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Alpha Queue (exe)

Alpha Queue continues to entertain thousands of people that fell in love with the original Queue but Alpha Queue has much more to offer. This version is a full stand-alone PC game with improved graphics sound and a variety of new features.Note: The Download Now link will download a small...

Tags: Love, Computer Game, Alpha Queue, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-12-06

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Opera 10.0 alpha 1 is impressive, but does it stand a chance against Firefox?

I've just spent a few hours taking Opera 10.0 alpha 1 for a spin around the Interwebs, and I have to say that for an alpha build, it feels nice and solid. But does it stand a chance of making itself heard compared to the David verses Goliath match going...

Tags: Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Performance, Web Browsers, Performance Management, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Drexel students hijack online poll, get underwear

A few weeks ago I saw that students at my alma mater organized a small botnet to push Drexel to the front of the queue for Victoria's Secret's line of university branded underwear. It took a brief remark from a blog I frequent to make me realize that there...

Tags: Poll, Security, Viruses And Worms, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-12-03

With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track

With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on trackFinaly Someone who get itit's Fashonable to bash MS for reason at all. The facts are in fact realy simple:1. Vista is great OS and a this point in time is perfect for every who actually want to use their computer2. Macs are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Black Friday Deals at the App(le) Store

App Store Apps has a posted a list of over 50 iPhone application that are currently on sale many are free for Black Friday which begins at midnight ET tonight. A sampling: A Binary Clock Signboard Polyomino Puzzles Code Alpha Football...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-27

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 (with 18-70mm lens)

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 (with 18-70mm lens)Sony DSLR A350 reviewSony has brought photography to a whole new level with the DSLR A350. From the 14.2 megapixel sensor, to the new Sony Live View mode allowing faster focus times, to the tilting LCD screen, they have taken an already solid performing camera,...

Tags: Monitors & displays, digital-SLR, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?

No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?Mozilla's building ahelicopter? ;)NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!Most Windows Mobile Browsers is now the Opera mobile 9.1. Sorry Microsoft, but soon Fennec will be the #1 downloaded piece of software in the future for all Windows Mobile phones,...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., IE Mobile, IE Mobile 6, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, mobile, Microsoft Do, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

TiVo control comes to iPhone

TiVo control comes to iPhoneYawn, MS innovated this long agoBy tapping into the extremely innovative [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow]SideShow[/url] feature of Vista something OS X has no answer for, I can interact with my Vista Media PC through my Windows Mobile phone using BlueTooth. Not only can I control all aspects of the...

Tags: DVR, Microsoft Windows, Digital video, TiVo Inc., cable company, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., digital video recorder, cable, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Microsoft 'Red Dog': A pink poodle in disguise?

Microsoft 'Red Dog': A pink poodle in disguise?Nice to see David Cutler in the limelight again...Nice to see David Cutler in the limelight again. What had he been doing these years?Great story about great company...This is one of those great stories that people will tell years from now after Project...

Tags: Red Dog, David Cutler, pink poodle, Pink Poodle, poodle, disguise, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in development

StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in developmentdeleteddeletedRE: StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in developmentFrom the Developer:Thank you for the super write up on StarLight. We are working hard on StarLight 1.1.0a which will include native quicktime audio as an option an alternative to the built-in mplayer...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Starlight, iPhone client, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in development

As a subscriber to Sirius Satellite Radio one of my favorite new applications for Mac OS X is StarLight from NiceMac LLC. It's a super simple, thin client to access the Sirius radio Web streams. Currently at version 109.a download link it's an excellent alternative to Sirius'...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Apple Macintosh, Sirius, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-24

IBM Acquires Transitive

Last week, I received a notice from IBM's PR company that IBM was going to acquire Transitive, that clever supplier of operating system and hardware virtualization technology. It's clearly a move to strengthen IBM's claim on being the premier supplier of systems for the next generation datacenter. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-24

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4

It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm

Hands On: The BlackBerry StormSorry, Don't Want To Be A Blackberry Network SlaveYou shouldn't have to be stuck with a proprietary network to do your business in the Internet age. If Blackberry's network goes down, everyone on a Blackberry goes down. At least with other Smart Phones you...

Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Hands-On, phone

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3

This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...

Tags: OpenGL, Apple iPhone, Android, Timers, Textures Textures, MultiTouch, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-19

HP unveils multi-touch consumer laptop

HP unveils multi-touch consumer laptopUnfortunately its an HP and HP computers suck.Their printers rock, but I've already dealt with crappy HP computers with low quality parts.HP is the reason why I started building PCs.If only I could build a tablet pc...RE: HP unveils multi-touch consumer laptopIt looks like a good...

Tags: Notebooks, Tablets, Keyboards, BlackBerry Storm, Hewlett-Packard Co., multi-touch consumer laptop, multi-touch, consumer laptop, laptop computer, tablet

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)

A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)Sad, but Snipping Tool is still the sameIn classic MS fashion, the snipping tool is not able to capture the borders of all aero themed windows neatly, for e.g. the Firefox "About" dialog box. Sadly this has not changed even in Windows 7...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this year

Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this yearA cue from Apple?"I’m thinking that Amazon could at least take a queue from Apple on their store updates, though."What, and knock the entire store down to update 3 products? Pfft. No thanks. :-)RE: Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this yearI appreciate you G1G1...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, G1G1, G1G1 picture, Amazon.com Inc., tax, donation

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Car crash imminent?

Car crash imminent?Fire the AUW workers and hirepeople who actually want to work for a raise, not just come in and do the bare minimum as they receive the same raise regardless of how much or little they work.It is not the government's fault, it is the UAW and the...

Tags: Benefits, UAW, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-16