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ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps

ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight appsMissed two but maybe they aren't popularIf you are including Gimp, then how about Google Apps Picasa. This is an excellent free photo organizing program. Google has even put out a Linux beta of this handy program.http://picasa.google.comGoogle Sketchup - a highly...

Tags: Linux, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Paint.net, Notepad++, lightweight app, Top 25, ZDNet-reader, Zotero, TextPad

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?

Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?A few Light AppsVLCFoxit ReaderFilezillaIceChatQuicktime AlternativeIZArc...everything else is rather heavy.Joeycan't live without ....starup.cpl .......!!!!!http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtmlRE: Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?THE best free lightweight app of all-time has got to be Irfanview:http://www.irfanview.comThe swiss army knife of images.RE: Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?Definitely as...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, lightweight app, Reader Poll

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Additional Resources

AbiWord Portable 2.8.1 (Windows)

AbiWord Portable is the lightweight AbiWord word processor packaged as a portable app, so you can edit your documents on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.AbiWord...

Tags: Word-processing, Microsoft Windows, Mail Merge, Plug-in, PortableApps.com, AbiWord Portable, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Web Help Desk Pro 9.2.2.1 (Mac)

This help desk software Pro edition of Web Help Desk for Mac OS X Server offers an industry leading web-based help desk software that empowers IT help desk technicians with iPhone web-app access, email-to-ticket conversion, trouble ticket email notifications, self-service knowledge base, track billable time & materials, LDAP & AD...

Tags: Asset, Web, Apple Macintosh, MacsDesign Studio, Web Help Desk, Help Desk, Call Centers, Asset Management, It Operations, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-10-19

LG Bliss - white (US Cellular)

LG is one of the top makers of touch-screen feature phones, and though many of them go to big national carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless like the LG enV Touch and the LG Xenon for example, quite a number of them make it to regional carrier U.S. Cellular...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, U.S. Cellular, LG Electronics Inc., home screen, LG Bliss, phone, Bliss

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Next-gen operating systems: Facebook on steroids?

Chrome OS is a key building blockThis is why I think the concept of Chrome OS is so powerful.Sure you will be able to use your web apps offline, like desktop apps (thanks to HTML5/Gears), but the core functionality of the apps will live in the cloud. And because the...

Tags: Operating systems, Chrome OS, Facebook, Next-gen operating system, operating system, Next-Gen

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Should "Patch Tuesday" updates include a free virus scan?

No, because if Microsoft was to offer such a service the other antivirus companies will cry about it and more antitrust issues will come up. I really don't think Microsoft would be able to do it from a legal stand point. There may also be an issue of conflicting...

Tags: Scanners, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, A/V software, Microsoft Corp., MSRT, virus

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop

It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

Lenovo ThinkPad T400s (MultiTouch)

Lenovo's ThinkPad brand is virtually synonymous with business laptops, and the company like IBM before it has spent years perfecting the nondescript black-box system, with its iconic TrackPoint and double set of mouse buttons. We liked the 14-inch T400s ("s" for "slim") when we first saw it earlier this year...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, T400s, Lenovo Group Ltd., touch screen, Lenovo ThinkPad

Product reviews 2009-09-15

HP plays the print app game; Will you buy into 'Printing 2.0'?

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday unveiled a "print app" marketplace where consumers can print specialized content sans a PC. HP also announced a bevy of partnerships with AOL, Flickr, Disney and others and an App Studio portal. A print app is lightweight software designed to work with HP's high-end...

Tags: Game, Hewlett-Packard Co., Printing, Print App, Document Management, Printers, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-08

ScreenCapture 1.0b3 (Mac)

ScreenCapture is a great lightweight app for creating movies directly from the screen. ScreenCap offers 4 codecs for saving the movies. You can make instructional videos, presentations for business or use it just for fun. ScreenCap makes creating desktop videos a snap.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Movies, ScreenCapture, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Snow Leopard geared for multicore future

You do realize that...You do realize that GCD is just a combination of 2 technologies that already existed previously on other platforms, right?a) Apple finally added "closures", aka "anonymous methods" or "lambda expressions" to Objective-C. Other languages have had this for many many years, and it is what you need...

Tags: Apple Inc., multi-core

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Touch Home Screen (Mobile)

is a lightweight and easy to use apps / web pages / docs launcher and favorites dialer for Windows Mobile devices with Touch screen.Touch Home Screen main features:Add to your Today Screen favorite apps, contacts call or send SMS, web pages, documentsFinger-friendly: you can use fingers to run app, dial...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Plug-in, Osymo Software, Mobile Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-31

Sumatra PDF Portable 0.9.4 (Windows)

Sumatra PDF Portable is the lightweight Sumatra PDF packaged as a portable app, so you can view PDF files on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Tags: PortableApps.com, Sumatra PDF Portable, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-28

The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without content

The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without contentEVDO Internet connectivity??EV-DO really?With that only it's a pretty restricted market...there are not many countries were it will work...Better GSM+EDGE+HSPA&HSPA+ /WCDMA (2G -> 2.5G -> 3G -> 3.5G etc. support).CDMA has no longer term future on this planet... RE: The Apple...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Cellular phones, Apple Tablet, tablet, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assault

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assaultSure they do...They'll go cry to the EC that Intel is being mean to them again, giving the EC another opportunity to extort billions more from Intel.AMD should make the next step from ATOMATOM had it's heyday, now the chip seems more like...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Semiconductors, Processors, price/performance, GEODE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

LG LX-290 - black (Sprint)

Despite the many advanced feature phones out there, there's definitely still a market for simpler phones without too many bells and whistles. Take the LG LX290 from Sprint, for example, which doesn't even have 3G or a music player. It does, however, offer GPS with turn-by-turn direction, plenty of e-mail...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Instant messaging, navigation key, slider mechanism, LG LX290, LG Electronics Inc., phone, Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2009-07-20

News to know: Yahoo, Windows 7, Palm, AMD, Blackberry Tour, Netbook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-26