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The stanley works Increases Productivity and Enhances Financial Reporting Capabilities

The Stanley Works is known worldwide as a leading manufacturer of tools, hardware, and specialty hardware products for home improvement, consumer, industrial, and professional use. A long-time customer of Oracle's Hyperion software, The Stanley Works wanted to implement a Web-based data delivery system that would allow for the transmission of...

Tags: Financial Reporting, Hyperion Solutions Corp., Financial, Stanley Works, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance

Case studies 2007-08-01

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Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature

There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...

Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta

We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...

Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-15

What open source teaches publishers

I have a more in-depth analysis of today's C|Net news on my personal blog. But there are important comments to make about open source and what it implies to publishers. (What does this classic Geico commercial have to do with anything? Patience, grasshopper.) The...

Tags: C|Net, Profit Statement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-15

OS security scorecard for Q1 08 - Do patch numbers mean anything to anyone?

Jeff Jones, director of security strategy for Microsoft, has published two papers this week which look at OS vulnerabilities. According to Jones, Windows sees fewer patches than any of the other operating systems looked at. If you're in the mood for a read, here are the papers:...

Tags: Security, Operating System, Patch Management, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-15

News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Blog posts 2008-05-15

TalkMail (exe)

Fully featured high fidelity voice email client. Works with your email address. Free for personal use. Voice emails can be played back on any personal computer, portable mp3 player device or many cell phones, and replies can be quickly sent for free. Speak your mind and send. This version is...

Tags: E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-05-15

KeepUp (zip)

Keep your dial up Internet connection up, supports a secondary login to help to unlock connections. Works on the system tray, small size, low CPU usage, and Cycles between two logins in order to restore a connection in case the primary get stuck. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Login, Connection, Fogacasoft, Internet

Software downloads 2008-05-15

RQ SpamFinish (zip)

RQ SpamFinish allows you delete spam automatically or manually before download it to your computer. This Anti spam tool based on black and white-list and compare the messages fields [From], [To] and [Subject] with this lists. If message contain text from blacklist and not contain text from whitelist, it can...

Tags: Message, MiraSoftware, RQ SpamFinish, Spam, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2008-05-15

Strata 3D CX (dmg)

Have you ever wished that there was a 3D application that was as easy to use as Photoshop and had the precision of Illustrator. Strata 3D CX is the answer to your design needs with the ability to link to Photoshop files, import Illustrator art, and create photo-real images and...

Tags: 3D, Adobe PhotoShop, Animation, Strata, Strata 3D CX

Software downloads 2008-05-15

With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw

So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family to remove the seed used for PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator used when creating SSL keys.  Well, HD Moore set a new record...

Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Workday: a tipping point?

Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...

Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...

Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Off topic: The facade of objectivity

This Wired-TechCrunch war is interesting for the media wonks out there, but larger question is this: Does objectivity exists? Does it even matter? Here's the short version. The Washington Post inks a syndication deal with TechCrunch. Wired notes that it's odd that the Post picks up a...

Tags: Disclosure, TechCrunch, Wired Inc., Objectivity, Blogger, Post, Personality, Blogging, Business Ethics, Construction, Internet, Leadership, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Google accidentally enables ratings on some Blogger accounts

Some blogger users may have noticed their blog suddenly started showing star ratings -- a feature that appears to be in the works, and according to Blogger, was given by accident to some unsuspecting bloggers. The feature hasn't been released yet, and they have "fixed" the problem. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Feature, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Zoho's login gambit: It works

Zoho on Wednesday said that anyone with a Yahoo or Google account--basically everybody--can use the company's on-demand applications without creating a new account. The gambit worked on me. I perused a few Zoho demos before, but didn't get around to creating a full account. But since my Yahoo and Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Zoho, Chances, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Content Protection madness on Vista

[UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...

Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-14

News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Video to MP4 Converter (exe)

Video to MP4 Converter contains Video to 3GP Converter, Video to PSP Converter, Video to PS3 Converter, Video to MP4 Converter, Video to iPod Converter, Video to Zune Converter, Video to AppleTV Converter, Video to iPhone Converter. It is a AVI/3GP/MP4 file conversion for your portable media player (MP4 player),...

Tags: Video, MiniVideoConverter, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Feedburner is down

Update 5/13/08 9:00pm EDT: Feedburner works again. Yay! Gawd, I hate when that happens. Note to Feedburner: Check out 7 tips for handling post-failure communications for some post-recovery advice. By the look of this error page, you need the help. ...

Tags: Feedburner, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-13