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Grandfather Clock (exe)

Grandfather Clock is a small program recreating the look of a classic Grandfather Clock. This miniature clock creates all the sounds of a real Grandfather clock. This software does not require any installation or other resources, so you may enjoy this nice desktop-enhancement without any worries. This version is the...

Tags: Miniature, Grandfather Clock, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2007-11-13

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Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approves

The FCC has approved HTC's 'Dream' phone, which will now be the first Android-based handset to hit the market, InfoWeek reports. It will support T-Mobile's 3G network. (Let's see if it handles 3G better than Apple and AT&T.) Looks like it will have a "jog ball" (trackball?),...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Bluetooth, Federal Government, 3G, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19

FanDraft Football (exe)

FanDraft Fantasy Football Draft Board software is the first ever digital fantasy football draft board software. FanDraft is designed to assist and enhance fantasy football leagues with their live drafts. Make your fantasy football draft feel like an actual NFL Draft with a streaming draft ticker, automated draft clock, custom...

Tags: League, Board, Football, FanDraft, FanDraft Fantasy Football Draft Board Software, Corporate Governance, Projectors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-08-15

ZTE C79

ZTE is a little known brand in the U.S., but the Chinese manufacturer is slowly but surely making its presence felt in the U.S. cell market. It kicked off its U.S. debut earlier this year with a couple of entry-level phones, such as the ZTE C88 for MetroPCS, and now...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Media players, ZTE C79, ZTE, phone, music player

Product reviews 2008-08-14

Garmin Nuvi 500

There are many uses for GPS beyond in-car navigation. After all, there are times you could use some route guidance no matter what mode of transportation. Yet, you don't see too many multiuse GPS on the market, and we're beginning to see why. A while back we took a look...

Tags: Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 500, Garmin Ltd., GPS, car

Product reviews 2008-08-14

Virgin Mobile TNT (Kyocera Adreno S2400)

Virgin Mobile's cell phones tend to stick to the basics. Even when they offer cameras, like the UTStarcom Arc and the Samsung Slash, the handsets concentrate on doing what a cell phone should do. The prepaid carrier's latest model, the Kyocera TNT, certainly follows this format. Like the recent LG...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera Wireless Corp., TNT, phone

Product reviews 2008-08-14

Netflix may lose $1.8M to $3.6M in revenue per day over outage

Update: Netflix has been facing shipping delays and outages in its distribution centers for the last two days and has been fumbling to find a fix. The company said Thursday that it is hoping to bring its systems online overnight. But the tab for the outage is roughly $1.8 million...

Tags: Revenue, NetFlix Inc., Distribution Center, Outage, DVD, Consumer Electronics, E-mail, Manufacturing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you’ll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you’re going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don’t actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, environment, Microsoft Corp., development environment, server, Sun Solaris, Solaris Servers, Wintel, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Timebomb in VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (Update 2)

VMware appears to have neglected to remove the timebomb, that is software that stops a product from running on a specific date and time, from its VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (Update 2) software when the company transitioned the software from beta test to the released product. This meant...

Tags: Software, Wise, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-14

iHome iH69B

The iHome iH69 is the little brother to the company's iH70 computer speaker/iPod dock package. The two models share much in common, including integrated USB connectivity for syncing your iPod--or iPhone--with your computer. But the cheaper iH69 is slightly smaller, less powerful (5 watts per channel versus 15), doesn't sound...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, speaker, iHome iH69, left speaker, Apple iPod, iH70, computer

Product reviews 2008-08-14

VMware blames stray code for 'time bomb' hiccup

VMware blames stray code for 'time bomb' hiccupWell..I wonder how much money this cost them? I was almost about to buy hosting using that, but decided against it. Thank God, I hate legal battles.RE: VMware blames stray code for 'time bomb' hiccupSerious mistake! Fire your entire QA team.RE: VMware blames...

Tags: VMware Inc., QA

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPU

NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPUCISC and RISC.I have wondered how Intel proposed to scale their CISC x86 instruction set up to more than a few cores. They can only do this by reducing the complexity of each core, and use less transistors. That means dropping all the clever stuff...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, NVidia Corp., Intel Larrabee, GPU, Intel Corp., Intel Larrabee GPU, graphics

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

VMware bug causes worldwide disruption

VMware bug causes worldwide disruption"Move the clock backwards on the server"?!!"Move the clock backwards on the server"? What kind of critical resource management is that? No processes, no interprocess, intermachine, interdepartmental, intersite dependencies--hmm, to start, NTP...--will suffer heartburn from that and/or from its later rectification?"Move the clock backwards on the...

Tags: Patches, VMware Inc., worldwide disruption, clock backward, bug cause

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

VMware bug causes worldwide disruption

VMware virtual machines on all hosts with the company's latest hypervisor, ESX 3.5 Update 2, in enterprise configurations have found that it will not power on after being turned off. Update at 8:35 a.m. PT on Wednesday: Since ZDNet UK published this article, a patch for the flaw has...

Tags: VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Patches, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, ESX

News items 2008-08-13

Configurable Desktop Clock (exe)

Desktop clock utility to Display Configurable Clock on Desktop. Configure display font / font size / text color / background color. Configure display time difference. Clock utility remembers last location and size. Registered users of the clock get free upgrades. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Font, RTSoftwares, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-08-11

Office Labs 'target' busy multitaskers

'Targets' - shameless pun. I apologise. Microsoft, admittedly, have done some good things over the last few weeks, and again they've rolled something out which could really benefit students. I've personally never seen anything like this; probably my naive nature or lack of research, no doubt they'll be one out...

Tags: video, corporate communications, wiki, web site development, productivity, microsoft office, marketing, online communications, internet, office suites, software, zack whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)

Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)Here is a modern solutionSimply gut the JR and put an Intel Mac mini inside it.You will then have a modern computer that can run the superior MacOS X or the malware sucking Windows.IBM PC Jr.The IBM PC Jr. was...

Tags: Desktops, IBM PC, Cracking Open, PC, IBM Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

iHome iH70SRC

While the company is more known for its iPod clock radios, iHome has been branching out into more iPod-related audio accessories in the last couple of years. Case in point: the iHome iH70 (also known as the "iH70SRC"), a pair of computer speakers with a built-in iPod dock and integrated...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, speaker grille, Apple iPod, speaker, left speaker, computer

Product reviews 2008-08-06

Kicker ZK500

When it comes to MP3 player accessories, Zune owners have few choices compared to their iPod-wielding peers. Fortunately, the Kicker ZK500 speaker dock ($300) and its built-in 40-watt amplifier provide Zune-sters an equal opportunity aggravate their neighbors and rock-out at deafening levels.DesignThe Kicker ZK500 uses a menacing all-black pyramid design...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Kicker ZK500

Product reviews 2008-08-06

Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X

Enterprise software giant Oracle is at LinuxWorld this week, positioning itself as head cheerleader for widespread adoption in the Enterprise. In addition to a keynote speech that discussed Oracle's position around Linux, as well as details of its own deployment, there were two announcements issued today. The...

Tags: data center, oracle corp., linux, data centers, unix, operating systems, open source, software, storage, hardware, data management, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-06