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Checkers-7 (exe)

Checkers-7 is a collection of the popular checkers games: American, Brazilian, Canadian, International, Pool checkers, Russian, Sparse checkers. With the help of the program Checkers-7 you can play chess both with the computer and a human partner. You can widely change the appearance of the program window. And of course...

Tags: Appearance, Style-7, Checkers-7, Corporate Governance, Business Structures, Construction, Productivity, Games, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-03-24

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Apple security not ready for enterprise prime-time

Apple security not ready for enterprise prime-timeNo win for anyone.So nobody can win no matter what track they take. Apple gets nailed by IT departments whining about how security updates are random, not on a specified schedule, and they're unable to plan.Microsoft gets nailed by IT departments whining about how...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, fanboy, Apple Inc., Apple security, security, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .

I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Matego (exe)

Like in chess or checkers, in Matego you also fight against an hostile army. But this time your soldiers are numbers and your weapons all four math operations. The goal of Matego is to destroy as fast as possible the numbers of your opponent. If you play against the computer,...

Tags: Opponent, Joustra Software, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-08-26

The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS

The layered approach ... my wish for a future OSSounds a lot like BSD to me....BSD (and therefore Mac OS/X) has much the same structure as the one you describe. Indeed this structure has some inherent advantages.However, in practice BSD doesn't have a stability or reliability advantage over Linux. Linux...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OS Model, operating system, BSD

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Katie Moussouris on HOPE 2008: HOPE Springs Eternal

Guest Editorial by Katie Moussouris of Microsoft If cyberspace is a mass, consensual hallucination, as William Gibson characterized it, then HOPE was a dream manifested in meatspace that would not die. While Hackers On Planet Earth has been running every other year since 1994, it was...

Tags: Symantec Corp., IP, Tool, Con, Katie Moussouris, Last HOPE, Wiki, Internet, Productivity, Security, Network Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Accessible Checkers (exe)

Checkers game where players can use the mouse to move the pieces or a handicap player with single switch can play a person using the mouse. For the handicap user the program outlines rows or individual pieces. When the player sees the outline on the piece that he/she wants to...

Tags: Player, Thomas Pandolfi, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-07-16

Berlin subway ticket machines go down

Another travel related failure... Ticket dispensers in the Berlin subway system stopped working on July 1 after a faulty update from central HQ. From Berliner Morgenpost (German translation by Debora Weber-Wulff in Risks Digest): More than 600 of the 700 ticket machines...

Tags: Subway, Machine, Berlin, Servers, Security, Hardware, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-07-14

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?I think you need some electrolytes.http://www.brawndo.com/;-)Just more proof......that the movie "Idiocracy" is the future of our country.Regression?You fail to take into account that this is just a more accurate reflection of our general population, with a...

Tags: INTERNET, Cellular phones, grammar, English Language

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Championship Checkers for Windows (exe)

Jump To Revisit This Timeless Classic! Discover a new set of friends with an exciting game of Championship Checkers. Our 24 realistic characters span across 5 levels of difficulty. Savvy card and board game players will love challenging opponents, while Checkers beginners get extra help with our personal in-game DreamCoach....

Tags: Board, Microsoft Windows, DreamQuest, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-05-14

My new favorite app: AppFresh

If you're a serial updater and like to keep your software current then run, don't walk to check out AppFresh. I originally mentioned AppFresh on PowerPage Podcast Episode 64 and its become an essential part of my software arsenal. Think of AppFresh as Software Update for third-party...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Software, Tools & Techniques, AppFresh, Management

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Corel WordPerfect X4

Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a Web browser. What's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found...

Tags: Word processors, WordPerfect X4, Corel WordPerfect, Corel Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-16

Allfun Interactive Games (exe)

AllFun is a social game application. It offers a large variety of games to a mass audience in the friendliest way. Join AllFun and play interactive games such as Checkers, Chess, Go, Dots and boxes, and other games with people from all around the world. Meet new people while experiencing...

Tags: Fun Development Games, AllFun, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-04-07

Opera Mini 4.1, Astraware game for S60, and more mobile software and services from CTIA 08

All the news coming out of CTIA and from the mobile world this week isn't just related to operating system upgrades and hardware. There has also been some great mobile software and services news that I thought you may find interesting. Astraware announced their first S60 game, MOBIVOX launched some...

Tags: Game, Software, Opera Software, Mobile, CTIA, S60, Opera Mini 4.1 Beta, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Wal-Mart "snub" no big deal, says ThinkGOS

Wal-Mart "snub" no big deal, says ThinkGOSHow could you!There you go. You've just destroyed a wonderful example of Linux failing miserably. The wandering souls of Microsoft's devoted legions were just getting warmed up. They were salivating at this grand opportunity to rub salt in this "gaping" wound...

Tags: Games, Desktops, game, PC, Linux, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

The+Grady+tragedy+and+what+it+means

The+Grady+tragedy+and+what+it+meansSympathy?Not from me. I work in a state-funded mental health facility....you know, mental health? The bane of politician’s (and insurer’s) existence..... Our facility is closing because the state wants out of the business. Care is to be "privatized" (read: the patients will be commoditized) and our...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

PC OEMs might no longer be able to rely on games to sell high end systems

PC OEMs might no longer be able to rely on games to sell high end systemsNot good for MS. They have depended on gaming as one thing to keep peopleon Windows. With that lock being removed for the vast majority, there are fewer reason to stay on Windows.Steam sales figures?Discounting...

Tags: Games, Desktops, mobile computing, desktop, Vista Gaming, hypocrisy, game, PC

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Championship Checkers for Palm OS (zip)

Discover a new set of friends with an exciting game of Championship Checkers All-Stars. Our 24 realistic characters span across 5 levels of difficulty. Savvy Checkers players will love challenging opponents, while Checkers beginners get extra help with our personal in-game DreamCoach. We'll go beyond just showing you what to...

Tags: Operating System, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Operating Systems, Games, Handhelds, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-01-23

Scrabble ownership and the public domain

As reported recently, Facebook has been asked by Hasbro and Mattel to remove the "Scrabulous" game from its web site. Hasbro and Mattel jointly own the rights to the "Scrabble" game, something that most people have at some point in their lives played at least once. Scrabulous was a software...

Tags: Hasbro Inc., Mattel Inc., Domain, Scrabble, Games, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Sun's planned deal to acquire MySQL will strengthen its open source story

Sun's planned deal to acquire MySQL will strengthen its open source storyGreat get, Paula...and well written, too. (Taught her everything she knows -- NOT!)RE: Sun's planned deal to acquire MySQL will strengthen its open source stoI don't want to be nit-picky, but is somebody proof-reading this before it goes out?...

Tags: MySQL, open source, planned deal, Sun Microsystems Inc., blog

Discussion threads 2008-01-16