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Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet

Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheetMissing Advances"Inevitably, the spreadsheet came up ... that statement touched off a minor storm of comment. Spreadsheets were immediately taken to task as being far too error prone."Same ol', same ol': I've had a few comments in these forums recently for suggesting...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Windows Server 2008's ode to open source

Windows Server 2008's ode to open source..."[B]Many of its features, such as the ability to create UI-free scaled down versions of the operating system using Windows Server Core, are obvious nods to the Unix competition.[/B]"More than a nod, more like acceptance to the fact that the Unix way is the...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., open source, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, openness, ode, server, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Additional Resources

Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition) 3.3 (Windows)

English/English. The Oxford Dictionary of English ODE is generally regarded as the most comprehensive and scholarly dictionary of the English language. The Oxford Dictionary of English ODE is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press OUP. As of November 30, 2005 it included about 301,100 main entries, comprising over...

Tags: Dictionary, iFinger, Microsoft Windows, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Nautical Range 2.1 (Windows)

Coast the deep seas in your submersabile in quest of treasures! Beware the enemy warship - armed with an unlimited torpedo barrage and aggressing to destroy you! Throughout your quest, either avoid or open fire at the drifting mines! Use your armor shielding for brief protection but remember while engaged...

Tags: Treasure, Armor, Werewolf Industries, Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-04-30

Do you hate your iPhone?

In a blistering ode to Cupertino, The New York Times' Virginia Heffernan professed this weekend that, for all of its "refined," "introverted" and "tarty" qualities, she hates her Apple iPhone. It starts out simple enough: Heffernan explains that she's late to adopting the most popular phone in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Virginia Heffernan, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Visual Calculus 3.7 (Windows)

Visual Calculus is an easy-to-use software for Graphing limit, derivative function, integral, 3D vector, series, ode etc. Which can create 2D, 2.5D and 3D function graphs, animations and table graphs. 2D Features: explicit, implicit, parametric, and in equation; Cartesian and polar coordinate systems; curve and animation; graph of inverse function...

Tags: 3D, Animation, Microsoft Windows

Software downloads 2009-03-30

RIM records all employee calls

RIM records all employee callsCreepyWhile RIM certainly has the right to do all the things they are talking about, the terms and phrasing used give a creepy spin on how they go about protecting their IP. And she looks so friendly...shit what a freak there should be laws again...

Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Big Brother, Research In Motion Ltd., employee call, phone

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

The biggest threat to social networking: Idiots

Warning: This is a Friday rant that's slightly off the beaten path, but I'm having a bad social networking week.  Perhaps I'm feeling a bit antisocial, but this social networking thing has been quite annoying of late. First, there's the Google Latitude announcement where the big benefit...

Tags: Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-06

The biggest threat to social networking: Idiots

Warning: This is a Friday rant that's slightly off the beaten path, but I'm having a bad social networking week. Perhaps I'm feeling a bit antisocial, but this social networking thing has been quite annoying of late. First, there's the Google Latitude announcement where the big benefit...

Tags: Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-06

Dance 091209 (Windows)

DANCE is a software package for modeling physics-based character animation, including: ragdoll simulation, import/export of motion capture, pose-based dynamic control, creation of high-quality rendering via POVRay, and integration with Open Dynamics Engine ODE. DANCE has been used for a variety of physics-based applications that include biomechanics modelling and composeable controllers....

Tags: Animation, Microsoft Windows

Software downloads 2009-01-24

Maple 12.02 (Windows)

Ask passionate Maple users why they are so passionate, and you will hear a variety of reasons. Mathematicians will say they depend on the strength of Maple algorithms for their research. Teachers will say they love the math graphics and Maple�¯�¿�½s built-in functions for education. But one reason seems to...

Tags: Algorithm, built-In, Microsoft Windows, Teacher, Engineering, Tools & Techniques, Apple Mac OS X, Business Structures, Apple Mac OS, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2008-12-23

What was that about cutting music?

Every year it's the same story for too many districts. Do we cut music, art, technology, physical education, or some unsavory combination thereof? Obviously we have to teach the core subjects; we don't get dinged on our standardized music test scores and nobody cares if we have students...

Tags: Music, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-09

News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet

Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream.  He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...

Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-02

News to know: IE 8; eBay security; Microhoo; Favorite Windows programs; Apple

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default. Microsoft's IE blog Microsoft, Nokia to port Silverlight to Symbian phones Nate McFeters: eBay Red Team Event - Creating Security Awareness and Sharing Strategies Ed Bott's 10 Favorite...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Windows Server 2008's ode to open source

Windows Server 2008 was released last Wednesday, the next generation in a product notable for its performance, stability and security.  It's predecessor, Windows Server 2003, experienced strong sales growth, accounting for over half of the operating systems pre-installed on all servers shipped. Many of its features, such as the ability to create UI-free...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Open Source, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Analyst: Resist the temptation of well-integrated SOA suites

Analyst: Resist the temptation of well-integrated SOA suitesSome like it suite, others don'tThere will continue to be a divide between companies that want a full SOA suite, and those looking for best-of-breed SOA components. The latter will have much more flexibility and cost savings, at the expense of the...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, OPEN SOURCE, open-source community, SOA, SOA Suite

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

PimpZilla 3.49 (Windows)

PimpZilla is an ode to blaxploitation movies. It's interface is supposed to represent the semi-luxurious, furcoated, kitschy dashboards of pimpmobiles from the 1970s. It's probably the most tacky and overdone piece of GUI design out there, aimed solely for true Internet connaisseurs. Fur and gold wasn't enough--PimpZilla now includes white...

Tags: Tweak, Marco Troost, PimpZilla, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-12

Apple: Back to the Mac (and the future)

Apple's Mac business is an unappreciated juggernaut--it's delivering big time, but the pyrotechnics from the iPhone and iPod overshadow old reliable. Apple's fourth quarter report on Monday will change that equation. Most earnings previews (New York Times, Tom Krazit and TheStreet.com) about Apple's September quarter note the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Keith Bachman, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Complete Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Huge collection. (200+ Works) FREE Author's biography (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Authors biography and free poems in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Aylmer

Software downloads 2007-10-16