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Piracy and the Apple App Store

There are a lot of myths circulating regarding software piracy. Thanks to an App Store developer, we get the chance to dispel some of these myths. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Inc., Myth, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Leave your computer on--the myths

It's good to see some general media sites linking to post on the myths of the ever-running, long-sleeping computer. Here's the original post. Some of the better centralized energy management software automatically turns off computers when they are too long in sleep mode, savinhg everything, of course. by...

Tags: Myth, Computer, Productivity, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Myths and Legends of China 1.0 (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeMyths and Legends of Chinaby E. T. C. Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner Excerpt:My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently...

Tags: Mobile, Myth, Blackberrybooks, Handhelds, E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Hardware, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-09-13

Myths and Legends of China (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeMyths and Legends of Chinaby E. T. C. Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner Excerpt:My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently...

Tags: Mobile, Myth, Blackberrybooks, Handhelds, E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Hardware, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-08-13

Hard Hat Myth: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining

It's critical to understand that data mining is a business process—a way of finding patterns in your data that provide insight you can use to conduct your business more effectively. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and attempts to provide some protective "hard hats" for data miners in...

Tags: SPSS Inc., Myth, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing

Case studies 2007-01-01

Eleven Myths about 802.11 Wi-Fi Networks

Wi-Fi networks have been misunderstood by much of the IT community since their inception. Even the reasons for this misunderstanding are kind of hard to understand. The result has been that myths about 802.11 networks have grown almost as fast as the technology itself. In this white...

Tags: Global Knowledge, IEEE 802.11, Myth, Network, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Network, Wireless, Wireless LANs

White papers 2006-08-06

Time Out Of Mind Tumbling Myths 1.0 (Mac)

A Quartz Composer ScreenSaver based upon one of my digital images created in September 2002, "Tumbling Myths".

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Myth, Digital Image, Digital Passages, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-08-05

Myth: The Fallen Lords 1.5b1 (Mac)

Project Magma is pleased to announce the Public Beta release of Myth: The Fallen Lords v1.5.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Myth, Project Magma, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-01-21

The Need for Security Testing: An Introduction to the OSSTMM 3.0

Testing is a very important part of implementing security within an organization. There are a number of myths that companies use to discredit the need for Security testing. This whitepaper addresses and discounts some of those myths. The paper also describes the different types of Security testing available to companies...

Tags: Myth, Fullerton Infosec, Security

White papers 2004-04-09

Myth III: The Wolf Age - Pepper Heights map (Windows)

This is a bonus map for those that preordered Myth III from Electronics Boutique. It resembles the classic Myth II map, Gimble in the Wabe, with a few changes.

Tags: Bonus, Myth, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-10-23

Your Open Source Strategy

Enterprises are intrigued by open source software -- but stymied by myths of cost, support, and risk. Smart firms will master these myths to get the open software stack they want. Large companies are running open source software. Why? Because they believe open source does the job at a lower...

Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Myth, Forrester Research Inc., Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management

White papers 2003-09-01

Additional Resources

GOP will present a health care bill

Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IT Pros, health care, No., Pelosi, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Microsoft has a virtualization white paper, too

Black President would shatter the myth of superiormunrRE: Microsoft has a virtualization white paper, tooIt seems Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally thrown in the towel. Vista?s biggest cheerleader seems about ready to sexy costumes give up trying to convince anyone who hasn?t yet upgraded to Windows Vista that waiting...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization white paper, virtualization, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Why Mac open source gets no respect

"Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

MB Apostle Astrology 1.0 (Windows)

MB Apostle Astrology software does apostle astrology analysis for you and tells you which of the 12 apostles represent your personality. If you use this free tool for apostle astrology reading you will come to know about the attributes of the apostles. As a result you will be able to...

Tags: Apostle, MysticBoard, Apostle Astrology, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Why the big Android bandwagon?

One minor nit to pickTo succeed, however, it will have to deliver products as good or better than the iPhone, at the same or less cost, with just as many apps.It needs just as many good apps. It doesn't need all the flashlights or fart apps or things like that....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Smart phones, Branding, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option

Looks like they figured out that the price people are willing to pay for MSOffice is going to be falling like a rock. Can you say "pennies on the dollar"??$0 is about rightfor all the headaches MS has caused the world.M$ still has to drop the price a lotin order...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Head cracking time on health care reform

"And I can get back to writing about tech."NO - get to writing about TECH now - and stop using this site for your liberal soapboxing!the only head that will crack wil be Obama'sReal Americans are concerned about deficit, death panels and the slippery slope to socialism.This 'reform' will fail...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, soapboxing, healthcare reform

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Ballmer: Microsoft never recovered from Vista blow

Word of Mouth...... trumps design and usability. Seems that once the drumming starts in the ABM crowd, there is little to do about the avalanche of "me too-ism."Vista is a fine operating system done in by third party vendors who refused to update their drivers to work with Vista's...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NetworkManager, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone

I agreeI think its funny so many people get mad at their smartphone companies and providers for not making Flash for the phone when A) It is Adobe's responsibility to do that and B) All the security issues you pointed out. I'm not worried about flash on my phone...

Tags: Smart phones, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple iPhone, Flash Movie, smart phone, Adobe Flash, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-05