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A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?

A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?No.No.RE: A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?I think many people underestimate the significance of Android. Either Android, or a derivative or similar offering based on Linux, will likely run all cell phones...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, netbook, phone, single Windows platform, microphone, Microsoft Windows, Windows Platform, Microsoft Corp., PC, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

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Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

SnapMail 5.2.2 (Mac)

SnapMail is the cross-platform private messaging and file transfer utility for your office. Instantly send messages, files, reminders, and alerts on your network. Unlike instant messaging, SnapMail uses peer-to-peer technology and does not rely on Internet servers to send mail within your local network. This makes SnapMail a very fast...

Tags: Message, Apple Macintosh, Messaging, Mail, Glass Bead Software, SnapMail, Instant Messaging, Internet, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Sophos Anti-Virus 7.1.0 (Mac)

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, part of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection, has been engineered to provide complex, multi-platform networks with totally reliable protection on Macintosh servers, desktops and laptops. Our powerful Sophos malware detection engine scans all entry points and also detects non-Mac viruses that could be...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Plc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror

Hate to say it, but they to willbe crushed by MS. That is the fate of small developers building on the Windows/Office platform.Is this a blog, or an advertisement? seriously....Re: Hate to say it, but they to willAgree, very possible. I wish there were more ground up development...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Tarma Installer 5.6.3590 (Windows)

Tarma Installer creates stand-alone software installers for Microsoft Windows platforms, including 64-bit and Windows mobile, with a small distribution size, a straightforward and clean user interface, and smart install and uninstall behavior. Professional software installer in less than 100 KB. Installs and removes programs, documents, images, multi-media files, TrueType, and...

Tags: Tarma Software Research, Authenticode, Tarma Installer, Microsoft Windows, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Why Android is beating Windows Mobile

So, the analysts have it wrong.because they do not agree with your assesment, but they have it correct when they do?That seems quite selective, but then again, it could be true. That is why when I see anaylyst that believe that Android (for as good as an operating system that...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!

This Halloween, let's all celebrate what we're really feeling: The Wicked Vista is DEAD! In the United States, we've got a bunch of frivolous holidays. I've always regarded Halloween as a particularly frivolous holiday, one in which we encourage our...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Halloween, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-24

Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile

As if Windows Mobile wasn't slow or bloated enough already...not much left to say. Windows Mobile is toward the horse's heiney of mobile platforms, right now and I doubt Apple or RIM will screw up their products just to let proven crapware back in... In a socialized world,...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Ballmer, strategy, Internet, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Zune, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note

Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010

Side-by-side installationYou said "Also unlike its predecessors, .Net 4 can be installed side-by-side with the previously released .Net 3.5"Notwithstanding the fact that .Net 4's predecessors actually was .Net 3.5, haven't all previous versions of .Net featured side-by-side installation?translations....[i]Microsoft is touting .Net 4 as being 81 percent smaller than its predecessors,...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

What makes Microsoft's SharePoint tick?

Make a post explaining what SharePoint is...As you said, it is a complex product. I remember when Lotus Notes came out, it was difficult to pin it to a traditional category - what IS it? SharePoint may have some of the same issues of perception.What is SharePoint:There are 2 SharePoint?s,...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Is the Google Android platform the upcoming smartphone of choice?

Android will winThe ATT exclusive and the other closed Apple policies for iPhone have kept the door open and now Google is in. The fact that Goole is behind it and that all the phone mfgs. and carriers will be using it bodes well for quick adoption and a buzzing...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Google Android, Google Inc., phone, carrier, operating system, Apple iPhone, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for download

It use to be called ...... a Service Pack. I guess it's to soon for that, it would not have looked good before the launch, so they renamed it.^o^RE: Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for downloadlooks like to me that it was not tested thoroughly. Although I...

Tags: Patches, Operating systems, service pack, released to manufacturing, operating system, patch management, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

VA now loves its VistA software

In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Android's Weakest Link

Just as as a slew of Android-based phones are getting ready to hit the market, the open source mobile platform is facing its biggest challenge - itself. TechCrunch is reporting that Android developers are pretty pissed about having to support multiple code bases...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Android, Arlington, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-11

H+Soft Arcade 1.12 (Windows)

Ever wanted to have your own retro or mini game arcade on your PC or Laptop? Now you can with H+Soft Arcade! Easily play or delete the collection of H+Soft 2D and 3D Retro Style Mini Games with a single mouse click! H+Soft Arcade links directly to the H+Soft website...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Arcade, H+Soft Retro Arcade Entertainment, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-10

BitRock InstallBuilder Multiplatform Enterprise 6.2.4 (Windows)

BitRock Installbuilder allows you to create easy to use cross platform installers for Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows and Mac OS X. The generated installers provide native look and feel and desktop integration for Windows, KDE, Gnome and Aqua and are optimized in size and speed, reducing download, startup and...

Tags: IBM AIX, BitRock, BitRock InstallBuilder, BitRock Installers, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Sun Solaris, Apple Mac OS, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-09