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'Star Trek' returns to TV with digital facelift

'Star Trek' returns to TV with digital faceliftLameThat was the cool thing about the old series. For our time now, everything looks a little cheezy and dated. But who freakin cares??? Its nostalgic.I sure wish......people would get away from the idea that if something can be done, it should be...

Tags: TV, Kirk, Star Trek, uniform, Star Wars

Discussion threads 2006-09-15

Shatner hopes new game will revive 'Trek'

Shatner hopes new game will revive 'Trek'The thought of someone else trying to be Kirk is abhorrentI grew up watching the original Star Trek series. I can't even imagine someone else trying to voice Kirk.Unfortunately when Shatner goes, Kirk will undoubtedly follow.Mind you, maybe it is time for the trek...

Tags: science fiction, Matt Damon, game, SG-1, Star Trek, Kirk, Majel, Shatner, TV

Discussion threads 2006-08-14

Christie's to hold 'Star Trek' garage sale

Christie's to hold 'Star Trek' garage saleI really liked the finest crew members:Star Trek: The Next GenerationCaptain Jean-Luc Picard is my #1 fan, second for Commander Will Riker, Data, Mr. Worf, Counselor Troi, Mr. Crusher, Geordi engineering, Dr. Crusher, Wresley not sure the spelling, and that seems to cover it...

Tags: Kirk, Captain Picard, Star Trek, Christie

Discussion threads 2006-05-19

Diatonically Speaking (exe)

This is a harmony and theory book for saxophone, clarinet, flute, trumpet and all treble clef instruments including guitar, vocals. Diatonically Speaking For Instrumentalists by Kirk Fitzgerald starts at an absolute beginner's level and covers the bases well.This is a harmony book for woodwind and brass players alike and written...

Tags: Theory, Instrument, Harmony, Kirk

Software downloads 2005-08-15

Additional Resources

William Shatner signs off on video autographs

Customers of Live Autographs get not just a signed photograph, book or napkin; they receive a customized video clip with a short personal message from the star. LOS ANGELES--William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor displaying a message he was supposed to read to...

Tags: Autograph, TV, Star Trek, William Shatner, Julien, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, video, personalized greetings, Live Autographs

News items 2008-08-15

Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase

Symantec has reported that the Neosploit toolkit has been updated to include attack vectors for the recent Microsoft Access ActiveX vulnerability.  Neosploit is a toolkit for sale on the market (price estimates fall between $1500-$3000) that seeks to automate and extend the capability of browser exploits. Symantec...

Tags: Web, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Access, Vulnerability, Trusted Site, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Site, Zone, Intranet, Attack, Neosploit, Internet, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web Browsers, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomed

Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomedSecond LifeShouldn't keep telling people to get a life . they have...a second one.Ban Republinazis from Congress.And while we're at it we can start hanging the traitors.Even him...Maybe somewhen he could suffer a seizure and become a terrorist/rapist or whatever word...

Tags: INTERNET, Second Life, predator

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomed

I'm kidding of course, but U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) apparently isn't. According to the Chicago Tribune, Kirk sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting a consumer-alert warning about its dangers....Kirk said he knew of no cases in which children were targeted by...

Tags: Second Life, Internet, Engineering, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Macs+and+iPhones%3A+impolitic+Apple+hardware+can+be+hard+to+hide

Macs+and+iPhones%3A+impolitic+Apple+hardware+can+be+hard+to+hideWhy would Microsoft care?[i]However, Microsoft appears to be okay with at least one of its employees running Vista on a MacBook in the office.[/i]We keep getting told by the DoJ and by Apple users that Apple is a hardware company and Microsoft is a software company so the two don't...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple MacBook, phone, Microsoft Xbox Live

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

New mapping tool can save lives

It is obvious that knowing the location and availability of resources such as hospitals, transportation equipment and water during an emergency situation can save lives. Researchers at Georgia Tech started in 2000 to develop a collaborative mapping tool named GTVC short for Geographic Tool for Visualization and Collaboration. Even if...

