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Twistory 3.0 (Mac)

"Twistory" is a history browser. It displays the lifetimes and travels of historical figures, and dates and locations of historical events. It is atool for keeping track of when and where things happened, and their relationships to each other. It is meant to provide a way to keep track ofthe...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Event, Window, Productive Programming, Construction

Software downloads 2006-09-26

POPIt Mail Notifier 2.0 (Windows)

POPIt (pop-it) is a an easy to use Windows 95 and NT 4.0 mail program which sends and receives messages for multiple mailboxes and improves your mail system with some much needed features. POPIt is small and uses the system Taskbar tray to display a separate icon indicating the number...

Tags: Mailbox, IM, Productive Programming, POPIt, InstaViewTM, SPAM-XTM, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, Instant Messaging, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2001-02-08

TypeTamer 2.0 (Mac)

TypeTamer is the next generation of font management tools from Impossible Software designed to improve the productivity of all Macintosh users. Today, with well over 10,000 fonts available, in four different formats, choosing the correct fonts for your documents can be a challenge. If you've ever experienced the problem of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Font, Productive Programming, TypeTamer

Software downloads 2000-10-10

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Entourage Manipulator 2.0.0.12 (Mac)

Productive Computing, Inc. introduces the first plug-in that provides two-way data exchange between FileMaker Pro and Microsoft Entourage using nothing more than simple FileMaker script steps. No AppleScript or XML programming required! The Entourage Manipulator plug-in can exchange data with the Microsoft Entourage Address Book, Calendar, Tasks, Notes and Mail....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Filemaker Inc., FileMaker Pro, Productive Computing, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-03

PowerMops 6.2 (Mac)

PowerMops is a full featured, stand-alone development environment for programming the Macintosh. Inspired by Smalltalk and Neon, PowerMops is based on Forth with extensive object-oriented features such as multiple inheritance, early and late binding, persistent objects, and garbage collection. Its interactive development environment provides for fluid and productive programming by...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Environment, Object-oriented, Programming, Development Environment, Michael Hore, PowerMops, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-24

What would it take for you to switch to Linux?

Secret Service ProtectionI'd consider switching to Linux if I was provided presidential level protection. With all the spyware functionality built into Linux allowing serial killers to track your location, it's simply too dangerous to run Linux. You're literally asking to be killed. Save yourself, pay for your software.Linux - Whom...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, spyware

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!

About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...

Tags: Financial accounting, H1B, audit, Use H-1B, L-1 worker, Federal audit, L-1, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

How to mentor entry level developers

TechRepublic's Justin James has seen enough mentoring boondoggles to have a good idea of what does and doesn’t work. He shares his ideas about how to have a successful software developer mentoring program. One of my recent TechRepublic polls covered the topic of why we hire entry-level...

Tags: Developer, Programmer, Mentor, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Python 3.1 (Windows)

Python is a powerful object oriented programming language. Clean syntax, high-level data structures, dynamic typing, and rich support libraries combine to make Python a very productive tool for many types of programming. Extensive support for XML, Internet protocols, data handling, and Web services is included. Several libraries for GUI development...

Tags: Python, Microsoft Windows, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2009-06-28

Google: Looking over shoulder at Wolfram|Alpha?

Google: Looking over shoulder at Wolfram|Alpha?Google and Wolfram AlphaI don't think they are actually in the same field to be competitors. I think if Google is talking about/looking at Wolfram Alpha... it's for acquisition of the technology... or an API share. Google doesn't want to be a mega-calculator, but if...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Wolfram Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Snow Leopard Server to include Mobile Access Server

Snow Leopard Server to include Mobile Access ServerShame you, Microsoft!:DYou can get an Xserver at a fraction of a cost of WS 2k8 system.Now that makes much economic sense, but I'm a home user, so I prefer Linux server, but needed some features like IIS 7.0 with .net Framework 3.5...

Tags: Servers, mobile, Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard Server, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mobile Access Server, server

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

What Price Time? The Factor That Decides If Either Mac or PC Is Cool

What Price Time? The Factor That Decides If Either Mac or PC Is CoolVery trueA Mac does not work for me, a Windows machine does.So you are correct: Cool means very little. I enjoy my summers outside, with friends; sitting in the home office working on a "cool looking" machine,...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Price Time, PC IS, Microsoft Windows, window

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Active Endpoints aims at greater process design and implementation productivity with ActiveVOS enhancements

Active Endpoints, maker of the ActiveVOS visual orchestration system, has kicked things up a notch with the recent release of ActiveVos 6.1, which incorporates new features and functions designed to make developers more productive. The latest offering from the Waltham, Mass. company provides what amounts to shrink-wrapped...

Tags: Business Process, Developer, BPM, BPEL, ActiveVos 6.1, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Coders urged to take up open source in downturn

Coders urged to take up open source in downturnAnother good point: Open Source gives programmers more options. If oneemployer goes under or lays you off, your knowledge of the product will get you a job at another company working in the same area. You can also strike out on your...

Tags: learning curve, eTrade, open source, Free Software

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

AMD CIO: Key to success is fusion of business acumen and tech innovation

The intersection and fusion of business insight and technological innovation is the key to creating successful new business models, said AMD Chief Information Officer Ahmed Mahmoud today in the keynote of Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. In a "fireside chat"...

Tags: Innovation, Information Technology, IT Professional, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Technology, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

What is American?

What is American?hear hearI agree wholeheartedly, JohnCompletely agree! Great post.I completely agree with your post, John. I hate it when people try to impose what being an American means. Being American means being someone who is willing to learn and word hard to achieve his dreams, not someone who thinks...

Tags: H-1B program, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Podcast: Can Silverlight be the Flash killer?

Podcast: Can Silverlight be the Flash killer?Possible.I think it's possible, if Microsoft plays their cards right. It's gonna be a while until anybody really knows for sure, though.RE: Podcast: Can Silverlight be the Flash killer?MS should get a version running on the iPhone, an area where Flash still doesn't happen...

Tags: Podcasts, Web browsers, Microsoft Silverlight, podcast, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-11

Wordpress 2.7 released; jazzy like Coltrane

Matt Mullenweg has come a long way since he worked at CNET developing the earliest versions of his open-source blog management system Wordpress. The 24-year-old lives and breathes Wordpress, so it's no surprise that version 2.7 is the best yet. Not only has the dashboard been completely...

Tags: Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Appearance: WNYC radio to debate iPod v. Zune

Appearance: WNYC radio to debate iPod v. ZuneI have a Zune gen1yet all the updates of the latest Zunes, for free.How does it feel to have to buy iPod after iPod?Should not "Neither" have been a choice?as there are those who own an entirely different MP3 player?Or was this done...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, radio, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?Matte Screen - YESI agree wholeheartedly with your final words. Why anyone would think that a highly reflective gloss LCD screen is preferable to a non-reflective matte one beats me.RE: MariusSilverwolfHe's got a degree in English Literature; he's more qualified than me to write on...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Crapintosh, PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-02