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- Shell
- The outer layer of a program that provides the user interface, or way of commanding the computer. The term originally referred to the software that processed the commands typed...
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- EasyShell 0.40 (Windows)
- A user-friendly graphical shell with tons of features that empowers non-technical people to do complicated stuff faster than ever before with simple, natural commands. Opening, Quitting, Installing or Uninstalling apps is now a breeze. With a few keystrokes you can do all sort of things like performing actions on selected...
- Tags: Shell, Rovatronic, Hacking, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-03
- Ireland: Shell's new Nigeria?
- Just as Shell brings to a close a difficult chapter in its troubled relationship with the Ogoni people in Nigeria, its relationship with community groups in the west of Ireland appears to be reaching new lows. Shell is the senior partner with Statoil and Marathon in an effort to bring off shore...
- Tags: Ireland, Community, Shell, Government, Vertical Industries, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Duck N Cover 1.0 (Mobile)
- Take out as many of you flying foul nemeses as you can, but watch out for low flying mallards and their eggs. Touch the ground to take cover or load eight new shells. Get far enough and you might get in some bonus skeet shooting.
- Tags: Mobile, Shell, Bonus, Nocanwin, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-06-17
- ShellyLib 2.3 (Mac)
- ShellyLib is a small library to create shapes and textures of seashells and snails. The Shell Laboratory is real fun to play with. Just drag some sliders and see your changes immediately take effect in a realtime calculated and OpenGL rendered representation of the shell!
- Tags: OpenGL, Apple Macintosh, Shell, Randolf Schultz, ShellyLib, Shell Laboratory, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-19
- T-Mobile Sidekick
- It's so hard to keep a good secret these days. Just ask T-Mobile. Word of its new Sidekick model, codenamed Gekko, got out months ago and was all but confirmed when the ruthless blogosphere got hold of some internal T-Mobile documents about the upcoming model. Well, today, the wraps were...
- Tags: SideKick, T-Mobile, shell, T-Mobile Sidekick
- Product reviews 2008-07-30
- ShellyLib 2.3 (Windows)
- ShellyLib is a small library to create shapes and textures of seashells and snails. The Shell Laboratory is real fun to play with. Just drag some sliders and see your changes immediately take effect in a realtime calculated and OpenGL rendered representation of the shell!
- Tags: OpenGL, Shell, Randolf Schultz, ShellyLib, Shell Laboratory, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-07
- WinExt 01.03 (Windows)
- Customise your desktop with a horizontal bar that gives you easy access to all your programs and documents. WinExt is not an alternative to the windows shell, but a good expansion which gives your shell at set of new features. WinExt consists of a bar docked to the top...
- Tags: Shell, Hulubulu Software, WinExt, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-28
- Termings 1.0 (Mac)
- A little plugin for Terminal.app, it provides shortcuts to start new windows or tabs with the same settings as the one in use ( command-Y, command-U ) and a status menu for starting new shells or tabs.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Shell, Matteo Caldari, Construction, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-25
- Make your Windows desktop more efficient with Aston
- You can perk up that stale Windows desktop with a interface shell replacement while, at the same time, making your desktop more useful. It's not as difficult as it might seem. Aston is a fully-featured replacement for the Windows shell (98/2000/XP/Vista), is just as fast as the original shell, fully...
- Tags: Shell, Jack Wallen, Aston, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-04-03
- Shell farms out IT, telecommunications to EDS, AT&T, T-Systems for $4.2 billion
- Royal Dutch Shell said Monday that it will farm out its technology and telecommunications infrastructure in three deals valued at about $4.2 billion. The outsourcing arrangement is notable given that big deals are rare. Shell said in a statement that it will outsource its telecommunications and networking...
- Tags: T-Systems, Information Technology, AT&T Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Shell, Outsourcing, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Telecommunications, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Networking, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Spb Mobile Shell 2.0
- I've been trying out a wonderful product for my HTC Advantage, Spb Software House's Mobile Shell 2.0. I'm pretty sure that this software will be of great interest to those of you struggling to be efficient while using Windows Mobile 6-based devices. It appears to me that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Spb Software House, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, Shell, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-03-08
- Will diatoms lead to faster computer chips?
- Diatoms are unicellular algae and one of the most common types of phytoplankton. One of their main characteristics is they encase themselves in shells made of silica. According to a team of U.S. researchers who successfully decoded the genome of a particular diatom named Thalassiosira pseudonana, these very small algae...
- Tags: Computer Chip, Carbon Dioxide, Shell, University Of Washington, Gene, Ocean, Carbon, Computer, Chip, Semiconductors, Productivity, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Nautilus
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Shell, Microsoft Corp., Nautilu, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- 10 days from report to patch for new Firefox exploit
- 10 days from report to patch for new Firefox exploitthis is actually a Windows issue ..this is actually a Windows API function issue. See link http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403150WrongBoth IE and FF are at fault, the difference being that FF has addressed it.They may have had to eat crow...but at least they...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, URI, Unix, shell
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Circuitry (Cracking open a Maxtor hard drive)
- Circuitry Cracking open a Maxtor hard driveFunnyOf the 12 or so drives I have taken apart, I have never mangled the read/write heads.Image 19. ShellNot much to the shell? Sorry, wrong. The shell may in fact be the most difficult piece to manufacture in quantilties. Consider this,...
- Tags: hard drive, circuitry, PCB, underside, HDA, shell, magnet, Maxtor Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- 10 questions for MacBook hacker Dino Dai Zovi
- 10 questions for MacBook hacker Dino Dai ZoviI knew it, this guy is a fake!!Hang on, here we have a hard-core hacker who does this stuff in his spare time probably in his sleep, yet sounds like a perfectly normal, average person. He cant be real!Hasn't Dino Dai Zovi...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Operating systems, Dai Zovi, Dino Dai Zovi, shell, exploit, hacker, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- ShellDispenser 1.0.8 (Windows)
- No more 'Kill task' via Task Manager to kill Explorer which is the improper way; no more fidling around in the 'Turn off computer' screen. ShellDispenser allows you to restart the shell with the press of a key. If restarting the shell is a part of your job, then ShellDispenser...
- Tags: Shell, TwoLogs, ShellDispenser, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2007-01-30
- Find It 4.05 (Windows)
- Try a lightning fast file/text finder with a rich set of features. Searching criteria includes files/folders with include/exclude filters. The unique Logical Text phrasing can help you quickly pinpoint text, or a combination of keywords in any file. Comes with 2 viewers, a quick view for verification and quick copying,...
- Tags: Shell, Skylark Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Software downloads 2007-01-12
- Battleships Game 1.0 (Mac)
- "...We have located the enemy fleet under the command of Admiral Komputer, but do not yet have visual contact. We suggest the best course of action is to fire at random into their vicinity and listen for the impact of the shells... ...Our intelligence sources indicate the composition of the...
- Tags: Fleet, Apple Macintosh, Monster, Shell, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-10-05
- Sun worries? Let your bikini do the talking
- Sun worries? Let your bikini do the talkingMessage has been deleted.ObsoleteYour information is obsolete. It turns out the blast was probably caused by a landmine placed by Hezbollah. But people don't need a reason to hate Jews.What was the purpose......in bringing this up in this talkback?Carl Rapsonstay on topicYou are...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Gaza, Palestinians, shell
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
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