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SimAQUARIUM FreeTank & Tank5 (exe)

Sim AQUARIUM screensaver brings the most realistic coral reef aquarium to your computer screen. Its stunning graphics recreate the beauty of 3D fish swimming freely in a 3D environment, including a reef, with live clams and swaying sea life. Sim AQUARIUM lets you choose among 41 species of fish, bringing...

Tags: 3D, Screensaver, Computer, Digital Estate Systems, Productivity

Software downloads 2007-12-03

SimAQUARIUM Tank-5 (exe)

SimAQUARIUM brings a very realistic coral reef aquarium on your computer screen. Its stunning, photo-realistic graphics recreate the beauty of 3D fish swimming freely in a 3D environment, including a reef, with live clams and swaying sea life. SimAQUARIUM lets you choose among 41 species of fish, bringing you as...

Tags: 3D, Screensaver, Tank, Computer, Digital Estate Systems, Productivity

Software downloads 2007-12-03

Additional Resources

Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?

My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer  MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...

Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower

A six-year-old developer of reflective display technologies has snagged an indoor albeit heavily sunlit installation with the New England Patriots. Take a look. What makes Magink's technology interesting is not just the brightness of the picture OR the...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Magink, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Restraining order against RealDVD stands

As I suspected, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel today granted a temporary restraining order against Real's selling its RealDVD software. Real's next hope: a full-blown hearing into a permanent injunction. The judge said she needed more time to fully investigate whether the software in fact violates the Digital...

Tags: Copy Protection, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Obama, McCain support making debates public

Both Obama and McCain have come out in favor of the Open Debate Coalition's call to open the presidential debates for fair use on the Internet, Wired reports. Obama sent a letter to Coalition leader Larry Lessig. He quoted his own letter to Democratic Party chairman last...

Tags: Debate, Internet, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

DVDO unleashes Edge high-definition video processor/input hub

Home theater fans who aren't satisfied with their HDTVs' built-in video processing and/or just can't get enough HDMI ports into their setups may want to take a gander at DVDO's new Edge, which combines technology from Anchor Bay to improve video quality while also doubling as...

Tags: HDMI, Video, DVDO, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Chicken, egg and mobile open source

Mobile systems are not like server or client systems. The softare needs cooperation to work. The handset maker must load it, or allow it to be loaded. The network must, in most cases, approve the application. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mobile, Network, Chicken, Mobile Open Source, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.

Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...

Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Google is your friend

I know there are those among us who lack my love for all things Google. Sure, it shows our kids ads, keeps track of the searches coming out of our buildings, displays naughty thumbnails that only the best of content filters can block, most kids don't look beyond the...

Tags: Google Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

TRO hearing today on RealDVD

Federal Judge Marilyn Patel will hear arguments today on whether Real should be temporarily restrained from selling its RealDVD copying software. The software has been unavailable since Friday, when the Hollywood studios won an emergency halt on sales, a move that Real claims caused them "irreparable harm." ...

Tags: DVD, RealDVD, Real, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Netrics offers vital link in automating healthcare

The application of standard artificial intelligence techniques, most of which have been around for many years, to the enormous and growing databases being created by health systems is very much overdue. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Online ad revenue strong first half of 2008: What about the second half?

Internet ad revenue surged in the first half of 2008, up 15.2 percent to $11.5 billion compared to a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, that duo left their crystal balls at home when it comes to the second half outlook. Simply...

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Online Advertising, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brand

Back in its heyday, the Vivitar brand meant well-priced, good quality lenses, flash units and SLR film cameras, but more recently it's been associated with a generic, though broad line of digital cameras... by Janice Chen

Tags: Brand, Digital Camera, Camera, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital

AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel's smaller rival. ...

Tags: Asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATIC, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Consumers might not be ready for Linux netbooks, but we are

Of course the Windows crowd has picked up on Linux netbook return rates. Fellow blogger Ed Bott writes these days, Linux is a great choice for technically sophisticated users who don't mind being far, far out of the mainstream. But for people who don't have the...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Handling holiday peak periods

Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, explains how he tests Visa's systems for dealing with high volume times, and how high those peaks can really go. by Administrator

Tags: Visa Inc., Administrator

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem

Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery. A while back, I started a spreadsheet that plots price points for different saas accounting offerings. At the time I concluded that no-one has figured...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Web Application, Pricing Strategy, Phil Wainewright, Pricing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-06