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Simple Program Suite (SPS) (zip)

SPS consists of 3 programs which run from within the same program. Image Viewer, for viewing standard windows images (Windows Metafile, Enhanced Metafile, Windows Bitmap Microsoft Paint Format. Text Editor, for editing and viewing standard text files. Media Player, for playing videos, music and CDs.Media Player has a customizable colour,...

Tags: Andrew, Simple Program Suite, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-01-05

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The Paparazzi Social Media Problem

Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rollout

A mobile WiMax service, called Clear, will soon be here, now that Clearwire and Sprint-Nextel have completed a $14.5 billion joint-venture deal that was announced in May. The new company formed by the deal, which will retain the Clearwire name, will create a 4G nationwide broadband wireless network that will...

Tags: Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Waking up, calming down

Fujitsu is working on a steering wheel-mounted drowsiness sensor that will detect subtle changes in the driver's heart rate and respond with various wake-up calls, including opening the windows, blasting the radio and jolting the wheel. Seriously unconscious drivers might get all three at once. (Here's hoping that sheer surprise...

Tags: Car, Window, Sensor, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?

Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...

Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK

News items 2008-12-01

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?

Last week, when I asked "Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu?" I received a record number of talkbacks, good, bad, and in between. One of the more interesting, though, came from reader ksheppard, who responded with a challenge: ...Here's a challenge to...

Tags: Budgeting, Superintendent, Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-30

A back to school programming exercise

For most of us in the States, we're getting back to work after four days of family and tryptophan. For the rest of the world, it's just plain Monday. Any way it goes, a lot of us could use something to get back in gear and could certainly...

Tags: Python, Programming, Knight, Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Taleo: Management's comments regarding their November to forget

A Different and More Optimistic View - Execs Confirm Many Prior Assumptions Last week, Taleo's Katy Murray, CFO, and Nate Swanson, Investor Relations, were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me to discuss my recent post on Taleo. The overall tone was positive and not...

Tags: Taleo Corp., Operational Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Sales Strategy, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Icahn averages down on Yahoo; Searches for break even

Carl Icahn added to his stake in Yahoo just before Thanksgiving and bought more than 6.77 million shares. Naturally, folks need to find the meaning in Icahn's move. Kara Swisher notes that Icahn may have upped his investment because Jerry Yang's replacement is about to...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Kara, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Facial recognition systems for border security

Facial recognition systems are used around the world to check very quickly if an individual's photo appears in a database of known or suspected criminals. Unfortunately, the systems often acquire poor facial images in real-world environments such as airports. Now, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Tags: Facial Recognition, Border Security, Image, Camera, NIST, Facial Recognition System, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Google: no evidence of a Gmail vulnerability

Following the speculations on the resurrection of what's thought to be an already fixed Gmail flaw which could assist in domain name hijackings, yesterday Google commented that their investigation indicated that the recent domain hijacks should be attributed to a phishing campaign, rather than to a Gmail flaw. The phishers...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Attacker, Vulnerability, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Bay Area: sunny upside

The past decade has seen a surge in solar installations across the San Francisco Bay Area and the Silicon Valley leads the region. Top five counties in the region: 1. Santa Clara County [San Jose]: 2,462 solar installations 2. Alameda County...

Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

TiVo control comes to iPhone

I used to be a huge fan of TiVo until the cable companies made me a deal that I couldn't refuse. While I still like the TiVo interface much better than the abysmal Comcast DVR, it comes down to simple economics. The cable companies are willing to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, TiVo Mobile Site, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-25

When (if) you shop for electronics this holiday season, consider the latest Greenpeace environmental ranking

Just in time for the Black Friday retail rush at least they hope, Greenpeace has released its 10th Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics! Greenpeace rates major tech gadget vendors on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the best score the company can rate for...

Tags: Greenpeace, Energy Efficiency, Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions

Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Is Apple pricing itself out of education?

Fellow blogger, Robin Harris, wrote an interesting piece on the costly touches to the new MacBooks (design process, LED backlighting, etc.). Steve's history of putting form before function - or price - comes at a particularly bad time. The worldwide economic crunch - heckuva job, Greenspan! -...

Tags: Education, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Steve, Netbooks, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Text analytics helps find what you're searching for

As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask “what’s next” for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....

Tags: Enterprise Search, Financial Planning, Cloud Computing, Finance, search, analytics, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet

News items 2008-11-24

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank

If you've got a couple extra bucks in your budget this year there are a couple of middle priced (US$100-300) gifts that up that I want to recommend. If this isn't quite your price range, feel free to check out my list of Mac-related gift ideas under $100...

Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Chumby, Novatel USB727, FastMac U-Charge Battery Charger, 3G, Engineering, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-24