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Woofy (exe)

Woofy is a free Web comic downloader, designed for simplicity and ease of use. Its purpose is to help you download and keep an archive of your favorite online comics, while not getting in your way too much. It can download a fixed number of comics, or all the comics...

Tags: Comic, Vlad Iliescu, Woofy, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-01-16

Pennypacker (xpi)

Pennypacker adds functionality to tag, favorite and comment on your favorite Penny Arcade strips. The support Web site tracks the top strips, creates tag clouds, and contains a date-organized archive of all Penny Arcade comics. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Comic, Anson Parker, Pennypacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-09-20

Additional Resources

Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?

Microsoft has been dangling the possibility of a smaller, more consumer-centric version of its Surface multi-touch tabletop computer for the past few months. Now that form factor has a codename: Oahu. Long Zheng of istartedsomething.com has more details on Oahu, which he has gleaned from a Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Survey, Oahu, Marketing Research, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-14

OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?

Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice and Symphony based on the new OO 3 release and have a...

Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, IBM Corp., Symphony 1.2, Conversion Tool, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Why MySpace's MyAds won't be the next Google AdWords

When it comes to online advertising everybody wants to be the next Google, and News Corp-owned MySpace is no exception. Today the company rolled out its latest advertising platform called MyAds, designed to service "individuals and small businesses" rather than the big name brands that the social networking site's existing...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google AdWords, MySpace, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Seesmic fires a third of staff as recession bites

Loic LeMeur, CEO of Seesmic has announced the company is reducing its headcount by seven people. That may not sound like a huge number but as LeMeur says in the video announcement: ...the longevity of the company is obviously of significant importance - and thus we must reduce costs...

Tags: Recession, Video, Seesmic, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-10

An interview with Scott Brinker

It's clearly a week for publishing podcasts. As well as David Provost, whom I mentioned yesterday, I've also just released a podcast with ion interactive's Scott Brinker. Scott has been blogging for a while about the impact that semantic technologies might have upon his area of interest,...

Tags: Scott Brinker, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM

Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIMProof that investors should all be drownedThey do nothing but hold mankind back in their own self serving way.Competition is a basic factor for any free market, yet investors want it both ways.They should offer $11 a shareby Monday, it'll look like a...

Tags: M$FT, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee

News items 2008-10-10

Virtualization 2.0 panel recording from NGDC is available

Back in August, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled "Virtualization 2.0".The panel included Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O'Connor, CEO of Trigence, Jonah Paransky, Marketing VP of StackSafe and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of...

Tags: Panel, StackSafe, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organized

Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organized"... your only hope."?Quoting:These groups are actively signing-up companies and insurers and soon, if you need an operation, they may be your only hope.[End quote]Not disagreeing, but wondering what you believe is soon to happen.RE: Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organizedHi Dana -...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Health Travel Guides, health care, tourism

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?

Just when the Windows marketing team thought things probably couldn't get much worse, there's word that Apple may be gearing up to launch a new Macbook with a low-end $800 price point. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Tempest or Nuclear Winter

A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today's newsletter was quoted as telling firms "to slow down their burn rate, and...

Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

BPM Done Right: 15 Ways To Succeed Where Others Have Failed

Business Process Management BPM promises are real, but the path to success is littered with pitfalls and shortcuts to failure. Adopting best practices gained from our wealth of experience can help you avoid them. In this informative whitepaper Mike Lees, Senior Director, BPM Product Marketing, Software AG, outlines how to...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Software AG, Business Process Management Promise, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software

White papers 2008-10-09

HyperShot (exe)

Bunkspeed's HyperShot delivers interactive 3D rendering. Its real time, for everyone, from anywhere - even your laptop. See instant global illumination and physics-based materials on models come alive, right before your eyes, with stunning photographic results. Science based and patent-pending, HyperShot equips you to simply load your models and environments,...

Tags: Bunkspeed, Designs, Engineering, Marketing Research, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Digital Web Business News: Weekly Report - Oct. 8, 2008

There are an incredible amount of startups and established companies who are releasing tools and practices for digital Web strategies for businesses on a weekly basis. Since I cannot cover them all I have set out to prepare a weekly snapshot of digital Web news that impacts businesses of all...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, News, Brainshark, LotusJump, Search, Marketing Research, Ruby On Rails, Open Source, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Windows Strata = Microsoft's layered cloud OS

Windows Strata = Microsoft's layered cloud OSThe cloud providers fully support the platform the provide. On the otherhand, try to get help from MS for problems with your application hosted on Rackspace. It will be a LONG wait.And, end users have to pick their poison. No matter which platform they...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows Strata, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shots

Check out the promotional photos that Vodafone posted of the new Blackberry 9530 - a.k.a Storm. Someone in the art department (accidentally?) mocked it up with iPhone screen shots and posted it in official RIM marketing material – most likely because the actual screens were still under...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vodafone Group Plc., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?

Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...

Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Business Coaching (exe)

Business Coaching is an article explaining more about business coaching, what it is and how it works. Also learn how you can benefit from business coaching, what it can help you with, including marketing, management and leadership. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Business, Wendy Hearn Coaching, Leadership, Benefits, Marketing Research, Management, Human Resources, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-08