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More than 25% of Web searches are local

The Kelsey Group and BizRate.com find 25.1% of commercial searches conducted online in the US are for local merchants. In fact, 44% of online buyers are conducting more local commercial searches this year compared to last. Prior to the survey conducted with BizRate, Kelsey had estimated roughly 10% of all...

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Blog posts 2004-02-17

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You'll be far better off in a future without enterprise software

As per usual...you give no concrete examples only ethereal ideas that go nowhere. You talk about services as though it is something other than software. Everything you propose goes back to the fact that you still have to have infrastructure and software before you can even get started. You use...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Tools & Techniques, Middleware, SOA, software, hardware, enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

My Top Scary Technology Trends

The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid and add the results to this review.You have to hand it to Verizon Wireless: though the Google Android operating system now extends to a handful of devices, the carrier was able to get the tech world...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, display, Color Support, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Might Google drop Chrome OS beta as a Windows 7 spoiler?

It could also backfireand be lost in the Windows 7 hype and push?also anyboby that have 2 once of memory remember that nt vista was and in vista case is .... so a good kick in the ball by chrome os would be great ..... ...

Tags: Operating systems, Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Chrome, Chrome OS, beta, Google Inc., Chrome OS beta, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Climb! 2.8.1 (Mac)

Pilots worldwide have chosen Climb! for its speed of operation, simplicity of design, and ease of data entry. No matter what you're flying, Climb! has the tools to make quick work of data entry and update. And now there's a new way to enter data "on the fly"... Mobile flight...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Data Entry, Apple iPod Touch, 2ndSegment Software, SegmentView, Flight Data, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Percentage of Internet users clicking on display ads halved in two years

maybe users have wisen upand don't believe what the ads tell.I wish the same was true for spam.What is a display ad?Maybe people are blocking them.Ads? No thanks.I've been running NoScript and AdBlock Plus (The new "ABP element hiding helper" add-on is great, as well.) for as long as...

Tags: Internet, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?

Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Medical Icon Set 3.3 (Windows)

The SibCode Medical Icon Library is a comprehensive set of icons that covers most of the possible medicine-related application's needs. This collection is intended for both commercial and personal use, which includes software applications, websites, blog pages and presentations of all sorts. The icons are divided into several categories, and...

Tags: Icon, SibCode, SibCode Medical Icon Library, Medical Icon Set, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-01

Business Icon Set 2009.2 (Windows)

Business Icon Set is a collection of royalty-free stock icons for use in commercial and personal products, including software applications, websites, blogs, and presentations. Icons are divided into such categories as Business, Finances, Transport, Money, Computer and Reports. Icons are carefully created pixel by pixel by the hand of a...

Tags: Bank, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Aha-soft, Financial Services

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Pocket Tunes Scanner 5.3 (Mobile)

Pocket Tunes Scanner is the only police scanner app that lets you listen to your scanners while using other applications. Listen to your favorite USA scanner stations using your iPhone or iPod touch with Pocket Tunes Scanner. Hear police, fire departments, paramedics, commercial jetliners, private planes, and helicopters. Pocket Tunes...

Tags: Mobile, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-09-30

JetPhoto Server Pro 2.0.3 (Windows)

JetPhoto Server Pro is a feature-rich digital photo publishing service software using PHP and MySQL. You can establish a photo gallery website quickly and easily. JetPhoto server allows customizing templates for web albums, and presents your photos in thumbnails, picture story or Flash-based slideshow. Beside web photo albums, JetPhoto Server...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Photograph, Atomix Technologies, JetPhoto Server, JetPhoto Server Pro, Web Site Development, Internet

Software downloads 2009-09-28

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge

Here's something for the developers to do:Spend 100% of their time on the current windows, until it is bug-free, secure, and stable.Also for the next Win, don't change the UI again. Please.TLZTLZ must be TAR with LZMA. TGZ TAR with gzip would be more useful.hot air for a doomed productIf...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

SmartSVN Professional 6.0.6 (Windows)

SmartSVN is a platform-independent Subversion SVN client. Although it contains very powerful features, it is very easy to use, especially for users of SmartCVS who switched to Subversion. SmartSVN is self-contained, no need to install separate applications like Subversion command line client or file compare tools. SmartSVN is available in...

Tags: Client, SyntEvo, SmartSVN, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-19

Microsoft starts warning of support phase-out for older Windows Server releases

Added benefit of "activation" (automatic "kill switch")Neccessary or desirable to reinstall XP or change hardware? Flip the kill switch. No more activation, no more XP or any other later Windows release.Any OS that depends on a remote server is an excercise in futility.You confuse 'support' with 'activation'.There's no indication that...

Tags: Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows Server, server, kill switch, Microsoft Corp., misinformation, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?

Free for business use?Interesting... According to this table, MCE can be used in servers (2008 R2) and, since there is nothing in contrary, it seems that is also free for use by businesses - most of the other free offerings (Avast, AVG...) are only free for non-commercial use.RE: Microsoft Security...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., MSE, Windows User, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks off

Cute. [NT]ntCute.Not sure it's effective though. It may be. But... flows like a book ad. Will probably be effective only in certain segments. So I bet we will see a couple very different ads.RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks offlooks like they brain washed her, since when 6 year...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, car, operating system, Microsoft Corp., lemon, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Google: Pot, kettle, black, Chrome OS and a potential antitrust

Apple should also be under fire.----Why can?t Microsoft ship a Windows edition without including a browser or at least come under fire from a zillion lawsuits yet Google can?----Well, what about Apple and its tight integration of Safari on the Mac? They are all doing the same bundling but then...

Tags: Corporate law, Web browsers, Operating systems, Google Inc., Chrome, Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, antitrust, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

DocumentLite 2.0 (Windows)

DocumentLite - Web-focused system of document workflow management will help to save time of employees at processing of documents and tons of paper. The introduction of workflow document management software DocumentLite will help to get rid of lacks of paper document circulation and optimize business processes occurring on your enterprise...

Tags: Document, Microsoft Windows, DocumentLite Teem, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2009-09-04