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Rumors about changes in Microsoft Licensing

Rumors about changes in Microsoft LicensingWhy does the hardware matter?VMWare and Citrix have developed a lot of wonderful GUI tools around moving virtual machines. While these tools seem to exist solely to fix problems that exist with Windows servers, they do work for their intended application.However, since it is inherently...

Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., PoV, Microsoft Windows, Citrix Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Point of View 1.0.2 (Mac)

Point of View is a mind-bending puzzle game for Mac OS X. It is a game of perspectives: given three views of a figure you must construct that figure using as few blocks as possible. POV is also a puzzler in the truest sense. It relies on planning and strategy...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Futrell Software, POV, Games, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-01-20

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Daylon Leveller 3.2 (Windows)

32-bit terrain/heightfield/bumpmap modeler. Edit on a 2D overview nadir map while simultaneously viewing in 3D. Use OpenGL or raytraced rendering. Numerous plug-ins available, many DEM and image file formats supported including GeoTIFF, SDTS, OBJ, POV-Ray, RIB, VRML, etc.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, VRML, Virtual Reality, Scripting Languages, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-18

POV - Photo Illustions 1.0 (Mobile)

Write a message in the air with the magic of POV Persistence Of Vision. Move the iPhone in front of your friends or your camera and your message magically appears into the air. You can have a message with unlimited number of characters and in any color. Be creative and...

Tags: Message, Mobile, Photograph, jChicken

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Zune HD: No YouTube in the browser for you

patheticI don't care much about youtube (I much prefer TED conference with top minds/scientists to that popular crap :P) but being a social media users (msn, FB and the like) I know for a fact that many people spend lots of time on this site and it is now imperative...

Tags: Team management, Turnabout, Web browser, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?

Or roadsOr how about roads so farmers can get there goods to the markets cheaper? The one laptop per kid is such a scam. Why should kids get cheap laptops overs small business owners. Who would be more productive. Um track sales, write, write e-mail, do books. I am so...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

FSF launches "Windows 7 Sins" campaign

Classic defensive strategyIf you can't defend your POV, pound the table! :)Seriously, this makes the FSF look desperate. It might also open them up for libel charges Of course MS has to weigh the martyr factor. On second thought, that might give the FSF too much credit...The fact they felt...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Patches, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Number 6, Total Cost, Free Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Microsoft to roll out IE 8 with new defaults on Patch Tuesday

I think the EU is the only one who caresI really cannot believe this is such a big deal. If people don't know how to change their defaults. I hardly think they know about any browser but IE.Could the argument not be made against any Linux version? I have tried...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, IE 8, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?

Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?that's just M$ FUDM$ is using phony statistics to scare people using Adobe products.There are few security issues with Adobe and it looks like those are exploited only on windoze.The solution is to use FOSS stacks!Get it integrated with WSUS or go the hell awayLike...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., software, Free Open Source Software

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Microsoft: Buy now, buy later ...

Microsoft: Buy now, buy later ...Anytime Upgrade is like calling you a idiotLet say you go out and buy Home Premium the default version as it is called.Then you see the anytime upgrade button it is like being called a idiot for not buying the best version to start with.I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Buy Now

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

AC3D 3D 6.5.28 (Mac)

Create amazing 3D graphics with this popular and easy-to-use design software now available for Mac OS X. AC3D is used to create 3D models for games; virtual-reality/simulation software; scientific, medical, and general data visualizations; high-resolution 3D renderings and rapid prototyping of 3D designs. Features include a simple click-and-drag...

Tags: 3D, Apple Macintosh, Inivis

Software downloads 2009-06-17

Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others

Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for othersPrices went back to normalIt looks to me that apple just reset their prices to what they were a little over a year ago... aka, still too pricy... they may be a hundred dollars cheaper here or there, but the 17"...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, OS X., PC, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?Green Y2KDennis, needed questions...I asked a similar question couple of weeks ago - are we headed towards a green Y2K?http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-green-y2k.htmlI was at Gartner then and we were warning the world about Y2K. The bigger the total remediation cost we projected the more...

Tags: Y2K, global warming, Climate Change, IT SPEND, information technology, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

MacMolPlt 7.3 (Mac)

MacMolPlt is a Chemistry visualization tool that can be used to build molecules with an integrated graphical model builder, create input files for the GAMESS computational chemistry program, and then visualize the results of computational chemistry runs. Features include a high-quality 3D display, animations of normal modes and reaction sequences...

Tags: 3D, Symmetry, Apple Macintosh, Scalable Computing Laboratory, MacMolPlt

Software downloads 2009-05-28

Living with a netbook: The performance penalty

No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...

Tags: Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-05-19

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?Why?The average American be it in business or elsewhere usually knows little and/or cares less about what people/companies do. Besides, they are probably more worried about if they are employed next week rather than being overly concerned with Intel, AMD or the...

Tags: Free trade, benefit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Windows 7 RC (build 7100) not the same as build 7077

Windows 7 RC (build 7100) not the same as build 7077re: Windows 7 RC (build 7100) not the same as build 7077"There seems to be a fair bit of confusion and misinformation surrounding the leaked ..."This is the result of the "leaked" card being played once too many. What...

Tags: desktop virtualization, Operating systems, Open GL, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, XP Mode, Windows 7 RC, innotek VirtualBox, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Vista/7 more secure than Linux and Mac OS X

Vista/7 more secure than Linux and Mac OS XOfficially... NoIt has yet to be RTM'd. It's only been released as a trial.well said... the MS business model has created a coupleof cultures. The actual users of MS software and the folks that exploit it. Patch Tuesday was never...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Patches, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, software, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Linux, software repository

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Swiss-PdbViewer 4.0.1 (Mac)

Swiss-PdbViewer aka DeepView is an application that provides a user friendly interface allowing to analyze several proteins at the same time. The proteins can be superimposed in order to deduce structural alignments and compare their active sites or any other relevant parts. Amino acid mutations, H-bonds, angles and distances between...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Protein, Modeling, Glaxo Wellcome Experimental Research, Swiss-PdbViewer 4.0.1, Research & Development, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-02-08