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HTML2PDF Pilot (zip)

HTML2PDF Pilot converts HTML documents to PDF files. The program supports different PDF security options, password protection mode (using 40-bit and 128-bit encryption keys), fonts embedding, and different compression modes. Using batch conversion mode, you can convert several documents simultaneously. Command line support is also featured. The program is easy...

Tags: Password, Password Protection, Adobe PDF, Mode, HTML2PDF Pilot

Software downloads 2006-05-30

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Apple invites press to 14 October notebook event

Apple invites press to 14 October notebook eventMy Bitterness May Finally EndI had the biggest sigh of relief today when I read the news of Oct 14. For months (years?) we've been wading through rumors and disappointment so to know that Apple will FINALLY give the non-iPhone/iPod community some attention...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, notebook event, Yay, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Desktone "Desktops as a Service"

I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...

Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?

My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer  MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...

Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-07

The cloud finally comes to education

Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...

Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-06

To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You

To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You"We don't pay you to think."As an ex-employee computer technician from the pilot store, this was told to me verbatim several times. To me it sounded curious because if anyone should be thinking, it should be the guy repairing the computers, right?If you...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Best Buy Co. Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., LET IT, sales

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Cosmic Jumble (exe)

Cosmic Jumble is a classic downloadable game in a cosmo-scroller genre. Hostile cosmic forces have attacked intergalactic station of Terrans. You're the only pilot survived. Now you are the one to countervail a whole army. Arsenal left in different station locations is going to help you. Be careful so that...

Tags: MyPlayCity, Cosmic Jumble, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-30

Netbooks or notebooks?

Larry Dignan wrote an interesting piece on netbooks and whether they will hurt notebook sales, particular those of Apple MacBooks. The MacBook seems especially vulnerable in a weak economy since decent Windows laptops can be had for around $700 and netbooks start at around a quarter of the price...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Netbooks, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Vendors plan to extend scope of recycling resource site

Confused about the dozen or so different state laws governing what to do with old computer and electronics products when you're done with them? You better be, as a whole bunch more of them kick in over the next two years. In any event, the Electronics Manufacturing Recycling Management Company...

Tags: Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Economic crisis as a technology change agent

Sometimes, to make an omelette, you need to break a few eggs. However if this week's bloodbath on Wall Street is any indication, then I would say we've made ourselves a full-blown deep dish quiche the size of Yankee Stadium with tens of billions of cartons...

Tags: Agent, Infrastructure, Mainframes, Data Centers, Linux, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging

Don't kill the messaging technology, when the alleged messager is already dead. But the possibility that text messaging was at the root of Friday's fatal train wreck in California should be enough to give us all pause. Isn't it about time we called a timeout on our...

Tags: Text Messaging, Wreck, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Groupware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-14

Ubuntu should not copy the Mac

Ubuntu should not copy the MacUbuntu does not want to be OS XI agree ubuntu should not try to copy the Mac, but my own understanding is that copying the Mac is not Mark Shuttleworth's intention. What he wants to copy is Apple's knack for designing intuitive, productive interfaces. The...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Operating systems, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Apple Macintosh, Canonical

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Are telecommuters inherently greener than the rest of us?

Ah, yes, I'm enjoying another day here in front of my office window, which is flung wide open to the crisp autumn-esque New Jersey air. Because I'm a consultant and a freelance writer, it's natural that I live the life of a telecommuter, which is just the type of network...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Manage your calendar and team members with Franklin Covey FCmobilelife on your phone

Nokia just made their Sync on Ovi service available for those of you with S60 devices who want to sync you PIM data (calendar, contacts, tasks, etc.) to a server and have it backed up and secure. You also have the choice to use an Exchange, or hosted Exchange service,...

Tags: Team, Phone, Team Member, Post Functionality, Team Management, Management, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Flipping the switch saves The Planet about $140K annually

(Updated to clarify air-conditioning policy.) The results of The Planet's "lights out" pilot are in: By adopting a workday-hours lights-on policy and shutting off the lights after hours, the hosting company is saving roughly $140,000 per year across its six data centers in Houston and Dallas. The...

Tags: The Planet.com Internet Services Inc., Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-07

Good news on the Dell netbook front

Just a quick update now that I have a minute to sit down tonight. I heard from my Dell rep this afternoon that, although it's not available on the Dell K-12 education pages, the Inspiron Mini 9 is available to all education customers in quantity. Here's...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blogging, Notebooks, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-05

XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?

The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program will begin selling its XO laptop via Amazon this year in a reprise of its Give One Get One (G1G1) program, according to Ars Technica and several other outlets. Although the Ars piece paints this a real boon for OLPC, whose G1G1...

Tags: Developing Country, Amazon.com Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-05

2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD

Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...

Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.

Product reviews 2008-08-29

Mobile access to your SIS

Several student information system SIS vendors offer to sync data with a Palm Pilot or Windows Mobile PDA. This is a handy feature for teachers on field trips, assistant principals stalking the halls, etc. It's fairly limited in it's utility, though since it generally only provides a static...

Tags: Mobile, SiS, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-29

The enterprise: All fun and 'serious games'?

Will video games becoming to an enterprise near you? Forrester Research seems to think so as companies cook up new ways to train employees--especially those so-called millennial. I can hear the laughter now. Video games? We're about serious business, you'll say. What's the ROI you'll ask? Video...

Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27