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- Distance learning patent under fire from EFF
- EFF says that the patent Test.com is using to demand payments from universities with distance education programs is "extremely broad and "illigitimate." In a patent reexamination application, EFF claimed that Test.com wasn't even first to come up with the patented testing method In conjunction with Theodore C. McCullough of the...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, patent, Test.Com
- Blog posts 2006-04-10
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- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?
- Microsoft has been dangling the possibility of a smaller, more consumer-centric version of its Surface multi-touch tabletop computer for the past few months. Now that form factor has a codename: Oahu. Long Zheng of istartedsomething.com has more details on Oahu, which he has gleaned from a Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Survey, Oahu, Marketing Research, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Character Counter (zip)
- Character Counter displays the number of characters in a string and compares the length to a user defined maximum. If the given string is greater than the maximum size, the number box turns red indicating the string is too long. Character Counter was originally developed to quickly test variable name...
- Tags: String, Character Counter, Quality, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-10-13
- BurnInTest Professional (exe)
- Fast, easy-to-use utility that simultaneously exercises all the major components of a PC, to test for endurance and reliability. Tests include CPU, RAM, disk, video, CD/DVD, printer, sound, serial ports, parallel ports, USB, tape, Network, video playback or customer developed plugins. Also, user configurable errors and logging detail, temperature monitoring...
- Tags: Video, PassMark Software, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-13
- MobileTechRoundup show #150, More netbook talk
- James, Kevin, and I were quite happy to record MobileTechRoundup show #150 and celebrate 3 years of podcasting about mobile tech. Kevin continues to tease me with the MSI Wind and now I am even closer to switching from my Fujitsu U810 to the Wind thanks to Dynamism who sent...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Dual-core, Lenovo Group Ltd., Kevin, WiMAX, Podcasts, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)
- In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesn't use a Java...
- Tags: Apple II, Apple Inc., Emulator, ActiveX, Sheesley, Virtual Apple, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- easyStock DataGenerator (exe)
- With easyStock DataGenerator the user can produce random generated stock price data. The data looks like real stock prices but is not. User may use this type of data to test trading systems against 100% unknown data. Up to 50000 data periods are possible (end of day = 200 years)....
- Tags: Stock Price, Stock, Data, easyStockDater, Output Format, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Archibald's Adventures (exe)
- Help Archie to overcome all of the pitfalls of the Dr. Klumpfus mansion in this funny action puzzle game. Test your skills and wit in more than 100 uncanny levels! Archibald offers gameplay mixed of action and puzzle elements with gradually rising complexity. The player starts as a boy on...
- Tags: Action, Archibald, Construction, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator
- We tend to say that information security is a small world. Conferences quickly become real-life demonstrations of the principle of six-degrees-of-separation. After a few years working in this industry, you either meet all or are within one hop of all the major players in the space; there just...
- Tags: Information Security, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate, Osamu Shimomura, Productivity, Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Zyxel NSA-220 NAS
- The empty, two-bay Zyxel NSA-220 NAS device has solid overall performance, a good Web interface, and can be found online for a reasonable cost of $220. Aside from an FTP server, media server, iTunes server, and print server, the NSA-220 also has the capability to keep track of RSS feeds...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Printers, Zyxel NSA-220, hard drive, ZyXEL Communications Corp., NAS, RAID
- Product reviews 2008-10-09
- Garmin Nuvi 265WT
- The Garmin Nuvi family of portable navigation devices PNDs is growing constantly, and the GPS manufacturer has added a new line called the Nuvi 2x5 series that focuses on providing high-end features for an affordable price. The flagship model of this line is the Garmin Nuvi 265WT, and it offers...
- Tags: Keyboards, GPS, Network technology, POI database, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvi 265WT
- Product reviews 2008-10-09
- BenQ MP512 ST
- BenQ's MP512 ST is a 1-chip DLP-based front-projector with a relatively low resolution of 800x600 SVGA that can be found for a ridiculously low price on the Internet. According to the company, this projector was designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii, a standard definition gaming platform. Owing to its surprisingly...
- Tags: Projectors, menu graphical user interface, projector, BenQ MP512 ST, BenQ Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-09
- 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab
- Photo gallery:2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie CrewWhen we first laid eyes on the Dodge Ram, a few words came to mind: gargantuan, behemoth, colossal. The words that didn't immediately come to mind when the big ol' truck rolled into the CNET garage were "high" or "tech." However, after--literally--climbing into the...
- Tags: Memory, RAM, Dodge Ram, beep
- Product reviews 2008-10-09
- Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug
- Buried in the flurry of feature-related news surrounding the release of Opera 9.6 is the fact that the update fixes an "extremely severe" vulnerability that could expose Opera users to code execution attacks. According to an Opera advisory, which is not mentioned anywhere in Opera's giddy press...
- Tags: Opera Software, Web Browser, Applet, Rohlf, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)
- Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive represents a major leap forward for the solid-state drive category. While we've heard about the benefits of solid-state hard drives for years--faster access and boot times, improved battery life--Intel's drive raises expectations for the category as a whole. You will most definitely have to...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel X-25M, SSD, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009 is a complete suite of antivirus, antispyware, antispam, antiphishing, and personal firewall tools for personal desktops. We've been hearing good things and looking forward to reviewing F-Secure for years, however, several little things bothered us about this release. F-Secure Internet Security 2009 costs more than the...
- Tags: Firewalls, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Network security, F-Secure Corp., F-Secure Internet Security 2009, F-Secure Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- 2009 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:Mazda CX-7 Grand TouringEarlier this year, we tested a Mazda's CX-9. So when we heard that we were getting a CX-7 Grand Touring in the CNET garage, we braced for more of the same, only smaller. The tiny Mazda crossover didn't disappoint; the CX-7 has a lot in common...
- Tags: Mazda CX-7, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification
- The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...
- Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- A question about web server volume failures
- A question about web server volume failuresWrite heavy loadI don't think you can compare a write-heavy do-not-call registry to a mostly static wordpress site.It wouldn't hard to mock-up a simple registry site and test it.The question you seem to be askig is.. how do i make my site scalable.Lets start...
- Tags: Web servers, Firewalls, Storage, Web server, server, database, router, firewall, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)
- How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)Adrian - why would Apple write good Windows software?Apple has historically had an edge with video editing / graphical design applications. Now, since they've moved to an Intel platform, any hardware advantages...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Desktops, Digital media, Operating systems, software, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Vista behemoth, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple QuickTime, quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
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