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Let them eat pi

On March 14 at 1:59 PDT, it was a celebration of all things Pi: 3.14159. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi stops by the geek fest at San Francisco's Exploratorium museum to take part in a Pi procession, meet a baby named Pi, and of course, have a slice of the sweet...

Tags: kara tsuboi, pi, exploratorium, pi day, 3.14, san francisco

Videos 2008-03-14

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Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license

Tar and feather them nt ;-)ntYeah - they made good on GPL2 - tar them anyway!It's Microsoft - hurt them even when they do admit their errors and make good on them!Seriously Dude, see a shrink!A tad serious?Lighten up a bit - a shrink? I will put my mental health...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, tool, Microsoft Windows 7, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

ExportNet 3.48 (Windows)

ExportNet is designed for trading business. It is used to manage all the products, issue quotation/offer sheet/PI/SC/PO and full set of shipping document for your trading operation. It generates catalog, leaflet, pamphlet, product detail sheet, booklet and brochure of you products. It also issue trading documents for your merchandising operation....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, ExportNet, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

Software downloads 2009-11-11

TypeBook Creator 1.9.2 (Mac)

Veenix TypeBook Creator allows users to easily create and print type specimen books and font sample sheets of their fonts. TypeBook Creator features precision automatic font categorization via Veenix GlyphLogic technology, 16 classic page layouts, numerous layout customization options and prints both active and inactive fonts. TypeBook Creator's built-in GlyphLogic...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Font, Veenix Software USA, TypeBook Creator, Veenix TypeBook Creator, Veenix

Software downloads 2009-11-06

T-Mobile 'everything unlimited' plan to offer voice, SMS, MMS, data for $50?

A new rumor has emerged that T-Mobile is planning to offer an 'everything unlimited' plan that will include unlimited voice, SMS, MMS and data for $50. BoyGeniusReport details the plan, internally nicknamed "Project Dark." That report attests that it's a multi-pronged assault, rolling...

Tags: MMS, Voice, T-Mobile, SMS, BoyGeniusReport, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Polar Sweep for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Polar Sweep for iPhone reinforces relationships between rectangular coordinates, polar coordinates, and basic trigonometry with a dynamic educational interface. Users can sweep through the circle to see changing values and helpful diagrams of right triangles for common angles. It contains radians as an introduction to radians this app shows decimal...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Nolan Piper, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Untraceability in the Applied Pi-Calculus

The use of RFID tags in personal items, such as passports, may make it possible to track a person's movements. Even RFID protocols that encrypt their identity may leak enough information to let an attacker trace a tag. This paper defines strong and weak forms of untraceablility, and illustrates these...

Tags: RFID Tag, University Of Birmingham, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2009-09-23

We ferret out the latest flu questions

Genes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in piGenes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus. The findings...

Tags: H1N1 flu, latest flu, flu

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming October 6

Will definately upgrade my Touch Pro 2...... but the real wait is for Windows Mobile 7. I'm still a bit baffled about what will be in 6.5 though, since we seem to be getting almost daily leaks (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=windows+mobile+6.5+build) of new builds for it that adds new functionality - strange...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, Re:What, Win Mobile 6.5, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Pi-Vu Basic 1.6.12 (Windows)

Pi-Vu Basic is the next generation surveillance product of SEEnergy Inc. which is developed with high performance and ease-of-use in mind. The software is designed to support 36 major brand (Axis/Sony/Panasonic) dual-stream network cameras with advanced features such as event management and recording, tri-display monitoring, smart motion detection, advance PTZ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Camera, SEEnergy, Pi-Vu Basic, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-19

TIBCO and SAP: place your bets

TIBCO Governance?TIBCO has certainly made an investment in Cloud with Silver.But to say that they understand Governance and can lead that is an overstatement... They OEM their Governance technologies from Amberpoint and Systinet and hardly have much to say on the topic themselves.Full disclosure, I work at Software AG and...

Tags: Middleware, Web services, Enterprise software, TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Time to name Apple's new tablet

Time to name Apple's new tabletApplet!Apple + tablet = Applet. No?Jokes aside, I think the new product will be named in the tradition of iSomething.Why not iTouch?iGimmiemoremoneyI know that's more than one syllable, but its got to maintain some thematic consistency with the rest of their modern essentials. Apple TouchPadThey...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, iPad, tablet, Apple Inc., new tablet

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Pi-Vu Basic + 1.2.0.5 (Windows)

Pi-Vu Basic Plus is the advance single-server IP video system that can manage up to 36 major brand IP cameras. It's designed to provide features included in our "Basic" version, plus the following advance features: 1. Live views of all cameras (5x5 and 6x6) 2. Support MegaPixel Resolution 3. Support...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Camera, SEEnergy

Software downloads 2009-07-17

SoftwareAG: 'We're not up for sale'

SoftwareAG acquiring IDS Scheer: deal details All cash offer €477 million (net of IDS Scheer cash is €387 million) Debt to be repaid in 2-3 years Contracted shares today 48% Tender process for remainder expected to start August and close...

Tags: IDS Scheer, SAP AG, SoftwareAG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Rapid-Pi 2.1 (Windows)

Rapid-Pi is an equation editor for Microsoft Word that provides a faster way to edit math in documents. Rapid-Pi allows you to enter mathematical expressions as easy-to-understand text. For example, you can type (y+2)/x^2 to create a fraction with y + 2 in the numerator and x-squared in the denominator....

Tags: Trident Software, Microsoft Windows, Word-processor, Rapid-Pi, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2009-07-10

TheCalcMan 1.2 (Windows)

99% of the users use calculators for doing simple calculations. And most use the Windows Calculator. How do you use it: You first type the first number from the keyboard. Then you choose the operator using the mouse. Then again you use the keyboard to enter the second number. It...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFirefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFinally! It has been released. Now to download and install it. I'll be the first one at work with FF 3.5.Thank god I do not have the same attitudeRegarding your comment "I see no need...

Tags: Adrian, browser gorilla, Firefox 3.5, mid-sized browser gorilla, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Well-Positioned

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Mathtools_in-axis 1.0 (Windows)

Predefined commands, dedicated to perform calculations using text objects as numbers: Insert Number; Insert Distance; Insert Quantity; Numbering; Sum; Subtraction; Multiplication; Division; Change sign; Integer; PI; Reciprocal; Square root; Square; Cube.

Tags: Command, Calculation, In-axis, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-30