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Miracle Type - Learn to Touch Type in One Hour (exe)

Miracle Type is arguably the fastest Typing Tutor available today. It will get you typing without looking at the keys in just one hour. The unique learning method is fast, effective and simple. Miracle Type uses keywords to link your fingers to the keys on the keyboard. All you have...

Tags: Hour, Miracle Type, Learning Method, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-01-22

Flexible Learning Method Ensures 96 Per Cent First-Time Pass Rate

Greater demand for IT certification has increased the need for training. Many companies, however, are naturally reluctant to allow personnel to take time off from busy schedules to attend courses. For one of the leading IT training providers in the United Kingdom Xpertise, this meant finding a way to deliver...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Course, Learning Method, Quality, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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Photos: Army designates year's best inventions

Every year, the U.S. Army designates a set of top inventions. This year's list includes a GPS-guided artillery shell and a new method for saving severely injured soldiers. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-05

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?

The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG.  Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer.  AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer.  This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...

Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...

Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

I have to stop using Gmail :(

I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Encrypt File or Parent Folder (How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travel)

Encrypt File or Parent Folder How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travelencryptionso hard to used, how about a printable form, all pages...this might have been useful.RE: Encrypt File or Parent Folder How to encrypt data on your laptop for holiday travelOR you could just right-click on the...

Tags: Notebooks, SECURITY, Encrypt File, Parent Folder, holiday travel, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Airport SecurityI'm fairly sure if anyone was to see me naked... their eyeballs would no longer function anyway. I say go ahead, it's more a punishment for them than me. But I can certainly understand why many people would find...

Tags: airport security, body scanners!, scannerS!, Nate

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters

NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 FiltersThink About End UsersI've tried, a couple of times, to use NoScript in my normal surfing, and it became unbearable quickly. Too many sites were disfunctional. MLB.com is a good example.It's one thing to make an add-in for technical users that they can tweak on...

Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Channel management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, NoScript, IE8, MLB

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool

Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors coolCustomer use patterns...Translated, "We didn't plan for customers to actually turn their notebooks on."What a crock!I think this article......uses "impacted" far too many times. The correct word is "affected".RE: Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Notebooks, Processors, processor, NVidia Corp., chip, notebook, defective notebook chip, Offers driver, notebook chip

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Mental3 (exe)

Object is to make pairs of the same number, like two 24s or two 16s. A game is five puzzles. Their scores are added together as a game-score which is added to the score-table. The method is to Left-click on two numbers. The smaller number is then subtracted from the...

Tags: Pair, Julian Bury, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Mental4 (exe)

Mental4 is a game of adding and subtracting. Object: of the game is to match numbers as two pairs or a three of a kind. For example: two 10s and two 6s. Structure: A game is five puzzles. Their scores are added together as a game-score which is added to...

Tags: Score, Julian Bury, Mental4, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Multiple Facebook vulnerabilities reported on Full-Disclosure

Jouko Pynnonen posted a message to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today, citing multiple "script injection" vulnerabilities within Facebook.  I'm not sure if this is a surprise to anybody out there, it's certainly not to me, as numerous web applications have major problems with Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities, but I think this...

Tags: Facebook, Vulnerability, XSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sandbox, JS, Canvas Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-02

BlueAnt Z9i (black)

One of BlueAnt's most popular Bluetooth headsets last year was the BlueAnt Z9, which we rated highly as having excellent sound quality, and many of you agreed. But BlueAnt wasn't happy just resting on its laurels; indeed, it has come up with an upgrade to the Z9, and the headset...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, BlueAnt Z9i, BlueAnt Z9, BlueAnt, phone

Product reviews 2008-07-02

WordPress, Gears, and the converging browser/desktop

I had a good conversation today about the browser/desktop hybrid and where the converging is going to happen. Will it be more on the desktop side or will it be more on the browser side? I think we've seen the original browser-based development model win out as more and more...

Tags: Wordpress, Blogging, Web Browser, Desktops, Web Browsers, Hardware, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?waiting for 9 year oldsJust wanted to congratulate you seriously on pulling out of the LA times article on Whyville one of the unfortunately buried positive comments about the kind of learning that goes on in Whyville -- (buried because the editor...

Tags: Whyville

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...

Tags: Reunion.com LLC., Security, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-07-02