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Unifier (exe)

Unifier is a tool to convert a batch of plain text or HTML files in various characters set encoding to Unicode in UTF-16 or UTF-8 encoding. Features include auto-update of HTML character-set Meta Tag, converting HTML character and numeric entity to raw unicode character, converting between UTF-16 and UTF-8, config...

Tags: HTML, Unicode, Unifier, Command-Line Operation

Software downloads 2007-04-11

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Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions

I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...

Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-10

The five products Apple must make

What ought to be Apple's next leap of faith? Here are a few ideas for where Apple should go next. What are your ideas? Apple made its latest big move into new territories last year with the launch of the now ubiquitous iPhone, expanding beyond the desktop and...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Keyboards, Games, Monitors & Displays, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Apple, iPhone, video games, tablet, Jo Best, Silicon.com

News items 2008-10-09

New MacBooks and MacBook Pros: $800 and Mini-DVI (updated)

More details are emerging on the new MacBooks, due to be announced on Tuesday. Inquisitr received word that price lists provided to some Apple retailers in the United States include an SKU for an $800 notebook computer – a first for the Cupertino company. Apple retail...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Upside, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organized

What this points to is a growing professionalism and sophistication among medical tourism companies on both sides of the border. These groups are actively signing-up companies and insurers and soon, if you need an operation, they may be your only hope. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mexico, Healthcare, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Google PPOB? What is it?

When you are looking for things that Google is about to do, the best place to keep your eye on is Google's robots.txt file -- a document they keep updated with a list of websites they don't want search engines to index. A week ago, they added "/search2001" which...

Tags: Google Inc., Internet, Web Site Development, Search, Web Technology, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Up on the rooftop: Brightening prospects for solar technology

It's midnight, do you know where your solar panel is? I read somewhere yesterday where thefts of solar panels are on the rise, no doubt due to the rather dear price that they still command. Hopefully, that's on a pace for change, given that many of us...

Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Amazon cuts S3 pricing; Dangles carrot in front of enterprises

Amazon said Thursday that it will cut prices on its Simple Storage Service (S3) and offer more volume discounts. The pricing, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, may reflect that Amazon is looking to grab share as competition from Microsoft and others is about to heat...

Tags: S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Poker sites fight to get domain names back from Kentucky

This is a novel legal strategy. And so far it's working. Last month, in an effort to preserve the state's monopoly on legal gambling, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear sued to have 141 online gambling sites' domains transferred to the state's control. According to the Washington Post, a big...

Tags: Kentucky, Domain Name, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Categorizing failure and lining up ducks

To really understand IT failures, it's helpful to organize, categorize, and line them up like ducks. I group IT failures into management process trials and technical tribulations. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Failure, Hardware, J.Crew, PROJECT FAILURES ANALYSIS Technical Glitch, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Renaissance in Portfolio Management & GRC?

Why Oracle Bought Primavera Now ? (Note: I actually prepared this post 24 hours before the Oracle - Primavera announcement. Now, it seems a bit obvious.) A few months ago, businesses had access to vast amounts of inexpensive capital. With lots of exceptionally low cost...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Initiative, Project Portfolio Management, Primavera, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Oracle + Primavera

Where are the lucky couple registered? Yesterday, Oracle announced that it would be purchasing Primavera. Details of the transaction have not been made public. Already we see that Oracle has stated that Primavera management and employees will become part of a global business...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Professional Services, Primavera, Project Management, It Operations, It service Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Canadian Conservatives vow to implement new copyright law

Candians who vote to re-elect the Conservative government next week will also be voting for an archly pro-copyright agenda. According to the party's official platform released yesterday: A re-elected Conservative government led by Stephen Harper will reintroduce federal copyright legislation that strikes the appropriate balance among the rights of...

Tags: Legislation, Copyright Law, Creator, Government, Intellectual Property, Vertical Industries, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Piracy, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Security, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shots

Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shotsOoopsntRE: Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shotsRIM deserves the embarrassment. Copycopycopy. Once again, we see yet another manufacturer launching a 'new' product that's just another copy of the iPhone. Copycopycopy. I thought only Asian companies did that...

Tags: Handhelds, Copycopycopy, BlackBerry Storm, Apple iPhone, iPhone Screen, Vodafone Group Plc., RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Student indicted for Palin e-mail hack

Student indicted for Palin e-mail hackno luck for youseems your daddy wont be able bail you out of this one. Just remember to bring plenty of vaseline with you in prisonoh boy, is this kid in the crapperThis little jerky-boy is headed for a really miserable experience. Having a...

Tags: Palin, Palin e-mail, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Changing open source terms bad move in a recession

Changing open source terms bad move in a recessionOpen Source flawed modelIf a car manufacture engineers a car, it does not release its blue-prints for free. If an architect designs a house he or she does not release his plans for free. The equivalent of an engineering blue...

Tags: open source, car, recession

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brand

Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brandYou mean......Vitovar. Along with Kodiak and Palmeroid.This is the way customers actually mispronounced manufacturers' names.RE: Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brandI remember Vivitar as the maker of the world-class Series One prime and zoom lenses...

Tags: Branding, Vivitar, Remember Vivitar, Remember Vivitar camera, lens, camera, brand

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Smart grid tech player Silver Spring receives a cool $75M

Despite the ongoing financial meltdown, people still are throwing money around for greentech/cleantech companies. For now, at least. Silver Spring Networks, which develops Smart Grid technology, said it has received an additional $75 million in funding intended for global expansion. The investment round was led by Kleiner...

Tags: Financial, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Investment, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Financing Startups, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Large Hadron Collider gets fresh power supply

Cern is planning to build a new computing hub in France, because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. The lab cracking data from the Cern Large Hadron Collider experiment needs a new computing hub because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. ...

Tags: CERN, Power Supply, Grid, Computer, Hadron Collider, Productivity, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-08

The IT role in the mortgage meltdown

The IT role in the mortgage meltdownNobody likes a WhisleblowerYou got blacklisted for publicly Whistle-blowing at a company meeting. For your trouble you lost a job, faced economic hardship, and had to explain at interviews why this employer would not give you a reference. You did not follow...

Tags: Leadership, information technology, mortgage meltdown, IT role, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-10-08