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- CoP.Track (zip)
- CoP.Track is a tool to plan, track and manage your projects, using the internet to modify all data online in real time. CoP.Track provides a complete project, resources and budget management. By use of time recording, estimations and project status the project manager has always the latest data. Version 4...
- Tags: Project, SMC, CoP.Track, Internet, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-04-29
- MacBook battery firmware fix reveals flaws, recall recollected
- [Updated: Oct. 10, 2007 @ 2:00 pm PDT] The battery firmware patch Apple last week provided for users of 15-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks may have uncovered a batch of problem batteries. The company said the problem batteries don't pose a safety risk, however, users...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Firmware, Apple MacBook Pro, Flaw, SMC, Readout, Engineering, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- SMC Firmware Update Redux
- After I installed Apple's recently released SMC Firmware Update on my MacBook Pro 2.0GHz it appeared to break Jonathan Pepin's CoreDuoTemp v0.6 and Dr. Marcel Bresink's Hardware Monitor 3.6 CPU temperature monitoring utilities. After further research it appears that both CPU temperature utilities can be made to work again. Pepin...
- Tags: SMC, SMC Firmware update, SMC Firmware
- Blog posts 2006-05-19
- SMC Firmware Update and the MBP (Updated)
- If you're using a utility like Jonathan Pepin's CoreDuoTemp v0.6 or Dr. Marcel Bresink's Hardware Monitor 3.6 to keep tabs on your CPU temperature you'll be disappointed to learn that Apple's recently released SMC Firmware Update breaks these applications on the MacBook Pro. Apple's suitably vague on...
- Tags: SMC, System Management Control, SMC Firmware update, SMC Firmware
- Blog posts 2006-05-18
- More details on the onerous MTV Urge license agreement
- More details on the onerous MTV Urge license agreementNeeds of the industryLets be clear about this. the only need the industry has is to stay in business - and that is not one of my needs. in order to stay in business, industry needs to understand that I will...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows XP, SMC, Vista-XP, Media Player Urge Dot-Net delivery, subscription fee, Media Player Urge Dot-Net, Win-Troll, Microsoft Corp., MTV, license agreement, agreement
- Discussion threads 2006-05-17
- Business Object State Management Using State Machine Compiler
- SMC is an open source tool that can generate state machine Java classes from centralized state transition definitions. It allows the decoupling of business object state transition logic from the business logic implementation. It leads to simple, easy-to-test, and reusable business logic implementations. It is a good tool for simplifying...
- Tags: Compiler, Business Logic, SMC
- White papers 2006-01-05
Additional Resources
- eMachines ET1161-03
- The eMachines ET1161-03 is a low-maintenance desktop PC for light users with a budget on the brain. The $400 price tag will net you get a dual-core AMD Athlon processor with integrated audio and video, 3GB of RAM, a single 320GB hard drive, and 32-bit Windows Vista Home Premium. Unfortunately,...
- Tags: Processors, Desktops, Semiconductors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), exterior, eMachines ET1161-03, eMachines Inc., AMD Athlon
- Product reviews 2008-10-22
- eMachines W3653 with Monitor
- The eMachines W3653 is a bundled set that includes a preconfigured computer, an eMachines 17-inch wide-screen LCD, and the other peripherals needed for a complete desktop set up. For the purpose of this review, we'll be looking at the computer alone but factoring in the price of the monitor to...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Video cards, Processors, Semiconductors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), eMachines W3653, eMachines Inc., Intel Corp., monitor, graphics
- Product reviews 2008-08-13
- Activeworx Snort Management Center (SMC) (zip)
- Activeworx SMC is designed as a cost effective and user-friendly solution to manage and monitor all Snort events. SMC also keeps Snort policies and rules up-to-date on all sensors. SMC's centralized management console for Snort provides all the tools necessary for an IDS administrator to focus on quickly identifying and...
