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File System Explorer (zip): File System Explorer is an easy-to-user file management tool for computers running Microsoft Windows. It lets you manage files and folders fast and easy using one of five interface variants: classical dual-panel variant, pioneered in Norton Commander, extended dual-panel variant, interface variant, similar to Windows Explorer and two horizontal variants:...; Tags: File System, Variant, DSOSoftware Development, File System Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-16

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McAfee's HackerSafe: "Um... we go in like a super hacker": Updated 05/16/2008 2:00 p.m. CST:Â I officially have my first customer for the "Nate McFeters Safe" certification and Jeremiah Grossman and I have signed up another member forÂ Scanless PCI, asÂ noted security researcher Russ McRee has purchased our certifications, see http://holisticinfosec.blogspot.com.Â God is good and created YouTube for laughs...; Tags: Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple (updated): It's Friday, which means that it's time to look at the latest raft of rumors about our favorite Cupertino company. Atom-powered mini-tablet This one was pretty hot. ZDNet.de reported that Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that there is an iPhone that will be using Intel's...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Minitablet PC, Intel Corp., Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-16
WinXP on XO laptops OK as long as Linux runs, too: Microsoft's agreement to offer Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop is appropriate and long overdue. It was pure hypocrasy for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to publicly decry the so-called "Digital Divide" while privately refusing to support the XO simply because Linux was a supported operating system. ...; Tags: Operating System, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Gates Foundation, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Introduction to BIT: This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...; Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-16

Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature: There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...; Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software: Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....; Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-15
BriefingsDirect Insights analysts probe future of online advertising and find transactional lucre lurking: Read a full transcript of the podcast. The future of online advertising captures the headlines and attention when the likes of Microsoft courts the likes of Yahoo! And Wall Street still has a hard time figuring out how much Google is worth, based on just those little...; Tags: Software, Advertisement, Business, Online Advertising, Bookkeeping Service, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A robotic chef for your kitchen?: The European Commission has founded a project named 'Co-operative Human Robot Interaction Systems' CHRIS for a cost of â‚¬3.65 million. The project, which started in March 2008, will last 4 years. It is based at Bristol Robotics Lab BRL which will work with the University of the West of England...; Tags: Project, CHRIS, Service Robot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices: I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
What's wrong at OpenSolaris: The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...; Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Java Tools (34): Java Tools is a lightweight integrated development environment for creating, compiling, executing and debugging Java applications and applets. Java Tools includes point and click access to the Java commands, documents, directories and files. It also includes a built-in text editor and user interface for the Java debugger. Java Tools makes...; Tags: Java Tool, Tool, Field Bird, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Software downloads 2008-05-15
OrthoGraph Project Manager (msi): Supports ground plan sketching and measurement using a windows mobile personal data assistant PDA. It shows measured drawings in real time and facilitates the creation of an electronic drawing on site. Measured rooms or graphical parts are ordered into a structural view so that users obtain a clear overview of...; Tags: Measurement, Survey, OrthoGraph, CAD, Marketing Research, Bluetooth, Databases, Software, Marketing, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-05-15
Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost: Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lostStuff and nonsense>From day one, the purpose of Philly’s network is to increase digital inclusion and economic development. The measure of their success should be how lives and businesses are being helped in disadvantaged communities.The city to stick to...; Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless Philly, wireless, EarthLink Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
First public release of Silverlight for Linux is out: First public release of Silverlight for Linux is outWhy?Why do you waste so much time and so many resources on this Miguel?The majority of the community won't touch this.Why don't you drop the pretense and just apply for a job at Microsoft already? I'm sure they could find a spot...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, patent, Theora; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Google losing cellphone battle?: In the fight to create a competitor to the Apple iPhone, which defines the Mobile Internet Client MIC category, many people put their money on Google and its Open Handset Alliance. That bet looks shaky today. RIM has come up with its own "iPhone...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Alliance, LiMo Foundation, Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, Cell Phone, Sprint Communications, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico: An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...; Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-14
UK warned of China, India software threat: UK warned of China, India software threatHistory repeatsAs minicomputers pushed the mainframe vendors up-market, then workstations pushed minis up-market, then micros pushed workstations up-market, then lightweight mobile pushed micros up-market ...What happens to those up-market vendors of yesteryear? Well, IBM is still shipping mainframes, although they look a lot...; Tags: Mainframes, Workstations, software threat, workstation, mainframe, software; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Latest Flock Beta delivers Digg, Pownce and AOL Mail support: Having launched in late 2005 amidst a tsunami of web 2.0 hype, it was always going to be difficult for social web browser Flock to keep up with expectations. But after getting through what seemed like an unhealthy period of stagnation, update by update the software is really starting to...; Tags: Digg, America Online Inc., Twitter, E-mail, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-14
UK warned of China, India software threat: Key UK industry figures believe Britain should forget any hopes of matching China and India in the low-cost end of the software market, and instead carve out a high-end niche. UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60 billion behind China this year, fuelling high-level calls for...; Tags: Revenue, China, India, U.K., Tools & Techniques, Management, Nick Heath silicon.com, software, Inda, services; News items 2008-05-14