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Starmad 1.0 (Windows)

STARMAD is a Space Mission Analysis and Design tool, intended to enable users to quickly and easily perform the following tasks: Preliminary Orbit Analysis, in terms of Dynamics, Geometry, Manoeuvre and Maintenance, Interplanetary Transfer, and Delta-V Budget; Observation Payload Analysis, in terms of Electromagnetic Spectrum, Optics and Sizing; Spacecraft Subsystems...

Tags: Term, Star-n1 Engineering, STARMAD, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-01

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Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Live Webcast: High Performance Workstations that Rock for Engineering and Entertainment!

High performance workstations are important tools of the trade for a growing number of businesses and industries that rely on specialized programs and applications. Nowhere is this more the case perhaps than the two very different worlds of engineering and entertainment. In both industries, the most important factors...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Webcast, Industry, High-performance, Hardware, Entertainment, Digital Content, High-Performance Workstations, Workstations, Advertising & Promotion, CAD, Marketing, Software

Webcasts 2009-11-16

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Missing: Tim Berners-Lee?The Mouse, and the GUI ...... without the invention of the mouse or the GUI/WYSIWYG there would not be as many users as there are today, and I would hazard a guess that it would be restricted to business applications like accounting, and Data Analysis.LudoRE: The 10...

Tags: Mice, Strategy, Operating systems, GUI, PARC User Interface, mouse, Microsoft Corp., IT History, Xerox PARC, operating system, IBM Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?

Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. FREE Author's biography & story in trial version 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Series, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-08

News to know: Smartphones; Windows 7; Palm Pre; EU and Sun-Oracle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Smartphones to eclipse desktop PC sales by 2011 Sam Diaz: Facebook Mobile: Now 65 million strong...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, European Union, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales

Blog posts 2009-09-04

Works of Herbert George Wells. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-01

'Quality Scores' For Web Content: How Numbers Will Create A 'Beautiful Cycle of Greatness for Us All'

Patrick Keane spent four years at Google, before becoming chief marketing officer at CBS Interactive which owns CNet and ZDNet. Now he’s in his third month as chief executive officer at Associated Content, the “people’s media” company. And...

Tags: Keane Inc., Web, Quality, Content, Associated Content, Channel Management, Engineering, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Geo-engineering can save this planet

Geo-engineering can save this planetToo funnyI love it, socialism and government control of your daily life.Nothing like United Socialist States of Amerika....Population control is a better targetIf that kind of money was spent educating people about overpopulation - and how the earth can only support a finite number of humans...

Tags: Contraception, Wood, Geo-engineering

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

A 'simpler' invisibility cloak

Still far from what you've seen on Star Trek, the development of technology to cloak objects--currently too small to see anyway--is heating up. Researchers at Purdue University report that they've created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs, works for all colors of the visible...

Tags: Purdue University, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Brother MFC-9840CDW

Brother MFC-9840CDWThank goodness for good return policies!I've had Brother MFDs in the past, and found them adequate, nothing special, but competitively priced. When I decided to step up to color laser printing, I went for this device.My setup was easy enough, and the wireless capability was nice while it...

Tags: Document management, paper output tray, Costco

Discussion threads 2009-05-23

The Oracle open source credibility gap

The Oracle open source credibility gapIf I was in Larry Ellison's shoes......I'd do the following:1. Spin off MySQL either by selling it to the public, or by setting up a non-profit foundation and transferring all MySQL copyrights and employees to it. Ellison would get to play the good...

Tags: StarOffice, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, open source, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Studio

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

COOLMAX CX-400B 400W Power Supply

COOLMAX CX-400B 400W Power SupplyDo not buy this power supply!I build and take care of hundreds of computers for a University. I have a degree in Electrical Engineering. I have used many Coolmax@ power supplies. I placed an order for six model CX-400B Coolmax power supplies. Two failed within a...

Tags: power supply, COOLMAX CX-400B 400W Power Supply

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

Your guide to SxSW Interactive 2009

During the second week of March each year, there is a mass pilgrimage of geeks from the San Francisco bay area to the heart of Texas. Not for BBQ, not for a sun tan, but for probably the best interactive web conference in the history of the world. ...

Tags: Facebook, Barbecue, Twitter, SXSW, Scott Beale, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-08

Quantum holographic storage: it works!

Quantum holographic storage: it works!Star Wars Geeks building a HolocronA new attempt. The old way used different colored lasers to store information in a artificial crystal. but I think this one will work better as long as the material stays stable.the crystal idea was a cube and was multi-layered...

Tags: holographic storage, storage, Quantum Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

News to know: Microsoft's layoffs, Google's profits, Win7 netbooks, White House tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft: 'We are not immune' to economy; Cuts 5,000 jobs; Earnings fall short Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft...

Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, White House, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-23

What I learned in 2008

What I learned in 2008BalanceI've seen engineers who couldn't run a business and almost went under until someone who was more business savvy took over. I've seen business guys who didn't understand their product ruin their company through bad decisions. In a technical industry it is usually best...

Tags: Real estate, Strategy, agent, Sun Microsystems Inc., J-type

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and Mac

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and MacAnd so then I guessthat Papermaster [i][b]was[/b][/i] hired just to run the "iPod division"Apple would never think of having him lend a hand in their server products developement.This Apple TV case may just prove how "true" the above mentioned statement is... ;)It...

Tags: TVs, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Apple TV, Apple AirPort Express, TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Are MacBooks starting to look like HPs?

Are MacBooks starting to look like HPs?Very honestly...the MacBook just looks cheaper.Apple not really a niche playerJust number 2 in a market whose dominant player got its marketshare through illegal tactics.That takes a long time to crack. I wouldn't call their market share niche in a market of 2 OS's....

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple MacBook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-16