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Norman Borlaug will NOT rest in peace

Norman Borlaug...was on the the best people in the world and we are all much worse off without him. To those greenpeacers who will no doubt think less of him (after all, they rail against his work regularly), just remember it's hard to have peace with an empty belly. He...

Tags: Norman Borlaug, Norman

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Norman Malware Cleaner 2009.03.19 (Windows)

Norman Malware Cleaner is a Norman program utility that may be used to detect and remove specific malicious software malware.Note that it should not be used as a substitute for running normal proactive antivirus protection, but rather as a reactive tool to handle systems that are already infected.

Tags: Antivirus Protection, Norman, Norman Malware Cleaner, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-19

Version Quest for Palm 1 (Mobile)

Norman is up for promotion but needs to get his final report to his boss. Help him gather the information he needs to complete his report and avoid co-workers who want to make unauthorized changes.

Tags: Report, Mobile, Palm Inc., Mobileplay, Norman, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-02-09

Version Quest for Pocket PC 1 (Mobile)

Norman is up for promotion but needs to get his final report to his boss. Help him gather the information he needs to complete his report and avoid co-workers who want to make unauthorized changes.

Tags: Report, Mobile, Mobileplay, Norman, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-02-09

Version Quest 1 (Windows)

Norman is up for promotion but needs to get his final report to his boss. Help him gather the information he needs to complete his report and avoid co-workers who want to make unauthorized changes.

Tags: Report, Mobileplay, Norman, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-02-09

Additional Resources

(NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon)

Total Waste of MaterialLets see, we explode a bomb and crash a satellite into the moon to try and confirm whether or not water is on it. And for what purpose? To make another return trip to the moon? To build space colonies? We don't have...

Tags: spacecraft, NASA, Darwin

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Norman Borlaug will NOT rest in peace

His memory and legacy will be used as more fodder in the political wrangling over global warming. The late, great Dr. Borlaug certainly helped stave off worse human starvation. To the global warming deniers he put the lie to worries about population growth. This planet can hold...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Successfactors: Execute, Execute, Execute!

Successfactors SFSF the Strategic Human Capital Management/people performance software as a service company I last wrote about in June, today expanded their scope to embrace 'Business Execution Software', which is now the strap line under their company logo. As Larry Dignan covered here...

Tags: Talent, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Talent Management, Business Alignment Category, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Guy Kawasaki: What makes innovation?

Guy Kawasaki: What makes innovation?No revelations hereGuy is quite likable. And, his presentations and books are easy to digest and wonderfully simplistic. He knows that's what sells, specially for him. His name alone gives him credibility, and a jump on book sales: the 10-point lists generally seal the deal. We...

Tags: Leadership, innovation, Guy Kawasaki

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

96 new features in iPhone 3.0

96 new features in iPhone 3.0The iPhone's best feature... is definitely the auto-wind-up feature. To see this feature in action, just navigate to any ZDnet infomercial mentioning Apple, and look for posts by 'Non-Zealot', the anti-Apple zealot incarnate. Neat. I hear they're doing an "Apoplexia" upgrade in 3.3, better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, smart phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'

Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Is Oracle serious about hardware?

Is Oracle serious about hardware?The tech landscape is starting to look like the oil industryWhere 3 or 4 companies own it all. Its not all bad as long as innovation continues. But i hate to see open source products whenever they get popular get sucked into the mix....

Tags: Oracle Corp., hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

SoundApp Reborn 0.1.1 (Mac)

If you're an old-timer on the Mac, you might remember Norman Franke's excellent SoundApp for the old Mac OS 7-9. It played sound, plain and simple. No fuss. No skinning, no plugin architecture, no fancy G-Force visualization something thingimajig. Just playing sounds. Now, there's iTunes and QuickTime Player, and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iTunes, Third Cog Software, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-01-18

2009

Here are a few more projections of what could happen in greentech world during 2009. First some predictions about what could be up in the world of infrastructure. (I know that's a useful word but I sure hate it...how about big stuff, instead?) These are...

Tags: China, Public Sector, Financial, Infrastructure, Financial Accounting, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-31

Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?

Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?The worst detection rates by a mile ...... when I last saw a comparison of AV products.What they can do, being Microsoft, is start charging for a package that protects the AV software. No need to fix the original problem, nor problems in the...

Tags: Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Microsoft give students the finger, once again

Microsoft give students the finger, once againHere`s my takeI have a theory that explains why MS did that.1. Windows Vista and the currently circulating build of Windows 7 have Windows Defender as a bundled application. It is a pure antispyware product. If you look at the current client security applications,...

Tags: Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accent

'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accentMakes sense I approximateSince Apple has a business agreement on the iPhone with AT&T for now.Who's having sex with Einstein in the kitchen sink?Blimey.........! :DRE: 'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accentI dread to think what it'd do with my accent. I'm...

Tags: voice recognition function, accent, Apple iPhone, English Speakers, British accent

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro'

Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro'If only.............MS could do this with Vista you described it perfectly and adjust their home OS licences to cover multiple PCs ;)"Whole exercise trimmed security fat, covered multiple PCs "I second that statement.Amen (n/t)n/tI agreeWhile onecare live did have it's up and...

Tags: OneCare, Microsoft Corp., Morro, Microsoft kills OneCare, Microsoft Kills, multiple-PC, freebie, security, Symantec Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-18