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Special Agent (zip)

Special Agent is a retro-styled platform game developed in six months by It was inspired by Apogee Software's classic Secret Agent, and continues the platform/puzzle elements of the original, adding more varied missions and a set of online high scores so that you can compete with other players. Special Agent...

Tags: Agent, Special Agent, Special Agent Robert, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-12-28

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Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification

The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...

Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

The debate over kids and animals

On the hit list of lead author Dr. Robert Frenck at the University of Cincinnati are exotic cats and raccoons, ferrets, monkeys, Gambian rats, hedgehogs, reptiles, baby chickens and hamsters. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Kid, Flash Memory, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-07

CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept

While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...

Tags: Sony Corp., 3D, Panasonic, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sharp Corp., TV, Wall, Construction, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Sony AW series: The best laptop display?

With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment. Though its design is nothing special, the Sony VAIO AW series stands out from this group, according to reviews at PCMag.com and LaptopMag.com, thanks to its high-quality, LED-backlit 1,920-by-1,080...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktop Replacement, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Display, Desktops, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....

Tags: CERN, Scientist, Grid, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-06

Data Doctor Database Converter MS SQL to MySQL (exe)

MSSQL database conversion software migrate MSSQL server database rows columns records to MySQL. MSSQL migration utility facilitates user to convert individual database table or group of tables as per their choice. Database converter is an advance tool that maintains originality of the converted database file. Database file converter application is...

Tags: MySQL, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Datenrettung, Database Converter, MSSQL Migration Utility, Database Migration Tool, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-10-05

To ESped or not to ESped

To ESped or not to ESpedBlended SolutionOur SIS eSchooData allows a link to be created from student rosters directly to a copy of the IEP created by the Special Ed techers in their fully functional IEP tool IEP Direct. It seems to be a good fit. Special Ed teachers...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, IEP Direct, ESped

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack - notebook carrying backpack

Frequent travelers rejoiced when, earlier this year, the TSA issued guidelines for the construction of a bag that would let you zip through security without removing your laptop. The official guidelines suggest a butterfly, trifold, or sleeve-style case that keeps your laptop separate from other travel detritus so that a...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, mobile, zipper, laptop computer, compartment, Mobile Edge ScanFast

Product reviews 2008-10-03

Panasonic Viera TH-58PZ800U

The big-screen HDTV arena is still owned by rear-projection models, but with every passing year flat-panel versions, especially plasmas, fall in price and become attractive targets for folks seeking massive home theater pictures. But prices haven't fallen far enough yet for most people, so for the foreseeable future big-screen plasmas...

Tags: Quality, TV & Home Theater, TVs, plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-58PZ800U, THX Display Certification

Product reviews 2008-10-03

My growing hatred for calculators

My growing hatred for calculatorsNokids need to think mathematically when doing math and programmatically when programming and literarily when reading literature, etc.Spreadsheeting for math? Joy. We all get to castrate mathematical symbology in order to shoehorn it into a spreadsheet cell t=sqrt(a^3)Wonderful.I guess when the only thing you know is...

Tags: Microsoft Excel, PRODUCTIVITY, calculator, Mathcad

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

To ESped or not to ESped

Our SIS now includes a fairly mature special education module. It's not perfect, but it's well-integrated with the rest of the SIS and gives teachers immediate and easy access to the accommodations they need to provide for students. From a teacher's perspective, it really rocks. ...

Tags: Teacher, SiS, ESped, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Research & Development, Development Tools, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audience

Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audiencePanel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audienceGood stuff. SOA is like recycling. Get people on board with the general idea and its benefits to the whole, then make it really easy to do, then only start...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), cloud computing, Web services, skeptical audience, SOA governance, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

SynergyKM (dmg)

SynergyKM is a GUI wrapper around the synergy command line tool that lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems without special hardware. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Line Tool, SynergyKM, Keyboards, Mice, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Perens new crusade is patent law

Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...

Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4

Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4That's how they're the "de-facto" standard.Just like Microsoft would be screwed without pirated copies of Windows floating around street corners across the globe.Without pirated copies of Photoshop, it would have a truly limited market. Look at the bloody price of it to figure out...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., graphics, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe PhotoShop, piracy

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Home Staging Price Calculator (zip)

The Home Staging Calculator is an HTML/JavaScript code snippet published under creative commons that allows anyone - though it is particularly appropriate for Real Estate Web sites - to display the calculator on their public Web sites. Home Staging Price Calculator uses a special algorithm and real-time price data for...

Tags: Code Snippet, Web Site, Urban Presentations Home Staging, Home Staging Calculator, Web Site Development, Internet

Software downloads 2008-10-02

Realtek AC'97 Driver (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003) (exe)

Realtek AC'97 Drivers & Applications. The package includes: Driver/Application Setup Program; RtlRack for Win98/Me/2000/XP and AvRack for Win95/NT4; Realtek Sound Effect Manager. DirectX 8 is required to enable advanced features.Version A4.06 updates Realtek 3D engine and makes changes to special custom settings.

Tags: Driver, Realtek Semiconductor, DirectX 8, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-02

HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competition

HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competitionMistaken post!oops! I had missed a part of your comparison. But, you might want to compare weights.I'm not sure what it weighs.The entry model is listed as 4.21 lbs with the six cell battery. The Best Buy special is listed as 8.1...

Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-10-01