: Network technology, cable, Internet, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-04-09