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Bird Journal 1.3 (Windows)

Bird Journal is a personal bird recording software application with a unique focus in terms of usability, features and quality. Enjoy using Bird Journal with its modern looks and intuitive design aimed at the beginner and experienced bird watcher alike. Improve your bird recording experience and keep your species counts...

Tags: Bird, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Bluebird Technology, Bird Journal, Sightings

Software downloads 2009-05-28

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Buzzd for iPhone 2.0 (Mobile)

Buzzd for iPhone is a real-time city guide app for the iPhone. See up to the minute activity at bars, clubs, and restaurants around you. Tap on the places with a high buzzmeter and check out what's being posted from Twitter and buzzd right there, right now. It shows the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Twitter Inc., Buzzd, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Dinosaur sightings: Search engines go old school

Who remembers Yahoo when it graduated from Stanford's servers? How about Google's first outing? Remember AltaVista? If not this photo gallery of 11 1990s search engines may be a bit of a treat. It's a tour of old search engines. A few of my...

Tags: Search Engine, AltaVista Co., Yahoo! Inc., Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

News to know: Microsoft; Motorola; BIOS 'rootkit'

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2009: Mary...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Researcher, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Rootkits, Microsoft Windows 7, BIOS, Microsoft Windows, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines

Here's a look back at some of the first home pages of search engines that are still around today, and some that have passed on. by CNET News.com

Tags: Search Engine, Search, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-30

It's official: Acer to offer Aspire One netbook with Google Android, Q3 2009

It's official: Acer to offer Aspire One netbook with Google Android, Q3 2009Good news! I'm eager to give Android a try....on my current Acer Aspire One, which is running on UNR 9.04 right now.If we can still download all of the normal Linux applications, it will be great!Yet more evidence...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Google Inc., Google Android, netbook, Acer Inc., OEM

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

News to know: Google; iBotnet; Cisco; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google earnings deliver; Sales growth slows; Economy still in 'uncharted territory' Statement: GOOGLE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2009...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, IBM Corp., Desktops, Strategy, Open Source, Hardware, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Images: Kepler catches first planet-hunting territory sightings

The mission to find Earth-like planets is off and running and NASA has made the first set of images of the field of sky available to the public. by CNET News.com

Tags: CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-04-16

Steve Jobs appears at Disney shareholder's meeting; re-elected to board.

Steve Jobs appears at Disney shareholder's meeting; re-elected to board.RE: Steve Jobs appears at Disney shareholder's meeting; re-elected to boardYes, I can confirm he was there. I even got a pic after. He looks a lot better.http://alturl.com/w4zDisney is a HUGE supporter of DRMOnce again showing that Jobs is...

Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Steve Jobs, Disney Corp., Disney shareholder, shareholder, board

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Birdpost 1.0 (Mobile)

Birdpost is a tool that connects people with nature in ways never before possible. With Birdpost you now have the ability to report your bird sightings onto satellite maps while in the field and search for the sightings posted by the rest of the community. The birds you report to...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Birdpost, Bird Sighting, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-02-10

IE 7 users: stop looking at porn now!

Microsoft has reported sightings of exploitation of the recent vulnerability in IE7 on various porn sites. This isn't really bad news, since no one looks at such improper things on the Internet, right? According to an article posted late saturday night on Microsoft's Threat Research Blog,...

Tags: Credit Card, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Data-processing, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Exploit, Web Browsers, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Internet, Sales, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Airman tells of night he was ordered to shoot down UFO

Airman tells of night he was ordered to shoot down UFOagreedYeah, this sounds like a credible explanation. You're right - all too often one part of the government does not now what the other parts are doing.The explanation is quite simple[i]But this doesn't explain why Milton Torres was scrambled and...

Tags: Government, UFO, AIRMAN, craft

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

ViewRanger (Mobile)

ViewRanger turns your phone into a fully-featured off-road satnav with detailed topographic mapping. This pack includes tokens to download topographic maps directly to your phone.ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors.Topographic map data available with...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, Mobile, Photograph, Token, ViewRanger, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-23

TechCrunch50: Day 3

Photo by Steve Maller I've been covering TC50 for the past few days, and believe it or not, I'm still hungry for more startup pitches. 6:30 a.m. The final sessions of the conference are posted on BusinessWire: s Akoha...

Tags: Hollywood, YouTube Inc., Video, Photograph, Bojam, Truecar, Playce, Panelist, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Birds 1.0 (Mobile)

A simple bird guide and sightings tool for your iPod Touch or iPhone. Keep records of your sightings and view photos and info of over 200 North American birds.

Tags: Mobile, Bird, Charles Mezak, Productivity, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-20

News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook

Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Vyatta, Mauku, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

(Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines)

(Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines)What about HotBot?What about HotBot? I used to use them almost exclusively. The green/red webpage was hard on the eyes, but their search results were a lot better than Yahoo!. I toggled between Webcrawler and HotBot back in the early 90s until...

Tags: HotBot, Old Search Engine, Dinosaur Sightings

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Britain releases its X-Files

The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...

Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Google Maps adds street view for 13 cities 1 national park

Google Maps adds street view for 13 cities 1 national parkNew Google Street View Sightings....Check out some of the new Google Street View Sightings that are surfacing from these new cities on this guys blog. http://streetviewgallery.corank.comWasn't thinkin outside the box!Clearly I wasn't thinking outside the box on...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Street View Sightings, Google Maps Add, street view, Google Street View, Google Maps

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

(Photos: Dinosaur sightings: Osborne 1 and TRS-80 4P)

(Photos: Dinosaur sightings: Osborne 1 and TRS-80 4P)COLOR!!!November, 1984. A friend owed me $175 and gave me a Commodore SX-64 to meet the bill. Just imagine, a COLOR computer you could take with you anywhere. Lightweight, portable for Hercules and in glorious 16 COLORS. Those were the exciting days when...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, TRS-80 4P, Osborne 1, Dinosaur Sightings, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-03-21