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ImgBurn (exe)

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray burning application that has several modes, each for performing a different task: Read - read a disc to an image file; Build - creates an image file from files on your computer or network you also can write the files directly to a disc; Write...

Tags: Disc, File, LIGHTNING UK, ImgBurn

Software downloads 2008-05-28

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CIOs vote on Vista for '09

Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...

Tags: CIO, CIO jury, IT management, Windows Vista, implementation, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com

News items 2008-12-02

Sage to step into the on-demand ring

News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...

Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)

With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...

Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study

The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...

Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-12-02

Would you lie to get your project funded?

83% of cost/benefit analysis supporting IT proposals is a fiction I was reviewing an academic manuscript, Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments (published in (MIS Quarterly Executive, March 2007) by Professors Joe Peppard, John Ward and Elizabeth Daniel, when a footnote really caught my...

Tags: Information Technology, Benefit, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Survey: CIOs 'out of the loop'

CIOs are often seen as "glorified IT directors", looking after the day-to-day running of IT systems, instead of being used to align IT with business aims. Chief information officers are "out of the loop", according to a survey carried out by London-based Deloitte and the Cranfield School of Management....

Tags: CIO, Role, Strategy, Management, IT mangement, survey, IT systems, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-12-01

Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?

Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...

Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK

News items 2008-12-01

News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Fastest-growing business and finance sites in the UK in September 2008

Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total U.K. Internet Audience 35,608 35,980 1% Business/Finance - news/research 8,011 8,843 10% Guardian Business 155 374 141% Sky Money 52 116 122% CNN Money 68 138 103% Bloomberg.com 126 201 60% ...

Tags: Financial Accounting, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Mumbai Attacks : Knowledge is Power

There is a huge difference between verified information, speculation, incorrect information and disinformation. The net is buzzing about the communication enabled by Twitter, Flickr, youtube, wikipedia and bloggers from Mumbai, with CNN stating "It was the day social media appeared to come of...

Tags: Event, Knowledge, Twitter, Attack, Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Apple Store Australia/UK shows lackluster discounts - UPDATED

If you're holding your breath, waiting for the Apple Store Black Friday discounts to appear, then I have some bad news for you - Apple Store Australia discounts are online, and I'm sorry to say that they are very lackluster. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Discount, Apple Inc., Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-11-27

Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?

I'm not a big TV watcher to be honest. In the UK, we have the "licence fee" which you need to pay the government before you even connect the telly to the wall. If you don't, you can bet your arse you'll have armed police storming the windows to your...

Tags: On-demand, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-26

I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper  It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...

Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Apple forced to drop deceptive television ad in UK

Remember the kerfuffle over Apple's "3G" television ad for the iPhone? In it the company demonstrates the speed of the iPhone on AT&T's 3G network. As it turns out the ad was edited to exaggerate the speed of the iPhone 3G and the speed shown is impossible to replicate in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Advertisement, Apple Inc., TV, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-26

SAP slapped with 'sell' rating; Pushback from customer base cited

Societe Generale analyst Richard Nguyen hit SAP with a sell rating on Wednesday citing increased odds of a fourth quarter profit warning and signs that customers are pushing back on the software company's attempt to upsell them following a maintenance price increase. Nguyen's report--he downgraded SAP shares...

Tags: SAP AG, Nguyen, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident

Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-24

The ultimate student handheld: something for Christmas?

I've taken many months looking for the ultimate student device; something fairly cheap and not too expensive especially in this current credit climate, something that'll last for a while, something which which can be multi-purpose; none of this "buy a camera, a phone and a sat-nav" when you can have...

Tags: Phone, Handheld, Video Call, Video, Camera, E61, E71, Multimedia Having Fun, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Top blog platforms in UK in August 2008

Property Audience, 000 Pages per Visitor Visits per Visitor Total UK Internet Audience 35,608 2,580 53.3 Blogs 14,456 13 3.7 Blogger 9,019 6 2.6 WordPress 4,807 4 1.8 Six Apart Sites 2,651 7 1.9 HUBPAGES.COM 576 2 1.2...

Tags: Blog, Visitor, Blogging, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis

DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...

Tags: Cargo, Financial, Raw Material, Vessel, Globalization, Great Unwind, Reports, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-22