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Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks: Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV & Home Theater, digital-rights management, DRM Sucks, HD-DVD, Friday Rant, perfect example, TV; Discussion threads 2008-04-11
It runs on OS X, now it runs on Ubuntu...Still no Vista: It runs on OS X, now it runs on Ubuntu...Still no VistaWhat's with the CLI ...What's the hang up with the command line? The command line is a tool just as with the interface. Some tasks are much easier to execute using the command line instead of hunting for the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Apple Mac OS X, Perfect Example, command line, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, VPC 2007, CLI; Discussion threads 2007-05-02

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Patent reform dead for 2008: The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510: As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Get the AOL Succubus Off My Back!: Pursuing a career in Information Technology comes with certain responsibilities and baggage -- among these are having to act as a personal, unpaid member of the Geek Squad whenever a friends and family computer is ill. Yesterday I got a phone call...; Tags: America Online Inc., Internet, E-mail Providers, Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-14

Content Protection madness on Vista: [UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...; Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-14
College Schedule Maker (zip): College Schedule Maker helps students to create their own course schedules. Example: In our university, there is a system called Online Banner where we can register our courses for the next semester. The Problem: Almost all the times we face time-conflict of a course with another, so lot of us...; Tags: Student, Course, AddaxSoft, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-05-14
Perfect Mobile Icons (zip): Developing a software project for mobile devices? Enhance the appearance of your software on PDA and mobile devices by using a set of matching icons. Dial and Hang-up, Ring Tone and Vibrate Ring, Bluetooth and 3G, GPRS, various Battery states, SMS, E-mail, Calendar, Camera, Alarm and Video Call, and many...; Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Icon, Aha-soft, PDAs, Advertising & Promotion, 3G, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-14
Culpa Innata (exe): The year is 2047. For the first time in history, countries with significant resources have united under one World Union. In this utopian society, "survival of the fittest" takes its next inevitable step. Only the elite are deemed worthy to live under the World Union banner - the smartest, healthiest,...; Tags: Murder, Strategy First Inc., Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-14
First, a game of green. Then, fade to black: It is truly astonishing that I mention the word Apple in a post and I get more talkbacks than pretty much anything I write about. Puh-leeze, get a grip. Anyway, just back from reluctantly leaving my old PowerBook G4 with the kindly (actually, can someone half my age be kindly?)...; Tags: Brain, Query, Apple Inc., Games, E-mail, Web Site Development, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Cree's LED lights for the rest of us: Cree's LED lights for the rest of usThese are greatI'm in the process of installing these in my home and they are great. I've been a fan of LED lighting for many years, but none to date have been anything more than a proof-of-concept. These are different. ...; Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, Cree, LED Lights; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Could "not so high end" gaming systems tarnish Alienware's reputation?: Could "not so high end" gaming systems tarnish Alienware's reputation?Processor Assumption, yes, GPU... NO.Actually while I agree with your point that the Phenom CPU is not the fastest Quad Core CPU on the market at all, the ATI Graphics card (the X2 model mentioned) is indeed the fastest current single...; Tags: Games, Alienware, game; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Still ranting about interfaces: My argument, yesterday, that how an application is to be used is more determinative of the right toolset for building it than what the application does, embeds the assumption that the people we sell our software or development ideas to, either are end users or make decisions on the basis...; Tags: Corel WordPerfect, Standards, Word Processors, Quality, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-13
4Leaf MOV Video Converter (exe): 4Leaf MOV Video Converter is a simple, high-quality and fast MOV converter. It lets you easily to convert AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, DivX, Xvid, ASF, VOB to MOV format files that can be played on your MOV. This program integrated with Windows Explorer is very simple and easy to use....; Tags: Video, Microsoft Windows Explorer, Converter, 4Leaf Media Software, 4Leaf MOV Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-13
Sensible Note Taker (exe): Sensible Note Taker is the perfect program for making lists, jotting down quick thoughts, or keeping important information at your fingertips. Take as many notes as you want and you never have to worry about saving, the program will automatically save your notes for you. Organize your notes into different...; Tags: Note, Dekisoft, Sensible Note Taker, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2008-05-13
CHM Editor (exe): Handy WYSIWYG editor which can be used for editing and translating CHM files. You can translate your e-Books in CHM format easily and quickly. Besides, this is perfect tool for localization your CHM Help files. You can solve several tasks at once by using CHM Editor: this is a powerful...; Tags: Editor, Tool, GridinSoft, Productivity, E-books, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-13
Olympus announces new E-520 midrange DSLR update: Olympus has finally announced the previously leaked E-520, an update to its well-regarded E-510. Like the entry-level E-420, the E-510 is really a minor update to its predecessor. Not surprisingly, updates include most of the new features the E-420 added over the E-410, such as a bigger and better...; Tags: Olympus Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Asus Eee PC 900 (white, Windows XP): When we first saw the diminutive Asus Eee PC back in the fall of 2007, we were duly impressed by its capability to mix small size with a small price, and rightly predicted it would be popular with consumers and influential with other PC makers (although, to be fair, the...; Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, Intel Celeron, Intel Corp., ASUS; Product reviews 2008-05-12
(OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta): (OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta)be very caefulI had a crash and had to reload my OS (Windows XP. That went okay, but I had no backup for Windows Offoice. I was on deadline so I downloaded had no backup for Office so I downloaded Open Office 2.3. When...; Tags: OpenOffice, OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta, OpenOffice.org 3.0, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, object-oriented; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12