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Ircle Trivia Bot 071207 (Mac)

This irclescript will allow you to run trivia questions in any channel. Very customizable, and easy to use, Open source, use the script for your own projects

Tags: Trivia, Apple Macintosh, Bot, Juan-Man Software, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-12-09

More Trash! 070612 (Mac)

More Trash! is a simple Applescript I partially wrote. I got some script code from applescript.net and MacOSXHints and then added quite a few features myself. I merged these 2 script together, and then added support for secure file deletion, and writing to a output file (named...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trash, AppleScript, Juan-Man Software, Scripting Languages, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-06-12

ircle server.ini converter 1.0 (Mac)

This applescript converts mirc's server.ini list into a ircle readable format -NOTE: This will erase the other servers on the ircle server list

Tags: Apple Macintosh, AppleScript, Juan-Man Software, Scripting Languages, Servers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2003-10-17

Additional Resources

Panda's cloud-based antivirus is a new free tool for schools

I hate paying for anti-malware software. It causes me physical pain to make out purchase orders for it. There are free tools like Clamwin and Windows Defender that do a pretty good job of keeping out the bad guys and most of us sit behind some sort of...

Tags: Software, Antivirus, Malware, Tool, Panda, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Texas senate: Remember XP!

This, I think it's fair to say, is the essence of micro-management. Sure, there are very good reasons for state agencies not to upgrade to Vista. But don't you think that's a call for the state CEO, not the state Senate? Computerworld reports that the Texas senate...

Tags: Texas, Agency, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybeFraud and corruption is the new International standard.Congratulations Microsoft for absolutely nothing of value, and enjoy the backlash ;-)Interesting language"[i]Microsoft maintains that Office dominates on the desktop worldwide and that OOXML is a de facto standard anyway[/i]"In other words, MS thinks that whatever they...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, German Standard, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Microsoft Office, irregularity, Microsoft OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Could, should Adobe follow in salesforce.com's platform as a service (PaaS) shoes?

IDG News Service's Juan Carlos Perez has published what is probably one of his best works ever, this one an interview of Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen (also, see Reuters' coverage of Chizen's webifications plans). The questions Perez asks are absolutely spot on. For example, he asks: It...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., IDG News Service, China Mobile, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Java, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-19

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Rosario

Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....

Tags: Rosario Best guess, codename, Visual Studio Team System, Visual Studio Team, Microsoft Corp., Code names, Visual Studio Orcas, Development tools, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2006-12-15

Investigate an agile, lightweight, "value-up" approach to software engineering

Most accepted project management wisdom comes from the world of roads and bridges, where design risks are low, design cost is small relative to build cost, and the opportunity to to deliver incremental value is rare. This "work-down" approach is easily envisioned as burning down a list of tasks, and...

Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software Development, Management, Software/Web Development

Book chapters 2006-11-15

As Yahoo, Google, etc. cater to elusive small businesses, Microsoft's hand could be forced

Small businesses and consumers may not know it, but they wield an awful lot of power in technology markets. Worldwide, they probably represent as much if not more revenue potential than larger businesses and corporations. Not only do their sheer numbers make them a force to be reckoned with, the...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., small business

Blog posts 2006-10-16

Do you see a pattern?

“I’ve seen this movie before and it doesn’t end well,” mutters a VC whose start-up is short of cash. “We’ll always have Paris,” Rick tells Ilsa near the end of the movie “Casablanca.” Both these scenarios illustrate a favorite point of David Waltz, the natural-language expert whom I met...

Tags: pattern recognition

Blog posts 2006-08-28

World Clock (Mobile)

This software is a world clock.There are 141 cities''s timein the software.Such as Honolulu Anchorage VancouverSan Francisco Seattle Los Angeles Aklavik EdmontonPhoenix Denver Mexico City Winnipeg Houston Minneapolis St. Paul New OrleansChicago Montgomery Guatemala San Salvador Tegucigalpa Managua HavanaIndianapolis Atlanta Detroit Washington DC Philadelphia Toronto Ottawa NassauLima Kingston Bogota New...

Tags: Software, City, Mobile, Steelsoft, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2006-07-16

News Focus: LinuxWorld

News Focus: LinuxWorld"Visualization" ??? Define it. Geeez.Would be nice if you defined it.Just another generic buzzword that never gets specified.Linux should host LinuxYep. No Windows as a host, no liecenses to pay.Also, the more solid system should be the base.Interestingly, Linux into a Windows server could act as a...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, Notebooks, server, PC, virtual PC, buzzword, LinuxWorld, Linux, operating system, notebook

Discussion threads 2006-04-03

IBM a winner in Mainsoft contest

The results on Mainsoft's "Race to Linux" are in:Brian Hendrickson, president and lead developer of Oregon-based Megapump, Inc. used PHP and PostgreSQL to rewrite Microsoft's Issue Tracker Starter Kit.Abishek Bellamkonda of Australia used Mainsoft's Grasshopper, a free plug-in to the Visual Studio .NET IDE, and SQL Server 2000 to port...

Tags: Linux, Mainsoft

Blog posts 2005-10-12

Juan Marcet Establishes a High Availability Database and Achieves Maximum Productivity

Juan Marcet Cia Ltda. is a leading retailer and distributor of school products, office supplies, electronics, and computer accessories in Ecuador. The company wanted to unify systems in a single, flexible, and scalable technology and consolidate information for timely critical information analysis for improved decision-making. The challenge was to achieve...

Tags: Oracle Corp., High Availability, Juan Marcet, Productivity, Linux, Retail, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Open Source, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Case studies

Electric Utility Reduces IT Support Hours With New Management Tools

Orcas Power and Light Cooperative OPALCO provides electricity to San Juan County, Washington. The OPALCO IT department was frustrated with management tools that limited its ability to monitor systems and respond promptly to disruptions. To streamline IT tasks, OPALCO deployed Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007. Staff can now manage IT...

Tags: Monitor, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Monitors & Displays, Strategy, Hardware, Components, Management

Case studies