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Reduce, or Even Eliminate, Repetitive Daily Tasks - So Your Designers Can Focus on What They Do Best

SolidWorks users spend a considerable amount of time performing daily routines. It can be frustrating and time-consuming for designers, whose primary objective is to spontaneously create ideas, to repeat these tasks over and over again. CustomTools 2009 can reduce, and even eliminate, the most complex and time-consuming of tasks for...

Tags: SolidWorks Corp., Custom Property, Document Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies 2009-06-12

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Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with WindowsI gave it some thought too and realized that Chrome OS only has the bad and the ugly. There is nothing good about it. All data stored in the cloud, and on Google's...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

FileCataloger 2.0.1 build 22 (Windows)

Looking for files on your computer may become a horrible chore especially if you have the data scattered all over the hard disks and in no particular order. And if you add a considerable collection of DVDs then finding the much needed file may take a lot longer than expected....

Tags: Media, Microsoft Windows, Greendgh Software, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Marketing, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-10

The chief value of open source

Custom code solutions...It's great you can see the code, but for companies I disagree that is a "value".What SMB has the resources to comb through thousands of lines of code to assure reliability and security? Even if they do manage to find a bug, are they going to fork...

Tags: open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...

Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues

I4i, the company that was awarded $290 million and an injunction in a patent infringement suit against Microsoft, talked a little trash as three judges heard the software giant's appeal. Microsoft fired back. Not-so-surprisingly both sides think the case will go their way. If you recall, i4i...

Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., I4i, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

German court orders Google to change TOS - a little late

A little late, but, great to hold Googles feet to the fire on privacy and ownership issues. We can not just depend on Google's "do no evil" clause, we must be vigilant against Google and all other providers.True......but as soon as Google made the change A YEAR AGO, don't you...

Tags: Google Inc., TOS

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Sound and vision extreme (Gallery: Mutant Clones from China)

Sound and vision extreme (Gallery: Mutant Clones from China)Great ideaBeats tinny headphones and digital zoom anyday. Now just make the lens small enough to pull out like a stylus from the casing, then you've got a marketable product. As it is it would be to easy to loose the lens...

Tags: Intellectual property, Strategy, Leadership, Gallery, vision, innovation, intellectual property right

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Dead-Finger Tech: The Weber Smokey Mountain

Dead-Finger Tech: The Weber Smokey MountainNo-name for meHorizontal cylinder with attached firebox. Grill or smoke, have it your way.Since I have a bunch of mature mesquites on the property that need pruning, I burn wood down to charcoal in the box. Major cooking is an all-day thing, but...

Tags: Weber Smokey Mountain, Dead-Finger Tech, Weber

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Open source car design

Open source car designI proposed the same thingto Ford. My idea was to save the Atlanta Taurus plant by making the car "open source". IOW the specifications would not change, and all interested bidders could make parts for it. This is like the VW beetle where hundreds of "custom kits"...

Tags: car design, car, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Citrix Receiver: instant access to Windows applications on iPhone

Citrix announced last week its Citrix Receiver application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch that gives users access to full-featured Windows applications and documents from their mobile device. Citrix says the application will enable users to run existing enterprise applications on iPhone while maintaining control of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Windows Application, Apple iPod, Citrix Systems Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Cardinal IP Provides Companies With a SaaS Solution to Manage Intellectual Property Assets Secured by DIGIPASS and VACMAN Middleware

Cardinal IP is the global leader in patent research. With over 300 patent research analysts, Cardinal IP performs patent research across all subject matters. The security solution had to be fully integrated into Cardinal IP's custom-built web-based applications and the company's Extranet and yet had to remain manageable and ensure...

Tags: Intellectual Property, Software-as-a-service, Patent, VASCO, Cardinal IP, Security, Networking

Case studies 2009-04-24

HomeGauge Inspection Software 4.2 (Windows)

HomeGauge Inspection Software includes many inspection templates, such as: standard home inspection formats, commercial inspections, 4 point inspections, multi-family units, new construction phases, condos, mold, and Texas. More inspection templates are available and the templates can be modified for any property inspection type or for any geographical area. A built-in...

Tags: Software, Inspection, Microsoft Windows, HomeGauge, HomeGauge Inspection Software, Sketching Tool

Software downloads 2009-04-09

Realtime Landscaping Photo 5.04 (Windows)

New landscape design software by Idea Spectrum helps you visualize your landscaping ideas. Import a photo of your property and design the landscape. Design a garden, add a new yard, plant trees and shrubs, and much more. Ultra-detailed plants and landscaping accessories help you create photo-realistic designs and presentations. Import...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Idea Spectrum

Software downloads 2009-03-09

Coders urged to take up open source in downturn

Coders urged to take up open source in downturnAnother good point: Open Source gives programmers more options. If oneemployer goes under or lays you off, your knowledge of the product will get you a job at another company working in the same area. You can also strike out on your...

Tags: learning curve, eTrade, open source, Free Software

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Image2Punch Genesis 2.0 (Windows)

Ultimate CAD software tool generates custom perforated pattern designs based on virtually any digital image document. Input Image Formats: BMP, JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, RLE, ICO, and WMF. Output Raster and Vector Formats: BMP, JPG and I2P (Image2Punch native format). Viewing Operation: Panning, Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom...

Tags: Rectangle, Polygon, Microsoft Windows, Aucad Drafting, CAD, Productivity, Software

Software downloads 2009-02-15

CBS Outdoor Streamlines Management of More Than 35,000 Unique Advertising Property Leases

CBS Outdoor wanted to ensure accurate, timely payment on approximately 35,000 unique leases for advertising properties, some of which last for 20 to 30 years and replace a paper-intensive change management process with a flexible, timely, yet controlled, lease-change process. The challenge was to automate the enforcement of changes and...

Tags: Advertisement, Oracle Corp., Lease, CBS Corp., Change Management, Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2009-02-01

Smart PropertyGrid for .NET 3.1 (Windows)

Smart PropertyGrid.Net is a Windows Forms component aimed at developers concerned by the shortcomings of the Microsoft PropertyGrid which is nevertheless a very useful tool... but only in Visual Studio. To provide your end-users with the right experience, you put a lot of efforts in designing a desktop application with...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Property, VisualHint, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-09

End the carrier veto over mobile technology

End the carrier veto over mobile technologyIt is shocking!Its shocking that the consumer sector and policy makers have been quiet about this - but there really has been no reason to enter that arena yet. Mobile internet is still a feature used by a few...granted that is changing - but...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, carrier, AT&T Corp., WebCapTel, Sprint Communications, Verizon Communications Inc., mobile

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4

It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-20