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Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...

Tags: Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Argument, Tom, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Aqueiss 2.2.5 (Mac)

Aqueiss is an internet and AppleScript access contextual menu. Aqueiss provides access to the internet from any application that supports contextual menus. With Aqueiss you will be able to open URL's which accept a single search argument, such as a search site or online dictionary. The value of the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, AppleScript, Argument, Limit Point Software, Aqueiss, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-05-04

Pingoneo 1.0 (Windows)

Pingoneo is a very practical and easy to use ping application. Designed for both newbies and pros, you can use it to check the status up or down of any pc, server, or router on your local network or the Internet. You can specify the hostname or ip address you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, Argument, Webwarenow, Pingoneo, Web Browsers, Internet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-05-02

RegToy 0.7.4.1 (Windows)

RegToy is a free collection of useful utilities : tweaking, window manager, shell context menu, registry cleaner, file renamer, screen capture, memory cleaner, disk cleaner, services manager, shutdown scheduler, and wallpaper changer. It also is available in some languages.Version 0.7.4.1 includes Shell Context Menu Extensionnow it can display icons on...

Tags: Menu, Argument, Ky Nam, RegToy, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-02-17

Since when did our cloud data become a noose?

Or, as TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid asks more specifically, why do we let webmail services delete our data? Or, as he most aptly put it, since when did our data become a bartering tool for services rendered? In the post, Kincaid laments the policies of...

Tags: Data, Argument, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-14

In Skins vs Believers: Linux always loses

If someone attacks a position because the person holding it has skin in the game what they're really saying is that only unqualified opinions like theirs can be considered unbiased because not based on experience or knowledge -and, of course, also that their prior commitment to the other side of...

Tags: Argument, Intel Corp., Attack, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Processors, Open Source, Security, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Rationale 2.0.4 (Windows)

Rationale is the first high-quality "argument processing" software. Use Rationale to create "argument maps", diagrams of reasoning and argument. Rationale will help students learn the fundamentals of good reasoning, critical thinking, and argumentative essay writing.

Tags: Argument, Austhink Software, Rationale, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2008-12-10

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything

A lot of the wintel vs Unix argument is cast in terms of this hardware or that feature but the reality is that risk and compliance, not functionality or direct cost, are the critical decision drivers both right now and for the immediate future. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Security, Comcast Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Downtime, Sun Ray, Argument, Telecommuting, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Argumentative 0.5.26 (Windows)

Argumentative is open source Argument Mapping software. The program will allow you to manipulate and view the structure of an argument. A tree view allows the argument to be expanded and contracted in a format that is quickly navigated. The graphical view shows a more pictorial view of the argument....

Tags: Argument, John Hartley, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2008-02-01

Will consumers scrimp on paid security software?

Symantec and McAfee could face headwinds in 2008 amid weak consumer spending, according to Cowen & Co. Meanwhile, the two are duking it out over a Acer-Gateway OEM deal. Cowen analyst Walter Pritchard downgraded Symantec from "outperform" to "neutral" on the theory that the company will face weakening security...

Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Symantec Corp., Argument, Security Software, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Yamanaka reopens stem cell debate

The ethical and political debate about using stem cells from human embryos has been reignited, through an interview with the Japanese researcher behind an alternate production method. Shinya Yamanaka (right, from Wired), the Kyoto University researcher given co-credit for the discovery, alongside James Thomson of the University...

Tags: Stem-cell, Argument, Embryo, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-11

Any better excuses?

This weekend Paul Krugman right of The New York Times mercifully liberated from Times Select offers what he claims are the key excuses for avoid fundamental health reform and a single payer system. They are: No Insurance, no problem. It's the cheeseburgers. ...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Human Resources, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Healthcare, Benefits, Argument, Corporate Insurance, Business Operations, Insurance

Blog posts 2007-11-10

Today's Debate: The cost-growth conflict in health care technology

One of the most frustrating arguments I hear regarding open source and open spectrum is the claim by Bell-heads that the government is making big money from spectrum auctions, that unless the Bells maintain absolute control over what we can do with "their" spectrum they won't pay as much in...

Tags: Health Care, Spectrum, Argument, Vertical Industries, Government, Benefits, Healthcare, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Executor 2.1 (Windows)

Create true Windows applications from your Java code by simply dragging a jar file to this Executor?s icon and it immediately creates an EXE file. This lets you distribute your Java apps as genuine Win32 binary executables. Strings within the Win32 app even let you customize the Java virtual machine...

Tags: Win32, Microsoft Windows, Argument, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2002-11-05

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"Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"

"Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"Well, I agree, but, the flame war will not end, and MS will not go down without a fight. It has been obvious for quite some time, that the only thing that windows has going for it is familiarity (both the brand and the...

Tags: Operating systems, Media players, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-03

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...

Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

PC OEMs: Please Cut the Crap!

PC OEMs: Please Cut the Crap!CrapwareYour average non geek will get a fair amount of pressure at the point of sale to drop another $35-$50 to get the junk off the computer. Let's see, now... If you crank the subsidy to Dell,etc from the crapware makers, then that extra...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Desktops, OEM, Crapware, laptop computer, PC, computer

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?Ready to sell them short?Dennis: Sure, Oracle's past performance as a company is no prologue to the future. Seeing as you see the future as distinctly different for Oracle than its history from here on in, I assume you'll be devoting half your...

Tags: Strategy, ORCL, Oracle Corp., Dennis

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla

Mozilla has launched its latest browser, Firefox 3.5, and at first glance it appears to be an improvement with solid reviews. It certainly is speedier, but the broader question is whether the Firefox can adjust as a 300 pound gorilla. CNet News' Stephen Shankland raises the question. Clearly,...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, CNet News, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite

Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suiteGiggle ME j/k nt Office Web Apps"Office Web Apps" sounds just about right to me.Since they never use the cool names anyway...Why not just call it Office for Web. :)Or the slightly more elegant "Remote Office". :)RE: Microsoft seeks a...

Tags: OpenOffice, Bing, Microsoft Office, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2010, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-06-30