sky object

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Astromist (zip)

Astronomy tool to easily locate and compute position of stars (up to 2.5 million), planets, or sky objects (18200 included) of well known catalogs. It provides powerful sky chart to easily find objects, Hipparchos, and Tycho stellar catalog, objects photos, moon phases calendar to plan your observation session, many sky...

Tags: Astromist, Sky Object, PDAs, GPS, Handhelds, Productivity, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-04-03

Additional Resources

From the vault: Lisa demo

From my forthcoming book, Corporations that Changed the World: Apple Inc. After a tour of the Xerox PARC Palo Alto Research Center laboratories in December 1979 and a demonstration of their Alto computer, Steve Jobs decided that the Graphical User Interface GUI was the future of computing. Apple traded...

Tags: Apple Inc., Xerox PARC, Lisa, Productivity, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'Sounds cool! NT.Let me dust off my TerminalSounds like we're going back to the Stone Age. Back in my terminal days, there was a screen and keyboard. The server was in the basement of the building and tons of serial cable connections. This type...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Pay-Per-Use Taxi, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, server, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Scrapbook Paige (exe)

Scrapbook Paige is an addictive hidden object game with great environments to explore. After searching the many themed areas of the shop, players are given the chance to try out their scrapbooking skills. Creativity is key to earning extra cash when designing scrapbook pages for shop customers. Speed Rounds offer...

Tags: Player, SpinTop Games, Scrapbook Paige, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Wizard's Pen (exe)

The Wizard has vanished. The only clue to his where abouts is his trusty workbook, but all the pages are blank. Luckily the Wizard's trusty magic pen knows that hidden images are concealed on each page, and if you can identify them the mystery of the Wizard's disappearance might be...

Tags: Page, Image, SpinTop Games, Wizard

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends keywords to serve malware

In an underground ecosystem that is anything but old fashioned when it comes to abusing legitimate web services, cybecriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google's Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct...

Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Malware, News Story, Blogging, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-02

JVC KW-NX7000 navigation/DVD receiver

The JVC KW-NX7000 isn't cleverly named like its sibling the El Kameleon, but it is just as cleverly designed. With its smart features, such as the proximity-based interface or the flash-memory-based navigation data, we found the KW-NX7000 extremely easy to use. However, it was the fun little touches, like the...

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, add-on module, JVC, JVC KW-NX7000, SD card

Product reviews 2008-10-01

Silver lining 1: lousy economy would spur demand for IT architecture professionals

Silver lining 1: lousy economy would spur demand for IT architecture professionalslousy US economy means lousy global economyI was having a similar conversation last night at dinner with a fellow architect from India. He was describing how off-shore development shops in India are worried that the economic slow down...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

SOA soon part of the 'cloud'? Hold that thought

SOA soon part of the 'cloud'? Hold that thoughtJust more proof that SOA...is pie in the sky. No one knows or can agree on what it is or what it should be. It is simply too ethereal to ever be a solid part of the IT environment. Nothing should...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?

Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?So what is the source of the issue?It's one thing to make such a spectacular claim it's another to provide some real evidence. Why would they be emitting a toxic smell? Might this be the case with other computers too?No wonder MBP fans love...

Tags: benzene, MAC Pro, Apple Inc., toxin

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Liquid camera lenses controlled by sound

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI have created an adaptive liquid lens that captures 250 pictures per second. Because these lenses are simply powered by water and sound, they need less energy to operate than competing technologies. According to the project leader, 'The lens is easy to manipulate, with very...

Tags: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Droplet, Lens, Camera, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-30

JawDropper 2007 (exe)

The object of the game is to select groups of like pieces called JawDroppers, to remove them from the board, and to score as many points as possible. The more pieces that are grouped together and removed, the higher the score. Choose from either regular mode to clear the board,...

Tags: Board, Mode, Software Diversions, Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management

Software downloads 2008-09-30

Blue Sky POS Express (exe)

Blue Sky POS is a customer-centric point-of-sale system designed to incorporate key business functions into one seamless POS and back office solution including quick check-out POS, bar coding, payment processing, customer loyalty, cash drawer balancing wizard, inventory control, and more. Blue Sky POS arms independent retailers, chain stores and franchisers...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Blue Sky POS

Software downloads 2008-09-29

Softgroup .Net Error Object (zip)

It is essential that all errors are correctly handled by your application. However, there is more to effective error handling than just placing an error trap in every procedure and displaying a simple message box whenever an error occurs. Softgroup .Net Error Object provides easy error processing and implementation with:...

Tags: Error, Softgroup, Softgroup .Net Error Object, .Net, C#, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-09-29

Memory exhaustion DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome

Aditya K Sood from the EvilFingers community, which disclosed the first Chrome DoS vulnerability at the beginning of the month, has released a proof of concept demonstrating a memory exhaustion DoS vulnerability affecting Google's Chrome versions Chrome/0.2.149.30 and Chrome/0.2.149.29 : "The Google chrome browser is vulnerable to memory exhaustion...

Tags: User Interaction, Google Inc., DOS, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Memory Exhaustion, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Suddenly the MacBook Air doesn't seem so expensive anymore. . .

As rumored, Sony announced its new ultraportable this week. The old VAIO TZ series was a slick ultraportable, and the new VAIO TT series looks even better, though I'll wait for some full reviews for confirmation. In the meantime, the list of available options-- carbon fiber chassis that weighs 2.9...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Burner, Apple MacBook, Blu-ray, Fiber, Network Technology, Desktops, Networking, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Steelies (exe)

Steelies is a game for Windows. The object of the game is to smash all of the bricks with your steelies to complete each level. Features: Play with a single or multiple steelies to complete over 50 levels; Realistic gameplay with gravity; Save unlimited player progress; Play the campaign, or...

Tags: Level, JTY Software, Steelies, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-25

Dirty dozen: Firefox ships patch for 12 security flaws

Mozilla has released another point update for its flagship Firefox browser to provide fixes for at least 12 documented security vulnerabilities.  Some of the flaws put millions of Web surfers at risk of remote code execution attacks. The Firefox 3.0.2 update addresses two issues rated by Mozilla...

Tags: Developer, Mozilla Firefox, Attacker, Vulnerability, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Tams11 Ur (exe)

Online version of the ancient game called the Royal game of UR. Each players receives 7 chips. The object of the game is to move all 7 of yours chips from start to home. Landing on your opponent's chip will move him back to home. It is very similar to...

Tags: Chip, Tams11 Software, Games, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Hardware, Networking

Software downloads 2008-09-24