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Commercial spying app for Android devices released

A commercial provider of multi-platform spying applications has recently ported its main product to the Android mobile OS. by Dancho Danchev

Tags: Commercial, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-11-10

New tool aids .Net developers in writing Linux, Mac OS X apps

Not all .Net developers are writing Windows apps. Some besides Miguel de Icaza and his merry band of Mono folks may be interested in writing Linux, Unix and Mac OS X apps, too. On November 10, Novell rolled out the final version of a new Visual Studio add-on aimed at...

Tags: Developer, Apple Macintosh, App, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, .Net, Open Source, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7

An OS isn't much without software to take advantage of it. If you've just got yourself a copy of Windows 7 by paying full price for it or by being canny then you'll be looking for cool, useful, and above all, compatible software to install. Look for further! by Adrian...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?

Microsoft has pulled an update tool for Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store site after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open-source code in a way that violated the GNU General Public License. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: GPL, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Windows 7, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Study claims netbook users dissatisfied with Windows 7. Are you?

Another day, another Windows 7 study. The latest comes from Retrevo, a consumer electronics shopping site, which asserts that users aren't keen on Windows 7 netbooks running Starter Edition. I bet I'm not the only one who would beg to disagree with many of the survey's findings. by Mary Jo...

Tags: Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?

Costin Raiu says Apple's iTunes has started to meddle with the Windows AutoRun feature, making Microsoft's operating system less secure. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Apple Inc., Costin Raiu, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Digital Music, Digital Media, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-11-10

TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades

TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler explains what XP mode is and shares five reasons why it may encourage XP hold outs to upgrade. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Reason, Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

The most serious of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Ryan Naraine, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Snow Leopard update squashes bugs

The Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update released Monday includes "fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac," Apple says. by David Morgenstern

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

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Which should a small business choose: Windows Home Server or Windows Server Foundation?

Until quite recently, Microsoft officials emphasized the "home" in Windows Home Server WHS when explaining how that product fit into its server line-up. Last week, however, something changed. Microsoft officials added small office/home office SOHO users to its list of potential customers for WHS. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Small Business, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Windows Server 2008 R2 finally gets its day in the sun

Microsoft officials highlighted the company's wave of enterprise server products during the kick-off keynotes at the company's TechEd Europe conference on November 9. Among this wave is Windows Server 2008 R2 (WS2008R2) -- the server complement to Windows 7, which has a lot of unsung features that could be of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-09

CurrPorts 1.80 (Windows)

CurrPorts will display the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your PC. For each port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is also displayed, including the process name, full path of the process, version information of the process (product name, file...

Tags: Port, TCP, UDP, NirSoft Freeware, Microsoft Windows, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09

FastPictureViewer Pro (32-Bit) 1.0.115 (Windows)

FastPictureViewer was designed to speed up the workflow of professional photographers and provides full color management including support for custom profiled monitors, rating functions compliant with windows Vista and Adobe XMP standards, instant RGB histogram and EXIF windows, instant magnifier, image preloading/caching and optional Direct3D acceleration for ultimate viewing speed...

Tags: 32-bit, Speed, Axel Rietschin Software Developments, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Process Improvement, Quality, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-11-09

ProcessScanner 1.1 (Windows)

ProcessScanner generates a detailed list of the items already running on your PC, it then goes on to give you valuable information as to the programs these are associated with. Furthermore ProcessScanner will then supply you with valuable information about what each does and the level of risk, or threat,...

Tags: Uniblue Systems, ProcessScanner, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Factorizer 10.34 (Windows)

Factorizer is a Windows program to find factors of numbers up to 2,147,483,646 and to find primes, pairs of primes and Palmen colors of numbers. Or in more detail, Factorizer may be used: (1) to get the prime decomposition of all numbers in a range of numbers, (2) to get...

Tags: Factor, Hermetic Systems, Factorizer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09

TimeGuard Pro 3.0.0.4 (Windows)

TimeGuard is smart and friendly time tracking software. Unlike other solutions, TimeGuard is active and is not waiting passively for your input. It will help you to manage your time tracking and expense logging, taking much of the burden off your shoulders. TimeGuard will calculate your projects bills and produce...

Tags: Report, Terilyon Software, TimeGuard, Mice, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09

BT Broadband Desktop Help (Windows)

BT Broadband Desktop Help helps you get back on line if you are disconnected, set up your email account and fix issues if it stops working, work in the background, fixing the problems it finds, help you set up your home network so you can share folders and printers, and...

Tags: Desktop, British Telecommunications, Printers, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09

10 things I'd like to see in the next version of Windows

Now that IT pros have started kicking the Windows 7 tires, it makes sense to consider the next round of improvements. Alan Norton shares his list of the changes he hopes to see.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.

Tags: Alan Norton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Download resources 2009-11-08

ShellToys 7.1 (Windows)

ShellToys XP is a suite of 27 shell extensions for Windows adding powerful new features to the context menu for files, folders, windows and dialogs. Right-click a single file to encrypt, decrypt, shred or split it, change its extension, date or attributes. Image files display a preview right on the...

Tags: File, CFi, ShellToys XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Construction, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-08

CacheRight 4.0.1 (Windows)

CacheRight for Microsoft IIS 4/5/6 allows Web developers to create reliable cache control policies without MMC access. By eliminating unnecessary validation requests and ensuring proper caching of images and other content by both browser and proxy caches, CacheRight will speed up pages, reduce network chatter, and free up servers to...

Tags: Network, Port80 Software, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-08