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CADopia Professional (zip)

CADopia 8 Professional Edition is the latest release of this popular CAD software. It is an ideal tool for engineers, architects, and other GIS and CAD professionals who need a full-featured solution at an affordable price. Written for the Microsoft Windows environment, it is well suited for working in conjunction...

Tags: Modeling, CADopia 8 Professional Edition, CAD, Research & Development, GIS, Productivity, Software, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-01-16

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Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Foxconn, Linux, BIOS, ASUS, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

HP Pavilion dv2945se

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Product reviews 2008-07-24

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Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs

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Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?

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Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Government, markets and regulation

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Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

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Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

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Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia

News items 2008-07-24

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Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

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Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

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Discussion threads 2008-07-23

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Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

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Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

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Blog posts 2008-07-23

Express Inventory (exe)

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Software downloads 2008-07-23

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Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-22

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Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-22

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Discussion threads 2008-07-22

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Blog posts 2008-07-22