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Game Timer for iPhone 1.0.1 (Mobile)

Use Game Timer when playing Chess, Checkers, Go, Shogi or any other game that requires timing. The game timer supports Hour Glass time, Sudden Death, Bronstein and Fischer time delays as well as Byo-Yomi and Canadian overtime schemes. You can easily configure the initial times, delays and overtime periods through...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Trivial Technology LLC, Configuration Choice, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-04-27

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AVADirect Nano Cube

AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game

Product reviews 2009-11-04

Firefox 3.5 (Gallery: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic KoalaSome nice and welcomed touches but not enough on their own to get people to switch. - Especially me!I left the Ubuntu Family when upgrading to the next version failed on ALL levels! The biggest disaster was changing the repositories to point at the new version....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...

Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server

What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

iXNotepad 1.5 (Windows)

Do you need speed, functionality and portability in your daily Unicode code/text editor? iXNotepad consists of one EXE (no DLLs/COMs/etc), configuration and schema files, and it does not use the registry and/or add/modify any system files. Need to take iXNotepad with you--no Problem. Copy iXNotepad, config and license files onto...

Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows, Editor, Newmium, iXNotepad, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-22

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.1.6 (Windows)

InterMapper RemoteAccess provides access to maps, sub maps, and configuration options from any connected location. Management, help desk personnel, and technicians can monitor and respond to network issues concurrently. InterMapper RemoteAccess can handle multiple copies of InterMapper simultaneously, making it an ideal choice for organizations with multi location sites, consultants...

Tags: Monitor, Microsoft Windows, Dartware, InterMapper RemoteAccess, Help Desk, Call Centers, Monitors & Displays, It Operations, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-22

7Smoker Pro 1.0 (Windows)

Improve the performance for your computer drastically. Our service manager allows you to use service presets to stop and disable services without needing any knowledge. 7Smoker Pro includes a One Button Autotuner that will tune your system to perfection based on the configuration of your system. Simple for beginners. Powerful...

Tags: Security, Removable Storage, WareSoft Software, 7Smoker Pro, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?

I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Desktop Linux, Computer, Super-Casual Web Surfer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-11

First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive

Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Nvidia GeForce, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Clarksfield, Alienware M15x, Envy 15, Asus M60J, Studio 17, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch CTH661

I'll admit, I've never used a pen tablet before. I guess, in that respect, I'm Wacom's target customer. Its new line of multitouch-enabled tablets are designed and priced for budget-minded consumers, and unlike many of its more professional brethren, Wacom aims for a look that's simpler than ever before. The...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Bamboo, Wacom

Product reviews 2009-10-05

When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?

Given their experience it has to be Microsoft.{NT}RE: When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?IMHO, Open Source applications are inherently more secure, with far more people pouring over the code.Closed source simply has the undiscovered flaws.Given that they design and make the OS...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., security, Google Inc., secure, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch tablet

I'll admit, I've never used a pen tablet before. I guess, in that respect, I'm Wacom's target customer. Its new line of multitouch-enabled tablets are designed and priced for budget-minded consumers, and unlike many of its more professional brethren, Wacom aims for a look that's simpler than ever before. As...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Bamboo, Wacom, tablet

Product reviews 2009-09-24

MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of

Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...

Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop

It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

QNAP TS-239 Pro dual-bay NAS server

If you want to get a lot out of your NAS server, the QNAP TS-239 Pro may be the right choice for you, provided you don't mind getting your own hard drives and you possess a decent amount of networking knowhow. The QNAP TS-239 Pro supports an Ajax-based Webinterface...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), QNap, QNAP TS-239 Pro, NAS, server, NAS server, TS-239 Pro, storage

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Smart Email Viewer-COPY (Mobile)

LEAVE READING EMAILS ON YOUR BLACKBERRY DEFAULT VIEW, MAKE CUSTOMIZATION BY YOUR OWN AND READ EMAILS AS PER YOUR OWN CHOICE, SET TEXT COLORS, FONT STYLE, BODY BACKGROUND AS YOU LIKE TO SEE. WATCH COMPLETE IMAGE, WEB LINKS, EMAIL ADDRESSES, & EVEN SMILEYS. IT''S AS EASY AS YOU NEVER THOUGHT...

Tags: Mobile, Font, IT', E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-14

2010 Ford Flex SEL with EcoBoost

Photo gallery:2010 Ford Flex SEL with EcoBoostAlthough the crossover is a new automotive segment, automakers churned out enough boring designs to make it as homogeneous as the economy car segment. Smartly, Ford spun its own crossover with retro elements to give it a unique look, making it stand out yet...

Tags: Manufacturing, Monitors & displays, Digital music, Ford Motor Co., Ford Flex SEL, crossover

Product reviews 2009-09-02