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Altarsoft Player (exe)

Easy audio player. Can play your favorite music. Main features: play audio file: WAV, MP3, playlist editor, import other playlists WinAmp, and work with ID3 tegs. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: AltarSoft, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-05-07

Events Manager (exe)

Organize your events with events reminder. Program features: - show message without sound; - custom sound selection: WAV, MP3; - program alerts at startup about passed events. Version 1.5 adds countdown option.

Tags: AltarSoft, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-12-27

Get Site (exe)

Websites download manager. Fast download speed (up to 10 threads). Download options: text files ('htm shtm php phtm asp cgi pl txt css); graphic files bmp jpg jpeg gif tiff png tga ico; other files (exe bin zip rar mid mp3 wma avi mpg mpeg wmv mov doc rtf xls)....

Tags: MPEG, AltarSoft, Digital Video, CSS, Digital Media, Scripting Languages, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-10-08

Additional Resources

Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?

It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...

Tags: Advertisement, PepsiCo, Suicide, Twitter, BBDO, Christine Lu, TBWA, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for

Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...

Tags: Consumer, U.S., Google Inc., Bandwidth, Study, Broadband, Precursor LLC, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales

Bad news from chipmaker AMD today - the Sunnyvale company has warned that Q4 revenues will be about 25% lower than those for Q3. AMD blames weak consumer demand as buyers are increasingly unwilling to lever open their wallets and purses. Some quick numbers....

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-04

AMD: Fourth quarter sales to fall 25 percent sequentially

As promised, AMD issued its fourth quarter update Thursday and it wasn't pretty. In a terse statement, AMD said that sales for the fourth quarter will be 25 percent lower than the third quarter tally of $1.58 billion. AMD said its projections don't include process and technology...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Schwartz: Three reasons you need JavaFX

In the run-up to today's launch of JavaFX, ZDNet sat down with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz to get his thoughts on JavaFX, Flash, and the future of Java. [ Read: Sun launches JavaFX 1.0, and JavaFX Q&A ] [Ed] Q. Why did Sun create...

Tags: Developer, Java Platform, Sun Microsystems Inc., JCP, Audience, JavaFX, Ed, Jonathan, Microsoft Obviously, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Sun launches JavaFX 1.0

On Thursday Sun released the production version of JavaFX, a new platform for building rich internet applications. Version 1.0 targets web browsers and desktops, but subsequent releases will be available on mobile devices, TVs, and other consumer electronics devices. A mobile emulator is included for developers to preview building mobile...

Tags: Asset, Developer, Web, Mobile, Sun Microsystems Inc., Web Browser, Plug-in, Graphics, Mobile Emulator, JavaFX Development Environment, JavaFX Desktop, Asset Management, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Just Bought An HDTV? Are You Now Ready To Buy a 3DTV?

This is a compilation of scenes from "House of Wax," a 1953 horror film about a monster played by Vincent Price who uses live human beings as the base for the displays in his museum. The climactic scene is about three-and-a-half minutes into this YouTube clip....

Tags: 3D, HDTV, Philips Electronics N.V., 3DTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-03

IPod shortage for the holidays?

Now now. There's no need to panic. And we certainly don't want any shopping mall stampedes. But, just between us, word is that there may be a shortage of iPods this holiday season - not that anyone out there is trying to fuel a buying frenzy to ensure that little...

Tags: Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Information Age landmark: One billionth mouse produced

Information Age landmark: One billionth mouse producedTouchscreens will supplement the mouse, not replace itThe touchscreen's main downfall is that you have to switch the dimension of your hand from horizontal to vertical when you switch from typing to touching. Also the farther away the keyboard is from the monitor the...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, mouse, billionth mouse

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead

Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the deadso many logic problems, so little timeFirst, the internet is free. Access to the internet costs. FCC didn't imagine each consumer paying up to $100 per month when they decided to go some route. Air waves are public property,...

Tags: INTERNET, wireless plan, municipal Wi-Fi, Air Waves, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

With new competition, T-Mobile slashes G1 prices in UK

U.K. site PocketLint is reporting that T-Mobile is making dramatic price cuts for its exclusive Android-based G1 smartphone. Though the device only went on sale a month ago in the U.K., T-Mobile is now giving away the phone for free on £30 tariffs, or about $44.30 USD....

Tags: T-Mobile, U.K., G1, Smart Phones, 3G, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Sales Force Management, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sales, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study

Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study1.48 Million?!Does the study actually list where this kind of money was saved? Because I honestly do not see it. There would have to be a HUGE difference in IT cost to account for that.RE: Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case studySounds...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Microsoft Corp., TCO, open source

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!

AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!Just pointed the issue out to my brother at UNCThe linked text at Apple in question:[pre]Mac OS: Antivirus utilities * Last Modified: December 02, 2008 * Article: HT2550 * Old Article: 4454SummaryLearn about...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Apple Macintosh, virus, antivirus, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

In other Nokia news today...

All the buzz about Nokia today may have been about the launch of the N97, the company's new high-end smartphone. But Nokia did have other news: it has completed its acquisition of Symbian, maker of the mobile operating system on many cell phones. Symbian employees will become Nokia employees on...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Smart Phones, Open Source, Operating Systems, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Can Healthline give insurers wellness on the cheap?

Can Healthline give insurers wellness on the cheap?Healthline ResponseHello Dana: I’d like to clarify Healthline's relationship with myOptumHealth.com. Healthline licenses our Medically Guided Search technology and HealthSTAT ad serving technology to myOptumHealth.com, to improve site experience and ad relevancy, respectively. Optum designed the site and has a team of talented...

Tags: Vertical industries, Insurance, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Healthline, myOptumHealth.com, health care, insurance company, Optum

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?

Satellite TV has been gaining subscribers, relentlessly this decade. Particularly DirecTV, which had 3.8 million subscribers at the end of June 1998 and counted 17.2 million, at the end of this June, according to this compilation by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association of America. ...

Tags: Cable Television, Broadcasting, Satellite, Brodsky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02