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Conquest (exe)

Conquest is a version of the board game Risk for Windows PCs. You must fight against up to seven computer-controlled opponents to take over the world before you are eliminated by your enemies. Each computer opponent has their own personality which you can customize. There are over 250 maps you...

Tags: Sean O'Connor, Computer, Conquest, Games, Corporate Governance, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-06

Slay (exe)

Slay is a simple-to-learn game of strategy and cunning set in medieval times. The island is divided among six players, and you must try to capture your enemies' land and link your own territories to create larger and stronger ones. You begin capturing land by attacking with your peasants. Once...

Tags: Territory, Sean O'Connor, Island, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-06

End Of Atlantis (exe)

Atlantis is sinking beneath the waves and the only hope of your tribe surviving is to make it to the distant coral islands. Take control of the boats or take a risk and swim for it, but be careful as there are sea monsters, octopuses, and sharks in the water....

Tags: Sean O'Connor, Atlantis, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-11-15

Capture The Flag (exe)

In this game you have control of 8 men who you move around the map to either defend your own flag or to sneak into the enemy's territory to find and capture their flag to win the game. Each man has his own strengths and weaknesses in the different abilities...

Tags: Sean O'Connor, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-15

Niggle (exe)

Niggle (also known as "Oh Hell") is an easy to learn card game where you must guess how many tricks you are going to win each round. The fun comes from trying to get exactly the number of wins you guessed while stopping your opponents from achieving their target. The...

Tags: Sean O'Connor, AI, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-10

Football-o-saurus (exe)

Football-o-saurus is a fast paced game of 5-a-side dinosaur football. You control your dinosaur by simply pointing where you want him to move to, and pass the ball by clicking on where you want to aim. The computer controlled dinosaurs are all very intelligent and will run into space when...

Tags: Sean O'Connor, Football-o-saurus, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-28

NewtPad (exe)

NewtPad is a powerful text editor you'll find indispensable after you try out its many unique features. It's got everything you'd expect from any top quality text editor such as copy, paste, undo, find, replace, word wrap but it can also do on-the-fly spell checking, syntax highlighting of HTML, shows...

Tags: HTML, Sean O'Connor, NewtPad, Microsoft Windows, CSS, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-11-10

The General (exe)

In this board game Stratego you lead your troops into battle against the computer opponent in a race to capture your enemy s flag. Initially you can t see how the enemy has positioned his troops and he can't see yours, which gives ample opportunity for bluffing and deception from...

Tags: Troop, Sean O'Connor, Corporate Governance, Games, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-06-22

Additional Resources

Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"

A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...

Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept

While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...

Tags: Sony Corp., 3D, Panasonic, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sharp Corp., TV, Wall, Construction, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom

After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...

Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player

As I mentioned in my post yesterday about Netflix, one of the obstacles video-streaming services are going to have to overcome is the quality of the files they're sending to big HDTVs. Apple has recently introduced 720p HD files on iTunes to download to its Apple TV device, but lesser-known...

Tags: Video, Movies, 1080p, Vudu, HDX, Pogue, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-03

D-Link ships new Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825)

Having pretty much juiced everything they can out of "Draft N" as a buzz term, router manufacturers have turned to "dual band" as the hot concept in 2008. With its new Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825), D-Link adds another one to the list, though...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Router, DIR-825, Routers & Switches, Home Networking, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Netflix news: Starz catalog added to online service, streaming to PS3, Xbox 360 through PlayOn beta software

The Netflix ecosystem is expanding as the popular DVD rental company tries to bulk up its online video streaming business in anticipation of the day when fewer and fewer people want to watch movies after waiting to get a disc in the mail. Last week, the company announced a deal...

Tags: Software, NetFlix Inc., Starz, Sony PlayStation 3, Movie, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, MediaMall Technologies, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Welcome to the new ZDNet Reviews Beta

I'm happy to announce that today, ZDNet Reviews got a much-needed overhaul. In addition to some strictly cosmetic design changes, we've added tons of new product review content. click to enlarge While we still feature best-in-breed content from our sister site, CNET.com, we're now...

Tags: Review, Product, Beta, Matthew Miller, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-09-30

New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big

Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...

Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-30

News to know: Bailout bust and tech fallout; Cloud computing; Netgear; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: AP: Stunning Defeat for Bailout Plan Torpedoes Stocks; Dow Sinks Over 750. White House, lawmakers plan new bailout deal Larry Dignan: Is Apple really recession proof? Wall...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Sprint Xohm, Apple Inc., NetGear, WiMAX, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Open Source, Wireless

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Netgear unveils new energy-efficient Draft N routers

The networking world has finally caught on to the whole green movement, with Netgear following in the footsteps of D-Link in releasing new routers that claim to be more eco-friendly. The Wireless-N Router (WNR2000, pictured) and Wireless-N Modem Router (DGN2000) both come packaged in material that's at...

Tags: Router, Network, Draft-N, NetGear, Networking World, Wireless LANs, Routers & Switches, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Networking, Wireless, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-29