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Cool Tools - Plan a festive Fourth of July with social apps

The Cool Tools feature is taking a long weekend with the rest of us so it's making its holiday splash today. This week in Cool Tools I explore ways that we can leverage the social Web to plan for a fun and festive Fourth of July celebration. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Barbecue, BrightKite, Cool Tools Feature, Festival, Friend, Jennifer Leggio, Marketing, Online Communications, Productivity, Social Networking, Social Networking Site, Tool

Blog posts 2008-07-03

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Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

GNOME delays 3.0 release

normal people use kde anywaygnome should never have existed at all, it's just a waste of developers time.they should have join XFCE and KDE projects.KDE 4.3 ....Just plain stinks ... not ready for prime time.Me, I prefer 3.5.10 ...kde 4.3. doesn't stinkyou are just spoiled by the extremly high standards...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down

Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

My 7 favorite Windows 7 features

Today Windows 7 hits the GA or general availability milestone. That means that you'll be able to pick up a PC with the OS pre-installed on it, or pick up a disc from your favorite virtual or bricks-and-mortar outlet. To celebrate, here are my top 7 favorite Windows 7 features....

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010

Side-by-side installationYou said "Also unlike its predecessors, .Net 4 can be installed side-by-side with the previously released .Net 3.5"Notwithstanding the fact that .Net 4's predecessors actually was .Net 3.5, haven't all previous versions of .Net featured side-by-side installation?translations....[i]Microsoft is touting .Net 4 as being 81 percent smaller than its predecessors,...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Samsung UN46B8000

Photo gallery: Samsung UNB8000 series As the most expensive horse in Samsung's stable of edge-lit LED-based LCD TVs, which the company calls "LED TVs" in most of its marketing materials, the UNB8000 series is differentiated from its cheaper herd mates by the addition of 240Hz processing. If you're...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung UNB8000, TV

Product reviews 2009-09-25

Will Office Web Apps overcome cloud biases?

[i]since GAPE Google Apps for Education is right up there with sliced bread in my book.[/i]Of course it is, all your blogs ever do is profess your undying love for all things Google. We already know how your next blog is going to turn out. You are going to...

Tags: cloud computing, Web application, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Google Inc., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Red Gloss on Black Theme (Mobile)

Highly detailed, premium quality black theme with metallic red highlights. This hot and luxurious theme is designed and optimized especially for S60 3rd edition phones & S60 5th edition touch screen phones. It contains default application icons and customized toolbar icons which completes the color scheme elegantly. Check the cool...

Tags: Theme, Mobile, Toolbar, Sauromatum Design, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-09-12

New iPod Nano with camera shoots video (and kills Flip?)

No stills and limited resolutionWhile I think a little camera is a fun feature to add, from what I'm seeing the camera is [i]only[/i] video no stills and is limited to 640x480. I'm not sure it's a Flip-killer. It's just a fun added feature.StillsFrom the article:But happily the newly revamped...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Digital music, JakAttak, camera, video, New iPod Nano, NEW iPod, Nano, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Red Gloss on White Theme (Mobile)

Highly detailed, premium quality white theme with metallic red highlights. Clear and luxurious look which ensure good visibility also in direct sunlight. Designed and optimized especially for S60 3rd edition phones & S60 5th edition touch screen phones. The theme contains default application icons and customized toolbar icons which completes...

Tags: Theme, Mobile, Toolbar, Sauromatum Design, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Blue Microphones Snowball

Getting a great recording into your computer requires a great microphone. Unfortunately, the amount of effort it takes to adapt a professional microphone for use with your computer can be a daunting task, often involving outboard sound cards, bulky pro-audio cables, and cumbersome microphone mounts. To bridge the gap between...

Tags: microphone, Snowball

Product reviews 2009-08-31

IE8 outperforms competing browsers in malware protection -- again

Well the credibility of the test is extremely...suspect since the winner is also the sponsor, why even print it. Well I guess according to these resultsNon-IE users are more gullible than IE users, but otherwise IE and Firefox are statistically tied.Another MS "study" proves that MS is...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Common-sense, IE8, malware protection, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Purple Mist Theme (Mobile)

Truly unique, strikingly vivid black theme with stylish transparent blue & purple details. Brings premium quality for S60 3rd edition phones & S60 5th edition touch screens.The theme contains default application icons and customized toolbar icons which completes the color scheme elegantly. Check the cool features you get: - Highly...

Tags: Theme, Mobile, Toolbar, Sauromatum Design

Software downloads 2009-08-18

Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder

Exchange 2010 has lots of appeal!There are so many improvements in 2010 that it's hard to pick a personal favorite, but built in archiving and the vast improvements to OWA are definitely high on my own list.Fortunately, I've been buying my Exchange mailboxes with Software Assurance on my Volume Licenses,...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Exchange 2010

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

iPhone 3GS crypto easy to crack, expert warns

iPhone 3GS crypto easy to crack, expert warns Can't wait to hear the Apple Fanboi/grl excuses...I suppose this is an unfair attack by ZDnet...or maybe iPhone users are soooo cool and disaffected by silly things like security that they don't care....RE: iPhone 3GS crypto easy to crack, expert warns With...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Owners, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search Pad?

Yahoo is set to launch a new search feature this week that could give the embattled company an opportunity to do what it - as well as others - have been able to do in recent years: truly challenge Google in the search business. I know. It's...

Tags: Google Inc., Search Business, Yahoo! Inc., Search Pad, Search, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Samsung LN55B650

Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Samsung LNB650, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LNB650 series

Product reviews 2009-06-26

Samsung LN32B650

Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Samsung LNB650, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LNB650 series

Product reviews 2009-06-26

Samsung LN37B650

Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Samsung LNB650, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LNB650 series

Product reviews 2009-06-26