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Microsoft's Web 2.0 vision for business

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business division, explains how Microsoft plans to apply Web 2.0 technology, such as self-service and groups of people contributing to applications, to the enterprise. In an interview with Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media,...

Tags: Web, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, web 2.0, microsoft, platforms, enterprise, O'Reilly, applications, mobile

Videos 2009-04-02

Will economic downturn push companies into the cloud?

At the TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable in Mountain View, Calif., Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, explains why he thinks Microsoft's entry into the business will bring validation to the cloud. Many CTOs, he says, still need to be convinced that using software as a service will save them money and...

Tags: Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Salesforce, cloud computing, SaaS, Benioff, Microsoft, TechCrunch, platforms

Videos 2009-03-02

Salesforce to partner with Facebook

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, and Steve Fisher, senior vice president of the platform division at Salesforce, demonstrate a recruiting program made possible by making Force.com's platform compatible with Facebook. When it comes to things like job recommendations, social networks are...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Sales Force Management, Sales, software, platforms, SaaS, cloud, computing, compatible, applications, Dreamforce

Videos 2008-11-04

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Politician wants Twitter banned from use by....wait for it -- politicians!

I'd rather see them ban lobbyists...If there is anything that affects the quality of their service to the public, it's not Twitter. It's lobbyists. I say let them use Twitter all the time and ban lobbyists instead.Twitter abuseNot trying to put politicians and football players in the same category, but...

Tags: Social networking, James 3, Twitter Inc., Twitter Banned

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Hands-on with the HTC HD2, most impressive Windows Mobile device to date

I like what HTC is doingYou've got the Hero and the HD2. I'd like to see what the difference is in performance between the two, but the Hero has a slower processor. Personally, I like the Windows Mobile platform, and it is the best option for Windows-based IT...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Operating systems, mobile device, Apple iPhone, HTC HD2, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup

To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Multi-Copy Tools 1.5 (Windows)

Multi-Copy Tools can automatically backup or synchronize many folders or files. Multi-Copy Tools is a software for Win32 platforms, Win2k WinXP and Vista. Main Features are: Batch copy, move or synchronize, compare source and target folders, run in a flash drive.

Tags: Folder, Tool, Whitecloudsoft, Productivity, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Xshell 3.0 build 0261 (Windows)

Xshell is a powerful SSH, TELNET, and RLOGIN terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation. SSH Secure Shell protocol supports encryption and user authentication for secure connections over the Internet, and it replaces legacy protocols such...

Tags: SSH, Xshell, Telnet, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-19

eReader for Google Android now available

I am an ebook fan and like to have the same software across multiple platforms, which is why my preferred reader has been Mobipocket for a couple of years. eReader has been expanding on devices and just launched their Google Android software so now I am going to go all...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, eReader, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Revolution 4.0 (Mac)

Choosing Revolution as your development solution means you can move between platforms as your needs change or your market expands, without messy code rewrites. You can even publish to the Web, via any major browser, on any platform. Revolution supports XML, multimedia objects, SQL database connections, Internet access, and much...

Tags: Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Platform, Runtime Revolution, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Maze 2.2 (Mac)

Maze is a Mac OS X implementation of the classic maze screen saver module seen on various platforms.It works with the Mac OS X built in screen saver.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Maze, Screensaver, David Caldwell, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Mediaraptor 4.0.3 (Windows)

Caution! Hard drive manufacturers and DSL providers are warning against an outbreak of excessive free music and videos! Mediaraptor is unbeatable when it comes to record millions of MP3s from web radios and music videos online. No P2P file sharing networks! No subscription required! Mediaraptor is today's cutting-edge solution for...

Tags: Web, Radio, Microsoft Windows, Video, MP3, Music, RapidSolution Software, Mediaraptor, Mediaraptor MusicFinder, Corporate Communications, Portals, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-18

install4j 4.2.5 (Windows)

install4j is a cross platform Java installer that produces native launchers and installers for all major platforms. Install4j offers an intuitive GUI that makes it easy to quickly define installation projects. A command line compiler and integration for Apache ANT are included.

Tags: Platform, Install4j, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Adobe CTO: Flash in the future

I wish it was Flash in the pastFlash is the antithesis of open platforms. It has made the internet into a cesspool of whiz-bang crap-ola. It adds no value to the sites it is used on and could be replaced with Ajax on almost all.The sooner Flash goes away the...

Tags: AJAX, INTERNET, Microsoft Windows NT, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Adobe CTO: Flash in the future

At the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch talks about how the company?s Flash software is coming to new devices such as game consoles, smartphones, and TVs. Lynch says Adobe is working with chip vendors and TV manufacturers on a variety of different television platforms...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CTO, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Flash

Videos 2009-11-17

Adobe releases Flash, AIR betas; Gauging the potential of multi-touch on the desktop

Not surprising ....Not surprising, considering, Silverlight already supports multi-touch, as does WPF.Silverlight has potential......but platform availability is a factor. MS need to improve that greatly if they want to take a bite out of Flash's share.Rather, catch up[i]Adobe?s platform is appealing, but it?s in a race to stay ahead...

Tags: Network technology, Web browsers, desktop, 64-bit, Adobe Systems Inc., multi-touch

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

Chip giant AMD has announced that the Flash Player 10.1 beta released by Adobe today is to offer support for platforms powered by Vision Technology from AMD to deliver high-quality, high definition HD on Flash platform -based video and other rich Web based content and applications. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Macromedia Flash Player, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Semiconductors, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Hardware, Marketing, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Tcl Dev Kit 5.1 (Mac)

The Tcl Dev Kit TDK provides essential tools for Tcl programmers, making it easy to create, build and deploy applications. Rapidly deploy Tcl applications to a broad range of platforms, as ready-to-run executables, starkits or starpacks. Simplify development with tools for finding and fixing bugs, managing complex code bases, and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, TCL, Tcl Dev Kit, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2009-11-17