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MATruss 1.3 (Windows)

MATruss performs static strength analysis of a structure made up by truss elements. An easy to use preprocessor make the input of model data a fast and carefree process. A thoroughly tested and reliable solver analyses the truss model in detail and produces the data needed for design. The calculated...

Tags: MA Software, MATruss, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-12

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Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

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

Apple plugs 15 Java for Mac security holes

Flash, Java, libxml vulnerabilities highligh Apples systemic problemOnce again information about vulnerabilities have been readily available for anyone who wishes to exploit them.An attacker only needs to look up popular 3rd party products in Apples stack and compare versions against the latest from the vendor. Any version discrepancy reveals potential...

Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, Patches, Windows variant, Java, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., vulnerability, vulnerability information

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

The price factor

Prices and profitsCompetition is supposed to erode ALL excessive profits, so that is what is happening. PCs (incl. Apple) have largely become commodity products, which makes it almost impossible to compete on anything BUT price.And why so obsessed about quality? We throw away millions of WORKING PCs every year because...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, price factor, Toshiba Corp., notebook, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

TealMealDB: Boston, MA Restaurant Guide (Mobile)

A database of restaurants in Boston, MA, USA.; Submitted by Coco Delgado. View this restaurant database with TealMeal, the PalmOS personal restaurant database and chooser by TealPoint Software, available for free trial download elsewhere on this site.

Tags: Mobile, Boston, TealPoint Software, Palm OS, Storage, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do those upgrades really cost?

Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do those upgrades really cost?False ArticleI'd bet most Mac owners are running 10.5, even those that bought older Mac's. So the Majority of Mac users are able to upgrade for $29.Shoddy "journalism" all around.RE: Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do...

Tags: Operating systems, family pack, Microsoft Windows 7, Snow Leopard, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others

Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for othersPrices went back to normalIt looks to me that apple just reset their prices to what they were a little over a year ago... aka, still too pricy... they may be a hundred dollars cheaper here or there, but the 17"...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, OS X., PC, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Virtual desktop services gain TCO boost with HP clients, Desktone cloud-based 'DaaS' advances

HP and Desktone have made strong market moves into the fast-growing desktops as a service Daas space, also know as desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure VDI. These new products and services show an aggressive ramp-up and sophistication to deliver a fast-track to DaaS. HP and Desktone,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtual Desktop, TCO, Desktone, DaaS, Virtual-D Service Center, Fisher, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Maintenance Assistant Free CMMS 2.1.7 (Windows)

Maintenance Assistant Free CMMS is full-featured, network enabled Industrial Strength Computerized Maintenance Management System that runs on any OS platform. There are no fees, and no purchase expectations, it is always updated and entirely free. MA CMMS gives full control over your inventory and business assets through preventative, corrective and...

Tags: Network, Maintenance Assistant, Maintenance Assistant Free CMMS, Firewalls, Asset Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-24

IBM's Mills: 'Find me a company not interested in SOA principles'

IBM's Mills: 'Find me a company not interested in SOA principles'SOA is DOAYes, check back a few years and you will see that it WAS me that coined that phrase. I should have said that SOA is RPC.[I challenge anybody in the room to bring forward a company anywhere in...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, IBM Corp., SOA, information technology, application asset

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Open source brings the litigators against Apple

Open source brings the litigators against AppleYou need another "re-think".Nothing but smoke and mirrors.RE: Open source brings the litigators against AppleI'ma card carrying koolaid sipping Apple Zealot, and have been since 1991. In my eyes, Apple can do no wrong . . . . unless they actually do something wrong,...

Tags: Apple Inc., open source, litigator

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Top 5 futuristic music interfaces and instruments

You may recently have heard about the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra, or MoPhO, a six person orchestra that uses iPhones to play improvisational pieces and chamber music. The group's Ocarina app has been downloaded 600,000 times, which means that many people now have a 12,000-year-old clay wind instrument at their...

Tags: Performance, Instrument, Video, Music, Kurt Biederwolf, Corporate Communications, Performance Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-08

IE8 released at Mix; will it cripple the web-user experience?

IE8 released at Mix; will it cripple the web-user experience?Let me see if I understand the following correctly:[i]For those who want to avoid the impending web browsing experience massacre, you can always switch to another browser.[/i]In order to avoid the "massacre" of IE 8's standards compliance your recommendation is to...

Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Web site development, Quality, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Getting right by open source

Getting right by open sourceWould Ubuntu continue without Mr. Shuttleworth?Yes, it would continue, but without the support that a hobbyist billionaire can provide.He does have limits to his support. A recent article in the Times observed that Vista required the work of 10,000 people, many of whom raise families...

Tags: Strategy, Ubuntu, Shuttleworth, open source

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

CenterStone Software Case Study: Facilities Management On-Demand Provider Turns to Inforonics for Technical Support Help

CenterStone has experienced significant growth in the number of corporate clients with global operations using its on-demand solutions. In response, CenterStone found a need to expand its technical support resources to accommodate the around-the-clock support requirements of its clients, especially those in the Pacific Rim region. The company relied on...

Tags: CenterStone Software Inc., On-demand, Inforonics, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing

Case studies 2009-01-01

Look 'Ma! A Drive-In Theatre for Ants!

Here's some neat Star Trekky-tech that you'll be able to get your hands on shortly -- Texas Instruments' DLP Pico Projector Development Kit. The kit includes a Zippo lighter-sized 7.5 lumen projector unit, combined with a BeagleBoard embedded Linux developer platform. Have a look at this cool video demo put...

Tags: Texas Instruments Inc., BeagleBoard Embedded Linux, TI DLP Pico Projector Developer Kit, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-30

iGeneration 2008 in review

I started on this blog, a nervous and precarious young man, and remain somewhat a young man. To be honest, I'm surprised I've been here this long, let alone seconded onto another blog. Still, it's been an interesting year and I'll run through some of them in a minute. So...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Post, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-18

Firefox tops list of 12 most vulnerable apps

Firefox tops list of 12 most vulnerable appsVery odd...it sure looks suspicious to me.Curious Bill and the Monkeys...Curious, but a week after Microsoft puts out a "It's not our OS but the programs that it runs", this report comes out. Even more curious is that it lists none of...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationApple is much more evil than MS...they've just been so much less successful that no one has noticed just how evil Apple is. People are beginning to notice. :)RE: Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationI used to use Anapod Explorer for my old...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Computers Today, Apple Inc., Apple Confuses Speech, DMCA Violation, DMCA

Discussion threads 2008-12-02