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Silk 2.1.4 (Mac)

Silk enables the Quartz text rendering and smoothing introduced in Mac OS X 10.1.5 in all Carbon applications. This means antialiased text in Internet Explorer, Eudora, and many others. Why wait for developers to update their Carbon applications when you can get the silky smooth text everywhere, right now? With...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Silk, Font

Software downloads 2008-08-29

Nanotechnology-based self-cleaning fabrics

A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how Australian researchers have used nanotechnology to develop 'self-cleaning' wool and silk fabrics (scroll to article #4 in the PressPac). The researchers 'prepared wool fabrics with and without a nanoparticle coating composed of anatase titanium dioxide, a substance that is known...

Tags: Silk, American Chemical Society, Fabric, Fiber, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-12

The genetic secrets of the black widow spider

Biologists at the University of California at Riverside UCR have identified the genes for two key proteins in the 'dragline silk' of the black widow spider. This silk, one of the seven different silks that an individual spider produces, is used by spiders as the structural foundation of their webs....

Tags: Science &, Nature, Health &, Medicine

Blog posts 2007-06-13

Denim 2.1 (Windows)

Denim is an outgrowth of the original SILK project, a pen-based sketching tool for designing user interfaces. SILK combines many of the benefits of paper-based sketching with existing electronic prototyping tools. It allows designers to quickly sketch an interface using an electronic pad and stylus. SILK preserves the important properties...

Tags: Sketch, Denim, SILK, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-16

CHV Silk and Fog 4.0 (Mac)

A free plugin for Final Cut Pro all versions and Final Cut Express all versions Silk and Fog V4.0 provides you with 5 effects: Silk This effect is mostly used on wedding-videos. It gives the video a silky shine. Fog Use this to generate fog. Shadows This...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Silk, Plug-in, Tool, Productivity

Software downloads 2004-05-10

Additional Resources

Watchmensch 1.0.0 (Mobile)

The acclaimed Watchmen parody by Richard Johnston (Doctor Who, Bleeding Cool) and Simon Rohrmuller is now available for your iPhone in full color with an innovative and intuitive comics reading application. Someone is killing lawyers in the comic book industry, and it's up to Nite Nurse, Spottyman, Silk, and 1600...

Tags: Mobile, Comic Book, Weasel Floss Studios

Software downloads 2009-11-18

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

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.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Biodegradable silk electronics to improve implants

Building on advancements in foldable ultra-thin flexible circuits, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed electronics that almost completely dissolve inside the body by incorporating silk. by Chris Jablonski

Tags: Electronics, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-11-03

News to know: Intel; Microsoft; Cisco; Google Voice; Postini; Nokia

statement about her personalityCapture Red Carpet Looks with Pageant and Prom Dresses The best prom nights are magical and create memories that will last a lifetime. In the midst of coming up with ideas for the prom decorating committee and fretting about whether or not she'll be...

Tags: Google Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Postini Corp., Nokia Corp., Microsoft Corp., dress

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

Rumor: Apple to ship new Mac Pro desktops with six-core Intel Xeon CPUs

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Tags: Processors, Apple Macintosh, CPU, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., desktop, Intel Xeon, Apple Mac Pro

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

iHome iP1

We don't associate the iHome brand with "premium" audio and cutting-edge design, but the folks there are giving it their best shot with the 100-watt iP1, which has a new look for the company known for its budget iPod audio systems.The first thing you notice about the iP1 is that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iHome iP1

Product reviews 2009-09-15

Works of Kate Chopin. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source?

Don?t forget Skype for SIP ;)Skype for SIP also offers interoperability with other communications systems - there's more about how it works on our website:http://www.skype.com/go/sipRE: Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source?An equally important question is, will Skype deal differently with their users? Will they stop treating...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, VOIP, MagicJack, open source, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

So what build number is Snow Leopard, exactly? (Updated)

There has been a lot of speculation that build 10A432 was declared as the Golden Master (a.k.a. GM) of Snow Leopard. The problem is that no one seems to know for sure. A tweet by John Reid later deleted states that 10A435 is GM and that it...

Tags: General Motors Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-24

M-Audio Studiophile AV 30

The M-Audio brand name may mean more to musicians and music producers than gamers and iTunes junkies, but all you really need to know is that the company makes one of the best-sounding PC and multimedia speakers you can buy. Unfortunately, those speakers are called the Studiophile AV 40, they...

Tags: speaker, Studiophile AV 30, AV 40

Product reviews 2009-08-13

Portable Radio Tuner 1.0 (Windows)

Free program for listening Contemporary Hits Radio Stations. Very simple to use, just click the radio station and it will begin to play. It include the following stations: Andover, Fire 107.6, KCDD FM, KQXY FM, Q-Music, Q102.9, RockFM, Silk FM, The Voice, Top Music, WBZN FM and Y. Coast. For...

Tags: Radio, Microsoft Windows, ViviApps, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-11

Application Enhancer 2.5.2 (Mac)

Application Enhancer is a system which allows for 3rd party modules to modify and enhance the way applications behave and operate. Application Enhancers work on an application level, therefore they do not affect the stability of the underlying system. The technology behind Application Enhancer system has been in research and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Module, Research & Development, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-08-09

Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE

Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE It says piblished yesterday but it just showed todaystrange but, I just got the patch today. It was on Windows Update as of midnight when I checked before going to bed.As of 10am it is strange.RE: Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE At least...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, emergency patch, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Printable batteries

Printable electronics have taken off in recent years, and there are now industrial-scale printing machines that can efficiently deposit a variety of flexible electronic components onto flexible substrates to create wearable sensors, displays, smart packaging labels, and other printable products. However, developing printable, flexible energy-storage devices, such as supercapacitors and...

Tags: Battery, Printing, Engineering, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Lor-Lor's Back Hack 1.0.1 (Mobile)

This is a Hack Master hack that will allow you to program a pen-stroke, from one silk-screen button to another, that will toggle the state of the backlight. Tested on Palm III & Palm IIIx but should work on any palm with a backlight. NOTE: Not yet compatible with Palm...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., P-Cubed Software, Lor-Lor, Palm OS, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08