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10 reasons to purchase new hardware during a recession

10 reasons to purchase new hardware during a recessionNumber one reasonEven for regular consumers, during an economic downturn is when prices are going to be the BEST that you are, most likely, ever going to see on the things that you want.Number 8 is patently false...No logic was given, and...

Tags: recession, hardware, Number 8

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

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GV Connect 1.8.2 (Mac)

Are you looking for an easy way to call or send SMS messages to your contacts using your Google Voice number right from your fingertips? GV Connect is your answer: Call or send SMS messages to anyone from your computer's Address Book database or your Google Contacts (or by...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Phone, SMS, Andreas Amann, GV Connect, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

Software downloads 2009-12-04

G1 Central for Android 1.1.8 (Mobile)

G1 Central for Android is an application for Android-based phones which allows you to place calls to any number from your GrandCentral number. It supports both Dialer mode as well as reading from your Contact list.

Tags: Mobile, Android, Dialer, Evan Charlton

Software downloads 2009-12-04

WAV Joiner 4.0 (Windows)

WAV Joiner is used to combine two or more recorded WAV format sound files into one large WAV file. An unlimited number of files with a combined size of 2Gb may be joined and the original files can be deleted once they are joined if free disk space is limited....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, WAV, CFB Software, WAV Joiner

Software downloads 2009-12-04

Responding to "Getting started with Virtualization"

Importance of VirtualizationWe?ve found that server and storage virtualization can provide huge savings in maintenance, power and cooling, allowing you to take advantage of under-utilized hardware. The key is in developing a plan that can save you money and provide ?green benefits? to the environment as well.We recently did a...

Tags: Storage management, cloud computing, Utility computing, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Talking Clipboard 1.8.0.2 (Windows)

Talking Clipboard is a text to speech software, that can read text documents, RSS feeds and Web pages using realistic synthetic voices and can convert text to audio files for your music player. It has lots of useful features, and supports all SAPI 5 compliant voices. It can read text...

Tags: Audio, Voice, Microsoft Windows, Talking Clipboard, Keyboards, RSS, Telecommunications, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet

Software downloads 2009-12-03

Acer announces first Google Chrome OS netbook

ChromeOS as dual-boot optionAlthough not Google's plan, I think ChromeOS would be a great dual-boot option, for existing Windows & Ubuntu netbooks.When you want an instant on, fast, secure & no maintenance OS, for internet access, boot into ChromeOS. When you need a specific desktop application, boot into Windows or...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Acer Inc., netbook, ChromeOS, Ubuntu Netbooks, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

A Better Finder Rename 8.44 (Mac)

A Better Finder Rename is the most complete renaming solution available on the market today. That's why, since 1996, thousands of hobbyists, professionals and businesses depend on A Better Finder Rename to organize and maintain files. A Better Finder Rename's user interface supports complex renaming tasks without sacrificing ease and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File, Small And Medium Business, Better Finder Rename, Instant Preview Feature, Smb/Sme

Software downloads 2009-12-02

PTGui 8.3.4 (Mac)

Use PTGui to stitch any number of photos into a panoramic image. Some benefits of PTGui, when compared to other stitching software: PTGui can stitch multiple rows of images. Create 360 degree cylindrical panoramas, 'flat' partial panoramas and even spherical 360x180 degree panoramas. No need to keep the camera level:...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Panorama, New House Internet Services B.V.

Software downloads 2009-12-02

Gmail Studio 2.1.0.8 (Mac)

Gmail Studio is the must have Gmail integration for the OSX desktop. Gmail Studio gives you unobtrusiveness desktop access to your Gmail and Gmail for Google Apps accounts. Gmail Studio allows you to check unlimited number of Gmail accounts. You can also view messages right on your desktop, in the...

Tags: Google Gmail, Apple Macintosh, BlueCrestStudios, Gmail Studio, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-12-02

Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'

RE: Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'Here we go...it's Vista all over again.It could...I don't know if this has happened in safe mode, it would be hard to test. But I don't believe there is anythign you can turn off or change to fix it either. From what I've seen,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Win 7, black screen, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Animated Screensaver Maker 1.8 (Windows)

With Animated Screensaver Maker you can beautify your desktop with an unlimited number of animated screensavers with amazing effects. You can create as many screensavers as you have photos. It's very easy. You need only three mouse clicks to create a new screensaver. Just load your picture into the tool,...

Tags: Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, DesktopPaints

Software downloads 2009-12-01

QuickTime Player X Preference Pane 1.2 (Mac)

The new version of QuickTime included with Snow Leopard called QuickTime Player X is almost a complete overhaul of the previous version, from the look and feel of the application windows right down to the preferences menu or lack thereof. If you were looking to change some options but don't...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Window, Movie, QuickTime Player, Option, Megabyte Computing, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Snow Leopard Combo Pane 1.2 (Mac)

Megabyte Computing's QuickTime Player X and iTunes preference panes have been combined to help reduce clutter in System Preferences. All the features of both applications are included in this preference pane with a tabbed view. Version 1.2 of our Combo Pane also adds two new tabs, "Finder & Dock" and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Dashboard, Apple iTunes, Megabyte Computing, Apple Mac OS X, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Intel desktop roadmap leaked: faster i5, i7; new i3 CPUs

Nothing to get excited aboutThe Core i3's and new i5's are dual-core only.Looking at the chart, they are only capable of 4 threads and have Hyperthreading, hence only 2 real cores.I'm betting that Intel still won't have anything close to compelling in the chipset market compared to AMD's Radeon chipsets,...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Clarksdale, Core i3, desktop, HyperThreading, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Apple's Black Friday sales under analysts' microscope

A 36% decrease is considered slightly?[i]On Average, the stores were selling 8.3 Macs per hour, down from 13 on Black Friday last year according to similar checks we performed.[/i]I'd consider that significant not slight.Wait for a real report.Wow! Ambiguous reporting based on some guys going to am Apple Store and...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, My-Comments, Apple Inc., Munster, advertisement, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Corporate SMTP Server 5.8 (Windows)

Corporate SMTP Server is a high-performance SMTP server program that can be used by corporations and Internet Service Providers where having an ultra fast and reliable outgoing mail server is a necessity. It can be used along with virtually any mailer or email program including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora,...

Tags: SMTP, PC, Server, Microsoft Windows, SMTP Server, F Key Solutions, E-mail, Internet, E-mail Servers, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-30

Way past peak oil but U.S. oil production still up for 2009

Artificial StatisticSaying we are way past peak productions is disingenuous, as there are a large number of places we could drill for oil, but can't because of environazis Still working on your numbers?Good job. Try to count to 30 next time. I bet you can do it.What's up with Harry...

Tags: Blogging, Telecom & Utilities, Kinda, U.S. Oil, Godwin, Nazi, blog

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

iNMR 3.3.8 (Mac)

Today you can find many alternative NMR applications that run on Mac OS X, and all of them have been ported from some other operative system. Under a minimal cosmetic retouch, they still sport the original interface, be it X11, Windows95 or Windows XP. Some alternatives are written in Java,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, iNMR, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-26

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Any low-end desktop replacement must cut some corners on its way to providing a serviceable multimedia experience at an approachable price. At $729,...

Tags: Desktops, DVD, Hewlett-Packard Co., dv7, HP Pavilion, desktop replacement, desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-25