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Actual Window Manager 5.3 (Windows)

Actual Window Manager is a desktop productivity suite of over 50 tools, letting users change their interaction with windows in many new exciting ways: minimize windows to tray or screen, apply transparency, roll up, pin on top, auto-align windows, resize, etc. Any of these operations and many others can be...

Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, Window Manager, Actual Tools, Actual Window Manager, Construction

Software downloads 2009-06-01

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Alive Task Manager 1.9.20.32 (Windows)

Alive Task Manager is a simple and efficient tool for the planning of diverse tasks. It can be used to generate and view a personal time-table, remind about particular events, create repeated tasks, establish rules for postponement of tasks, etc. The support of a tree-type structure of tasks facilitates allocation...

Tags: Task, Vitolab Software, Alive Task Manager, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Construction, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Actual Virtual Desktops 2.0 (Windows)

If your computer is your workplace, with this virtual desktop manager you will be able to increase your productivity sufficiently - work on multiple tasks simultaneously and stay focused on just those that you need at the moment. Plus, you won't be distracted by what's not currently urgent or necessary...

Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Desktop, Actual Tools, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Construction, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-12

Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2

It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Distribution, Mouse, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, SLES, LinuxIC, OpenSUSE 11.1, ENTER, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-09

Pitney Bowes branded community reduces customer support costs

During the 2007 postal rate change Pitney Bowes, which provides postal equipment and services to businesses, received more than 415K support phone calls on the rate change alone, all in under a month. This was in addition to the company's usual flow of customer calls, so its support teams were...

Tags: Community, Pitney Bowes Inc., Lithium Technologies Inc., Team Management, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-25

OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time

The June 2009 (2009.06) release of OpenSolaris provides a solid Open Source GNOME desktop experience like that of a modern Linux distribution combined with the scalability and stability of UNIX. Over the weekend, I had the chance to take a look at Sun...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris 2009.06, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-07

Bring on Android for Ed Tech!

Bring on Android for Ed Tech!"but everybody uses Google."Sorry, Chris, but not everyone uses Google. From their very well documented spying, to their resource hogging desktop software, to their search engine that steers you to paid links and even malware infested sites, I have found Google to be a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., netbook, Ed Tech, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Windows Mobile: What

Windows Mobile: WhatIt is a race between WM and AndroidFor me, the race is between Microsoft improving its WM software and Android improving its hardware selection. I really like the Android OS but the hardware choice is totally lacking. I really like WM hardware (the HTC Touch Diamond is the...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, hardware, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1

openSUSE 11.1 is packed full of features, but a lack of QA and user acceptance testing in this release may cause Linux newbies to seek out other distributions, such as Ubuntu Ibex. I wanted to love openSUSE 11.1. I really did. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Release, QA, Server, openSUSE 11.1, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-18

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First

Industry Giants -the New Adults on the Block Most of these might not be surprising to you but they are to me. With maybe the exception of Sage...and NetSuite....and RightNow and.....ah well.  I guess they aren't really all that surprising.  But to some degree, IBM and Cisco are surprising. ...

Tags: Strategy, Application, NetSuite Inc., IBM Corp., CRM, Zach, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Open source valuations remain birdseed

Open source valuations remain birdseedYou'll never be Bill Gatesdoing anything short of inventing a time machine. Get over it and spend some time with your family, hiking, or something else worthwhile.Maybe it is time for some of thesecompanies that make a living supporting these open soure products to send...

Tags: OSS, open source, goodwill

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Are telecommuters inherently greener than the rest of us?

Ah, yes, I'm enjoying another day here in front of my office window, which is flung wide open to the crisp autumn-esque New Jersey air. Because I'm a consultant and a freelance writer, it's natural that I live the life of a telecommuter, which is just the type of network...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Windows will go open source when pigs fly

Windows will go open source when pigs flyMicrosoft can not afford to go to open source....People will see how much of other companies IP they have used.Er??? >> Er???"Pliny the Elder" had it right, your ("SpikeyMike") logic is wrong or you misread the post.expanding on the statement: If MS code...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, F/OSS, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC

The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been known to drive normally level-headed people over the edge with frustration. If you find it annoying, you might be tempted to turn it off. According to Microsoft research, somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of all Windows Vista users do...

Tags: Program, Account, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Dialog Box, OK, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Opera sues Microsoft in the EU over IE, Windows bundle

Opera sues Microsoft in the EU over IE, Windows bundleMessage has been deleted.mmmhOne one hand, I understand the critics moved to microsoft from this point of view. The problem is not bundling IE with windows, but "proprietariazing" open standards by adding "features" and then forcing these "features" down the throat...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, standards, window

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Expanding on Carr's latest anthem: The business PC doesn't matter

Nick "IT doesn't matter" Carr's latest post on why the business PC doesn't matter (those are my words, his were "Rethinking the business PC") resonated with me on so many levels that it could easily be turned into a manager's handbook on business agility. In my RSS reader (Google...

Tags: Network, PC, Business PC, Computer, Carr, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-16

It's official: Apple to ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26

It's official: Apple to ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26Many delays?How about 1 delay, that had to do with the iPhone?What other "delays" were there?Ed's ImpressionismThese really are vague and indistinct impressions of Apple. Apparently a lack of professional experience with the gear makes ZDNet contributors more objective?...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Leopard, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

What AMD, EMC, and HP are doing to help customers go green

This is basically a part II to the blog post I put up earlier today regarding how Moore's Law could finally be failing us. The premise of that theory, put forth this morning by Uptime Institute chief analyst Bruce Taylor, is basically that, even though the performance of chips...

Tags: Processor, Hewlett-Packard Co., Memory, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., EMC Corp., Chip, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-08-14

#10: NoScript for Firefox (Ten free security utilities you should already be using)

#10: NoScript for Firefox Ten free security utilities you should already be usingSo why was NoScript the last one mentioned?The first entry should have been Firefox to replace Internet Exploder and the second should have been NoScript. Anything that requires you to sign up and allows a third party server...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, UNIX, security, America Online Inc., Mozilla Firefox, NoScript

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Two Lapworks' Futura Laptop Desks go to the ZDNet readers who....

Two Lapworks' Futura Laptop Desks go to the ZDNet readers who....I need a laptop deskI currently own a PowerBook and spend a considerable though variable number of hours programming with my computer on my lap. Currently I use a sofa cushion to prevent my legs from toasting, and so I...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, laptop desk

Discussion threads 2007-07-23