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Atari Flashback 2

These days, retro gaming is all the rage. The Xbox Live Arcade's mixture of old arcade games and original casual gaming fare is a big hit on the Xbox 360, and the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation 3, and the PSP will all have similar classic downloadable offerings available soon....

Tags: Games, Game players, game, Flashback 2, Atari Inc.

Product reviews 2006-10-25

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McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!

McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!It doesn't surprise me.McAfee and all the security companies are failing miserably at times to keep up with the cracker community. Simply put, they don't have 1 thousandth the required resources to mitigate the cracker community, and that is assuming they actually...

Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

BB FlashBack Express (exe)

This screen recorder creates compact movies for tutorials, demos, and presentations. Record screen, sound and webcam, then export to Flash or AVI. BB FlashBack Express enables easy publishing of Flash movies in HTML pages with customisable playback controls. Radical new technology means a perfect capture of your Windows desktop with...

Tags: Consultant, Movies, BB FlashBack Express, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-04-30

Living a bare drive lifestyle

With the increasing demand for storage — video content and disk-based backups — professional Mac users often use hard disk mechanisms like floppies. Now storage vendors are enabling this bare drive workflow with a variety of disk adapters and protectors. On the desk and bookshelves in my...

Tags: Disk, Storage, WiebeTech LLC., David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Will+open+source+be+a+victim+in+the+Dot+Bomb+2.0%3F

Will+open+source+be+a+victim+in+the+Dot+Bomb+2.0%3FInsightfulSometimes in your moments of doubt I agree with you. Though in this article you might have mentioned that "open source" companies have already flared and burnt out once before. Leaving a few hardy if minor survivors.(Minor as you indicated in this comment:But real profits have been tough...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Wi-Fi, dot-Bomb, open source, software

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Programming Heresy

Programming HeresyIs there any point to your blog anymore Murph?...other than to prove to everyone that you are suffering from a serious case of "Sun Persecution Complex" (see [url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html]here[/url]).Great"Then I made things worse by telling them that a modern equivalent would use PHP with Apache and PostGresSQL and take perhaps...

Tags: Scripting languages, PHP, Java, programming

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

I have a cell now, and I might use it too

I have a cell now, and I might use it tooFirst question in all conversations"Where are you?"This is asked even in conversations that have nothing to do with two people trying to locate each other, or in conversations where the location is irrelevant.I hate them tooMy employer issued one to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Consumer electronics, phone, cell, yak-yak, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Revisiting the Oracle 11g upgrade decision (and 400 potential ROI cases)

Oracle has officially launched its 11g database and the software giant has taken an interesting approach with positioning--almost each feature can be aligned to an ROI case. Earlier today I asked the question that everyone is asking in relation to new software upgrades these days: When will customers upgrade? I...

Tags: General, Oracle, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-07-11

FlashBack (zip)

FlashBack backup software makes backing up to a USB Flash drive easier than ever. A setup wizard allows you to choose files/folders or any combination of the two for backup. Then, just stick a USB Flash drive into any free USB port on your computer and the backup occurs instantly....

Tags: USB Flash Drive, Backups

Software downloads 2007-07-03

IT's future--how about 20-hour work weeks?

IT's future--how about 20-hour work weeks?20 hour week - thats what the new age economy demandsIMHO, technology is changing so fast, that I need to spend time updating and learning new technologies. However currently the work structure for programmers set for more than 40 hours, its difficult to update oneself.If...

Tags: Benefits, Vertical industries, information technology, work week, worker, health care

Discussion threads 2007-05-30

Virtualization does not guarantee the future for open source

Virtualization does not guarantee the future for open sourceThe Year of Al Franken[i][b]But does it help open source? [/b][/i]I'm having a flashback to 1980. Virtualization is the Next Big Thing but does it help... Al Franken? (Children in the readership will have to ask an adult what that means: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Al_Franken)So...

Tags: Virtualizatrion, open source, Al Franken, virtualization

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Microsoft's 'Flash-killer' now supports Firefox on the Mac

Microsoft's 'Flash-killer' now supports Firefox on the MacWPF/E Rich applicationThey are already in quite an advanced stage with some very nice demo apps http://www.vista.si/This will definitely be interesting...This will definitely be interesting because of how horrible Flash is on Macintosh. Adobe did buy Macromedia, so we can see if...

Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Apple Macintosh, Macromedia Inc., Sun Solaris, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

Mr. Bigshot (exe)

Mr. Bigshot is a Bodacious game because it captures the thrill & excitement of America's favorite pastime: Making Money. And with Mr. Bigshot, you have the prospect making money really fast. Mr. Bigshot is a stock market simulation where you really play the market. Players flashback in time and invest...

Tags: Stock, Mr., Stock Market, Bigshot, Bigshot Rating, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2007-01-03

Die, C, die! 5 reasons to UN-learn C.

Ive been programming in C for over 20 years now. Ive written C compilers, C debuggers, other languages, games, clients, servers, you name it. Dog-eared editions of K&R and Steele decorate my shelves. So I know C. And yet, Im sick of it. SICK. So it was with some trepidation...

Tags: Programming, Java, Community, C, General

Blog posts 2006-11-28

Between Heaven and Hell (exe)

Vince is having a bad day he and his fiancee Anna were sent to Limbo after being hit by a car. Unfortunately, the guys in charge screwed up, and now Anna is on her way to Hell. If Vince wants to save her from a horrific fate, he'll have to...

Tags: Vince, Games, Robots, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2006-09-13

Preventing, Detecting, and Repairing Data Corruption

Data corruptions can stem from many different sources. For example, they can be caused by an errant bit-flip on a disk, or a bug in the operating system, Storage Area Network SAN, or storage system. If not prevented or repaired, data corruptions can bring down the database and even result...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Corruption, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-05-01

Flashback On Your Day In History (exe)

Flashback On Your Day In History allows you to print quality scrolls for any event from 1900 on for the U.K., U.S.A., and Australia. Choose from 12 scroll designs for the day you were born, the day you were married, the day you were christened, or your special day. Personalized...

Tags: MyBookSoftware

Software downloads 2006-02-20

OracleSupervisor (zip)

OracleSupervisor is an application for tuning and monitoring Oracle databases from release 8iR4 to 10g. With OracleSupervisor, Oracle DBAs can have the status of all databases at a glance. OracleSupervisor automatically send, by e-mail or SMS, all database errors immediately as they occur. OracleSupervisor monitors the following Oracle components: SGA...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SQL, OracleSupervisor, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2006-02-01

Why blogging matters

Why blogging mattersYes, very similar to a Socratic Court"For the most part, self assembling communities of bloggers hold a kind of virtual Socratic court, sorting out the issues of the day in a public forum, open to anyone, including spammers."As anyone who has read Plato's dialogues can tell you, the...

Tags: Wiki, blogging, blog, Socratic Court, crank

Discussion threads 2005-11-21

The rumors were true: eBay to buy Skype for $2.6B

The rumors were true: eBay to buy Skype for $2.6BIncredibly stupidFor $2.6 billion, you could start your OWN VoIP provider, and sign up just as many paying customers - actually you could spend less and get more customers . . .I'm getting a flashback to the 90's - and AOL...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Strategy, eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2005-09-12