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Bricklin's WikiCalc: Much much more than just a mashup of wikis and spreadsheets

Bricklin's WikiCalc: Much much more than just a mashup of wikis and spreadsheetsWhy should I download an .exe fileto run this thing?That makes it no different than Excel. The thing should be written in some sort of machine-independent scripting language.Club Shepherd 2005You d/l an EXE, Single, So U ...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Web servers, Development tools, Wiki, spreadsheet, mashup, Perl, scripting language, EXE, Next 77, Next 77 year, Scrollable, GOD SAVED, automatic date selector, Richard Gilmore, Bridge_SMASH Club Shepherd, BLESSING!!!!!!, Brickli

Discussion threads 2005-11-14

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Swoopo: a lottery disguised as an auction?

Swoopo, SSDsHi Robin - Thanks for headsup on Swoopo. - I've been reading your excellent articles on SSDs and look forward to an update.- My iPod Touch has an 8 gig SSD and it's performance has been outstanding for a year. No degradation with heavy write usage. I copy a...

Tags: Swoopo, auction, lottery

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware

Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Conficker.B Infection Alert, spam campaign, sample message, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

TETRIS Mania 14.0.77 (Mobile)

Indulge your puzzle-solving passion! With three new game modes, Tetris Mania puts a new spin on the compelling original you know and love, making it the must-have mobile game. Use gravity in Cascade mode to gain an avalanche of points, join atomic blocks in Fusion mode to blast to the...

Tags: Mobile, Mode, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Enterprise mashup market to increase tenfold over next five years

A new report from Business Insights predicts that the enterprise mashup market, worth around $161 million in 2008, will expand more than tenfold to $1.74 billion by 2013. About 33% of companies now use enterprise mashups, Business Insights says. The catalyst for the enterprise...

Tags: Enterprise Mashup, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W

Before the influx of low-cost Netbooks, small, thin laptops then called ultraportables were typically very expensive. Now, however, it's a little trickier to slap a high price on something just because it's small and light. Toshiba is banking on people realizing that small is one thing, but small, secure, and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, DVD, Intel Core 2 Duo, Toshiba Portege, Toshiba Corp., R600

Product reviews 2009-05-21

Via gets helping server hand from Dell

Dell will reportedly use Via Technologies chips in select low power servers.  According to the New York Times' Ashlee Vance Dell will unveil a system that has 12 full servers running on Via's Nano chip. Each server will consumer 15 watts of power.  Dell...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., VIA Technologies Inc., Chip, Vance, Servers, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Social PR Survey II: Continued disconnect between clients, agencies

Back in February I published the results of a social public relations survey that attempted to gauge client satisfaction levels with their current PR agencies. What showed up was dismal - and really showed that client trust in their agencies was low. Given that data, and several...

Tags: Agency, Social Media, Client, Survey, Advertising & Promotion, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Tech vendors: We're ready to help you spend Obama's stimulus money

If you don't think tech will be one of the first sectors to recover from the current economic conditions, think again. Technology taps into pretty much every sector out there - from manufacturing and health care to education and energy. Many of the businesses in those sectors...

Tags: ARRA, Dell Computer Corp., E-health, Electronic Health Record, Healthcare, IBM Global Financing, Information Technology, Investment, Management, Sam Diaz, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Lawson Software: Positive first impressions

I'm currently attending Lawson Software's annual conference, called CUE 09, in San Diego. Since this is my first in-depth exposure to the company, I thought it appropriate to share a few thoughts and comments. Overall, I like the company: the people are nice, they articulate product strategy clearly, and senior management obviously...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Customer Satisfaction, Blogger, Blogging, Product Marketing, Internet, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Samsung SGH-A657 (AT&T)

The market for rugged phones remains relatively small, but it shows no signs of waning. For a long time Sprint and Nextel had a monopoly on sturdy designs--Sprint with Sanyo models and Nextel with Motorola handsets--but other carriers have begun to catch up. Last fall, AT&T offered its second...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Samsung SGH-A657, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, AT&T Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-17

'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into beta

'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into beta'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into betaAnd no one cares. I can think of a few names for it instead of Jaunty Jackalope but will still keep the jacking name in there. It still has linux as the core which is why people will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, beta

Discussion threads 2009-03-27

Live coverage of Apple's iPhone 3.0 preview event

Welcome to live coverage of Apple's iPhone 3.0 preview event. The event is over now but you can read about it here as it unfolded. [ See also: Apple announces copy and paste, MMS, Spotlight, more for iPhone ] 08:47am: While we're waiting, what...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Gameloft, Developer Beta, Games, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-03-17

SOA adoption trends -- what the data tells us

In response to a recent post that talked about corporate success rates with SOA, a reader issued a challenge to show the numbers behind SOA adoption. So, here is a summary of significant surveys -- a recap from previous posts -- on SOA adoption that have been conducted over the...

Tags: SOA, Survey, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Transition Time: The Digital TV That Cable TV Has Overlooked

Let’s say you’re the owner of one of the 20 million or so television households still taking in over-the-air signals on at least one set to get NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and independent TV stations, for local broadcasts. Conventional wisdom has it that...

Tags: Cable Television, Digital Television, Cable, Computer, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...

Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Google beats for Q3, Wall Street looks ahead

updated: In after-hours trading, shares of Google shot up more than 11 percent within 20 minutes after the company reported strong quarterly earnings. In regular trading, shares initially declined early in the day but rallied late in the day to close up more than 4 percent at $353.02. Early headlines...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Wall Street, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-16

And Windows 7 is to be called ... Windows 7

And Windows 7 is to be called ... Windows 7And this new naming scheme will last.......until next time, when they'll abandon yet another naming scheme and decide to call the new version something stupid, like "Windows Supercalafragalisticexpialodocius", or "Windows ∞"So, it's official....Vista II will be called Windows 7. Hmmmmmm....That's...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Memory exhaustion DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome

Aditya K Sood from the EvilFingers community, which disclosed the first Chrome DoS vulnerability at the beginning of the month, has released a proof of concept demonstrating a memory exhaustion DoS vulnerability affecting Google's Chrome versions Chrome/0.2.149.30 and Chrome/0.2.149.29 : "The Google chrome browser is vulnerable to memory exhaustion...

Tags: User Interaction, Google Inc., DOS, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Memory Exhaustion, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Velocity Micro Edge Z15

Velocity Micro's Edge Z15 midrange gaming desktop is a perfect example of what this mid-sized vendor does best. The sleek, sturdy chassis houses an expertly assembled selection of hardware, and the price and performance compete well with systems from both mainstream vendors and smaller specialty shops. Velocity Micro doesn't attempt...

Tags: Desktops, Edge Z15, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Maingear, PC

Product reviews 2008-09-08