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Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple: Non-profit environmental group Climate Counts publishes a report that puts Apple at the bottom of its environmental list. Apple scores 11 out of 100, while IBM, which enjoys the top spot on the list, scores 77. Climate Counts goes as...; Tags: Apple Inc., Climate Count, Climate Counts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Is Microsoft the answer to Africa's health woes?: In my story earlier today I pointed out how African researchers see mobile data networks as the key to improving health outcomes on the world's poorest continent. The French group formerly known as Fone+, now combined under Craig Mundie into Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, is pushing precisely...; Tags: Mobile, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Smart Phones, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market: I have been enjoying the recent posts on the Nokia Conversations site and a couple that I found particularly interesting was the post about Nokia's changes in the USA and the interview with the N96 and N78 creators. One is directly applicable to U.S. users of Nokia products, like myself,...; Tags: U.S., Strategy, Phone, Device, Nokia Corp., N96, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Neil Young gives his name to a spider: Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University (ECU) professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...; Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon: Hey there, it's Jake, Jason's evil twin. It's Friday which means that it's my turn to take the wheel for trip down Apple rumor lane. Fasten your seat belts because here we go: Apple Developing Wiimote-Like Controller? – AppleInsider reports that a new Apple patent application reveals...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iLounge, 3G, E-mail, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-09

My Quiz Show Classroom (exe): Engage your audience. Make classroom training games fun. My Quiz Show is a Jeopardy style game with more features than the TV version. Compared to the PowerPoint version on the market today, My Quiz Show is a clear cut above in the graphic and easy-of-use categories. Our game show software...; Tags: C3 Visauls, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-09
Wondershare Video to iPod Converter for Mac (zip): Wondershare Video to iPod Converter for Mac is a perfect solution for Mac users to convert video to iPod. This Mac video to iPod converter can convert video files including MPEG1, MPEG2, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, Mpeg TS/TP (for HD Video) to iPod video formats for playback on iPod touch,...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Video, Wondershare Software, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-05-09
CrazyBeavers YouTUbe Downloader (01): CrazyBeavers YouTUbe Downloader is a simple application to download videos from YouTube and convert them to avi (using XviD codec) or wmv. Built using C# and the .Net 2.0 framework with FFmpeg (http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/) used for conversion. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: YouTube Inc., CrazyBeaver Software, C#, .Net, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-05-09
SMSSender (exe): Mobile Solution Bulk Short Message Service (SMS) Software Now it become easy to send bulk SMS around the world. You can send a single message or a distribution list containing thousand of numbers. By using a SMS Sender, companies, Persons can deliver bulk SMS's worldwide quickly, cheaply and reliably. When...; Tags: SMS, ATSoft, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking; Software downloads 2008-05-09
Jarum-Game Creator (exe): Jarum-Game Creator allows you to create great games using a simple programming language. Once you have completed your game it can be compiled into a stand alone .exe file. Updates and bug fixes will be sent though the updater that comes with Jarum-Game Creator v1.0. We have also included a...; Tags: Jarum, Jarum-Game Creator, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-09
The Famous Big Top Game (exe): Download and installation are free and 100% safe from any viruses, adware, or spyware. Jackpots accumulate on the Internet and build until there is a winner. At that point the Jackpot starts anew for the next round. The game is easy and free to play but offers other options to...; Tags: Polifas Enterprises, Games, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-09
ToyBomber (exe): Your plane flies over the runway, getting lower and lower. Using only two action keys, you have to drop bombs and fire cannon to destroy obstacles (stacked barrels, boxes, and stones) on runway, before your plane crash to them. Precise timing and planning of dropping bombs are most important to...; Tags: Bomb, Esc2Games, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-09
E-Labeling Toolbar for Firefox (xpi): Toolbar provides links to E-Labeling LLC, thermal transfer printers, labels, tags, ribbons and labeling design software. Toolbar also has RSS feed links to ABC and Yahoo Business news, ABC, CNN and Yahoo Technology news, as well as current temperature and radio stations with a mini audio player. In addition, it...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, ABC Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Toolbar, E-Labeling, RSS, Media Players, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-09
And in other news ... id Software announces Doom 4: OK, this has made my day. id Software has announced that production work has begun on Doom 4: Production has begun on DOOM 4™, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe. We are expanding our internal team and are currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title. ...; Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-08
ShoZu adds Twitter, Seesmic, Photobucket, and 5 more destinations: One of the first applications I load up on my camera-enabled mobile phones is ShoZu because it allows me to post photos and videos I capture to a number of websites and services. ShoZu just announced that they have added eight new destinations to their mobile client. ...; Tags: Destination, Photobucket, Twitter, ShoZu, Camera Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Are we all just cognitive surplus?: Clay Shirky, and his truly handsome hairline, is not into the ragehol like I am. That is, he does not anger easily. But he admits to nearly losing it recently, when after describing a Wikipedia skirmish to a TV producer, he got the question ...; Tags: Surplus, Shirky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Wiki, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Vonage narrows losses; Inks deal with Covad: Vonage is still losing money, but the bottom line is moving in the right direction. The company also signed a deal with Covad to offer DSL service. The VOIP provider on Thursday reported a first quarter net loss of $9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared...; Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Company, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Marketing Research, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
iTunes FairPlay DRM - Protecting artists and labels, or helping Apple sell more iPods?: One day, two emails, two very different viewpoints: Email #1: "DRM on songs sold through iTunes is a necessary evil, there to protect artists and the labels from piracy." Email #2: "Apple's FairPlay DRM is nothing more than a tool that locks you into buying iPods...; Tags: Apple iPod, Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Media, Digital Music, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-08
YouTube Robot (exe): YouTube Robot help you download video from YouTube.com, Break.com, Putfile.com, Google.com,iflim.com,Vimeo.com and Angryalien.com convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune. Support batch and schedule mode. You may as well schedule...; Tags: Phone, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Video, Mobile Device, Isofter, Corporate Communications, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, Robots, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-05-08
Rob's Hangman (zip): A game of hangman which allows you to choose from 7 different word sets, can set the number of guesses allowed, and limit the length of the word selected. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Robs Software, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-08