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Hi-Launcher (zip)

Start Menu in your Palm Hi-Launcher adapts the Start Menu known from desktop computers to Palm OS handhelds. This lets you switch between your PDA applications immediately and directly! You can select a triggering button that will pop-up the Menu over any running application. You design it! It's totally up...

Tags: Item, Palm Inc., Font, RNS, Start Menu, Palm OS, PDAs, Operating Systems, Software, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-19

Microsoft details search changes coming in Vista Service Pack 1

Microsoft details search changes coming in Vista Service Pack 1Can they make it more like Desktop Search 3.x?The Vista Search just doesn't impress me at all. Selecting a hit closes the search window and if you didn't choose correctly based on subject which is often redundant, you get to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Start Menu, Outlook 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Service Pack, Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

Defeating UAC with a two-stage malware attack

An independent security researcher has released details on a two-stage malware attack against Windows Vista to show how easy it is for non-privileged code to replace shortcuts on the Start Menu and intercept UAC User Account Control privilege elevation prompts.Rob Paveza's proof-of-concept (.pdf) uses a regular Trojan horse program as...

Tags: Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Hackers, Metasploit, Microsoft, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Symantec, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-05-16

Add the Run command to the Start Menu (Tweaks, tricks, and hacks to make Windows Vista fly)

Add the Run command to the Start Menu (Tweaks, tricks, and hacks to make Windows Vista fly)SMB over WAN links smokeWith SMB2 and autotuning (1323 Opts) look to double SMB throughput over Win 200X and XP. This was after tuning SMB and TCP to full extent possible. Very nice surprise...

Tags: SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), small and medium business, Windows Vista Fly, Run Command, Start Menu, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-01-28

10 expert tips and tweaks for Windows Vista RC2

10 expert tips and tweaks for Windows Vista RC2This is useful in XP as wellI always keep an administrative Command Prompt window open. Makes running as a limited user in XP much easier.In XP, I also give my administrative command prompt a bright red background.You can change the caret...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, start menu, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, control panel

Discussion threads 2006-10-30

10 essential tweaks for Windows Vista RC1

[Don't miss the sequel to this post, 10 tips and tweaks for Vista experts, which covers RC2] Admit it: You're curious about Windows Vista Release Candidate 1. Now that Microsoft has made it available for download by the public (after giving technical beta testers a five-day head start), you can take it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, product key

Blog posts 2006-09-07

Additional Resources

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Are there really too many Windows editions?

Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware

The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...

Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare

News items 2008-10-10

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-10

MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical

It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...

Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Tempest or Nuclear Winter

A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today's newsletter was quoted as telling firms "to slow down their burn rate, and...

Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Start-up looks to extend battery life

Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...

Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery

News items 2008-10-09

Desktone "Desktops as a Service"

I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...

Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Taskix (zip)

Taskix is a utility that allows you to reorder the buttons in your Windows taskbar with your mouse. If you have 'Group similar taskbar buttons' set, it also works inside stacked groups. Simply extract the files from the ZIP into a folder of your choice and start the EXE. It...

Tags: Robust IT, Taskix, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-09

easyStock MetaStock (exe)

MetaStock data converter, super easy to use. Just specify the input and output data folder and click convert - done. All settings can be saved and are loaded automatically on start up. Other handy functions such as 'convert ticker function', 'convert up to date function', 'ticker picker', and more. This...

Tags: Function, easyStockDater

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Where are all the programmers?

I was at a conference Wednesday that covered an awful lot of ground. There were some good sandwiches, too, and the cookies were first-rate. One thing that stuck out in my mind, though, aside from the deserts, was one companies inability to hire good programmers domestically. This...

Tags: Recruiting, Programmer, Computer, Development Tools, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-08

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .

i use a lot of online services and I try to push as many applications as I can into the cloud. This means that I can work from anywhere on virtually any computer device. I don't need a personal computer (but I do need a personal cellphone - the new...

Tags: Web, Web Service, Web Services Company, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?RE: Palin e-mail hacker indictedIf someone opened your U.S. mail box and took your mail he or she would be prosecuted and possibly jailed . . . this is no different.RE: Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice...

Tags: Social Security, Palin, Palin e-mail hacker, e-mail hacker, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-10-08