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World Almanac 4.2.0 (Windows)

The World Almanac displays solar and lunar data for every 30 minutes throughout the day in addition to the times of rise, set and twilight as well as the lunar phase. Includes database of towns for Australasia(Aus/NZ), Canada. UK and USA covering more than 1600 locations. Although this software was...

Tags: Astronomer, Douglas Software, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-05-08

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Did Stallman fisk himself?

boogeyman?the most irritating thing about stallman is not his "political incorrectness" or his "shooting from the lip," but that is he is so often right. that really gets under your skin.I hate to agree...I've always felt that RMS is irritating, obnoxious and downright rude. However, anyone who dismisses what...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime

Updated: Microsoft is barred from selling any Microsoft Word products that can open XML files (.xml, .docx and .docm), according to a U.S. District Court ruling in favor of i4i, a small Canadian company that sued the software giant for patent infringement. What's this mean Techmeme? For...

Tags: Word-processing, Patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, XML, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-12

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Palm CEO: It's not too late for us; Is it a dead company walking?

Is Palm a dead company walking or just one in a rough transition to a set of next generation products that will return the company to past glory? Palm CEO Ed Colligan clearly believes Palm is that latter. He argues Palm's next generation devices, which won't really...

Tags: Palm Inc., Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Palm OS, Finance, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-19

Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs

Sun said Friday that it will lay off 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce--or 5,000 to 6,000 people--as it restructures amid weak demand, a series of poor quarters and a business model that rallies around open source software. Add it up and Sun is looking...

Tags: Job, Sun Microsystems Inc., Operational Accounting, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Conversation with Stonesoft

I had the opportunity to speak with Laurie Douglas, Stonesoft's VP of marketing, and Greg Mead, one of Stonesoft's Sr. Software Architects, about the release of a new product, Stonesoft IPS Intrusion Protection System. It was a fascinating discussion about how security can not be based upon a single point...

Tags: Stonesoft, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Security, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Levin out as Black Duck's CEO

Black Duck Software -- a pioneer in the open source legal consulting business -- has lost its CEO. On Thursday, Douglas Levin, the company founder and a director at the Waltham,  Mass.-based company, announced his resignation, effective Sept. 1. The announcement came the same day that...

Tags: Black Duck Software, CEO, Corporate Governance, Open Source, E-mail, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Adding up Sun's pieces

Adding up Sun's piecesFocus on the small businessIf Sun wants to monetize their strategy have a separate sales channel focus on the SMB's that don't have deep pockets and entrenched technology and are willing to listen when someone says there is a better cheaper way of doing things.Sun has too...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Servers, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., stock, server

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Google names new CIO

Google has named Benjamin Fried chief information officer. Fried, had been a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Application Infrastructure group. News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Fried will take over in May. Fried replaces Douglas Merrill, who left earlier this month to go to EMI. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Fried, Portals, Change Management, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24

EIC podcast: SAP, Intel, Dell, XP and Google

In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk SAP, Intel's Mobile Internet Devices, Dell and Google's employee exodus. Dan and I mull over the SAP's succession plan. SAP named Leo Apotheker co-CEO with Henning Kagermann, who has a contract that runs out in 2009. Apotheker will be...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc., Intel Corp., Internet, Larry Dignan, Merrill, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, SAP AG

Blog posts 2008-04-03

A HIX tax moves ahead in Vermont

The Vermont House voted 119-19 last night to keep a tax on medical claims aimed at paying for computing systems in doctors' offices and an online network to trade the records. The fee would raise $33 million over the next 10 years and would allow all doctors...

Tags: Fee, Electronic Health Record, Doctor, E-health, Healthcare, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-03

What a novel idea: Verizon cooperates with P2P file sharers

Verizon will unveil test results detailing how an Internet service provider can boost download speed by about 60 percent if it cooperates with file-sharing software makers. According to the Associated Press, Verizon's test could represent a turning point between ISPs and P2P firms. The message: If folks are going...

Tags: Result, Network, P2P, Verizon Communications Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-14

The PC vision was lost from the get-go

The PC vision was lost from the get-goYes - I mean no - wait, I mean yes - no umm, maybe?What Mark writes as "People haven't liked the notion of "distribute by copy" of GUI apps. They prefer "distribute by access" of the web." I read as "people don't like...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, software, PC vision, get-go, PC, vision

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

U.S. says 'virtual fence' on border ready for use

U.S. says 'virtual fence' on border ready for useWhat does 16000 USD matter...When you're saving 45k USD annually, per illegal immigrant employed?Europe is allowed to have work camps for their detainees from africa, why is it we have to embrace people who are breaking our laws with open arms?$135 per...

Tags: Real estate, fence, virtual fence

Discussion threads 2008-02-23

A scientific Oscar goes to Stanford

On February 9, 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give its ten Scientific and Technical Academy Awards for the year. One of them will go to a professor of computer science at Stanford University who worked with scientists from Industrial Light & Magic. They'll receive this...

Tags: Method, Particle, Stanford, Computer, Oscar, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-04

About the Windows Server 2008 stack

About the Windows Server 2008 stackNeed to corre t your article linkthe link is half the articlebut good points about MS centric users who haven't looked outside their little worldRE: About the Windows Server 2008 stackI believe the Windows registry predates MS getting any influence from the VMS world. (In...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., IPv6, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VMS, Windows Server 2008 stack, Microsoft Windows Server, registry, Unix, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

FCC to investigate Comcast

FCC to investigate ComcastIt's about time!I think Comcast is going to have a really hard time explaining why they're basically [b]impersonating users via forged reset packets[/b]. The "den of thieves" defense fails on legit users who get blocked, as does "managing the network" when they're performing an illegal act as...

Tags: Federal government, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., network, bandwidth, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Turn off the lights! And the PCs, and printers, and the ...

Here's a thought. If your office is shutting down for a four-day holiday weekend, you can bring a little extra cheer to your boss by remember to shut off all the equipment that will be sucking up power when you're not there. According to 1E, which makes...

Tags: Printer, Power Management, PC, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-12-21

Can social networking co-exist with the workplace?

Can social networking co-exist with the workplace?An attorney advising we seek legal councilHow shocking...We all know a company is well within its legal rights to control internet traffic on its own bandwidth. So the only real question remains whether social networking can be tapped for profitability. And I think that's...

Tags: social networking, network, workplace

Discussion threads 2007-12-19