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Rebates to become more of a scam

Ive never hidden the fact that I consider rebates to be nothing more than a legalized scam. The customer pays full price for a product and is then faced with all the fun of filling out paperwork and jumping through a series of hoops (a bit like completing a...

Tags: rebate, breakage

Blog posts 2006-10-11

Breakage 13 (Windows)

Breakage raises the bar for live drum machine programming and performance. Where traditional step sequencers edit one note at time, Breakage adds neural network and pattern morphing functions to allow composition above the note level.

Tags: Breakage, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2006-07-08

Breakage 1 (Windows)

Breakage is a 3D variant of classic jigsaw game. Your task is to assemble a broken 3D model. The game is powered by AGEIA Physics Technology. 3D graphics, up to 128 pieces, several model and environment textures, and realistic physics.

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Breakage, Fiorina Entertainment

Software downloads 2005-08-24

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JayBird Endorphin Rush Athletic Earphones

JayBird first made a name for itself as a Bluetooth company, pushing out a line of stereo headphones with discreet-yet-secure designs that were made with the iPod in mind. So it was both surprising and not when the company elected to move into the wired market with two in-ear models...

Tags: Jaybird

Product reviews 2009-08-07

Sense Professional Edition 1.0 (Windows)

Robust documentation-to-source-code traceability implementations can be realized using the Sense Professional Edition editor. Sense uses uniquely identified objects representing lines and more complex document structures to support a lightweight implementation of document to document and source code cross-referencing. Sense's built-in application interfaceAPI supports integration into wider business systems allowing automated...

Tags: Source Code, Microsoft Windows, Silva Elm, Sense Professional Edition

Software downloads 2009-07-13

Phiaton PS 320 Primal Series headphones

With the number of people listening to music on the go, it's no surprise that portable headphones are flying off the shelves. For those who are looking for extreme portability, the obvious choice is earbuds, but certain users are uncomfortable sticking things in their ears. For them, there are compact...

Tags: headphone, PS 320, Phiaton PS 320, Phiaton PS 320 headphone, Bose

Product reviews 2009-07-01

Review: First impressions of the HTC Touch Diamond2

Review: First impressions of the HTC Touch Diamond2Soft Keyboard & Screen WidthI see the Diamond2 has increased screen making it wide when in landscape mode. But I haven't seen any specs on the actual physical width of the screen. My old Sprint Touch and my new Sprint Touch Diamond both...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, HTC Touch Diamond2, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Klipsch Image S4 earphones

Photo gallery:Klipsch Image S4 earphonesThere's nothing like good old competition to keep tech prices in check. Case in point: earphones. The headphone market is heavily saturated, and we can all thank that for the existence of many worthy earbud contenders in the sub-$100 price range. Still, despite the fact that...

Tags: Klipsch Image S4, postBody, slideshow

Product reviews 2009-05-20

Google: Upgrade now to Android 1.5 "Cupcake" SDK

Google has released the final version of Android 1.5, in the form of an SDK for developers and a bootable system image that can be downloaded and installed on Android Dev Phones. All Android developers are advised to upgrade to the new SDK immediately: There are several compelling reasons...

Tags: Google Inc., SDK, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-04-28

GoStereo Tune In Tune Out Headphone

Photo gallery:GoStereo Tune In Tune Out HeadphoneAn MP3 player is mostly a personal music device, but it also provides a great way to share music with others or even--in a pinch--satisfy your home stereo needs. To satisfy both the personal- and public-listening experiences, logic dictates you need two separate gadgets:...

Tags: headphone, speaker

Product reviews 2009-01-23

Are cheap flash drives a key to reducing paper?

Are cheap flash drives a key to reducing paper?Well . . ."That way, they won't have to print web pages to paper anymore."Well, truth be known most assignments are typed on a word processor. If an English assignment is printed from a web page, it usually means you've cheated.Thanks for...

Tags: Flash memory, USB flash drive, Adobe PDF, cheap flash drive

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Rumor Mill: Some juice on the new MBP (updated)

According to what I hear the picture that surfaced briefly on French blog Nowhere Else (above, Tip: ValleyWag) isn't the new MacBook Pro. What's with the weird OS X dock that's Photoshopped onto the trackpad and the pixelized tapered edge? Is it supposed to be...

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

Blog posts 2008-09-26

The "Mojave Experiment" - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it highlight some of the problems with Windows Vista

The "Mojave Experiment" - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it highlight some of the problems with Windows VistaSUV test driveIf you gave people an SUV to drive for 10 min, but they never had to park it or fill the gas tank, people would love the big...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades

There is an off chance that the recent disclosures about Windows 7 could give folks a little more comfort in their decision to upgrade to Vista once you wade through the various crosscurrents coming from Microsoft. Based on various nuggets emanating from the D6 conference, various leaks...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kernel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Firefox 3.0 RC1 contains critical bugs

Since I've covered the Firefox 3.0 beta on this blog in some detail I thought I'd pass along the information that critical bugs have been discovered in the RC1 release. Here's some information released by Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering: Hi Folks, ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Bug, Firefox 3.0 RC1, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-25

Will IE 8 break the Web?

Will IE 8 break the Web?It's an opportunity for the money puppetswho write IE only sites to re-screw their customers and charge hundreds to add appropriate headers to their sites.RE: Will IE 8 break the Web?I think they originally didn't want to "break the web" because it would make IE...

Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web, IE 8, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-12

Will IE 8 break the Web?

There's been one nagging question about Internet Explorer IE 8 about which I can't stop wondering: Once it finally ships, will it break the Web? It's not just because I'm an unabashed Microsoft skeptic that I am puzzling over this. It's also because right up until...

Tags: Developer, Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Standards, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Lucid Touch (Photos: Lucid Touch and the see-through screen)

Lucid Touch (Photos: Lucid Touch and the see-through screen)See-through ...Sorry, but that is not a "see-through screen". It is just an optical illusion.Just take a closer look at the pictures and you will see that the there is nothing "see-through" about an color LCD monitor with the image of...

Tags: Lucid Touch, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-03-07

Newly downloadable Skype for Linux 2.0.0.43 beta has 68 bugfixes

Skype for Linux 2.0.0.43 beta is now available for download. There are a total of 68 bugfixes: bugfix: API: Don't bring up new chat window for an empty chat from CHAT CREATE. bugfix:...

Tags: Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Fourth+cable+cut+in+Mideast

Fourth+cable+cut+in+MideastHave you ever worked with fiber optic cables?Have you ever worked with fiber optic networks? I've been in that line since 1994 my job was installing and securing those networks, and I challenge you to show me a foolproof way of tapping into FO cables without getting actual access to...

Tags: Network technology, cable, Fourth cable cut

Discussion threads 2008-02-03