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Hex Edit Free 3.0F (Windows)

Easy to use and reliable binary file editor. Many options such as: autofit, INS/OVR modes, fast search/compare, highlighter, bookmarks, EBCDIC, color schemes. Display/change over 60 properties: integers, floats, dates etc. Advanced features like background searches, keystroke macros, powerful templates, calculator, 4GB+ files, full customization.Version 3.0 adds new "stacked" display mode,...

Tags: Random Number, Microsoft Windows, Expert Commercial Software, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-05-13

Hex Edit 3.4 (Windows)

Easy to use and reliable binary file editor. Many options such as: autofit, INS/OVR modes, fast search/compare, highlighter, bookmarks, change tracking, EBCDIC, colour schemes. Display/change over 70 properties: integers, floats (new: C# Decimal), and dates (new:time64_t). Advanced features like disk editor, background searches, keystroke macros, templates, calculator, > 4 Gbyte...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, Editor, Expert Commercial Software, C#, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-04-29

HexEdit 3.2 (Windows)

This binary file editor has an easy-to-use user interface similar to that of MS Word and Visual Studio. It has many options like: autofit, hex/decimal addresses, RO/RW, INS/OVR modes, fonts, increase/decrease font size, mouse-wheel support, drag and drop, print selection, margin/line-spacing, print preview, fast (Boyer-Moore) searches, compares, highlighter, clipboard support...

Tags: Window, Macro, Font, Expert Commercial Software, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-04-10

Additional Resources

Can a Windows geek learn to love Snow Leopard?

David Alison's BlogEd, have you seen David Alison's blog? He was a long time Windows developer that switched to Mac. His blog has a wealth of information about the trials and tribulations of switching. If you've not already, I suggest you have a look.http://www.davidalison.com/NoWhile I can't comment on Snow...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., WMA, Apple Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Xilisoft Video Converter 5.0.71.0821 (Mac)

Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate for Mac offers the best way to convert WMV, ASF, AVI, MPEG, 3GP, RM, MP4, etc. videos and WMA, MP3, OGG, AAC, AU, AC3, MP2 audios to each other with High-Definition video supported. Besides, the video converter for Mac provides other useful features as below: ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Xilisoft, Bitrate Calculator, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-21

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance�...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Military beefs up cyberwar capabilities with games, Linux

Military beefs up cyberwar capabilities with games, LinuxSo it'll just be your businesses that remain in the dark ageswith Windows "technologies" then.At least the military is waking up a little bit.It is a no brainer for the Military to use Linux. It did NOT take them longto figure out that...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, open-source OS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, operating system, game

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

On the Linux laptop the distro is key

On the Linux laptop the distro is key"technical problems like installing software "Oh, thats right. You can't just click "setup.exe" can you.So, just how long did you go without Open Office functional before your expert pal bailed you out? Once again, if we were to substitute Vista for...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, eeePC, community version, Xandros, Linspire, distro, Linux, ASUS, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture*Standing Ovation*I finally understand your "Centralization of processing and de-centralization of control" shpeel. I think we are in alignment with the latter, but not the former. I believe in an Autonomic Distributed Architecture - where every *NIX machine client and server share the same...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, hardware, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

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

New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big

Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...

Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-30

One Month with Windows Vista

One Month with Windows VistaSuperFetch, that is."SuperFetch monitors which applications you use the most and preloads these into your system memory so they'll be ready when you need them."http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/windows-vista-superfetch-readyboost-analyzed/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/The-Advancement-of-Windows-Michael-Fortin-Windows-Vista-SuperFetch/Windows XP has PreFetch the precursor.Doesn't Vista allow the user to distinguish between the two?Using RAM as cache is a very old...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Microsoft Windows, RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Support quality

Support qualityPrepare for a first....I've had not one, but [b]TWO[/b] such calls to Microsoft, of all places. Neither call resulted in new purchase orders. Both calls were at a point where I was at my wits end. Search resulted in a number of results that bore NO resemblance to the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Quicken, server

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Thoughts on Apple - After the event

While it's still fresh in my mind, I wanted to highlight a couple of things that I really couldn't get into during the earlier live blog post. Steve Jobs' health: In my earlier entry, I made a passing comment that Jobs looked good when he went on...

Tags: Game, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-09

Russia, Georgia and NASA

Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...

Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

The empty debate over open source security

Guest editorial by Roger Thornton Last week, Fortify published a study on adoption of security best-practices within the Open Source community. Given mounting risk posed by extensive use of Open Source technologies within business and government IT, we were gratified to see the passionate discussions that followed....

Tags: Software, Open Source, Security Assurance, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-01

DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wild

DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wildMy W2k server and SuSE 10.2...server were easily patched through their respective automatic updates. The patching was so easy that anyone running a DNS server that hasn't patched already is an idiot.Is https still safe?I'm imagining that https connections are still safe. In...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Referral URL, Server-name, Whois, DNS, Whois Server, IP address, DNS cache poisoning attack, IP

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Software's drive to become like television

Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That's the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...

Tags: TV, advertisement, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-08