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Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008

The momentum behind mobile Linux is accelerating because several communities -- and commercial giants -- are finally backing it. Despite earlier efforts from pioneering companies like MontaVista, Lineo and Access, the open source operating system has always taken a back seat to proprietary mobile operating systems such as Nokia-backed...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Mobile, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, LIPS Specification, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-04

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Samsung HL67A750

Although CNET did not review the 67-inch Samsung HL67A750 we did review the 61-inch Samsung's HL61A750. Judging from their specification sheets, the two Panasonic rear-projection HDTVs are basically identical but for screen size, so we expect the review of the 61-inch model to give a good indication of how the...

Tags: Samsung HL67A750, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Free UPX (zip)

Free UPX is an advanced graphical interface for the UPX Ultimate Packer for eXecutables. It allows you to compress and decompress files produced according to Microsoft Portable Executable and COFF Specification (EXE, DLL, OCX, BPL, and CPL). Free UPX offers easy access to all documented and undocumented UPX parameters without...

Tags: Jacek Pazera, UPX, Broadband Over Power Line, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs

Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugsAnother attack path: Just what we need!Now that there are millions of instances of every type of microprocessor, ANY bug in one will be in millions of systems. Relying on bugs is---um---buggy, but just checking every system you can (as a criminal,...

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Vizio VP422

Vizio has taken aggressive pricing to a new level of low. The company's VP422, a 42-inch flat-panel plasma HDTV, can be had for the extremely low price of $799. While this set doesn't have the picture quality to qualify as the centerpiece of a home theater, it certainly could be...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, color temperature, Vizio, Vizio VP422

Product reviews 2008-07-15

Firefox 3.1 alpha 1 code freeze is next Monday

Firefox 3 has only recently shipped but the first public milestone for its successor is fast approaching.  The Mozilla team is expecting that the code freeeze for alpha 1 of Firefox 3.1, code named Shiretoko, will be next Monday and that alpha 1 be available for early adopter testing on July 25....

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Tagging, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-15

A sneak peek from E3 at Xbox 360's latest software upgrades

Microsoft previews their next System Update featuring avatars and more social interaction through games; Netflix is partnering with the Xbox 360 bringing access to their entire movie library; new party games titled 'You're in the Movies' and 'Lips' are previewed; and everyone gets giddy for Final Fantasy 13.

Tags: Movie, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Software Upgrade, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, News

Videos 2008-07-15

WordPlot (xml)

WordPlot is a free template add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 allowing to create plots of functions. It features: three plot specifications styles: a function yx, a parametric specification xt and yt, and a graph in polar coordinates, plots are native Word objects, you can change them using Word drawing tools,...

Tags: XML, Plot, Golden Coin Software, WordPlot, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-07-09

Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet

Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream.  He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...

Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ850U

Ever since we gave the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U an Editors' Choice award as our favorite plasma HDTV so far, we've been bombarded by variations of the same question: "Is the more expensive TH-50PZ850U better?" After finally getting the chance to review the 850U, our answer is "no." The TH-50PZ850U is the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TH-50PZ850U, Panasonic, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2008-07-01

Adobe makes Flash searchable, crawlable

It's not gadget news per se, but if you consider Adobe Flash a tool in your arsenal, this is big news. Posted on Slashdot today is news that Adobe has figured out a way to make Flash crawlable by search engines: Today Adobe systems made an...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Search Engine, Shockwave Flash, SWF Specification, Search, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-01

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier

It's a big day for rich Internet applications. Why? You can now find these newfangled Web applications a lot easier. Google, Yahoo and Adobe have teamed to make Flash file format content easier to find. Adobe said in a statement Tuesday that it has worked with Google...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Search Engine, Yahoo! Inc., Rich Internet Application, Flash, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-01

EAUpload (zip)

EAUpload is an ASP.NET file upload component that provides expansive functionality for ASP.NET applications to work with uploaded files to Web server by a browser. It conforms to the specification that is defined in RFC 1867 (Form-based File Upload). EAUpload doesn't require any client side control such as ActiveX or...

Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, File Upload, EasyAlgo Software, EAUpload, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-30

DB Compare 2008 (exe)

DBC ensuring your applications don't fail due to a missing database structure object DBC Database Compare is a fast, comprehensive database structure and data comparison tool.DBC can compares the schema of two Microsoft SQL Server databases and quickly locates the differences in tables, views, stored procedures or any other object...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, D-Softs, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-06-30

2009 Nissan GT-R

Photo gallery:2009 Nissan GT-R It must be Christmas, because a 2009 Nissan GT-R showed up in our garage. Just like how we spent 1973 transfixed by commercials for the Vertibird Rescue Ship toy, we slathered over every specification sheet and photo of the new GT-R since the concept was shown...

Tags: Games, Digital media, Digital music, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Corvette Z06, Nissan GT-R

Product reviews 2008-06-27

Thoughts on Bill Gates

Thoughts on Bill GatesGood lawyeringOne thing that is often forgotten is the fact that, when Gates purchased and licensed dos to IBM, the contract was the "killer app".It required IBM to pay for DOS on every machine whether they used it or not, while allowing MS to license DOS...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Why I still prefer Internet Explorer

I wrote a blog post last week where I discussed some of the good lessons from the success of Firefox. I truly believe Firefox is a great browser, and I am glad that competition has forced Microsoft to pull its IE developers out of suspended animation to update its ability...

Tags: Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, DIV, CSS, Web Browsers, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem,” the letter stated. “Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Tim Berners-Lee talks cranberry sauce and Linked Data in New York City

Sir Tim Berners-Lee took to the stage in New York City last night, to deliver the final keynote of the day at JupiterMedia's new semantic web event, Linked Data Planet. The ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel was certainly busier than earlier in the day, as a smattering...

Tags: Tim Berners-Lee, Brand, URI, Data, Tim, RDF, Semantic Web, Branding, XML, Printers, Internet, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Smart General Ledger (exe)

Smart General Ledger SGL is an easy to use software implementation of an Accounting General Ledger. A General Ledger records all transactions that occur within your company. SGL employs classic double-entry bookkeeping. But as a user of SGL, you do not need to know anything about double-entry bookkeeping. SGL creates...

Tags: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Microguru, Smart General Ledger, General Ledger, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Software downloads 2008-06-13