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Aveyond: Gates of Night 1.0 (Windows)

Before his untimely death two hundred years ago, the evil sorcerer, Mordred Darkthrop, created two opposing magical orbs - the Orb of Darkness, and the Orb of Light. Unwittingly stolen by Mel, a young thief, and placed into the hands of Gyendal, a vampire who calls himself the Lord of...

Tags: Amaranth Games, Mel, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Schwarzenegger, Blair to terminate global warming?

Schwarzenegger, Blair to terminate global warming?Good out of box thinkingWhile I despise Schwarzenegger as a Bush lackey, I'm glad to see he places the issue of global warming in front of that. Good for him.I hope other states follow the lead and look for other world leaders to help solve...

Tags: Mel, global warming, Schwarzenegger, environmentalist movement

Discussion threads 2006-08-01

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Aveyond: Lord of Twilight 1.0 (Windows)

In fulfillment of prophecy, the evil sorcerer, Mordred Darkthrop, initiated a series of actions that would eventually see him rule the world. Darkthrop's reign of tyranny and his lineage ended abruptly, when he and his only son died moments before his goal was realized. The prophecy, however, lingered on. Two...

Tags: Fulfillment, Amaranth Games, Darkthrop, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Net Neutrality: Hit satire coming to a theatre near you

The world is a simple place, until someone wants to tell you what to do.  The realization that not everyone believes in common ground that surrounds each of us seems to be a new discovery to some. The sanctity of individual requirements is wrapping around our lives with a plethora of effects that...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Actor, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Coin-sized nuclear batteries to revolutionise electronics

.. Nice post for a change. Good job. ntntA beautiful dream...and then reality hitspeople have been so indoctrinated that nuclear material is the most toxic substance on the planet and even saying the word will give you cancer, that this has about as much chance as a snowball in hell...

Tags: Engineering, nuclear-battery, Coin-sized nuclear-battery, alpha, cell, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying Guide

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying GuideAmerican Values?In which modern democracy, Israel included, would you find an ad-campaign like this inoffensive to women?You're way off-base there...1) You [i]do[/i] understand the difference between human beings and animals, don't you?2) It was an [i]Internet[/i] ad, launched on Facebook, and in...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Bacardi Ltd., Rum

Discussion threads 2009-06-21

Sirius XM neuters its iPhone app: Howard Stern, MLB, NFL out

Sirius XM neuters its iPhone app: Howard Stern, MLB, NFL outCheck out O&A on 202.Hey, Check out Opie and Anthony on the Virus Channel. I listened to Stern forever but when I got my XM I caught them and I found them to be a lot better. They seemed more...

Tags: Howard Stern, Sirius, XM Satellite Radio Inc., iPhone-App, MLB, NFL

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learned

Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learnedOne thing we have also learnedis that liberals are just as naive and ignorant as they have always been.Anyone who thought this election meant anything at all was a naive fool. Anyone who thinks this will end in any other way than...

Tags: Government, Dictatorships, social Web

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Microsoft Word 2010 (Office 2010 (technical preview) screenshots)

Microsoft Word 2010 (Office 2010 technical preview screenshots)i want to Microsoft Office 2009 and Downlouti want to Microsoft Office 2009 and DownloutRE: Microsoft Word 2010 (Office 2010 technical preview screenshots)writingRE: Microsoft Word 2010 (Office 2010 technical preview screenshots)goodRE: Microsoft Word 2010 (Office 2010 technical preview screenshots)I think you should have...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, Office 2010, Microsoft Word 2010, technical preview, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-17

No Device Will Save The New York Times. Only The Times Can.

No Device Will Save The New York Times. Only The Times Can.Fancy garbage is still garbage.[B]What really sets the Times apart is its ability to dig in deeply to events and issues that really matter ? and not necessarily in New York. International reporting, national reporting, business and politics.[/B]They stopped...

Tags: news outlet, NYT, New York Times Co.

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

IT security still has 'perilous gaps of risk': RSA

IT security still has 'perilous gaps of risk': RSAIT Security Firms do have to cooperateBut until they are working for 'non-profit' I don't really see them doing that. It's all about the money, and keeping their best virus and other bad thing detection schemes to themselves is simply business as...

Tags: Strategy, SECURITY, PCSRF, information technology, IT security, ITGI, RSA Security Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

Do IT pros demand Apple's new Xserve?

I posted this morning that Apple has debuted its new Xserve with Intel Nehalem processors, but I didn't give the full rundown of the product. So here's the who, what, why and how. Apple today announced an updated Xserve that it says "delivers...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Information Technology, Apple Inc., PC Magazine, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Sirius XM: We're developing an iPhone app for second quarter launch

Sirius XM said Thursday that it is developing an application so its satellite radio service will be streamed to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The company said it expects to launch the application in the second quarter.  Sirius XM executives--CFO David Frear, CEO Mel Karmazin and operations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, iPhone Application, Sales Strategy, Satellite Radio, Sales Force Management, Network Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Bang the TomTom slowly

Sometimes a suit is just a suit. (What was Frank Langella actually doing when Nixon was President? Stay tuned.) Eben Moglen and the Software Freedom Law Center are thinking about getting involved in the patent suit Microsoft filed against TomTom, writes our Elinor Mills. ...

Tags: Patent, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Jim Zemlin, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Sirius XM agrees to $530 million Liberty Media stake

With the threat of bankruptcy looming large last week, troubled Sirius XM Radio announced today that it will accept a $530 million investment from cable giant Liberty Media. The $530 million investment, which will save the satellite radio company from bankruptcy or a hostile takeover, will...

Tags: XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, Liberty Media Corp., Satellite Radio, Satellite TV, Litigation, Investment, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Finance, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Wowwee's Top 10 Love-Starved Androids (and yeah, the toys are on sale)

I get a lot of stupid pitches from PR folks for Tech Broiler. Most of them I ignore and go directly into the bit bucket. But as tomorrow is Valentine's day, this one particular amusing distraction from the guys over at Wowwee, makers...

Tags: British SF, Marvin, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Audio CAPTCHAs easy to crack, according to researchers

A great story over at Ars Technica today details the efforts of the Carnegie-Mellon University team behind the reCAPTCHA service, who has turned its attention to the audio CAPTCHAs used by the visually impaired. These audio CAPTCHAs consist of a string of spoken characters, typically masked and distorted by...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Audio, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Robust Speech Recognition Using Perceptual Wavelet Denoising and Mel-Frequency Product Spectrum Cepstral Coefficient Features

To improve the performance of Automatic Speech Recognition ASR Systems, a new method is proposed to extract features capable of operating at a very low Signal-to-Noise Ratio SNR. The basic idea introduced in this paper is to enhance speech quality as the first stage for Mel-cepstra based recognition systems, since...

Tags: Procedure, Performance, Spectrum, Universite Mentouri Constantine, Speech Recognition, Performance Management, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-05-25

Robotics Manufacturer Automates Collaboration With Digital Note-Taking Program

Autonomous Solutions ASI is the world leader in large vehicle robotics building innovative solutions for clients in industries ranging from agriculture to the military. To effectively manage these multi-million dollar projects, ASI needed a system of collaboration that would support open communication across geographic as well as organizational boundaries. Though...

Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Collaboration, Groupware, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-04-04