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FileCleaner (zip): FileCleaner cleans up common problems in electronic manuscripts, including multiple spaces, multiple returns, unnecessary tabs, improperly typed ellipses, ells used as ones, and so on. It turns double hyphens into em dashes, and hyphens between numerals into en dashes. It can also remove directly applied font formatting (such as Times...; Tags: Manuscript, FileCleaner; Software downloads 2008-02-27
Using a robotic arm to scan the Iliad: According to Wired News, computer scientists from the University of Kentucky UKY recently went to Venice, Italy, to scan 'Venetus A,' the 10th century manuscript of Homer's Iliad. They've used a 39-mexapixel Hasselblad camera to take pictures of the famous manuscript and a laser mounted on a robotic arm to...; Tags: Robotics, Engineering &, Innovation, Computers &, Internet; Blog posts 2007-06-11
Graph Paper Printer (zip): Graph Paper Printer is an application designed to print numerous kinds of graph papers, music manuscripts and pattern papers, with user-defined sizes and colors. The options are available through dropdown pick-lists.; Tags: Manuscript, Graph Paper Printer, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2007-02-05
The Book of Kells Screen Saver (zip): The Book of Kells is an illuminated or decorated manuscript of the four Gospels. It was created by Columban monks around 800 AD. Its calligraphy and artwork have earned it a reputation as the most beautiful book in the world. For this screen saver, Pixel Paradox has digitally enhanced and...; Tags: Manuscript; Software downloads 2006-05-09
Still Casting Shadows (ZIP): "Still Casting Shadows: Two American Families 1620-2006" is an application that allows the reading of an in-progress manuscript dealing with U.S. history/family history with a Native-American emphasis.; Tags: Shadow, Manuscript; Software downloads 2005-07-26

New Publishing System to Save $2.6 Million Annually and Improve On-Time Delivery: Each year Wolters Kluwer Health WK Health publishes more than 33,000 articles in approximately 200 medical journals, newsletters, and other professional publications. During the past few years, as online publishing became more popular, Wolters Kluwer found that its manual systems for moving and tracking content from manuscript through revisions and...; Tags: Manuscript, EMC Corp., Content Management, Web Technology, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware; Case studies

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LaParola (exe): There are already many free Bible study programs available. LaParola has a few characteristics that few or no others have, that may make it worth trying. Not only is it free, but it is open source and the file format is open see the help file, making it easier for...; Tags: Bible, LaParola, Linux, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-06-04
MegaReplacer (zip): MegaReplacer finds and replaces multiple text strings (characters, words, or phrases), text formatting such as bold and italic, or styles in the active document, all open documents, or all documents in a folder automatically or with your manual approval. The perfect tool for achieving complete consistency in a manuscript. No...; Tags: Document, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-03-06
Google Palimpset: Massive storage project could enable Government 2.0: David Stephenson -- a leading voice for "transparent government" -- is all fired up over Google's recent Palimpsest announcement, which he calls "the critical link in Government 2.0. Wired reported in January that the project plans to make terabytes of data storage available to scientists, all of...; Tags: Google Inc., Data, Scientist, Government, Storage, Hardware, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-02-03
Liquid Story Binder XE (exe): Liquid Story Binder XE Features: Multi-Window Display, Spell Checking, Thesaurus, Reference Notes, Timelines, Story Boards, Plot Outlines, Dossiers, Audio Recorder, Image Gallery, Reader, Manuscript Formatting, Time and Word Count Tracking, Chapter and Book Backups, Paragraph and Punctuation Cleaning, Toolbars, Templates, Portable Drive Install, Universal Search, Repetition Visualizer, External Editing, Project...; Tags: Corporate Governance, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, E-mail Servers, Backups, Groupware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software; Software downloads 2007-11-29
(Photos: Dinosaur sightings: Lotus Symphony 3): (Photos: Dinosaur sightings: Lotus Symphony 3)By Crapware You Meant Windows Vista Right?Thought so.RE: (Photos: Dinosaur sightings: Lotus Symphony 3)Back when it was created, Lotus Symphony was a great and powerful product for those who managed to master it. It was just too complex for most business users who felt more...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., Lotus Symphony, Dinosaur Sightings, Lotus Symphony 3, photograph; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Visual Typewriter (exe): Write stories, screenplays, poems or mail using a virtual typewriter. Create authentic looking documents from a selection of stationery and enjoy the romantic writing experience of days long gone. Using Visual Typewriter is not only fun, it is inspiring. Publish your manuscript as an e-book in pdf or html format,...; Tags: Typewriter; Software downloads 2007-11-13
Coming Soon: Microsoft 2.0 the book: After years of insisting I had no interest in writing a book, I've finally taken the plunge. I am writing a book about -- you guessed it -- Microsoft. It will be published in the Spring of 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. The title: Microsoft 2.0:...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Business Structures, Blogging, Construction, Internet, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-09-26
Back to school? Make sure you get Office 2007: Back to school? Make sure you get Office 2007Office 2007 for others (Mac, etc.)The agreement with Apple was that Microsoft would continue to develop alongside the development for Windows versions, not to maintain parity, but in alternating years of release.Thus, the Mac version is ahead of the Windows version...; Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Corp., equation editor, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007; Discussion threads 2007-07-29
Science and Nature both reject MS Office 2007 file format: While I am a big fan of Office 2007 and it has been received very well by our students, it is not being received so well by others because of inherent incompatibilities. Given the new XML-based file formats used in the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Office suite, even our students...; Tags: Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-06-03
Writers Project Organizer (exe): Organize your writing projects, from manuscripts, to characters to overdue submissions ideal for novels, works of nonfiction, short stories, and screenplays, from first draft to polished product. Organizer is all your writing needs. Writers Project Organizer is manuscript-orientated software for writers. Writers Project Organizer will help you organize your writing...; Tags: Project, Organizer, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2007-04-13
Archives intern sells Civil War docs on eBay: Archives intern sells Civil War docs on eBayWhere have our morals gone?What happened to the importance of our nations history to our future generations? Is it not being taught in school? Or , is it just that no one cares anymore? So much importance is placed on the almighty dollar...; Tags: eBay Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-19
Affinity propagation for faster computing: Canadian computer scientists have developed a new algorithm named affinity propagation which can considerably speed up IT systems. One of the researchers said that affinity propagation works by considering all possible interpretations of the data at once. This new algorithm is based on pairing up pieces of data instead of...; Tags: Computers &, Internet; Blog posts 2007-03-05
David Garejeli - Screensavers (exe): 3 audio-screensavers with Georgian church chants and background images of 19 pages from 20th century manuscript book. Calligraphers - Otar Megrelidze and Levan Chaganava. St. father David came to Georgia together with twelve other monks from Syria at the end or beginning of the 6th c. These 13 Syrian Fathers...; Tags: Syria, Screensaver, Georgia; Software downloads 2007-01-30
Abdulmesiani - Screensavers (exe): 4 audio-screensavers with Georgian folk songs dedicated to queen Tamar, with background images of 108 pages from 20th century manuscript book. Singing verses to queen Tamar and her husband, David Soslan is written in 13th century by Ioane Shavteli. With love to St. Queen Tamar, Georgian poets, writers and simple...; Tags: Screensaver, Verse; Software downloads 2007-01-30