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- Opal
- The original name of software from Computer Associates that converts legacy output from mainframes and minicomputers into a graphical-based format. Now part of their Advantage Integration Server suite, the...
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- Opal 1.2.5 (Mac)
- Opal is an outliner. It lets you organize just about anything -- ideas, reports, lists, notes, projects, graphics -- as an outline. It stands out for its uncluttered, fluid interface. But Opal includes features not found in other organizers: Shrink a topic to a single line Alphabetic and numeric...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sharp Corp., Outline, Opal, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
- Toward opal-based billboards?
- Toward opal-based billboards?Is this the forerunner to visual stealth tech?Will fighter jets in the future use something like this paired with cameras to mimic their surroundings and give the illusion of optical transparency?
- Tags: opal
- Discussion threads 2008-12-28
Additional Resources
- Hitachi announces 500GB 2.5" Travelstar hard drive
- Hitachi on Tuesday announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard drive, the Travelstar 7K500. The 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive is intended for notebooks, gaming systems and external storage and is the fastest hard drive in its class,...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Hitachi Ltd., Travelstar 7K500, 7K500, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Open Source Softswitch Adds Skype
- Here's an interesting teaser for you Skype aficionados. Later this month, the new release of FreeSWITCH, the first open source softswitch, will enable carriers and enterprise to integrate Skype into their VoIP services and platform. For the first time, developers will have a free, high-performance voice switching...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Open Source Softswitch, ESL, Skype API, Asterisk, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Networking, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Toward opal-based billboards?
- Nature News reports that British and Canadian chemists have developed synthetic opals that can very quickly switch between various colors when a few volts of electricity are applied to them. The developers, who said they're ready to sell the technology today, added that their 'photonic ink' (P-Ink) material could soon...
- Tags: Colour, Pixel, Polymer, Material, P-Ink, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-12-28
- UK ISPs flip censorship switch on Wikipedia
- A bevy of United Kingdom Internet service providers are restricting Wikipedia access over child pornography allegations. The move, reported by ZDNet UK's Rupert Goodwins, caused a bit of a ruckus Techmeme. Rupert spied the following notice as UK users attempted to edit Wikipedia. "Wikipedia has been...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, U.K., Wikipedia, Wiki, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-07
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Astrology - Western Astrology from MobileReference. Free half of the book in the trial version. (Mobile)
- Understand personality trends, find an ideal gift, and discover compatibility with other signs in love, business and partnership. Free half of the book in the trial version.Features Easy explanation of each sign characteristics including positive and negative Explanations of what each sign likes and dislikes Compatibility with other signs The...
- Tags: Sign, Mobile, RAM, Aries Zodiac Element, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-03-27
- Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?
- New owners of the MacBook Air are putting the controversial ultralight Mac through its paces in actual, real-world workflows. And the results are upbeat. At the same time, the solid results from the ultralight spark questions about the redesign of the MacBook Pro â€" whenever Cupertino decides...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Machine, Apple MacBook Pro, MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- First batch of LiMo mobile Linux devices readied for battle against Microsoft, Nokia
- The LiMo Foundation is making steady progress on its goal to make Linux a popular mobile operating system. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, several key LiMo vendors including Motorola, Samsung, NEC and Panasonic announced as promised the first set of LiMo-compliant handsets while...
- Tags: LiMo Foundation, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Linux, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Polymer opal films are not for rings
- British and German researchers have developed a new type of flexible plastic film. These 'polymer opal films' can change colors under certain conditions. For example, they could easily help you to see if some kind of perishable food items are not good anymore because the packaging would change color. They...
- Tags: Science &, Nature, Nanotechnology, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-07-28
- Webcast: Opal Future Technologies Case Study: Accelerating Employee and Customer Self-Service with WebSphere Portal and .NET Integration
- Opal Future Technology needed to deliver a new customer self service presence while bringing together technologies and processes from multiple organizations. Making this effort even more difficult was these technologies were based upon J2EE and .NET. Tune into this webcast to learn how Opal quickly and successfully delivered their customer...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere Portal Server, Webcast, IBM WebSphere, Integration, Portals, Middleware, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Web Technology, .Net, Internet, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2007-06-26
- NetSuite, integration and the local loop
- NetSuite came to London this week to launch its 2007 edition. Choosing to launch the product outside of the US was a neat way of emphasizing the newly extended language support and other globalization features of the new release. Perhaps, who knows, it was also a convenient way of sidestepping...
- Tags: NetSuite, Integration, Customer experience, CRM
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Case study touts .NET development for IBM portal server deployment
- Call it a suck-up job for developer choice, but Ive been appraised of an interesting case study that highlights the ability to develop using Visual Studio/.NET -- but to then cross-compile the applications to play as portlets for deployment on IBM WebSphere Portal server on ... a System Z mainframe....
- Tags: Windows, Vista, Virtualization, System Z, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Red Hat, Open Source, Microsoft, Linux, JBoss, Java, ITIL, IT Service Management, IT Management, IDEs, IBM, Hardware Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Developer Tools, datacenters, database, convergence, Application Lifecycle Management, Apache, .NET
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Google Checkout audit: Where are AdWords 'badges'?
- When Google Checkout launched five months ago, I put forth that Google’s end-game was to sell more Google AdWords.In Google Checkout to merchants: Give us your customers, and your advertising and It’s official: Google launches ‘Checkout’ with predatory pricing model aiming to ‘increase advertising spending’ and Google Checkout aims to...
- Tags: Google Software Applications, Metrics, Google, Search, Marketing, Business Models, Advertising, Enterprise
- Blog posts 2006-11-24
- Animated Opal Creek Sceensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- Imagine being in a beautiful forest. You sit in front of a small creek under the cool shade of giant trees. The sound of the water calms your mind, and the fluttering butterflies whisk your worries away. This is the experience that this screensaver tries to capture. The screensaver features...
- Tags: Butterfly, Screensaver, Microsoft Windows
- Software downloads 2000-08-16
- NetSuite Case Study: Opal Telecom
- Opal Telecom provides wireline and wireless telecommunications services on the wholesale and business market to a wide range of customers in the United Kingdom. Opal needed to modernise its order management, prospecting, and help desk functions, and create an overall unified corporate workflow. Opal Telecom turned to NetSuite to bring...
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Opal Telecom, Help Desk, Call Centers, Sales Strategy, It Operations, Sales
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