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- IDEA
- International Data Encryption Algorithm A secret key cryptography method that uses a 128-bit key. Introduced in 1992, its European patent is held by Ascom-Tech AG, Solothurn, Switzerland. ...
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- Have an idea that can change the world?
- Google is starting a new contest called "Project 10 to the 100th". It's an open call for ideas on which users will vote in January. Google will put the best ideas in motion by contributing at least $10 million for up to five selected ideas. ...
- Tags: Idea, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" idea
- The Members Project, organized by American Express, is running an online nomination and voting campaign aimed at funding ideas that will have a "positive impact" on the world. There are several different categories, including a bunch of projects focused on energy, green tech and alternative fuels. At this link, you'll...
- Tags: Idea, American Express Co., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- SEC introduces IDEA
- Earlier today, Christopher Cox, SEC chairman introduced IDEA - Interactive Data and Electronic Applications, an XBRL framework for surfacing information used by investors. In prepared remarks, Cox said: "It will be faster, cheaper, better [than EDGAR.] Better data analysis will have a positive impact on the market as a whole....
- Tags: SEC, Investor, Analysis, IDEA, Cox, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- PersonalBrain (zip)
- Dynamic mind mapping software that lets you work the way you think. See and do more with PersonalBrain's dynamic user interface and advanced linking software. Organize ideas, projects, contacts, files, and Web pages associatively to capture your thinking and perspective. Use PersonalBrain for business projects or as an "everything in...
- Tags: Idea, Web Page, TheBrain Technologies, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management
- Software downloads 2008-08-11
- IBM's clever idea is Linux on a stick
- An IBM software appliance toolkit gives VARs a single stick memory or DVD they can install to get vertical market customers going. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Idea, IBM Corp., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Retail, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- The tattered history of OOP
- This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...
- Tags: Message, Software, Object-oriented Programming, Smalltalk, Idea, Data, Object-oriented, Unix, Object, Alan Kay, Way Object-orientation, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Spigit mashes up social software to reveal innovation
- Take the idea of community, sprinkle liberally with process, add a dash of prediction market thinking and a soupcon of reputation analysis, stir gently without too much mashing and you have InnovationSpigit. I really like this idea because it solves one of the...
- Tags: Innovation, Idea, Spigit, InnovationSpigit, Research & Development, LDAP, Leadership, Games, Strategy, Business Operations, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Personal Technology, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- PalCrypt (exe)
- PalCrypt is a file encryption/decryption program for Windows. Easy to use directly or from the Windows explorer. IDEA 128 bit key encryption algorithm is used to encrypt files. IDEA is stronger than both DES & Triple-DES encryption methods. MD5, SHA1 & Blowfish hash are also used to archive stronger encryption....
- Tags: Password, Pal Microsystems, PalCrypt, IDEA, RC4, Microsoft Windows, Digital Security, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-25
- Blame Zuckerberg (and Twitter) for poor SXSWi keynote; Parents joining Facebook; Paramount movies go viral
- A Facebook special of The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Blame Zuckerberg and Twitter for poor SXSWi keynote. By all accounts see Techmeme, Sarah Lacy's on-stage interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
- Tags: Facebook, Idea, Twitter, Washington Post Co., Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting
- What do you get when you combine one struggling carrier Sprint with an innovative but smallish one (T-Mobile)? A wireless train wreck. On Thursday, a Merrill Lynch telecom analyst Graham Ruck pitched an idea that Sprint and T-Mobile's parent Deutsche Telekom should merge amid the wireless price...
- Tags: Risk, Idea, T-Mobile, Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- iPhone SDK release rumor roundup
- According to an online report, sources say the forthcoming iPhone SDK — coming out this week — will feel the heavy hand of Cupertino. The software feature some heavy constraints by Apple in distribution and in support for hardware peripherals. Apple announced the SDK release date last...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Idea, SDK, Apple Inc., Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO
- In all the talk (and there's been plenty of talk) concerning the ISO meetings on Office OpenXML OOXML one point stands out. (Picture from Stephesblog.) The U.S. voted no. As Andy Updegrove notes, the vote involved approving over 900 changes to OOXML meant to...
- Tags: U.S., Microsoft Office, Idea, Problem, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- Only 8,700 insecure ftp servers?
- According to ComputerWorld coverage Finjan is publicizing a source in Hong Kong they have discovered that offers to sell access to hacked ftp servers. The idea is that a malware purveyor or phisher would want ftp access with admin credentials so they can quickly and easily upload there wares to...
- Tags: Idea, FTP Server, Server, FTP, Security, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Cisco green-speaks! Chambers outlines how telepresence, remote work options can aid the green movement
- For some time, I have been somewhat puzzled by how quiet Cisco and some of the giant networking and telecommunications companies have been about their green intentions. Especially considering the fact that telcos supposedly account for something like 4 percent of the energy usage here in the United States. But...
- Tags: Idea, Cisco Systems Inc., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Adolix PDF Converter PRO (exe)
- Adolix PDF Converter PRO is PDF writer software that will help you create PDF files from virtually any application. The idea is very simple: open the file you want to convert to PDF, click print and select the PDF Converter printer. This set of actions will open the main PDF...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Idea, Adolix, Adolix PDF Converter PRO
- Software downloads 2008-02-20
- Microsoft to squish Google Sky like a bug?
- Google launched a less than spectacular, yet brimming with potential, feature to Google Earth last year called "Google Sky". It effectively lets users turn the camera upside down to view the stars rather than cities. The idea is great -- just imagine using your computer as a telescope,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Idea, Microsoft Corp., Stellarium, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Presentation CountDown Timer (exe)
- The idea is to use the program together with an presentation program, like MS Powerpoint, and to display the countdown on top of any ongoing presentation that you may show before the actually presentation or meeting should start. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Idea, Presentation, Jan-Erik Larsen, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2008-02-19
- BlueTie brings 'featuretisements' to workflow
- BlueTie has come up with a novel way to generate revenue for its collaboration suite aimed at small businesses. Rather than licensing, subscription or ads BlueTie is using"featuretisements," where the company is paid on a cost per action basis. The idea is to integrate monetizable services into the workflow of...
- Tags: Software, Idea, Orbitz, BlueTie, Workflow, E-mail, Process Improvement, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Medtronic plans image campaign
- Have medical devices become like the oil industry or the payday lenders? Do they need an image campaign to stay afloat against the incoming political fire? One might think so from reading this from Medtronic, the Minneapolis-based company best known for its pacemakers. ...
- Tags: Medtronic Inc., Idea, Medical Device, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- KOG (zip)
- KOG require good eye perception and quick reflexes, and become familiar quickly. Despite the simplicity, there are several intriguing and not-so-evident aspects. The basic idea is to catch objects moving at different speeds with a trap. The game has been designed also to look and sound good: it is fully...
- Tags: Idea, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-02-07
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