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Air pollution finds a home

Carbon Sciences says it has come up with a relatively efficient way to turn carbon dioxide from smokestacks into chalk, which can then be used to make drywall or other products. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos checks out the company's mobile prototype with CEO Derek McLeish.

Tags: news, michael kanellos, carbon dioxide, chalk, environment

Videos 2008-02-19

Cricket Mobile 1 (Mobile)

Now when you are playing darts in the bar, and all they have is some old chalk board and no chalk, or a paper towel for an eraser, you can pull out your smartphone or Pocket PC and keep score without getting your hands dirty.

Tags: Chalk, Mobile, www.RickenPlayer.com, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, Corporate Governance, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Operating Systems, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software

Software downloads 2006-04-28

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Hangman Classic Free for iPhone 1.3 (Mobile)

Hangman Classic Free for iPhone comes with two classic themes that bring back old memory. It is a classic word puzzle game. The themes are pencil on paper and chalk on blackboard. The word lists contains Standard English words, food and drink, fruit and vegetable, family, body parts, colors, clothes,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Theme, Mobile, VirtueSoft.com, Word List, Food & Beverage, Smart Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-23

Hangman Classic for iPhone 1.3 (Mobile)

Hangman Classic for iPhone comes with two classic themes that bring back old memory. It is a classic word puzzle game. The themes are pencil on paper and chalk on blackboard. The word lists contains Standard English words, food and drink, fruit and vegetable, family, body parts, colors, clothes, weapons,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Theme, Mobile, VirtueSoft.com, Word List, Food & Beverage, Smart Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-23

Is Full-Color the New Standard for Office Documents?

N.America's uncompetitive businesses *have too much overhead*gee, it used to be that some paper, a blackboard, chalk, a few pencils, erasers & a long-lived typewriter ribbon could get one through the year's office expenses.gee, [i]I wonder why we're going under[/i] when China's offices probably don't spend massive budgets on...

Tags: payroll solutions, N.America, violence

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

MB Tibetan Mala Oracle 1.0 (Windows)

MB Tibetan Mala Oracle is based on the Tibetan Mala or prayer beads being used as an object of divination. The mala consists of 108 beads or tenwa and is is used for meditation and prayers. This oracle gives an insight into your current position, the support from the Gods...

Tags: Situation, Bead, MysticBoard, Mala, MB Tibetan Mala Oracle Software, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Will Apple ever make a good mouse?

RE: Will Apple ever make a good mouse?That is like saying I should buy a car with a crappy steering wheel. The mouse is important and it should be flawless, just like everything else Apple does.AgreedI hope they are cooking up something nice.But it's a mouseThey can make it different,...

Tags: Mice, scroll ball, mouse, Apple Inc., Mighty Mouse

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

NetSupport School 10.5 (Windows)

NetSupport School is an interactive software solution that enables teachers and trainers to demonstrate, monitor, and interact both visually and audibly with their students, simply and effectively. This can be done on a whole class basis or to selected groups of students or even to individual students. NetSupport School provides...

Tags: NetSupport Ltd., Microsoft Windows, NetSupport School, Tablets, Corporate Governance, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Foursquare has a business model before Twitter

If Twitter is the what, Foursquare is the where, but now there is more incentive to use the latter. They have put in more work than Twitter on the business front, allowing local businesses to give discounts and specials for heavy users. ...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Foursquare, Food & Beverage, Pricing, Games, Marketing Research, Strategy, Manufacturing, Marketing, Personal Technology, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Toxic caulk syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome was a killer in its day. Now the EPA is warning of toxic caulk...in schools plus other buildings that nobody ever inspects. Why bad caulk? The old stuff off-gases PCBs. Chalk another one up for the petro-chemical industry that create poisons faster than...

Tags: Syndrome, Regulations, Strategy, Government, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Wikipedia: What's good for the goose?

It's extremely useful--to a pointVery useful to the extent that it gives a surprisingly deep and thorough investigation of a topic, based on the opinions of one person or a very small group of people.For many topics, that good enough. Most people will agree that the moon is made...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

University uses WiMAX to become dedicated student ISP's

Northern Michigan University NMU has taken a bold step in converting their standard wireless infrastrure to WiMAX, a wireless Internet technology which makes ordinary Wi-Fi look like chalk on slate in comparison. WiMax in a nutshell uses airwave bandwidth beyond that of ordinary wireless networks and covers vast areas....

Tags: Network, Broadband, University Corp., Wireless, Northern Michigan University, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Need another reason to dislike our heavy use of coal?

Then I have this one word: emphysema. Chalk that up on the list that already includes mountaintop removal, black lung, thousands of dead miners from China to West Virginia, ash heaps dotting coal country, lobbyists, greenhouse gases, polluted streams, acid rain, etc. etc. etc. [poll id="159"] by Harry...

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-24

MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated critical

MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated criticalChalk up another win for Vista.All the vulnerabilities affecting the desktop OS are mitigated through standard user rights and Protected Mode.what about netbooks?So people who are running XP on their shiny, new netbooks are out of luck? MS just says "sorry we...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, netbook, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead LaptopSomeone from HP will read thisand email you with an apology and some effort to correct this. I hope you do not take them up on their offer since it would never be extended if you weren't blogging for ZDNet. It has taken some time...

Tags: Notebooks, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer, HP Laptop, Shiva Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Photogenics 1.0A (Mobile)

for Pocket PC is based directly on the high end Windows and Linux versions of the software, but packaged with a friendly user interface specifically designed for the smaller screen size. As a result, Photogenics has an incredible amount of breadth and sophistication for a PDA application. See for yourself...

Tags: HTML, Mobile, PC, Image, Image Processing, HP Jornada 525, HTML Help Version, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-11

(Photos: Inside a nuclear reactor)

(Photos: Inside a nuclear reactor)Not sure about the "... world's first..." bit.According to Wikipedia, the Idaho reactor started up in 1951. Chalk River, on the Ottawa River in Canada was started up in 1945, and by 1947 was the most powerful research reactor at the time. The...

Tags: reactor, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutes

Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutesApp Store / iTunesI'm willing to bet that "apple.com" includes the iTunes and App Store areas.I know Apple.com is a great looking site, but over an hour per visit? Come on.RE: Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutesGreat questions, what exactly are the people...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., roach, Nielsen

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales?

Will Microsoft Security Essentials Morro dent commercial antivirus sales?Microsoft doesn't conjure up "security" in my mind ...... but Ed Bott has an interesting article describing a study that shows OneCare and apparently Morro uses the same engine and definitions scored among the top of the tested products.That opened up the...

Tags: AVG Free, MSE, Avira, antivirus, Security Software, OneCare, AVG, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Screenshot: Apple to charge for re-downloading apps

Screenshot: Apple to charge for re-downloading appsThanks for the screenshotI'd forgotten how really lousy the resolution on the iPhone is! Ugh.Apple becomes more and more MSThere is this trend...Instead of adding compass, Apple should fix the iPhone freezing problemHow about actually making the phone work properly before stealing features from...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Telecom & Utilities, Apple Inc., phone, Apple iPhone, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-05-31