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- BASIC
- Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code A programming language developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz in the mid-1960s at Dartmouth College. Originally developed as an interactive language...
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- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- The pivotal machine in the emergence of the Wintel culture was probably the IBM PC/AT. It sold in sufficiently large quantities to IBM customers to create its own software markets, and was sufficiently poorly engineered and over priced to ensure that its buyers didn't perceive it as a threat to...
- Tags: Culture, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy, PC, Board, Graphics, BASIC, PC/AT, Corporate Governance, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Programming language choices
- Two programming languages, or actually development environments, dominate most current discussion: BASIC and Java. Whether used independently or within IDEs, Studios, or other marketing constructs, these are, however, out of place in any serious development context; and both for the same reason: no amount of marketing momentum and library accretion...
- Tags: BASIC, Java
- Blog posts 2006-09-21
- When scripts become programs
- In thinking about the general issue of scripting versus programming I decided to look for some examples of early BASIC to see how close that really was to what we would now consider a simple scripting tool -i.e. an interpreted language without a requirement for static typing. To my surprise...
- Tags: BASIC, programming
- Blog posts 2006-07-21
- It's Its, its' ... Apostrophic!
- My wife bought Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves for Christmass - what a mistake! turns out, her tendency to delete commas is wronger than my tendency to put them in. Worse, at least for her, there's an IT angle allowing me to poke fun at her in this blog....
- Tags: BASIC, onChange
- Blog posts 2006-01-06
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- Pamela for Skype - Basic Version 4.6.0.39 (Windows)
- Pamela Basic allows you to record Skype calls for free. In addition Pamela can play audio files during a call, take notes during or after a call, transfer a call to a contact or group and many more cool features. Pamela looks and works like Skype. Pamela Basic is 100%...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Pamela-Systems, Pamela Basic, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-27
- iPhone replacements
- washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- LG 32LH20
- Photo gallery: LG LH20 seriesWe can't fault the LG LH20 series for trying. The company's least-expensive lineup of LCDs for 2009 offers more features than its competition, including the only USB port for digital photos and by far the best selection of picture adjustments. All of those tweaks...
- Tags: LG Electronics Inc., LG LH20 series, LG LH20
- Product reviews 2009-11-24
- Chrome OS: More questions than answers?
- And exactly why....would students be part of the target market or any other particular group for that matter?This is a silly post. Chrome will be lean, cloud based, local caching of data, some and growing off-line capabilities and probably grow in features/capabilities over time. It will NOT be everything to...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Wi-Fi, operating system, Google Inc., Chrome, HTML5, Chrome OS
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Excel OCX 2.4.416 (Windows)
- Excel OCX is a powerful ActiveX Control written in Visual Basic 6.0 (ensuring maximum compatibility, ease-of-use and effectiveness) which contains a smorgasborg of functions to exchange data between Excel and Visual Basic, create professional looking reports in Excel, and much much more. Using Excel OCX in your Visual Basic application...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Windows, SkySof Software, Excel OCX, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-23
- FmPro Migrator 5.31 (Mac)
- FmPro Migrator quickly and accurately migrates FileMaker Pro database structure and data to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, OpenBase, PostgreSQL, FrontBase, SQLite and Valentina. Converts Microsoft Access Tables/Fields, Forms/Reports, Relationships, Queries and Visual Basic code to FileMaker. Converts FileMaker Pro databases to Microsoft Access (Forms/SubForms/Reports and Visual Basic)...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Access, Filemaker Inc., FileMaker Pro, Databases, Storage, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Office Suites
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- Cocoa Packet Analyzer 0.66 (Mac)
- Cocoa Packet Analyzer is a native Mac OS X implementation of a network protocol analyzer and packet sniffer. CPA supports the industry-standard PCAP packet capture format for reading, capturing and writing packet trace files. Features: Basic packet capturing (libPCAP/ tcpdump filter expressions can be used). Analyze and display...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Packet, Jens Francke, Cocoa Packet Analyzer, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- NoteTaker 2.4 (Mac)
- NoteTaker is powerful new OS X software for organizing your information lifestyle, your digital workstyle. At its most basic level, NoteTaker is a personal note and idea organizer. With NoteTaker, you can make a list, organize an outline or jot down an idea. It's that basic. But with everyday work...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lifestyle, AquaMinds Software, NoteTaker, Apple Mac OS X, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- GeForce GT 240 - NVIDIA's sub-$100 DirectX 10.1 graphics card
- Nvidia's work great with Linux distro'sNvidia's cards work great with Linux distro'syou can have compiz desktop and runany game you want.The optimization is amazing!;)Who said anything about loser OSes?This is about OSes that actually offer great gaming experiences to users, not OSes that really want to play where the big...
- Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, game, NVidia Corp., operating system, DirectX, Nvidia GeForce, graphics, video card
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Zvox Z-Base 575
- Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 575, HDTV, TV
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Psystar massacred in court
- I wouldn't.....buy even with a 100% discount, Psystar is toast and part of Apple's claim would invoke a recall of all machines and buyer's info. Apart from the 'no support' from Apple, there will be no support from a defunct company too.Yep, there is pent-up demand for an expandable cheap...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- EZ Backup Opera Basic 6.23 (Windows)
- EZ Backup Opera Basic makes it easy to backup your Opera bookmarks, mail, contacts and settings to any local, network or removable drive. The application creates a self-restoring backup archive which includes a wizard interface that will guide you through restoring your data.
- Tags: Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Windows, RinjaniSoft, Backups
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Samsung Mythic SGH-A897 (AT&T)
- Even though AT&T launched its live mobile TV service more than a year ago, but few support it-- the last one we saw was the Samsung Eternity, which was released in October 2008. Now it seems that AT&T may be looking to breathe fresh life to the service by releasing...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Telecom & Utilities, NOW IT, phone dialer, Mythic, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., home screen, phone, AT&T Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-14
- Zvox Z-Base 525
- Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 525Surround sound and its accouterments tend to dominate a living room, requiring an AV receiver, several speakers, stands, and wires to make the whole thing work. That's why many people choose to skip surround sound, opting instead for the tinny acoustics of their TV speakers. Single-speaker solutions...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 525, speaker, HDTV, TV
- Product reviews 2009-11-11
- Is Google's Go language worth teaching or learning?
- How manny more languages...... does one need to just doConsole.out.println("Hello world!");?RE: Is Google's Go language worth teaching or learning?I always wonder what Google will do next. They always surprise me. Go looks promising.Google wants to be just as dominant...if not more so...than M$.So one more way to get there is...
- Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Development tools, Bing, Pascal, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0.704 (Windows)
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is an anti-virus protection tool available free of charge to home users. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability. The new 9.0 edition is faster, safer and easier to use. AVG Anti-Virus Free...
- Tags: Antivirus, AVG Anti-Virus, Microsoft Windows, AVG Technologies USA, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, Virus Database Update, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-11-11
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