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TarPit 1.42 (Mac)

TarPit creates tar archives by drag-n-drop. Also has compression options using GZip, BZip2, Compress or none with adjustable compression level. Also features a customizable omission list for easily excluding files from archives (such as ".DS_Store"). Also has 2 different methods for saving resource-forks.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Omission, Michael Austin, TarPit, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-08

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Recovery 2.0 - Where Web 2.0 Really Accelerates

Here we are again in another commercial nuclear winter - last time it was predominantly a tech bust, this time tech will be the engine that pulls us out of the recession. I've had several conversations recently about the whole 2.0 suffix being...

Tags: Web, Recovery, Economist, Conference, SXSW, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-21

News to know: Pawned browsers; IE 8; Sun and IBM, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari CanSecWest: Caution, community at play Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sam Diaz, Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets, Security

Blog posts 2009-03-19

SXSWi - party like its 2009

Prior to SXSWi I was asked goodness knows how many times if I was likely to be there. I said the same thing to all comers: 'I don't get it. I don't see the point. Waste of time.' Much against my advice, at least one SAP...

Tags: Innovation, Austin, Enterprise, SXSWi, Drunkenness, Breakthrough Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-18

News to know: iPhone; Google; SAP; Oracle; IBM-Sun

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: WSJ: IBM in talks to buy Sun Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-18

News to know: Salesforce.com; SXSW; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years   Sam Diaz: SMBs to Salesforce: We want more SaaS ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SXSW, Microsoft Windows, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

News to know: AOL's new CEO; Windows 7; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? Brian Sommer: A U.S. Version of the Satyam Scandal? Washington D.C. IT Fraud? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Operational Planning, Social Networking, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Business Operations, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Towards a robotic society in 2020?

Towards a robotic society in 2020?Any Asimov reader could spew this drivelWe are more than 10 years away from the positronic brain!How about a free Nestor Class 5?And I'll use it to help me cook sweetpotato pie!I could JUST SEE Mr. Data cooking in Will Smith's Grama's Kitchen... Well, at...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Flash memory, Desktops, Beat-It, Star Dreck, memory

Discussion threads 2008-12-06

Dell plots more cost cuts

Dell is planning on additional cost cutting measures including forced time off. According to the Austin American-Statesman, CEO Michael Dell sent a memo outlining more cost cuts. The paper reports: Dell said the company will consider a range of options to reduce its costs, including a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Survey shows risky use of mobile e-mail devices

Many Americans send and receive text messages on mobile e-mail devices in dangerous situations, according to a new survey released. NEW YORK--A California train engineer who was sending and receiving text messages was blamed last month for causing one of the worst railroad crashes in U.S. history that killed...

Tags: Mobile E-mail, Mobile, Survey, E-mail, Mobile E-mail Device, Marketing Research, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Reuters, IM, text messaging, mobile, e-mail

News items 2008-10-21

TechCrunch50: Day 3

Photo by Steve Maller I've been covering TC50 for the past few days, and believe it or not, I'm still hungry for more startup pitches. 6:30 a.m. The final sessions of the conference are posted on BusinessWire: s Akoha...

Tags: Hollywood, YouTube Inc., Video, Photograph, Bojam, Truecar, Playce, Panelist, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-10

End of an era: Dell may dump its factories

Dell is reportedly trying to dump its manufacturing facilities across the globe in a turnabout that indicates it has no discernable edge in making PCs anymore. According to the Wall Street Journal: Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants. One person...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Air Force seeks part-time cyberwarriors

Air Force Cyber Command is looking to Silicon Valley for part-time help in its fight against cyberattack, the Christian Science Monitor reports. For example, the 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron, an Air National Guard unit in Washington State, has tapped into...

Tags: Air Force, Air Force Cyber Command, Air National Guard, Hacking, Quality, Workforce Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Supercomputer performs prostate surgery

A supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center TACC recently piloted a laser to perform prostate surgery on a dog. The operation was done in Houston without the intervention of a human surgeon while the Lonestar supercomputer, a Dell Linux Cluster with 5,840 processors, was in Austin. According to TACC,...

Tags: Treatment, Houston, Supercomputer, Austin, Surgery, Laser, Lonestar, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Psystar mystery adds up to phishing scam

Psystar mystery adds up to phishing scamThe differencesWith Jobs, Google, Dell, and Microsoft, there were a few pioneers who turned into satisfied customers and put out the word. In the early days, all of them were also easy to find. While Psystar is alleged to have taken credit...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Recruitment & Selection, Spam, Desktops, Apple Inc., Psystar, phishing, job

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Taming Ruby on Rails with FiveRuns

According to Gartner, the number of Ruby On Rails developers will grow to some 4 million by 2013. While many of these will be hobbyists, Gartner believes the largest area of growth will be inside the firewall. There's one problem. Until recently, there have not been...

Tags: Developer, Performance, Environment, Ruby, FiveRuns, Ruby On Rails, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Weekend bits: BEA, executive moves, the triple header

Sitting at O'Hare airport in Chicago, subject to another United Airlines delay, I found a few tidbits worth sharing before I board the place for San Francisco. On the heels of its annual user conference, BEA investor and so-called corporate raider Carl Ichan is pushing for a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Six Apart Ltd., Technology, Legacy Application, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-15

The T2 and media reaction

The UltraSPARC T2 announcements back on August 7th consisted of two separate stories. The first of these involved Sun's plan to sell it into the commodity processor market. Unfortunately almost nobody in the press understood either the announcement itself or where Sun's taking this, with the straight up treatment given...

Tags: Network technology, Processors, Paul Murphy, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, UltraSparc T2

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Dell restates financials; Says books were cooked

Dell restates financials; Says books were cookedGoodbye Dell, nice knowing youThis isn't a good thing at all. With all the problems in the past there is a big hammer waiting to take vengeance on this type of behavior.So much for SOX complianceAs if Technology is responsible for lying. The...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-16