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Randomness 1.5.2 (Mac)

Randomness is a multifunction random number generator. Its features include a simple number generator, a numeric-string generator, a lottery-number picker, and a list-drawing mechanism.

Tags: Generator, Apple Macintosh, Andrew Merenbach, Randomness

Software downloads 2007-08-17

Via gives away disc-scrubbing software

Via gives away disc-scrubbing softwareA step backwards for securitySeems to me this is a step backwards for security. Why should random numbers hardware or otherwise be better at wiping a disk than deliberately chosen binary patterns?I suggest a marching sequence of bits, eg.:Pass 1: 11001100110011001100110011Pass 2: 01100110011001100110011001Pass 3: 00110011001100110011001100Pass 4:...

Tags: software, Randomness, disc, disk, atom, security

Discussion threads 2004-09-17

Additional Resources

Memo to AT&T: When you're in a hole, stop digging

AT&T and Apple were made for each otherBoth are whiny multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporations that sell substandard products and services to customers who don't know any better. Waaaaaaaaaa!!!!You said it exactly rightquote- [b]"You see, the company thinks consumers are too dumb to know the difference between 3G and non-3G...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., 3G, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Shake It Out for iPhone 1.0.6 (Mobile)

Shake It Out for iPhone is the application to use if you want some randomness to your life. It features save lists, shake a list to randomly select an item with animation, lists can be named, enter multiple items at a time, duplicate lists, and email lists.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, List, MotionObj, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-09

Lottery Picker Professional - MegaMillions Edition 3.2 (Mobile)

The odds of winning the lottery are tremendously low. With 56 regular numbers and 46 separate megaballs, there are millions of combinations of numbers. However, what if the drawings aren''t as truly random as it appears? For the numbers selected to be truly random, the weight of each ball would...

Tags: Mobile, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-07-16

Random Intelligence Test 1.8 (Windows)

Free random intelligence test based on Color Lines game. There are complexity adjustment by number of colors and initial balls, precision setting, saving results through Internet and settings in the registry. It calculates average appraisal of intellect, i.e. arithmetic mean of total scores gotten in every round of test. With...

Tags: Intelligence, Oleg M. Goryunov, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

On Twitter: Difference between spam and noise

Last week at 140 | Twitter Conference I attended a panel on Twitter strategies and real-world case studies. Overall it was a solid panel with some talented speakers (Jeff Pester, Bryan Rhoads, Warren Whitlock, etc). Unfortunately, amid the good stuff, there was one not-so-little thing that made me twitch: the...

Tags: Spamming, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Basic Math Deluxe 3.2.3 (Mobile)

Basic Math Deluxe is based on the drill-and-practice instructional strategy. Basic Math Deluxe provides exercises covering fundamental mathematical skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The exercises are targeted for children under 12 years, and occasionally adults, with varying degrees of difficulty which can be configured accordingly.Version 3.2.3 has the...

Tags: Mobile, Exercise, Explorer Technologies, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Marketing, Management

Software downloads 2009-03-29

Artificial Life 1.0 (Mobile)

Artificial Life is a simulation of the growth and evolution of microorganisms. Initially, each organism is given a random set of rules governing its behavior. If the rules end up being useful for survival, the organism may live long enough to mate with another organism and pass its genetic code...

Tags: Mobile, Behavior, Artificial Life Inc., Apple iTunes, Stormy Productions, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-18

Announcing CRM Playaz!

Announcing CRM Playaz!HubSpot Fans and Facebook AdsFirst off, Brant is a solid guy and I am looking forward to seeing where the show goes. Any reason why you're doing only audio and not video?Second, the HubSpot ad leverages a Facebook feature called "social ads" which is available to any...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), CRM, HubSpot, Announcing CRM Playaz, advertisement, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

Twitter authority frenzy led to Twitter phishing meltdown

Folks like to know where they stand, and in recent weeks people on Twitter have been, well, all a-twitter about the idea of Twitter Authority. They want to know who is most influentialâ€"a repeat of the phenomenon that swept the blogosphere a while back. It's a human thing, but it...

Tags: Twitter, Twitterverse, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Pulsar 1.0 (Mobile)

Pulsar is a psychedelic strobing night light that doubles as a useful flashlight. Adjust the pulse rate of the color flow and randomness of the colors. Bathe your friends in the warm glow of color or read a book in bed without bothering your partner. Choose from four basic shapes:...

Tags: Mobile, Color, Big Stone Phone, Pulsar, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-12-31

My Password Generator 2.5 (Windows)

There are many examples of "random" password generator programs on the Internet but many programs do not generate random characters in a way that insures strong security as they use "built-in" functions that allows to generate pseudorandom numbers. My Password Generator is very easy to use random password generator and...

Tags: Password, Password Generator, Microsoft Windows, MoRUN

Software downloads 2008-11-04

Fuzzy Data Mining of Term Associations for Flexible Query Answering

This paper presents an approach to data mine a document base for term associations that are useful for query expansion in flexible query answering. Fuzzy logic and probability theory are applied to handle key aspects of uncertainty arising from vagueness of terms and randomness of term occurrence. In particular, the...

Tags: Roskilde University, Association, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing

White papers 2008-10-23

Video: Vinod Khosla: 'It's about main tech, not clean tech'

Video: Vinod Khosla: 'It's about main tech, not clean tech'The weapon of choice on the war on coalKhosla accurately points out coal is base load power, and the replacement of coal is not simple. Coal represents about 60% of U.S. power generation, all of it base load.Nuclear is the...

Tags: Corporate communications, video, Vinod Khosla, coal, clean technology

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Outcast 1.2.1 (Mobile)

On a grid of 8x8 (with 4 missing squares) 60 pieces are scrambled. You take one out and try to organize the reste in 4, 5 or 6 groups according to your initial option. To move around, you follow 3 simple rules and, at the end, to score anything, you...

Tags: 8X8, Mobile, Charles Chevrey, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-02

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacks

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacksThis is good to know ...[i]Furthermore, if you have a server behind a NAT device, some NAT devices will undo the UDP port randomness introduced by the patch. Fortunately, Linux iptables and OpenBSD's pf are not vulnerable, but many popular NAT devices are.[/i]I've...

Tags: NETWORKING, Linux, UNIX, SECURITY, Operating systems, NAT Device, Network Address Translation, DNS

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacks

The DNS vulnerability, which has completely dominated the news in the security world the last two weeks, has been a concern for so many.  On the front of good news and getting things protected, the IBM ISS has team has published some great information. The Frequency X...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, DNS Server, Server, Network Address Translation, IBM Corp., Attack, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

AT&T iPhones exposed to DNS cache poisioning? Or not?

Here's a photo of my iPhone after running Dan Kaminsky's Doxpara DNS Checker tool a few minutes ago: I ran the same test at the DNS-OARC's DNS checker and got this:  209.183.33.23 (schinetdns.mycingular.net) appears to have GREAT source port randomness and GREAT transcation...

Tags: DNS, AT&T Corp., Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-24