Tags: Asset, Software, Tool, GTVC Overview, Productivity, Transportation, Asset Management, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-17

With Office Live Workspace in play, Microsoft's Web-competitors (Google, WebEx, Zoho) speak

It was just a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft finally released the beta of Office Live Workspace OLW -- an offering that many see as as Microsoft's response to the pressure its flagship Office suite is getting from browser-based competitors such as Google with Google Apps, WebEx, and Zoho....

Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Google Inc., Web, WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-12-21

SPEC launches standardized energy efficiency benchmark

SPEC launches standardized energy efficiency benchmarkGreat Article, George.Validates what has been known for some time now. No need for any more made up metrics like ACP or other nonsense.Why are there no AMD fans posting? Could it be because Intel owns the power/perf crown?Yeah, I thought so.Why did SPEC agree...

Tags: Programming languages, server community, SPECpower, Java, Green500 List

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test build

Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test buildGreatWill SP3 slow XP to the molasses-like speed of Vista? Could get a few more to convert...:o)RE: Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test buildI just downloaded xp sp3, will follow up laterRE: Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), XP SP3, public XP SP3, Microsoft Start, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Office Live Workspace looks to narrow Google Apps gap

ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind gets a beta preview of Microsoft's Office Live Workspace from director Kirk Gregersen. The service includes both a browser-based text editor and a browser-based list editor but primarily targets users of Office who want to use a shared Web-based repository for collaborating on Microsoft Office...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Microsoft Office Live, Service, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office Live Workspace

Videos 2007-12-10

Office Live Workspace narrows Google App gap while playing to MS-Office's strengths

With Web 2.0 being the rage that it is, Web-based productivity software from the likes of Google, Zoho, and WebEx appears to be getting all the buzz while Microsoft which has so far eschewed the idea of a Web-based offering. But if Microsoft's Office Live Workspace, the beta program of...

Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Google Inc., Google Apps, Document, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Workspace, Windows Live ID, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Xearth (zip)

Xearth for Windows is a port of Kirk Johnson's original xearth program to Microsoft Windows. Xearth renders a shaded image of the earth on your desktop, as seen from your favorite vantage point in space. By default, the image is updated every five minutes according to the current position of...

Tags: Image, Xearth, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-09

Is the Linux engine room overheating?

The release of Linux Kernel 2.6.23, discussed by Paula Rooney a few weeks ago, somehow got me into a Star Trek reverie. All good Trekkies know by now that they're casting a new Star Trek movie. British comedian Simon Pegg Shaun of the Dead has been chosen...

Tags: Star Trek, Kernel, Linus Torvalds, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Photos: Voyagers--strange visitors to other planets

It was thirty years ago when the first Voyager spacecraft left Earth. The ships have returned closeup views of four planets--and aren't finished yet.Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, and Voyager 1 followed on Sept. 5, 1977, for what was originally a five-year mission to study Jupiter...

Tags: Earth, Moon, Data, Photograph, Voyager 1, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter', Io, Great Red Spot, It', nnTriton, Here', Cassini, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-08-28

'Fire phasers!' Military researching laser ray guns

The image of battle ray guns alternatively calls up Captain Kirk ordering "Phasers on stun" and the little Martian warning Bugs Bunny, "I will disintegrate you!"Military technology is not quite there yet but the military is hard at work on figuring out the defenses to laser weapons, Wired's...

Tags: Defense

Blog posts 2007-07-18

Intel's technically legitimate but shady benchmarks

Intel's technically legitimate but shady benchmarksHow do you know this as fact?[i]This was not selectively out of date like AMD comparing newer AMD Turion X2 processors from this year to last year’s Intel Core Duo processor.[/i]How do you know for a [b]fact[/b] that AMD did a selective out of date...

Tags: Processors, Verari Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-13