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TarPit 1.42 (Mac)

TarPit creates tar archives by drag-n-drop. Also has compression options using GZip, BZip2, Compress or none with adjustable compression level. Also features a customizable omission list for easily excluding files from archives (such as ".DS_Store"). Also has 2 different methods for saving resource-forks.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Omission, Michael Austin, TarPit, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-08

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Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved license

Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved licenseYou hit it on the head[i]It is true that some academics who like to play with Microsoft code, and support Microsoft technologies like .Net, will find value here.[/i]Which is who it was most likely intended for, not he general public.Not too unlike Google who keep...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., developer

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Ruminating on Chrome

Ruminating on ChromeGoogle Chrome.may shine everso bright!Dennis Howlett, come on, ya gotta be positive. Give Google Chrome a chance ya old fart. Technology is ever changing and Google along with today's generation is rolling with the current and the future trend. You should try rolling with it too...

Tags: Google Inc., Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design?

Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design?Lapped?[i]Apple in its fiscal second quarter shipped 2.29 million Macs to lap even the most optimistic Wall Street projections.Apple had been expected to ship 2.1 million Macs, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, one of Apple's biggest supporters...

Tags: Games, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Microsoft Outlook, PC gaming, game, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, million-Mac, PC

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes

Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixesAnd How Many Bugs Will It Create?Start the counting folks.You Forgot Two1 Uninstalls Windows Vista1 Reinstalls Windows XP ProfessionalAre you sure you have the real SP1??SJVN thinks MS is lying to you! http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Vista/Vista-SP1-RTMs-and-Lies/The RTM bits are not the real RTM bits!Seriously though; Thanks...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SJVN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

The scoop on Silverlight for developers

The scoop on Silverlight for developersDLR (not sure how valuable?)Incredibly, if you've ever had to support mutliple runtime languages on the same box. This make the framework much more flexible and give the developers many paths to complete the same project.Old source may be usable again!Sauce for the goose...Hey,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

Yet another 'critical' Firefox flaw

Less than 24 hours before the scheduled release of Firefox 2.0.0.2 as a high-priority browser refresh, a new "critical" vulnerability has been reported by Polish hacker Michal Zalewski.Zalewski, who appears to be running an unofficial MOFFB month of Firefox bugs project, released a demo of a memory corruption issue that...

Tags: Patch Watch, Zero-day attacks, Microsoft, Browsers, Vulnerability research, Responsible disclosure, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Exploit code, Viruses and Worms, Data theft, Open source, Mozilla, Google, Firefox

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Google CEO Eric Schmidt unplugged

Google CEO Eric Schmidt unpluggedMeanwhile, Steve Ballmer calls Google "A one hit wonder"... which is pretty rich coming from a company who's only competing Search products are nebulous vapourware announcements. Microsoft really are wallowing in the tarpit. The only new Windows stuff end users are likely to see on a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt

Discussion threads 2005-05-19

Fix in for Windows flaw

Fix in for Windows flawFix in for Windows flawMicrosoft does it again. A flaw was found, they issue a fix. This is the way it should be done for all operating systems.Security by obscurity scams the industry again!Future techs will laugh at the sheep accepting this "Windows" as...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 98, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, flaw, WPA2, Windows Flaw, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-05-10

The essence of Googlism

The essence of Googlismgreat article!at least someone saw through the hogwash that is google's attempt to cash in.in the end, the almighty dollar rules. as stated, they want to have their cake and eat it too. i dont see it as a great long term investment, especially with M$'s recent...

Tags: Leadership, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-05-10