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Octopus Micro Finance Suite (zip)

Octopus Micro Finance Suite OMFS is an open source LGPL Micro Finance IT software. This software is available to the community of micro finance institutions. OCTOPUS MFS is an integrated suite allowing full management of a Micro Finance Institution: client management, accounting, contracts, reporting and risks. OCTOPUS MFS is multi-bases,...

Tags: Octopus Micro Finance Suite, Octopus, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2007-12-27

Screensaversfree Octopus Screensaver (EXE)

The Octopus is a caphalopod that leaves in the ocean, usually in the coral reefs regions. These water animals have eight arms and they live for a short period of time, usually six month. The Octopus Screensaver will allow you to watch these water animals on your computer desktop. This...

Tags: Animal, Octopus, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-12-05

Octopus (dmg)

Octopus is a Dual-Matrix synthesizer containing one Matrix for Oscillator/Filter frequency modulation synthesis and another Matrix for general modulation. The key component for building a sound is the instruments 8 oscillators, Sampler, 2 filters and 32 envelopes. These components are all it needs to create anything from classic old school...

Tags: Synthesis, Octopus

Software downloads 2006-12-15

Larry Ellison gets a pay raise

Larry Ellison gets a pay raiseLarry Ellison gets a pay raiseWell Larry's salary is 975,000 time better than Steve Jobs salary :p(yes it was meant to be funny, tough crowd today, jeez)Larry and Bill are just skimping by...What a tough life. I feel for Larry and Bill Gates. I'm sure...

Tags: Benefits, Investment, Well Larry, Larry Ellison, Octopus

Discussion threads 2005-08-31

Additional Resources

True Knowledge attracts new funds

I commented on UK-based True Knowledge and their search for finance at the start of this month, and tonight Venture Beat breaks the news that they've concluded a $4 million funding round led by existing investor Octopus Ventures. This funding, which brings the total raised by the...

Tags: Knowledge, U.K., Team Management, Wiki, Financial Accounting, Management, Online Communications, Finance, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Openness

I've been privileged to be around some amazing people recently, first at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston and now this week at SuperNova, Wharton Business school's conference, which this year explored "how decentralization and pervasive connectivity are changing our world". My take away word of the...

Tags: Talent, Mozilla Firefox, Collaboration, British Telecommunications, Openness, JP Rangaswami, Sam, Web Browsers, Groupware, Workforce Management, Leadership, Security, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Xbox 360 HDMI Conversion Kit

Unlike every version of the PlayStation 3, the first batch of Xbox 360 consoles didn't include an HDMI-out port. Yes, firmware updates eventually added 1080p output via the console's component cables--despite the fact that the matching inputs on most TVs didn't support that resolution. HDMI eventually came to the Xbox...

Tags: Game players, HDMI, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, adapter, cable

Product reviews 2008-06-02

Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents

Why social software won't dethrone the incumbentsThose are all smart arguementsApple, Salesforce.com, Google, VMWare, Amazon:They're companies who were supposed to die and/or who grew from nothing. If it's a forgone conclusion that the big IT guy landscape is cemented, then we should all just give up and go home. The...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Groupware, social Software, incumbent, software, Sig Rinde, Social Software

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPU

Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPUIntel wants to FAIL???Didn't Intel see how well that strategy worked for AMD?RE: Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPUI think AMD and Intel MCM strategy are different.When intel started their MCM products, they were trying to counter AMD multi products, and they did not have...

Tags: Processors, photograph, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Shanghai CPU, CPU, Nehalem-EX

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Cloud computing - in your dreams

Cloud computing - in your dreamsSomeone has some sanity left I seeThanks!RE: Cloud computing - in your dreamsI think the differentiators are virtualization and power consumption. It is virtualization that has turned academic exercises into real business prototypes. I may be wrong but I think the brick and mortar data...

Tags: Data centers, Cloud Computing, cloud computing, computing

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

True Knowledge enters the semantic search ring

True Knowledge is previewing in private beta a new search engine that deliver answers rather than a list of statistically relevant links as in most search engines. Type in "Is Jennifer Lopez single?," and the engine disambiguates the term "single," and produces a correct, structured response. ...

Tags: Knowledge, True Knowledge, Strategy, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Octopus Travel - Low Fare Hotels Search (widget)

The official OctopusTravel.com widget. Verified direct access to over 21,000 discounted hotels in 112 countries with live help availabilities, and immediate confirmations. Offers fast, secure online booking solutions for apartments, villas, car hires, private transfers, and sight seeing tours. An ideal for any frequent or business travelers. Includes a simple...

Tags: Hotel

Software downloads 2007-07-24

Media literacy in a media saturated world

Media literacy in a media saturated worldWHOSE Game???It's wingnuts like this that give blogging a bad name.This doesn't even include what they DON'T report.When is the last time a Libertarian or Green candidate got anywhere near the coverage of the Republican or Democratic candidates? Why are the one's most...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Keene, media

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Starfish (exe)

Starfish is a fun underwater word puzzle game. Find neighboring letters to score words. Watch out for crab and octopus creatures, you must use them in a word before they reach you. Free the starfish to win.

Tags: Word, Starfish, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-12-08

Sea Floor Ship Screensaver (exe)

Enjoy this beautiful animated scene from under water while colorful fishes,crabs and starfish swims besides a sunk pirate ship in presence of several sharks and octopus.No one can say how this ship appeared at the sea floor. Now it is a part of this underwater world. There are many corals...

Tags: Sea, Screensaver, Piracy, Investment, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance

Software downloads 2006-12-05

Microsoft irons out security patch

Microsoft irons out security patch"In a world without walls and fences, who needs winodws and gates."Personally , I'm getting tired of all the attention microsoft is getting . {NOT}NOw you know who you can trust>patch would not be offered to users if the initial update failed to install. In certain...

Tags: Patches, Davy Jones, security patch, security, Microsoft Corp., Disney Corp., Gates IS

Discussion threads 2006-07-19

Federal IT security is crap. Why?

How to explain the crappy state of federal IT security? And more importantly what to do about it? Zach Goldfarb's piece in The Washington Post today suggests some answers to both those questions. Why are federal agencies seeing so many breaches? First, because they are under almost constant...

Tags: agency, Tom Davis

Blog posts 2006-07-18

Interwoven identifies the complexity of brand management

Interwoven, a software company based in Sunnyvale, CA, is trying to establish a new term: Customer Experience Management. It refers to the challenge that global organisations face in presenting a consistent look and feel to their customers. For example, a clothing retailer wants to present the same brand image and...

Tags: Interwoven

Blog posts 2006-07-14

Trade groups pick sides in EU-Microsoft battle

Trade groups pick sides in EU-Microsoft battleLaugh? I nearly had a rupture!Jim Predergast must have been misquoted. He should have said[i]"This development makes it clear that successful American companies will not be able to bullsh*t local legislators and their entire global business strategy may be need to involve trading honestly...

Tags: analysis, piracy, job

Discussion threads 2006-07-12

Gates funds cervical cancer shots for poor

Gates funds cervical cancer shots for poorRobin Hood Gates, take from the rich, give to the poorI do appreciate that Bill Gates has the money and time to put into finding cures for diseases etc but frankly this is much like Robin Hood, taking from the rich USA consumers and...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2006-06-06