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Nightly Tester Tools (xpi)

This extension adds a few extras useful to those that regularly test nightly builds of Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird and Toolkit Seamonkey Suiterunner. The following is a brief list of the extension's features: Extension compatibility fixing; Titlebar customisation; Build ID retrieval; Screenshots; Breakpad information; Restoring tabs from previous session; and Leak...

Tags: Tool, Extension, Dave Townsend, E-mail Clients, Web Browsers, Productivity, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2008-06-21

Additional Resources

Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'

There's been plenty of excellent commentary about Google's new Chrome browser provided by my colleagues here in the ZDNet community, so I'm not going to go into any nitty-gritty here. But to look at it from an enterprise perspective, Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a...

Tags: Google Inc., Client-server, SOA, Web Browser, Computing, Dave Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Web Browsers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that aids environmental cause

I've had the pleasure of interviewing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett three times in my varied career, so I can say with authority that he is passionate about the environment. And about education. Then again, this is not surprising from technologist who also happens to be a Montana ranch owner. ...

Tags: Innovation, Green Technology, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Registration Deadline, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-26

iTunes is back in China but Tibet album is not

Any lingering doubts that China was blocking iTunes over the Songs for Tibet album must be wiped away now. The Register reports that iTunes access is back in China, but not for the album released by the Art of Peace Foundation, which features Sting, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. ...

Tags: China, Tibet, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile

The light-weight user interface toolkit for Java ME LWUIT has been released as open source under the GPLv2+classpath exception license. LWUIT is a library that helps content developers in creating rich and consistent Java ME applications. LWUIT supports visual components, theming, transitions, animation, and more. Sounds similar to JavaFX doesn't...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Mobile, LWUIT, JavaFX Mobile, Programming Languages, Java, Telecom & Utilities, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Black Hat Las Vegas Day 1

Well, this is well late, but here's my recap of Black Hat Day 1. Sorry for the delay, but I've been terribly busy finishing up preparations for my Day 2 talk. The first talk I went to see, "Pointers and Handles, A Story of Unchecked Assumptions...

Tags: Black Hat, Billy Rios, Dan, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Gang of sniffers provided tech support with a smile

Computerworld gets a kick out of the world of black tech support as opposed to the black market revealed in the indictment of an international band of online thieves who cracked into nine retailers and stole millions of credit cards. Mastermind Albert Gonzalez was happy to recompile...

Tags: information technology, retail company, ftc, retail, security, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-08

ID theft bust: Indictments are nice, more arrests much nicer

Praise be, big time. Almost. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorneys offices in Massachusetts and California announced today that they have indicted 11 individuals as part of an international ring of hackers (really, crackers) who purloined at least 40 million credit card and debit...

Tags: U.S., Network, Debit Card, U.S. Department Of Justice, Ukraine, Identity Theft, Hacking, Financial Services, Security, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-05

TeachStreet: Starting something big in lots of little places

TeachStreet: Starting something big in lots of little placesFantastic write up, MitchThanks for the fantastic TeachStreet coverage, Mitch -- it's so good, in fact, that I think I may have to work some of that into our company presentation (I'm serious!). We're incredibly excited about our expansion to Portland...

Tags: TeachStreet

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

SMS Bee (zip)

Download messages manually, automatically retain messages on phone, delete message, filter messages, create a filter folder where only messages that are say 2 weeks old and are from and to Dave are shown automatically. Save your Short Message System SMS from your Windows Mobile phone to PC. Messages are saved...

Tags: Message, SMS, Soloti Pte, Short Message System Message, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

Software downloads 2008-08-04

Predictive markets: Can they work for the enterprise?

Best Buy, Corning, Google and a bunch of other companies are dabbling in prediction markets for corporate decision making and there may even be a little return on investment given that traditional forecasting methods aren't better. Prediction markets are speculation hubs where traders predict future events. In...

Tags: Prediction Market, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-31

News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Eight pitfalls of predictive markets

Predictive markets sound like such a great idea for determining what will work in the market and what won't. But misplaced trust in these markets can spell gloom and doom for many an organization. Here then are eight problems you'll want to avoid as...

Tags: Google Inc., Market, Investment, Finance, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Venturing into Semantic Technologies ?

One of the most interesting sessions at the consistently engaging Semantic Technology conference in San Jose back in May was the 'Semantic Venture Panel: Investor Opportunities and Pitfalls.' Alex Iskold did a good job of capturing the essence of the session for ReadWriteWeb and I recommend a...

Tags: Infrastructure, Venture Capital, Semantic Web, Investment, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-29

News to know: Microsoft; Oracle; SAP; Vista SP1 video

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs How will Microsoft spend its multicore millions? More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere Larry Dignan: The future of computing: Multiple cores, multiple inputs Ryan Naraine: Evilgrade: Exploit...

Tags: Software, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Attack, Wiki, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Management

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This is just a quick followup to my post on Google Knol, a slick new service from Google that lacks the breadth of Wikipedia, but seems intent on compensating in verifiable depth. Comments were mixed, ranging from agreement with my position that, pedagogically at least, Knol is already on...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Software that Makes Your Company More Entrepenuerial

A class of social software is helping companies become more entrepreneurial and none a moment too soon. In a survey of 300 business executives, Interminds LLC, a management consultancy, found that nearly three quarters (71 percent) of business executives indicated that...

Tags: Innovation, Software, Entrepreneurial, Intermind Corp., Business Executive, Entrepreneurship, Branding, Management, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Britain moves against illegal file sharing

CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...

Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?

When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn't purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader,...

Tags: Phone, PBX, Attorney, FreeSwitch, Asterisk, Telephony, VOIP, Open Source, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-22