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Peter's Flexible Renaming Kit (exe)

Easily organize your music, picture, or other types of files with this professional grade bulk file/folder renaming program. Rename files using regular expressions, pre-defined commands, your own commands plugins, or combinations thereof. The pre-defined renaming commands and regular expressions allow a multitude of string operations (including add/delete/replace/swap), letter case translation,...

Tags: file, peter frankenberger, e-mail, online communications

Software downloads 2008-06-04

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Are you a Dog or a Cat?

Are you a Dog or a Cat?You proved my point.People do not like change unless they are the implementors.Dog/Cat/FishI liked the way you put that! vista is a pretty configuration but it is a new learning venture for us all..I'm a dog/cat person...who also loves fish..hehehehThey moved everything around......to create...

Tags: productivity, vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

The lowdown on Intel's Larrabee

With Siggraph 2008 starting next week and IDF Intel Developer Forum on its heels, Intel is revealing more details of its mysterious Larrabee project. Intel has finally stated unequivocally that its "many-core" architecture will be used in desktop add-in boards for 3D gaming that compete directly with AMD and Nvidia...

Tags: nvidia corp., intel corp., gpu, larrabee, john morris

Blog posts 2008-08-05

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeUnderpaying the budget analystLess than $40,000? Is this a trainee?Gotcha momentWith the profusion of detail unconnected to any conclusion, strange to compain about missing information. Still, a sentence like this:In addition, the requirements shown for the project manager position contain...

Tags: mainframes, servers, mainframe, cobol/vse, ibm corp., ibm mainframe, data-processing

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: talent, collaboration, ceo, hcl, workforce management, human resources, oliver marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)

Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...

Tags: apple inc., hardware, jason d. o'grady, notebooks, notebooks & tablets, tablets

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Apple's coming notebook transition

Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...

Tags: notebook, apple macintosh, apple inc., blu-ray, product transition, portable growth, desktops, hardware, robin harris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?

During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...

Tags: apple macbook, apple inc., hardware, itablet, jason d. o'grady, notebooks, notebooks & tablets, product transition

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism

Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalismIt's happening everywhere.Nobody wants to be in business or make a transaction unless they make a killing, not just a reasonable profit.I have nothing against making money, but when your greed hurts others, like the Starbucks managers and employees, I think it's time...

Tags: retail, blogging, investment, food & beverage, starbucks corp., compassionate capitalism, capitalism, blog

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...

Tags: notebook, apple ipod, apple macbook, apple inc., peter oppenheimer, september, digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way

I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up on the...

Tags: apple inc., productivity, notebooks, apple mac os x, keyboards, hardware, notebooks & tablets, operating systems, software, apple mac os, peripherals, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries

Updated: Apple on Monday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 a share, on revenue of $7.46 billion, well ahead of Wall Street estimates as Mac sales continued to surge. However, Apple lowered its outlook and failed to allay concerns about CEO Steve Jobs' health. ...

Tags: revenue, apple iphone, job, apple macintosh, health care, apple inc., steve, operational accounting, vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, finance, enterprise software, software, human resources, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!

The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!I've used perfect Voice Recognition--it still sucksWant to experiment with perfect VR? I did! Here's how:Have a friend (who is willing to be your input device for a full 8 hour day) type for you...

Tags: mice, keyboards, mouse, computer, computer mouse, keyboard

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter.....All this does is re-enforces that accountability for ones actions are almost non-existent and will only serve to encourage other miscreants to follow in this punks steps.As for the level of knowledge in the law sector... you seem about...

Tags: recruitment & selection, web browsers, cybercrime fighter, ringleader, cybercrime group, job

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...

Tags: job, malware, bot, malware bot, privmsg, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, security, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-16

10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G

There's plenty that's great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com's Natasha Lomas. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived--a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed...

Tags: apple iphone, mobile, apple inc., 3g iphone, 3g, keyboards, advertising & promotion, telephony, cellular phones, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, hardware, peripherals, marketing, networking, iphone 3g, apple, smart phones, natasha lomas, silicon.com

News items 2008-07-15

AVG changes its stance on LinkScanner

A few days ago I wrote a story about AVG's LinkScanner causing a massive amount of additional traffic on the net in the name of protecting customers... yeah.  Well, here's a quote from the original article to give some background: Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to...

Tags: web, web site, whirlpool corp., search result, slashdot, avg, linkscanner, web site development, search, channel management, web technology, internet, marketing, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-07-07

$1 Million prize offered for cracking an encryption algorithm

It's 2008, and companies perhaps rich on VC money to waste in a guerilla marketing tactic for generating viral buzz, still talk and act as the utopian "unbreakable encryption" algorithm is the panacea of security, or the "Hackers Hell: Privacy That Can't Be Compromised" as they pitch it. ...

Tags: passphrase, malware, encryption algorithm, encryption, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, security, viruses and worms, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Demographics forging a new Net market: It's not your kids' Web

It's easy and fashionable to talk about "digital natives" that have grown up online, but the demographics of the United States are shifting radically to the grey and Web services developers should heed that news and make changes in their products and plans as a result. Old coots, like me,...

Tags: u.s., web, web service, advertising age, west, channel management, marketing, mitch ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-07-07

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: google inc., larry dignan, information technology, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., service-oriented architecture (soa), team management, 3g, web services, middleware, enterprise software, software, management, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02