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The Pixel Words Screensaver 1.114 (Windows)

Pixel Words is a fully customizable pixel fractal screensaver based on a unique new effect that has never before been seen. A hypnotic cascade of interlocked recursive crossword puzzles is generated in real time with real American English words that are randomly pulled from the Official Tournament and Club Word...

Tags: Fractal, Pixel, Microsoft Windows, Frank Force Software

Software downloads 2009-04-07

Go Bonsai 0.257 (Windows)

This interactive bonsai tree software is a revolutionary breakthrough in realistic tree growth simulation. Players can grow a virtual bonsai on their computer and shape it with the same techniques used by the bonsai masters. It's a great tool for learning how trees grow and practicing bonsai skills without the...

Tags: Tree, Frank Force Software, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-04-01

Complements 1.014 (Windows)

Complements is a free puzzle with real physics and addictive gameplay. Shoot gems to connect colors together and form chains. Cause breaks and combos to send damage and clear out room before there is none left. Use the Shake button to nudge things in your favor. Complements can be played...

Tags: Frank Force Software, Complements, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-31

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The Apple-Palm cat-and-mouse game: How long can it last? [poll]

Reflects badly on both companiesI think this whole ordeal reflects badly on both Apple on Palm.It makes Apple out to be hypocrites. I mean, wasn't the whole reason for the lack of interoperability with other players a DRM issue? Didn't Steve Jobs say this himself the last time Apple was...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, game, itune, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Microsoft: The four elephants in the room

Microsoft: The four elephants in the roomIt happened with AppleWhen it was annouced they would be moving to Intel chips, people held off purchases until then, then once again with OS X when Leopard was announced.It is to be expected with any product, when your new product will be along...

Tags: Operating systems, Strategy, financial meltdown, Microsoft Windows, John DiFucci, hardware, Microsoft Corp., elephant, Microsoft Windows 7, French National Police Force

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Outrageous Comcast updates to cutomer agreement - all your systems belong to us

Outrageous Comcast updates to cutomer agreement - all your systems belong to usJust reply, NO!One of our local newspaper writers responded to similar tactics from credit card companies by imposing HIS own set of rules on THEIR transactions to his account.You might try sending a similarly worded notice accepting their...

Tags: Modems, Comcast Corp., cable, modem, agreement

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

SAP's goose gander theory

Earlier today the Twitterverse had a minor eruption when Ray Wang of Forrester sent out the following messages: Hearing from SAP customers that there are new clauses that will force customers to commit to no Third Party Maintenance. Large ERP vendors requiring companies to confirm they are not...

Tags: Theory, Customer, SAP AG, Business Structures, It Services, Litigation, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-05

Yahoo's board to meet: Will Icahn's gang make a difference?

Yahoo's board will meet this week and billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his two directors--former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi and John Chapple, former CEO of Nextel Partners--will make their debut. According to the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo's board will have dinner Monday night and meet Tuesday to...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau

  The US Census Bureau faces cost overruns up to $2 billion on an IT initiative replacing paper-based data collection methods with specialized handheld devices for the upcoming 2010 census. The Bureau has not implemented longstanding Government Accountability Office GAO recommendations and may therefore be forced to...

Tags: Harris Corp., Government Accountability Office, Census Bureau, Bureau, Handhelds, Hardware, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Microsoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombs

Microsoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombsMicrosoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombsI can see the buy out having a lot of good value. Yahoo Answers and Yahoo Finance have been very strong for the company. Everyone knows the Yahoo name. Microsoft has Live services. Microsoft has a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., clusterbomb

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Robert Scoble doesn't understand enterprise software

Robert Scoble doesn't understand enterprise softwareRE: Robert Scoble doesn't understand enterprise softwaresince when does any one consider scoble to be more than the paris hilton of tech blogging any way ?The question is does enterprise software understand sexy consumer products?One question from my opinion piece on our conversation with Bill...

Tags: Citigroup Inc., user interface, enterprise software, Robert Scoble, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2007-12-09

Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'

Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'Better go get out while the gettin' is good.They also get tired of people laughing when they say they work at Microsoft.right decisionwhen the [i] Windows Hardware Ecosystem[i] vanished, what need for a leader is there?Linux is eating M$ lunch!Translation:In view of the recent...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, window, Microsoft Corp., zealot, hardware, leader

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

Analysts: Virtualization to save businesses millions

Analysts: Virtualization to save businesses millionsNew Life to old programsThe forced upgrade to newer flavors of Windows and and end to DLL hell should also be factored into the cost analysis. Likely businesses will save billions and not just millions with virtualization. For example, a working application that stops working...

Tags: Operating systems, application software, Microsoft Windows, cost savings, virtualization, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Insanity and the standards process

Insanity and the standards processInteresting...Did they to your knowledge ever fix up the "man in the middle" flaw?Thanks Jeremey! Almost nobody saw the last minute MS dirty tricks comming,and hopefully, nobody will be fooled next February or whenever the last vote that would possibly allow OOXML be fast tracked.There have...

Tags: Quality, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, OOXML, standards, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Open source booming in K-12 education

Open source booming in K-12 educationOne thing...Peer reviewed journals are nice and all. But do you really expect high schoolers to understand the papers, and how many of them are free and accessible for free from home?Other than that, I'd be interested to see you delve deeper into this topic.I...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, open source, Internet, computer, K-12

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

Don't let your boss catch you reading this

Don't let your boss catch you reading thisWorking for somebody else = slaveryOf course people are going to avoid working "too hard" for SOMEONE ELSE. Do we really have any other choice but to work for someone else? In which case, what's the point of working in the first place?...

Tags: Federal government, Telecom & Utilities, Stalfos, constitution

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shape

Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shapeHmmmmm ..."What's ours is yours," Hall told the crowd.But FOR HOW long, before someone comes up with a really good thing and they decided it's in THEIR best interest to do the same ...Thnaks, but no, FOSS works for me ...Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shapeAnother great...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., United Way, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Web 2.0: New risks, new rewards

Web 2.0: New risks, new rewardsHogWashThis author doesn't get it. "new pipelines for information leakage and corporate compliance violations" what the?Lets put this into perspective. When Times Magazine selected its person of the year it marked the end of the good-old-boy way of doing business. Today's US work force is...

Tags: risk, Web 2.0, security, Web

Discussion threads 2007-06-13

WSJ: SAP struggles with globalization

WSJ: SAP struggles with globalizationDiscrimination Against Germans in Washington StateI am told that legislation was necessary to change laws because the Washington State SAP system or SAP contract was harder to modify than it was to change the law of the land. That is an extreme example of changing procedures...

Tags: Web 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, IBM Corp., globalization, SAP AG, agency, Wall Street Journal

Discussion threads 2007-05-11