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WebLens (exe)

WebLens is an amazing magnifier that sits on your desktop and makes everything look larger. If you have difficulty seeing text & images on your PC or on the Internet, then you need WebLens. Using WebLens is child's play - simply click on the icon and the magnifying lens will...

Tags: Special Mates, WebLens, Desktops, Internet, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-16

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My father, the casemodder

I love hearing about these wacky aesthetic computer modifications that people do. While a lot of them definitely have the "cool" factor, most aren't exactly useful or practical. But when I heard about one particular "casemod" from one of my readers, I was intrigued. It just so happened that this...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-29

An IE8 Beta 2 Q&A

Yesterday I published my first look at the just-released Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. I got some great comments in the Talkback thread and via e-mail and thought it would be worth answering them here. Should you install IE8? Where can you download the correct code for your OS....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Beta, IE Beta Newsgroup, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Why does Safari stink?

Why does Safari stink?Safari on iPhone is even worseSafari on a Mac should work at least as well as Firefox. but on the iPhone it crashes regularly or locks up the iPhone. And it appears Apple's licensing is designed to preclude any competition:"Apple's software requirements for the device are too...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Channel management, Web technology, KHTML, Apple Safari, Safari stink, stink, Web, Web browser, Web site

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Why does Safari stink?

I started my day with several calls from our Special Ed folks who suddenly couldn't access their student information portal (e-Sped). I could access it without problem, our Special Education administrators could access it, but several teachers and counselors were discovering (since this was the first student day back...

Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browsers, Portals, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Is probiotics a scam?

Is probiotics a scam?Is probiotics a scam?Probiotics are not a scam but you do have to know what you are looking for. I was taking a digestive enzyme which had several probiotics in it including acidophilus. It worked fine for me. Will I recommend them to everyone? No...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Probiotics, probiotic

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round

Trilliant, a green tech company that's working with about 100 utilities on various smart grid deployments, has just closed a $40 million round of equity funding from a group of investors including affiliates of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures. Trilliant CEO Bill Vogel characterizes the investment...

Tags: Green Technology, Ontario, Trilliant, Vogel, Government, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-28

AVS Blobs Screensaver (exe)

AVS Blobs Screensaver helps you relax. Magic bubbles is a perfect remedy to plunge into calm atmosphere and forget about stress and worries. Developed in 3D, bright, colorful and originally designed, our screensavers will give you a lot of exciting emotions. A special feature makes possible to enrich the screensaver...

Tags: Screensaver, Online Media Technologies, Magic Bubble

Software downloads 2008-08-28

AVS Fire Screensaver (exe)

Find yourself in the epicentrum of a magnificent fire or follow the trace of a fireball in AVS Fire Screensaver. Developed in 3D, bright, colorful and originally designed, our screensavers will give you a lot of exciting emotions. A special feature makes possible to enrich the screensaver with your own...

Tags: Screensaver, Online Media Technologies

Software downloads 2008-08-28

AVS Flying Images ScreenSaver (exe)

AVS Flying Images Screensaver allows you to create a nice cascade from your favorite images on your display. Images are floating in different directions with variable speed. Developed in 3D, bright, colorful, and originally designed, our screensavers will give you a lot of exciting emotions. A special feature makes possible...

Tags: Screensaver, Online Media Technologies, AVS Flying Images Screensaver, Images

Software downloads 2008-08-28

AVS Sparks Screensaver (exe)

Relax with AVS Sparks Screensaver. A magnificent comet tail evoking thoughts about the infinity of the universe. Developed in 3D, bright, colorful and originally designed, our screensavers will give you a lot of exciting emotions. A special feature makes possible to enrich the screensaver with your own images. This version...

Tags: Screensaver, Online Media Technologies

Software downloads 2008-08-28

File Share Wizard (exe)

Using File Share Wizard, let your files on your PC can be accessible from anywhere without special software, just through a Web browser. You don't need to install Apache or IIS software. What you all need to do is just install one File Share Wizard and turn your PC into...

Tags: Software, HTTP, Router, PC, upRedSun, Routers & Switches, Desktops, Network Technology, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-08-28

Can you trust kids with a Kindle?

Can you trust kids with a Kindle?Can you trust kids with a Kindle?I agree with you for the most part. An electronic book or ereader would be good for looking up information to reference. The drawback I see is the price tag of the kindle, and if someone...

Tags: E-books, textbook, locker, e-book

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Keeping the brand - and verb - alive

photoshop  (v.) "to edit an image using a computer program," 1992, originally in ref. to Photoshop, a bitmap graphics editor trademarked and published by Adobe, released in 1990. --- Dictionary.com There aren't many brand names that can take on verb status but Photoshop, a pioneer in digital imagery manipulation,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Web, Brand, Mobile, Photograph, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Acritum Promo Wizard (exe)

Acritum Promo Wizard is a tool for Web masters who want to increase the number of visitors coming to their Web sites from various search engines. The software is the next generation of classic doorway page generators with several special technologies that make a kind of human-made text automatically and...

Tags: Web, Search Engine, Visitor, Acritum Software, Acritum Promo Wizard, Channel Management, Search, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-27

Aquarium Screensaver Maker (exe)

Aquarium Screensaver Maker is an easy-to-use tool that helps you create custom aquarium screensavers from your own photos. You can use any pictures as the background, add any number of fish from the built-in list, or draw and add you own fish. The special rippling water effect automatically animates all...

Tags: Screensaver, Fish, DesktopPaints

Software downloads 2008-08-27

Go ahead...bring in your laptop

There is a growing controversy in our district over the use of personal laptops and other computing devices that can access our wireless or wired networks. A significant majority, myself included, believe that, aside from WPA and a strong password for the routers, teachers and students should be able...

Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-26

The Borders of Computing

Exploring the Borders of Computing CNET News' Ina Fried sits down with Kara Tsuboi to discuss her special report on computing in Latin America.

Tags: Borders Books & Music, Computing, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, microsoft, brazil, columbia, south america, schools, art, civil war

Videos 2008-08-26

News to know: IE 8; Code name of the day; Facebook security; Office 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Codename a day: Rouge Dancho Danchev: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers Twitter's "me too" anti-spam...

Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Office 2.0

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Office 2.0: Eating our own dogfood...

It's been a fascinating experience helping Ismael Ghalimi organize the third Office 2.0 Conference, which runs from September 3rd to 5th at San Francisco's St Regis Hotel. As well as the terrific group of sessions and speakers we've organized, plus the action packed 'unconference' ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Amazon.com Inc., Conference, Session, Office 2.0, Office20.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-25