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Comic Gopher (exe)

Comic Gopher makes reading your favorite comics a breeze. He is a friendly little desktop application that goes out and fetches your favorite comics everyday and then shows them all to you on one page. Its like the comics section of a newspaper but better because its only your favorite...

Tags: Comic, Comic Gopher, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-03-11

xkcd Comics (gg)

Displays the latest xkcd comic on your desktop. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Comic, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-10-11

Wanted: Hero Issue 1 (zip)

This is where it all started. Wanted: Hero is the first completely digital online comic book, which, unlike Web comics, is created in a traditional format, then digitized for online download. This is the premiere issue that started the Wanted: Hero craze (over 750,000 visitors the first year). We have...

Tags: Comic, Hero, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-03-31

Additional Resources

It must be a rough day in Cupertino

They just keep coming, one negative headline after another after another. At least that's how it must feel today over at Apple. In the last 24 hours or so, there have been at least four separate events that have put the company in a negative light. The widespread problems with...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TechMeme, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, 3G, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Apple bans murderous comic

Apple has banned an R-rated comic from the App Store called Murderdome for violating a term in their SDK that prohibits offensive content in "Apple's reasonable opinion." In a blog post the InfuriousComics says "we would love to work with Apple to ensure a content rating system...

Tags: Comic, Apple Inc., Blogging, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The enterprise: All fun and 'serious games'?

Will video games becoming to an enterprise near you? Forrester Research seems to think so as companies cook up new ways to train employees--especially those so-called millennial. I can hear the laughter now. Video games? We're about serious business, you'll say. What's the ROI you'll ask? Video...

Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act

Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust ActNice!If only Apple didn't ditch a perfectly viable platform in favor of off-the-shelf hardware for their operating system, half of which came from open source freeware, they might actually have an actual claim. Up to 4...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Game players, Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, WiI Games, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?

Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?Linux is cheaper than WindowsAnd since they do the same thing, why not go with the cheaper option?And really you're right in that the other OS is more important to the end user. But as far as the sale of this "terminal", what it...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, LogMeIn, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

One Router to Connect Them All

Sunday afternoons are the few times I actually get some peace and don't have to think about major IT problems. I fire up my Weber smoker, throw on a couple of racks of ribs, fire up a bucket of hardwood charcoal and fruit wood chunks, and I chill for a...

Tags: Cable Modem, Router, Linksys Inc., Dad, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Tech distie Ingram Micro teams up with EPEAT

If you're a technology product reseller, here's another reason to buy from distributor Ingram Micro: the company's product database now includes the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool ratings information for rated products that it sells. For now, EPEAT which is maintained by the Green Electronics Council covers desktops, notebooks,...

Tags: Team, Ingram Micro Inc., Team Management, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Which merchants benefit most from open source?

Which merchants benefit most from open source?Which businesses exist because of open source?Seriously, Open Source has lowered the bar to becoming a business to the cost of hardware and time. Yes, people always say their time is worth $1000/hour, but that's assuming people are paying you at ALL times.For...

Tags: Web servers, Servers, server, open source, small business, Web server, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld

The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-24

Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effort

Speaking of gold medals, Dell is trumpeting the fact today that its Studio Hybrid has just been granted Gold status within the EPEAT program, the first consumer desktop to snag this distinction. EPEAT stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, and the program provides a terrific ranking of where desktops,...

Tags: Desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Green Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop

Episode 61 - The Smelly LaptopIt is obvious as to why you where not hiredto do these ads. ;)RE: Episode 61 - The Smelly LaptopOK, you have WAYYYYYY too much time on your hand. You really didn't have to go through all that to say you didn't like Vista....

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, smelly Laptop, Smelly Laptop, Episode 61, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Seinfeld target is not open source

Seinfeld target is not open sourceIrrelavant comicIs that site supposed to be relavant or something?Seinfeld's from Massapequa?I grew up the other side of Boundry Ave. in F'dale.:)Well, the ads may not target Apple or open source, but, they sure are aresponse to Apples successful ads and increasing market share, and...

Tags: Apple Ads, Seinfeld, advertisement, Apple Inc., open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Can Dell compete on cost anymore?

There was a time not long ago when Dell was the de facto choice for Windows PC purchases. Their products were pretty good and, most importantly, their extraordinary size allowed them to sell very inexpensive computers. I had a CDW rep tell me a few years back that...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., CDW Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Building Windows, not walls

Building Windows, not wallsBuilding Windows, not wallsHooray for ZDNet duplication! Now we only need 5 more articles about this subject which will coincide with ZDNet agenda.[i]will reinvigorate Vista’s image and make Microsoft less of an Apple chump.[/i]As of lately the chump has been Apple with their failures. This ad...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, wall, Building Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Seinfeld and Gates vs. Apple

Seinfeld and Gates vs. AppleIn other wordsThey were successful enough to retire early.Any attempts to potshot these guys may go over well in the ABM community, but the general public will see it as sour grapes. Which means this could actually do what MS wants.Seinfeld? WHO?Oh yeah he had...

Tags: Construction, Desktops, Apple Inc., Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

About Atom: Intel's big plans for its little chip

One of the bolder goals Intel set at IDF this week is that within a decade it wants ship 1 billion Intel-based mobile computing devices each year. That's a big bet when you consider Intel estimates there will be a total of 163 million notebooks shipped this year. ...

Tags: Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Menlow, Moorestown, Advertising & Promotion, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-20