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Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun). Any bright ideas?

Needed: a truly green source of light besides the sun. Any bright ideas?The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW by Jeff WilsonThis past year the exorbitant cost of fuel has seriously damaged our economy.After filling up the family vehicles and paying more for every consumer product whose cost...

Tags: Engineering, CFL, light-emitting diode, bright idea, Needed

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

Needed: iPhone radio toggle application

Needed: iPhone radio toggle applicationThis is what "smartphone" is all about.Back when Palm OS was king, part of its success was the 3rd party developers no need to make up the term cottage industry. The Palm OS provided a good platform for 3rd party development, so that pretty much anyone...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Needed, Apple iPhone, radio, Palm OS, Apple Inc., Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Needed: Platforms that support Rich Internet Applications SOA

Needed: Platforms that support Rich Internet Applications SOAAdobe FlexCheck out Adobe Flex - natively supports Web ServicesService sprawl?Seems like an excellent fit on the surface, using services to populate sections of the display and to perform operations (e.g. "process order"). I think management of the services is...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, Rich Internet Applications SOA, Needed

Discussion threads 2008-03-07

SAP and Microsoft: No Marriage Needed

SAP and Microsoft: No Marriage NeededSmart businessed would never run their CRM on MSway too much at stake for a POS from Microsoft.

Tags: Needed, Microsoft Corp., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Ask Tom Ridge or bust

Ask Tom Ridge or bustEye-glazing techSo, nobody cares about cybersecurity because there's no political advantage to it. Not false, just incomplete.Tech issues are boringly technical. And when people hear about it, they flash to all the stuff they've avoided doing on their home pc, and het away from...

Tags: Needed, Tech Issues, security, cybersecurity, Tom Ridge

Discussion threads 2004-10-08

Additional Resources

Train Track 2009 7.5 (Windows)

Train Track allows you to assign required trainings by department, job title, individual employee name, hire date, or any combination, and exclude individuals. It allows you to quickly determine what trainings are needed, and provides documentation of compliance with training requirements. It's easy to learn and use, and you can...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Training, Liberty Labs, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Windows Mobile is better than you think

My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual

Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Twelve South BookArc Desktop Stand for MacBook

Nice but I needed moreThis is a nice product but I needed something that I could also use to raise my Macbook for ventilation and a better viewing angle. I ended up buying a product called the Laptop Flip from newpcgadgets. It holds my Macbook vertical and also...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?

So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

PicturesToExe 6.0 (Windows)

PicturesToExe is a photo slideshow software for the PC. PicturesToExe will help you create magnificent slideshows, consisting of an almost limitless number of pictures in an executable file for the PC and the Mac. The interface of PicturesToExe is very easy to use. A slideshow in executable format can be...

Tags: PC, Slideshow, Microsoft Windows, WnSoft, PicturesToExe, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Concrete Calc Pro for iPhone 1.3 (Mobile)

Concrete Calc Pro for iPhone app contains four tabs: first tab calculates the amount of cubic yards of concrete needed for a given job with a square or rectangular form. You input the length and width in feet and the thickness in inches. The second tab calculates the amount of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Tab, Jeremy Breaux, Smart Phones, Recruitment & Selection, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Power Admin 1.0 (Windows)

Power Admin is the answer to thousands of the pleas of Windows Network Administrators. How many times have you needed to manage multiple servers in an Active Disrectory enviroment only to find the microsoft mmc snapins to be clumsy and frustrating. And third part vendors are often overpriced while very...

Tags: Power Admin LLC, Void Realms, Microsoft Windows, Network Administration, Productivity, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-15

An interesting exchange on politics and IT

Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Windows 7's first 100 days: So how were yours?

My windows 7 experience I had previously posted this, but my comment is more relevant to your article: After reading so much reviews praising how wonderful windows 7 was, I decided to give it a go. So here, I bought the W7 DVD and decided to upgrade my Vista SP2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Win 7, Microsoft Windows 7, first 100-day, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

BAT to EXE 1.0 (Windows)

Create exe files yourself out of windows batch files (.BAT). So you can hide and protect the source code of your BAT files. You can select your own icon for your EXE file. Your application appears to be very professional if you provide it as windows program instead of a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, File, CAD-KAS

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole

I hope Jeremy got some sleep last nightbecause he probably won't be getting much in the near future.first of many zillionsis there anything worse than being MS security programmer?poor bastards.YesYeah, being a mindless repetitive troll.yeah, being a poor Mac user. yeah, being a poor Mac user....

Tags: Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, zero-day hole, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, firewall

Discussion threads 2009-11-12