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Wallpaper Cycler Lite (exe)

Wallpaper Cycler Lite is an easy to use, yet powerful desktop wallpaper manager/changer to get rid of that boring static wallpaper on your desktop. You can change the wallpaper with a specific delay or at specific times. Wallpapers are easily managed in multi-level categories which can have time constraints. An...

Tags: Wallpaper, NuonSoft, Selection Algorithm, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-01-24

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Facebook gets serious about app quality

Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service

Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...

Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Toshiba Regza 42RV530U

During the last year flat-panel HDTV prices seemed to hit a plateau, where the standard bricklike downward trend leveled off somewhat. Now, however, prices are on the decline again, opening up bigger screen sizes to lower price ranges. For example, Toshiba's lowest-priced 1080p 42-inch LCD, the 42RV530U, can be purchased...

Tags: Monitors & displays, 1080p, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Google Maps now shows you walking directions

Google Maps has had driving directions since launch -- and it has quickly become an indispensable tool for people who need to know how to drive somewhere. Today, Google announced a new feature that is designed to help people plan their walk from source to destination. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Pedestrian, Google Maps, Engineering, Productivity, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Sony's amazing crapware-free PC

Sony is finally taking on its crapware problem. For the past two months, I've been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of it. The best part of all was that this machine was absolutely, completely, unequivocally crapware-free, which meant I was able to...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Option, Fresh Start Program, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-21

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...

Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal

Installation problems, buggy applications, lack of trial versions, and a mediocre selection have dampened initial enthusiasm for Apple's brand new iPhone App Store. Not counting punishing server load when the store debuted last week, some users like me have encountered a series of obstacles to get apps...

Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Engineering, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD

When it comes to black levels, you apparently get what you pay for. Pioneer's PDP-5020FD is the company's cheapest flat-panel plasma HDTV for 2008, yet it still costs significantly more than the poshest plasmas produced by Panasonic. We really liked the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U we reviewed earlier this year, and despite...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, PDP-5020FD

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Crypto Manager (exe)

The Crypto Manager program is intended for fast encrypting of any users files. For this purpose, RC4, a high-speed on-the-fly algorithm of encrypting, is used in the program. The program allows to encrypt any taken file and to pass it safely to the other person, using the common ways (portable...

Tags: Program, Actual Software Lab, Crypto Manager Program, E-mail, LANs, Engineering, Networking, Network Technology, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-07-18

Runes, the Ancient Oracle (exe)

Runes, the Ancient Oracle is the most complete Rune Casting / Divination Tool available for the personal computer. A Complete Rune Casting program with many features. Fun and Easy to use. Seven Rune Spreads to choose from. Extensive use of menus and keyboard shortcuts. "Context Sensitive" Help throughout the program....

Tags: Program, Oracle Corp., Jon Squicciarini, Keyboards, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-07-16

Xplorer2 Lite Toolbar Bundle (exe)

Xplorer2 Lite Toolbar Bundle is a free version of Xplorer2, a tabbed dual-pane Windows explorer replacement with integrated quick previewer. Among the features you will find: clean minimalistic, customizable interface, seamless handling of virtual folders (FTP/Webfolders/zipfolders), extended file/folder details (MP3 tags, checksum), instant preview of text, graphics and audio/video content,...

Tags: ZavaraKatranemia, Xplorer2 Lite Toolbar Bundle, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2008-07-16

iPhone 3G succumbs to being jailbroken

Yesterday was a watershed day for the iPhone 3G. First it was unlocked if only with a SIM adapter and later in the day it was jailbroken by the rabid efforts of the iPhone Dev Team. A video posted on their blog...

Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Hammering at cost with open source

Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor.  Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...

Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Open Source, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-15

R-Studio for Mac (dmg)

R-Studio for Mac is powerful and cost-effective data recovery software for Apple lovers. R-Studio for Mac is specially designed for Mac OS environment and recovers files from HFS/HFS+ Macintosh, FAT/NTFS Windows, UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris) and Ext2FS/Ext3FS Linux partitions. It also recovers data on disks, even if their partitions are formatted, damaged...

Tags: Data Recovery, Apple Macintosh, Disk, File System, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-15

Last.fm app debuts on iPhone and iPod touch (video)

On the opening day of the App Store, a number of competing music streaming applications were available, including major brands AOL Radio and Virgin, along with a favorite of mine, Pandora. However, one notable admission on day one was the music social network and ad-supported streaming music service, Last.fm. That...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Video, Apple iPod Touch, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Aoork DVDRipper Home (EXE)

Aoork DVDRipper Home is a straightforward DVD ripping tool, which offers an quick and simple method to rip dvd to rm/rmvb/wmv/AVI/MP4/3GP/MOV/ASF/FLV/MPG/MP3/WMA/RA/AAC/AC2/OGG/MP2/AMR/WAV files. It supports Image or Text watermark, Subtitle offset, Clip DVD, Subtitle selection or Audio Rrack selection and ID3 tags. For ripping entire DVD video or audio. You only...

Tags: Aoork Soft, Aoork DVDRipper Home, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-07-14

The IB Options Calculator (zip)

Designed to help investors quickly compare market and theoretical prices for undervalued and overvalued trading opportunities, the IB Option Calculator uses a binary tree algorithm with option model inputs to determine the theoretical price of an option. Users can quickly modify the inputs to see how changes in the markets...

Tags: Price, Investor, Option, Interactive Brokers, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2008-07-13

Gone fishing...

I'll be taking my first break from blogging in over two years next week. It's family vacation time for the Dawson's before I have to really dig in for the summer and deploy a few hundred computers, rebuild servers, and roll out new servers for our central office. ...

Tags: Blogging, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-11

International Cricket Captain 2008 (exe)

"The most addictive cricket game you'll ever play." International Cricket Captain 2008 is the most realistic and in-depth cricket management game to date. Take charge of a domestic or international team and experience the highs and lows of cricket management on the road to ultimate glory. You control all aspects...

Tags: Team, Childish Things, Team Management, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-11