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- NetDino (exe)
- First real child-safe Internet browser for your child. Safe through latest server technology and sophisticated safety settings. Games, knowledge, learning and much more. Everything up-to-date and safe for your child. What is special about this Internet browser is that it downloads the links directly from the NetDino server. These are...
- Tags: Child, Link, Neon Programming, Safety Setting, Safety Setting Option, Web Browsers, Servers, Internet, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-03-13
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- The newspaper's last stand
- Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...
- Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Commercialising the Semantic Web
- Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...
- Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- We've been acquired: CBS buys CNET
- Nothing like scanning the headlines and finding out your parent company has been acquired. CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. The details: "Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per...
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Financial Services, Development Tools, Finance, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move
- In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's biggest partner and provides hosting for all Comcast email subscriber address books....
- Tags: Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day
- Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...
- Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Intense (and really thoughtful) ranting from the OLPC front
- Ivan Krstić has made his way into this blog before. As OLPC's former director of security architecture and one closely involved with their Peru rollout, his posts offered great insights into just how the XO worked or was supposed to work on the backend. Now he,...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Ivan KrstiÄ, Nicholas, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- HBO programming comes to iTunes
- HBO programming comes to iTunesThere ain't no way in hell I'm BUYING television episodes....Especially at $3 a pop, and especially since it's infected with DRM.Nope. I'll go back to iTunes as soon as I can send Jobs $15 a month to listen to/watch whatever I want whenever I want....
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, HBO programming, HBO, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- HBO programming comes to iTunes
- Well, that didn't take long. After some rumors of an Apple/HBO tie up yesterday, Apple today announced that HBO content will be available for download today. This is great news because two of my favorite shows are Flight of the Conchords and The Wire. (I've been resisting...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Programming, Pricing, TVs, Digital Music, Marketing Research, Development Tools, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1; Will bring back VBA
- Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1; Will bring back VBABoo!! Hiss!!Office Macros need to die! Talk about insecurity! What is clear is that this isn't being done for the customers' good, but to perpetuate lock-in...competing products haven't yet fully replicated the (erratic & dangerous) behavior possible with...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Microsoft Corp., Nothing, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Still ranting about interfaces
- Still ranting about interfaces[b]Mr. Murphy, You are such an idiot...[b]The real reason WordPerfect lost is simple.[b]WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get [/b]You are such a biased moron that you can't get your ego out of the way to see the truth. WordPerfect lost the battle because...
- Tags: Word processors, Corel WordPerfect, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Google kicks off its Facebook ground war
- Updated: Google on Monday outlined its Google Friend Connect, a service that promises to insert social features into any application and any site. Sound familiar? It is. MySpace has its friend connect service and Facebook has its version. Add it up and you have...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Site, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail
- In case you didn't think Google wanted to be a big player on the Social Web -- Orkut, Google Talk and shared items in Google Reader aside -- the search giant revealed an ambitious new strategy today: 'Friend Connect' is a platform designed to help the 'long tail' of sites...
- Tags: Long Tail, Google Inc., Network, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- The application interface problem
- The application interface problemKISSIn the early 90s, I was able to work with these kinds of users and design an interface. I worked at GenDyn and we had a computer room staffed with Computer Operators. These people were not computer experts - they were sometimes known as "tape hangers". In...
- Tags: Backups, Learnability, application interface problem, learnability, tape, discoverability
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- The application interface problem
- I believe that almost any programming language can be used to build almost any kind of user interface, but that the closer the user interface is to the assumptions built into the language, the simpler and more efficient this component of the overall application will be. More importantly, I believe...
- Tags: Application, User Interface, Tool, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]
- Note: Click the player above to hear my podcast interview on hosted development with Jeffrey Walker and Jeff Leyser from Atlassian Software. Hosted software as a service SaaS development solutions have become an important option for mainstream programmers. These products range from straightforward offsite storage, such as...
- Tags: Software, Podcast, Environment, Emerging Market, Workflow, Tool, Development Environment, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Blaupunkt New Orleans MP58
- The New Orleans MP58 shows that Blaupunkt customers get what they pay for. In contrast with the Brisbane SD48 that we reviewed recently, the New Orleans MP58is a stylish head unit with a well-thought-out interface for letting drivers search their MP3 files with ease. It may not have the...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, New Orleans MP58, Blaupunkt, disc, display
- Product reviews 2008-05-09
- Jarum-Game Creator (exe)
- Jarum-Game Creator allows you to create great games using a simple programming language. Once you have completed your game it can be compiled into a stand alone .exe file. Updates and bug fixes will be sent though the updater that comes with Jarum-Game Creator v1.0. We have also included a...
- Tags: Jarum, Jarum-Game Creator, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-05-09
- Zune of the future may come with copyright cop
- Microsoft is "exploring" the possibility of building in copyright protection into the Zune player, Saul Hansell writes in the Times. The agreement is part of NBC Universal's deal to sell its programming for Zune. Microsoft is parsing this story very closely -- to Clintonian levels, in fact....
- Tags: NBC, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Saul Hansell, Content Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...
- Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
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