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Impulse (exe)

Place your bombs, start the simulation and blast your way through over 100 challenging levels in this unique logic puzzle game. Impulse has a simple game concept: the ball must hit the goal object. Different bombs, obstacles, special elements and force fields provide varied levels. The interactive timeline at the...

Tags: Bomb, Impulse, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-09-20

Additional Resources

Could royalty rate hike force Apple to reconsider variable pricing?

It's the other battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley and this one, more like a showdown between the record labels and Apple, could determine the future of music on the iTunes Store. The Washington-based Copyright Royalty Board is expected to rule, by today, on a request by...

Tags: Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Apple iTunes, Pricing, Marketing Research, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-02

microSD music: Are we regressing?

microSD music: Are we regressing?This would work for meSince I have never downloaded a single song of the web and more then likely never will I like this. For me music is an impulse buy, if I'm in Best Buy and see a CD I want I buy it.What...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, music, MicroSD, microSD music, CD, ease of use, WMP

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text MessagingNot usually.[i]Do you allow phone calls to interrupt:- a current live conversation?- your dinner?- sitting on the toilet?[/i]Only if the call is from my wife. She gets furious if I don't answer. At the least I will answer, tell her I'm...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, text messaging, phone

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

We've known for some time that Dell was working on a Netbook-style laptop--the same kind of small, low-power, inexpensive system made popular by Asus and the Eee PC line. And even though there are not many surprises in the new Inspiron Mini 9, it's still an excellent example of the...

Tags: Notebooks, Netbooks, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., hard drive, Intel Corp., Mini 9

Product reviews 2008-09-05

More small scale electric transport

More small scale electric transportA gas-powered scootergoes twice as fast, has 5 times the range and costs $2000 less. If you're crunched by gas bills, get one of those instead. At $4 a gallon, you'll be able to buy 500 gallons with the money you save. Enough to drive your...

Tags: electric transport, transport, bike, scooter

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Microsoft to stop selling boxed copies of Money Plus

Microsoft to stop selling boxed copies of Money PlusNew ModelsWith Microsoft working on cloud software and subscription-based models... this may help with transition to the new. Further, this would be a great product to link up with Mesh.It's about recurring revenue and maintenanceThe software market has shifted from selling software...

Tags: Big Bang, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

The Ultimate Geek Vending Machine

Imagine my surprise when I spotted this vending machine on a recent trip to Minneapolis. Stationed in Concourse E of the Lindbergh terminal of Minneapolis-St. Paul International, this machine has been in operation at least since late 2007.  Although this machine is missing the essentials such...

Tags: Apple iPod, Machine, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Software's drive to become like television

Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That’s the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...

Tags: TV, advertisement, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Animoto goes commercial

It's only a couple of weeks ago that Neville Hobson introduced me to Animoto. Like he, I made the impulse upgrade to the then premium version. At $30 a year, it's a no brainer for the person who does the occasional presentation or just wants to spice up a blog...

Tags: Animation, Animoto, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Design of a Data Recovery Block for Communications Over Power Distribution Networks of Microprocessors

This paper proposed the use of Power Distribution Network PDN of a microprocessor for ubiquitous access of internal nodes for test/debug and showed the suitability of impulse Ultra-WideBand UWB communications for the purpose. This paper presents design of a data recovery block to recover data from UWB impulses superposed on...

Tags: UWB, Data Recovery, Network, Microprocessor, Ultrawideband (UWB), Storage Management, Semiconductors, Databases, Processors, Wireless, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Components

White papers 2008-06-18

Could Apple kill the Nintendo DS? I doubt it

Brian Caulfield, writing for Forbes TechMeme coverage, believes that Apple could represent a threat to Nintendo's dominance in the gaming arena. I'm certain that no matter what Steve Jobs pulls out of his pocket at WWDC on Monday, Nintendo isn't going to be worried. Monday, however, Nintendo will likely face a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Apple Inc., Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-06-05

The duopoly theory at work: Will Amazon and Google dominate the Internet?

The duopoly theory at work: Will Amazon and Google dominate the Internet?"Dig Deeper Watson"Amazon already is. 2 examples; their TURK and Cloud servers.And those are just the start.For a time maybeThat's the thing with the web. Over night a startup can steal it all away. It's not like...

Tags: Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., duopoly theory, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Asus Eee PC 900 (white, Windows XP)

When we first saw the diminutive Asus Eee PC back in the fall of 2007, we were duly impressed by its capability to mix small size with a small price, and rightly predicted it would be popular with consumers and influential with other PC makers (although, to be fair, the...

Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, Intel Celeron, Intel Corp., ASUS

Product reviews 2008-05-12

Why I didn't like "Microhoo"

Yesterday was not a good day to be Jerry Yang. A year after returning to the helm of the company he co-founded, Yang found himself faced with an unsolicited bid from Microsoft, one that offered to pay a 50% premimum over the price of Yahoo stock. Though not ruling the...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Developer Orientation, Team Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, DVR, Management, Investment, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Will iTunes new DVD distribution schedule be enough to boost Apple TV?

Apple on Thursday announced that iTunes would get new movie releases from studios the same day as their DVD release, but the larger question is whether this move can give Apple TV more traction. Let's face it: Apple TV is an interesting experiment for Apple, but it's...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, DVD, TVs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Telecom transforms downtown Los Angeles

As noted last week, I'm in the midst of scrambling to complete work before I head across the Atlantic to London, and soon thereafter, Africa. That means I am having to do a few things I don't do in the normal course of a programming day. ...

Tags: Network Solutions Inc., Telecommunications, Sales Strategy, Servers, Sales, Hardware, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Foundry Networks and Impulse Point Deliver NAC Solution to Provide Endpoint Security Policy Management

West Chester University was taking a phased approach to upgrading the campus network, the new solution had to coexist with the university's current equipment for some time, requiring a solution that could handle varying gigabit rates from 10 gigabit to 100 gigabit on the same switch. In addition, the school...

Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Network, Gigabit, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Security

Case studies 2008-05-01

Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin

Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large marginTribes 2 was the sameAges ago, "Tribes 2" was way too powerful for the hardware at the time, and sales were negatively affected partially as a result.RE: Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a...

Tags: Games, game, piracy, Crysis, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

What ultra portable meets my needs for under $1000?

I have spent quite a bit of time and even more money trying to find a solution that would help me be productive during my daily 2 hour train commute and while traveling. I have also added the restrictions that it has to be very portable, lighter than my MBP,...

Tags: Device, Mobile, Battery, Display, Advantage, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Bluetooth, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-18