- Tags: Snort, CrossTec Corp., Activeworx Snort Management Center, Snort Management Center, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- TP-LINK TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router
- The TP-Link TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router is a wireless router that supports the Draft N 2.0 specification and not much else. This means no network storage or dual-band support (the router works only in the 2.4GHz frequency), no print-serving capability, and no Gigabit Ethernet. The router doesn't even offer N-mode-only...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, router, TP-Link, Wireless-N, TP-Link TL-WR941ND, TL-WR941ND
- Product reviews 2008-07-24
- Wi-Fi bridge claims a range of 5 miles
- Wi-Fi bridge claims a range of 5 milesOld newsCome on, Rik, this technology has been around for some time. I installed my first bridge using equipment like this years ago to extend our network out to remote buildings, and have done so many times since. We recently installed...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Linksys WRT110 RangePlus Wireless Router
- The Linksys RangePlus Wireless WRT110 is not a Draft N router, but Linksys doesn't call it a Wireless-G router, either. The reason? It works with both specifications. It supports the 802.11g standard, but the company's RangePlus technology takes advantage of the throughput threshold of the draft 802.11n specification and offers...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Wi-Fi, wireless router, WPS, router, Draft-N, Linksys Inc., wireless, RangePlus WRT110
- Product reviews 2008-05-20
- The physics of flocking in 3-D
- You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...
- Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated)
- Remember the thermal paste problem with earlier MacBook Pros that was reported back in May 2006? Well, it's back. Read more about the grease problems in my earlier reports: Thermal grease theory - 01 May 2006 Thermal grease and the MacBook -...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Software Update may balk at recent firmware updates
- According to an Apple technical note posted on Wednesday, the automatic Software Update software that pushes updates to the masses may not display the EFI and SMC firmware updates released earlier this week. Users should check their version numbers and download the software manually, the document...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Firmware Update, Firmware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- MacBook EFI Firmware Updates released
- Apple tonight released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 1.0 (2.1MB) via software update. According to Apple, the update "fixes several issues to improve the stability of MacBook Air computers." Whatever that means. EFI Updates were also released for the MacBook and MacBook Pro. ...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Firmware, Notebooks, Firmware Update, Extensible Firmware Interface, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Can BootCamp mess with your Mac's PRAM?
- A continuing thread in an Apple discussion board says that Windows running in the Boot Camp utility can sometimes "pervert" certain settings stored in the Intel-Mac's parameter RAM and interfere with video when rebooting into Mac OS X. Here's the description of the problem by Coelacanth64, who...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Computer, PRAM, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Marketing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Apple AirPort Express Base Station (802.11n)
- Apple's AirPort Express Base Station has always been remarkable in that it is networking hardware that people actually seem to get excited about. Thanks to an update to the 802.11n wireless networking standard, this compact, easy-to-use device can now add increased wireless networking performance to its list of pros. It...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, NETWORKING, Digital media, WIRELESS, Network technology, Apple AirPort Express Base Station, Apple Airport, network, Apple AirPort Express, Apple Inc., IEEE 802.11n
- Product reviews 2008-03-19
- Asus WL-500W 802.11n Multi-Functional Wireless Router
- Of our recent sweep of Draft N wireless routers, the $130 Asus WL-500W offers some unconventional yet useful features not found on the others. Aside of the regularly goodies including a firewall, encryption, QoS, and a print server, the WL-500W also has a built-in FTP server, a file server, and...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, wireless, IEEE 802.11n, Asus WL-500W, router, ASUS, server, wireless router
- Product reviews 2008-03-18
- SMC SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router
- You may not be familiar with SMC, but you should if you're shopping for a Draft N router. The company's SMCWGBR14-N Barricade N router finished at or above the average of the group of recent Draft N 2.0 routers we've tested while exhibiting impressive range. It also boasts a generous...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Wireless LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, router, SMC Barricade, Wi-Fi, SMC Barricade N-router
- Product reviews 2008-03-13
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