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- SkinCrafter (zip)
- SkinCrafter ActiveX Component allows developers to create unique looking style applications and fully interactive user interfaces. Support for Windows Forms (.NET), MS Visual C++, MS Visual Basic, Delphi, and all Win32 languages that support COM objects. SkinCrafter increases the value of applications by giving them a modern look and feel,...
- Tags: SkinCrafter, SkinCrafter ActiveX Component, Programming Languages, Microsoft Development Tools, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, .Net, C/C++, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2006-11-03
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- Survey: CIOs 'out of the loop'
- CIOs are often seen as "glorified IT directors", looking after the day-to-day running of IT systems, instead of being used to align IT with business aims. Chief information officers are "out of the loop", according to a survey carried out by London-based Deloitte and the Cranfield School of Management....
- Tags: CIO, Role, Strategy, Management, IT mangement, survey, IT systems, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 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
- Netgear readying Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 media-streaming device
- One of Netgear's new products that it may announce at CES in January has leaked online, and it adds another networked media-streaming device to an already crowded field. The Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 has already reached the FCC for testing and approval, which Engadget was able to sniff...
- Tags: Hard Drive, NetGear, Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000, Home Networking, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Blockbuster joins movie-streaming race with 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player
- With Netflix pushing hard into the living room with the Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu offering an improved device (the BX100) with HD streaming, and, of course, Apple TV still hanging around, Blockbuster was bound to want to join the streaming movie club, even if the...
- Tags: 2Wire, Digital Media, Movie, Blockbuster Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- A fully customizable home robot
- Imagine a completely customizable robot with selectable software options. Buy one component, and it will take care of your lawn. Buy another one and it will clean your toilets. With a third one, it will pick up UPS or FedEx deliveries on your porch. If you are taking some vacation,...
- Tags: Lawn, AgBot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- 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
- Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis
- DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...
- Tags: Cargo, Financial, Raw Material, Vessel, Globalization, Great Unwind, Reports, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging'
- Updated: Dell's third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected by a wide margin. The outlook was "challenging" as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., IT-spending, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Advantages of the Storm over the iPhone (updated)
- (Update: I took the number out of the headline, because it keeps changing.) I got to play with a Blackberry Storm earlier this week and a couple of features immediately jumped out at me that beat the iPhone hands down: Copy and Paste...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Blackberry Storm, Keyboards, Engineering, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?
- I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...
- Tags: Innovation, Pyramid, Employee, Financial, CEO, HCL Global Meet, Vineet Nayar, Nayar, HCL Tech, Krishnan, Hamel, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Leadership, Strategy, It Services, Team Management, Branding, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Management, Marketing, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?
- As the e-mail trail in the "Vista-capable" class-action suit continues to unfold, I can't help but wonder whether Microsoft will apply some of the lessons it hopefully learned about working with OEMs to Windows 7 -- especially in the netbook space. The original suit, filed in March...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Passcode, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Getting greener at home could be a gas
- Courtesy: Lehr The folks at Lehr say they have a better idea for many of your home machines: lawn mower, wire trimmer (turns out "weed whacker" is a copyrighted name for Kenmore;s wire trimmer), leaf blowers, etc. Lehr is going to be selling those...
- Tags: Gasoline, Lehr, Bernardo Herzer, Propane, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Nokia: Global mobile phone market will fall in 2009
- Nokia said today that the world's mobile phone market would fall in Q4 2008 and 2009 as the slowing economy eases consumer demand around the world.1.24 billion phones would be sold worldwide this year, down from a previous estimate of 1.26 billion, with handset market volumes and the overall telecommunications...
- Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- LG, Sharp admit to LCD price fixing; affected Apple, Dell, Motorola
- LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for participating in a liquid crystal display price-fixing conspiracy and pay $585 million in fines, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The three companies worked in concert to set prices on thin-film...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Apple Inc., Sharp Corp., Price, LCD, Motorola Inc., Monitors & Displays, Sales Strategy, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Sales, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Intel's fourth quarter unravels
- Intel said Wednesday that its fourth quarter outlook will fall short of projections the company made just a few weeks ago. The magnitude of the drop-off is steep given that Intel couldn't even make it to its Dec. 4 conference call to update its guidance. The damage:...
- Tags: Revenue, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Cadillacs recalled over software bug
- General Motors issued a recall for almost 13,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles, due to a software bug in the airbag sensor. Transportation-related software problems happen all the time. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NHTSA lists details: GM is...
- Tags: Software, General Motors Corp., Software Bug, Software Problem, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Getting the most value out of Collaborative Technologies
- I'll be speaking at a breakfast briefing in London UK on the 20th November on the subject of ‘How to get the most value out of collaborative technologies‘ for Fujitsu Services, whose Graeme Mackay, Business Manager of Corporate Information Systems, will also talk about Fujitsu's experiences...
- Tags: Information Technology, Business Unit, Tool, Productivity, Strategy, Collaboration, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- AVG and Rising signatures update detects Windows files as malware
- Yesterday, a signatures update pushed by AVG falsely labeled a critical Windows file as a banker malware, prompting the company to quickly fix the issue and issue a workaround, following end users complaints at its support forums. AVG's false positive causing downtime for Windows users is happening...
- Tags: Malware, Virus, AVG, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Visionman Allio 32-inch and 42-inch HDTVs with built-in PCs debut
- One of the most popular posts since this blog started concerned whether people would use all-in-one PCs as their primary HDTVs. While all-in-ones from Sony may work for apartments or if you want an HDTV in your office, the fact is that a 24-inch or 26-inch...
- Tags: Hard Drive, PC, built-In, HDTV, Intel Core 2 Duo, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Media Center PCs, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
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