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The unarchiver (zip)

The Unarchiver is designed to handle many formats, It can handle filenames in foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems. Supported file formats include Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, Tar, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt and many other more or less obscure formats. Support for so many formats is achieved...

Tags: Format, Dag Agren, Unarchiver, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-03-28

Xee (zip)

Xee is a lightweight, fast and convenient image viewer and browser. It is designed to be a serious tool for image viewing and management, with a sleek and powerful interface. Xee is useful as a more powerful replacement for Preview, or most any other image viewer available on Mac OS...

Tags: Interface, Tool, Dag Agren, Xee, Productivity, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2007-03-25

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Friendster gets new CEO, $20 million in funding and a focus on Asia

Friendster was one of the early social networks, but wound up being surpassed by MySpace and Facebook in the U.S. The fix: Keep its lead in Asia, land $20 million in new funding and hire a new CEO. On Tuesday, Friendster said it named Richard Kimber as...

Tags: Friendster Inc., Asia, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Is the Linux engine room overheating?

Is the Linux engine room overheating?[i]"Dag nab it Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a stinkin' Linux Engineer!"[/i] :-pntRE: Is the Linux engine room overheating?I think they should cast a Finn in the role of Helmsman, this way every time they talk about a technology he could say: "Captain, proton...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux engine room, engine room, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for MacRemind me again.. of what the Microsoft faithful have to say about office suites that aren't 100% round-trip file exchange compatible with MSOffice for MSWindows?Here's hoping it's better than Office 2k4[b][/b]RE: Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for MacWho...

Tags: NeoOffice, Office 2008, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

Tech Shakedown #7: Do Nike.com's Flash based payment pages pass the security test?

Tech Shakedown #7: Do Nike.com's Flash based payment pages pass the security test?grammatical nit pick - OTDavid, it would be "visual cues" when looking for the padlock. "Visual queues" bring to mind long lines of patiently waiting prople - with or without shackles and locks.Flash..AAAACKI detest flash as an...

Tags: SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, security, Do Nike.com, payment

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

Friendster gets $10 million

DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and Benchmark Capital have injected another $10 million into Friendster, the first of the social networking systems, after washing out previous value in a $3 million recapitalization earlier this year. I can't imagine to what end. Places you go to join communities...

Tags: Friendster, Nirvana

Blog posts 2006-08-21

Wi-Fi in Central Park?

There will be Wi-Fi in Central Park by July, if city officials have their way, the New York Times reports. The city's Dept. of Parks and Recreation set the deadline for its contractor, Wi-Fi Salon, at a City Council meeting. The contractor, however, is not so sure. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi

Blog posts 2006-05-16

Is Google Maps too right-turn happy?

Is Google Maps too right-turn happy?I think I see the problemAs for myself, I never ask for directions, but I think you mistyped the url:http://www.google.com/mars/Try it from there. ;)George, you should have asked usGeorge, these mapping services are fairly new, almost beta. After 25 years M$ is still trying to...

Tags: Google Inc., I-95 Redesignation, I-81, Google Maps, Tasman, trailer park

Discussion threads 2006-04-16

DAG Synchronization Constraint Language for Business Processes

Correct synchronization among activities is critical in a business process. Current workflow languages such as BPEL specify the control flow of processes explicitly. However, their procedural style may cause inflexibility and tangled code. This paper proposes DSCL (Dag-acyclic-graph Synchronization Constraint Language) to achieve three desirable properties for a synchronization modeling...

Tags: Business Process, Hewlett-Packard Co., BPEL, Modeling, Business Process Automation, Research & Development, Operational Planning, Web Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-04-14

Has Linux patching surpassed Mac and Windows?

Has Linux patching surpassed Mac and Windows?Did something change?[i]This may seem like a shock, but is it possible that the Linux patching has surpassed the Mac and Windows operating systems? [/i]I haven't noticed anything changing on the Linux front since the 90s -- the Linux distros, like Microsoft and Apple,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, RSS, Linux, SUSE Watcher, SuSE, Microsoft Corp., software, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-03-16

Wanted: A CIPO for every software snippet

Wanted: A CIPO for every software snippetYou got meInstead of being bored by incomprehensible tons of C code lines, I’ll rather spend some times back to school to get a law degree and become the next Godzilla of some uneducated software company.God bless you for that genius tip. Just my...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, CIPO, software snippet, Furball Tipster, law degree, software

Discussion threads 2005-09-08

Microsoft addresses NAT conflict introduced by SP2

Microsoft addresses NAT conflict introduced by SP2My rep delivered me the fix...We received the .REG file this morning from my rep on DVD media. We immediately deployed to all workstations throughout the company. I also MANDATED and DEMANDED all of my field personnel fly directly in and receive the update...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, VPNs, Network security, Operating systems, NETWORKING, GUESS IT, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, IPSec, rep, Microsoft Windows XP, Network Address Translation

Discussion threads 2004-08-24

Novell offers legal protection for Linux

Novell offers legal protection for LinuxMicrosoft has to just hate this.Intel putting money into the legal defense fund and now Novel offering legal protection for users. Apache making huge gains at the expense of Microsoft. Linux and open source are looking better all the time . . .The indemnification is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux User, indemnification, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2004-01-12

Video game maker sues Microsoft

Video game maker sues Microsoftone sidedI doubt MS will go this way without having something under the sleeve.But one sided stories are all over at zdnet.Another frivolous lawsuit..Why do these companies need to pile on Microsoft? XBOX is the most dominant gaming platform on the planet, far outselling all competition....

Tags: Games, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Xbox, SEE-IT, video, video game, Microsoft Corp., Linspire

Discussion threads 2003-12-22

Disposable I-CODE ICs Enable Runaway Sporting Success

Pygmalyon Electronique's DAG system is an electronic timing solution that has been under development for the past two years. It has already been chosen for numerous sporting events, from marathons and triathlons to cycling and cross-county skiing. The disposable DAG system was launched at the 'Transjurassienne' (a large and with...

Tags: Koninklijke Philips Electronics

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