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Multitasking parents out-surf business pros 3 to 1 on mobile Internet

Despite having highly-capable smartphones that can take advantage of the Web, business professionals are out-surfed by multitasking parents three to one when it comes to browsing the mobile Internet, according to new data by mobile service provider Novarra. According to Novarra's June "Mobile...

Tags: Mobile Internet, Mobile, Smart Phone, Business Pro, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-18

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Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

RE: Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap or even freeGreat post, Ed! Seeing how you outlined the cheapest way to get Microsoft Windows 7 there should be no reason why anyone would not want to upgrade now. Price is no longer an issue. This would be...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, legal way, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Steve Jobs: Silicon Valley's Babe Ruth (and Fortune's CEO of the decade)

What no comment by NonZ? I hope he/she is not ill or something:PPagan jimThe P.T.Barnum of the Tech Industry......when is he going to cut the Chinamen that work for him in on the big cash flow?NZ will show up at some pointUnless he is on vacation.Or getting over the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Steve Jobs, Babe Ruth

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Printfolio 1.6.1 (Mac)

Printfolio is a suite of 5 BeLight Software programs (Business Card Composer, Labels & Addresses, Swift Publisher, Disc Cover and Image Tricks Pro), plus bonus app Art Text works in plugin mode. The suite will assist in creating various printing projects: business cards, CD/DVD art, flyers, brochures, newsletters, catalogs, envelopes,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Printing, BeLight Software, Printfolio, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!

Unbelievable"Last week I complained about Microsoft?s shoddy documentation of how its upgrade procedures are supposed to work. I?m delighted to report that I got a tremendous and immediate response from within Microsoft, offering assistance in my testing and also promising to clean up and expand their documentation."So what exactly did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, product key, acccount, clean install, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Blueball RW Focus 1.0 (Mac)

Blueball Design is proud to announce the release of our new pro Rapidweaver theme - Blueball RW Focus. This stylish, minimal, and very versatile Rapidweaver theme puts the viewer's "Focus" on your site content, and gives you complete control over the color scheme of your site page layout with 51...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Theme, Font, Blueball Design, Blueball RW Focus

Software downloads 2009-10-31

Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services

DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Office Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Contactizer Pro 3.8.3 (Mac)

Contactizer Pro is the amazing all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information. Following the prodigious success of it first release, Contactizer Pro 3.8 raises your contact management experience to be more efficient, productive and enjoyable. Contactizer Pro brings a wealth of powerful PIM features, an...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Objective Decision, Contactizer Pro, Fax, Apple Mac OS, Bluetooth, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Virtual TimeClock Client '09 Release 3 (Mac)

The Virtual TimeClock Pro Client is the full featured netowork client for connectivity to the Virtual TimeClock Server. Virtual TimeClock time and attendance software is full featured and powerful, yet easy to manage and use. Designed for the busy owner or manager without a lot of technical expertise, our time...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Employee, Time Clock, Redcort Software & Development, Virtual TimeClock Pro Client, Virtual TimeClock Pro, Advanced Reporting, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Virtual TimeClock Server '09 Release 3 (Mac)

Virtual TimeClock time and attendance software is full featured and powerful, yet easy to manage and use. Designed for the busy owner or manager without a lot of technical expertise, our time clock software can be up and running in a few minutes. Take advantage of powerful auto discovery networking...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Employee, Time Clock, Redcort Software & Development, Virtual TimeClock Pro, Advanced Reporting, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-28

iBiz Professional 4.1.1 (Mac)

The iBiz Professional package includes iBiz Server and two copies of iBiz Client: the basis for a multi-user time-tracking network. With iBiz Pro, law firms, ad agencies or other professional offices with multiple employees, generating billable hours at different rates, can track their work, generate timely invoices and manage accounts...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, IGG Software, Litigation, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October

If it's ...... easier than Win7 to install, they will have a winner!^o^Yawn, another boring launch of another boring linux distro. No excitement, people aren't enthused. There is nothing new here. As I said...BORING.Well 9.04 was not diffcult to install Not sure what you are going for here 9.04 was...

Tags: Linux, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, KDE 4 Desktop, Win7, Ubuntu, HDCP, Microsoft Windows 7, hardware, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions

Except that most software is not 64-bitnor are most drivers. Also, you have a nasty Microsoft enforced warning screen if you are trying to use non-signed drivers each time you boot. Not a killer, but stupid and annoying.Also, as someone else pointed out, if you don't have at least 4...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Windows 7 Upgrade, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

iPhone app review: Mantis Bible Study

boo!if i wanted religion, i would have gone to my nearest parish. cmon zdnet, this is a business tech site, not jesus's facebookWhy is software excluded from'tech' just because it happens to be for religious purposes? Are you saying that software made by, dare I say it, religious people...

Tags: Bible

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile

As if Windows Mobile wasn't slow or bloated enough already...not much left to say. Windows Mobile is toward the horse's heiney of mobile platforms, right now and I doubt Apple or RIM will screw up their products just to let proven crapware back in... In a socialized world,...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Ballmer, strategy, Internet, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Zune, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse

You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

iFixit: Disassembling the new MacBook unibody

Taking a lookI've one of last year's black MacBooks and have been extremely happy with it. The realignment of the laptop line, bringing back the 13" MacBook Pro and consigning the consumer MacBook to the under $1K polycarbonate model has seemed to be a good arrangement. If you're buying a...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, Apple MacBook, Firewire port, new MacBook, MACBOOKS, FireWire, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

SUNRISE Contacts 2009 2.8.4 (Mac)

SUNRISE Contacts 2009 is a powerful contacts and information management tool designed on the world-class FileMaker Pro runtime platform (ie. you don't need FileMaker Pro to run this software). It includes unlimited storage for all info types including web/email/mailing addresses, telephone numbers, notes, photographs, movies and documents for each and...

Tags: Information Management, Apple Macintosh, Filemaker Inc., FileMaker Pro, SUNRISE Contacts 2009, Content Management, Strategy, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Apple iMac 27-inch

If we could, we'd take points away from this iMac simply because by giving it a 27-inch display Apple threatens our livelihood. You don't need our input to simply walk past the 27-inch iMac on a store shelf and recognize that it's the largest all-in-one currently available, and that it...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., screen size, Apple iMac

Product reviews 2009-10-21