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Skyscraper 2.0a5 (Mac)

Skyscraper aims to be a fully-featured, modular, 3D realtime building simulator, powered by the Scalable Building Simulator SBS engine. The main feature SBS provides is a very robust elevator simulator, but also simulates general building features such as walls, floors, stairs, shaftwork and more. Many more things are planned, including...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, TLI Networks, Skyscraper, C/C++, Construction, Networking, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-08

Skyscraper 2.0a5 (Windows)

Skyscraper aims to be a fully-featured, modular, 3D realtime building simulator, powered by the Scalable Building Simulator SBS engine. The mbain feature SBS provides is a very robust elevator simulator, but also simulates general building features such as walls, floors, stairs, shaftwork and more. Many more things are planned, including...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, TLI Networks, Skyscraper, C/C++, Construction, Networking, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-24

(Images: Dubai's skyscraper in motion)

(Images: Dubai's skyscraper in motion)Fast Forward, NYC... where the story of the great PIT continues. It just amazes and saddens me how far the US has fallen.When the rest of the world reads about the insurance lawsuits related to the original WTC, the fear of replacing the building with one...

Tags: skyscraper

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

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Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D Free for iPhone 2.0.17 (Mobile)

With Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D Free for iPhone reach the skies in a wacky skyscraper construction game that tests your reflexes and puzzle skills. Play against your friends, connect to Facebook, and post scores. It lets players try out several game modes; including tower heights and building types.

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Bloxx Inc., Mobile, Digital Chocolate, Games, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Rope n Fly 2 Lite for iPhone 1.0.1 (Mobile)

With Rope n Fly 2 Lite for iPhone use your ropes to swing from on skyscraper to the others. You have full control over your ropes, touch on a tower to throw your rope there, touch once again to release it and use your acceleration to fly through the sky....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Rope, Djinnworks, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Garmin Nuvi 760

Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 750. The Nuvi 760 is identical to the 750 in nearly every way, except that the 760 adds Bluetooth hands-free calling and an FM Traffic data receiver to its feature set. As a result, the 760 gets extra points in...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Garmin Nuvi series, Nuvi 760, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvi 750

Product reviews 2009-07-30

Tower Bloxx by Dchoc 2.0.0 (Mobile)

Winner of two Game of the Year and multiple Editor?s Choice awards! A top reviewer writes that Tower Bloxx ?surprises and delights ? this one?s a real winner.? Test your reflexes and puzzle skills in this wacky and fun skyscraper construction game

Tags: Bloxx Inc., Mobile, Digital Chocolate, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-06-17

Seven stages of SOA maturity: from silos to services

Many of you who have visited this site over the years may have noticed somewhat of a bias toward small-scale SOA as the best way to get things rolling within the enterprise -- particularly if there is resistance or benign neglect on the part of management to new ways of...

Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service, Chris Harding, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Programmers and IT failure

Programmers and IT failureFlawed DisciplineBless their souls: programmers are victims of a flawed discipline. One that has been flawed for decades.Development is a trade, a craft. It requires senior craftsmen to apprentice -- PMs are not senior craftsmen, nor is their discipline.In larger construction efforts, the problem lies in not...

Tags: Development tools, information technology, BAD CODE, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

First Apple Store rumored to debut in Philadelphia

First Apple Store rumored to debut in PhiladelphiaUse Apple's Store LocaterIf you would have checked Apple's store locater, you might have prevented a technically correct but highly misleading headline. There are already TWO Apple stores within ten miles of Philly. One in Ardmore is about 4 miles away...

Tags: Detroit-area, Apple Inc., Apple Store

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

Tower Bloxx by Dchoc (Mobile)

Winner of two Game of the Year and multiple Editor?s Choice awards! A top reviewer writes that Tower Bloxx ?surprises and delights ? this one?s a real winner.? Test your reflexes and puzzle skills in this wacky and fun skyscraper construction game!

Tags: Bloxx Inc., Mobile, Digital Chocolate, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-12-17

Microsoft shows interest in WaMu bankruptcy over software agreements

When Microsoft filed a "notice of appearance" in the Washington Mutual bankruptcy proceedings - which is basically a request to be kept updated on developments of the case - and then initially declined to comment about its interest in the case, the speculation began. (Silicon Alley Insider wondered if Microsoft...

Tags: Software, Washington Mutual Inc., Enterprise Software, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Bankruptcy, Times, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Mio Knight Rider GPS

If you ever dreamed as a child or as an adult of owning a car like KITT of Knight Rider fame, you're dream is about to come true...sort of. Unless you're rolling in money, you can't have the actual Trans Am or David Hasselhoff, but you can have the next...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, display, Mio Knight Rider GPS, KITT, portable navigation device, Knight Rider GPS

Product reviews 2008-09-26

What memory technology is Samsung after?

Samsung Electronics recently made public its $5.8 billion offer for SanDisk, a major manufacturer of memory cards. There are plenty of possible business motives behind this bid including the hefty royalties that Samsung pays to SanDisk to use its flash technology, and SanDisk's strong retail brands and distribution. But I'll...

Tags: 3D, NAND Flash, SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Technology, Toshiba Corp., Cell, Chip, Flash Memory, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Fastest-growing search terms in June 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. george carlin 0.04% 2. summer vacation 0.01% 3. where is my rebate check 0.01% 4. transformers 2 0.01% 5. spinning skyscraper 0.01% 6. camp rock lyrics 0.01% 7. perceptions of tattoos...

Tags: NB

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"

Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"What is the maintanance cost, and backup planshould a storm or fire destroy the structure?It's all about feeling goodThere are people who think logically, and people who think emotionally. Logically, solar is still a losing technology when factoring in all costs...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset’s smarts are Microsoft’s gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Images: Dubai's skyscraper in motion

Architect David Fisher says that by the end of 2010, an 80-story tower in Dubai will stand tall as the world's first-ever shape-shifting skyscraper. by CNET News.com

Tags: Dubai, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-01

99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...

Matt Richtel's New York Times article about the heavy stress of making a living as a blogger is not about the blogger life at all. It is about the life of a freelance journalist, which often sits at the bottom a very shallow barrel in terms of journalist compensation. ...

Tags: Job, Media, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Garmin Nuvi 750

The Garmin Nuvi series has earned a reputation as a solid line of portable navigation systems, offering accurate routing, good design, and ease of use. We've seen it in the entry-level Garmin Nuvi 200 and the more advanced Garmin Nuvi 660. So we expected much of the same from the...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Garmin Nuvi series, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 750, Garmin Nuvi 750

Product reviews 2008-03-05