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Online Testing Service Adds Biometric Identification

KRYTERION's core testing technology, Webassessor, delivers tests to candidates in the field for certification, accreditation, or licensing. Webassessor is back-ended with the open-sourced Tomcat J2EE application server and MySQL. For the next-generation release of Webassessor, KRYTERION looked for the best-of-breed biometric authentication system in order to help validate the identification...

Tags: Java, Biometric Authentication, Biometric Identification, JNBridge, Testing Service, KRYTERION, Webassessor, Biometrics, Application Servers, .Net, Middleware, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Case studies 2008-04-24

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Politics of global warming in U.S.

Global warming beliefs are aligning with long-standing political divide. Distrust government and disbelieve global warming--goes hand-in-hand. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Global Warming, Global Warming Belief, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-29

Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. The European Network and Information Security...

Tags: Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Strategy, Networking, Marketing, Management, cloud, business, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-23

Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

3D Issue Professional 1.1 (Mac)

3D Issue is a software solution that allows you to convert your press ready PDFs into page turning interactive digital editions. 3D Issue is not a service. Once you purchase a company license thats it. There are no additional costs or charges. You can use this license to produce digital...

Tags: 3D, Apple Macintosh, Edition, Trinity Innovations, 3D Issue

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Investor/RT 10.0.1 (Mac)

State-of-the-art tool kit for the online investor. It provides powerful market monitoring, scanning, back testing, scheduling, data capture, charting, technical analysis, and portfolio management features for users of a wide variety of real-time, delayed, and end-of-day market data services.Supported Internet-based data services include the eSignal Data Broadcasting Corporation, DTN-InterQuote (Data...

Tags: Data Service, Apple Macintosh

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Nokia 3711 - sable (T-Mobile)

Nokia fans in the United States don't get many breaks. Few of the company's phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, T-Mobile, phone, Nokia Corp., keypad button

Product reviews 2009-11-10

Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-mail servers, Groupware, Exchage, download page, Apple iTunes, IBM Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Sony KDL-46VE5

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-VE5 seriesIn case you haven't noticed, "green" is big business. One way for HDTV makers to cash in on the public's craving for efficiency is to label a TV "eco-friendly." Sony's KDL-VE5 series does just that, but unlike a lot of so-called green electronics, this...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony KDL-VE5, Sony Corp., TV

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Billing system testing behind Microsoft's SQL Azure outage this week

Testers of Microsoft's SQL Azure service experienced a three-plus hour unplanned outage this week -- just a couple of weeks before Microsoft is set to remove the beta tag from its Azure cloud service. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Billing, SQL, Billing System, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Programming Languages, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

LG 60PS80

Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80

Product reviews 2009-11-02

LG 50PS80

Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80

Product reviews 2009-11-02

A+ Certification Prep Course (2009 Edition)

View Available Dates and LocationsCompTIA's A+ certification is the industry standard for validating the foundational skills needed by today's computer support technicians. This international vendor-neutral certification requires that you pass two exams: CompTIA A+ Essentials Exam 220-701 and Practical Application Exam 220-702. In this lecture-only course...

Tags: A+ Certification, CompTIA

Training 2009-11-01

Mobile PocketFinder tm - BlackBerry Tour (Mobile)

Mobile PocketFinder TM: a Location Based Technologies Product and Service for BlackBerry Tour Mobile PocketFinderTM allows family or friends to see the location of your BlackBerry phone worldwide from any computer or phone using www.pocketfinder.com. Information like speed, heading, address and altitude can be viewed instantly. High-end features which includes...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Piracy and the Apple App Store

PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...

Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Windows 7 security default worries experts

How many Windows 7 does it take...How many dribble articles about Windows 7 canthere be in one week.I heard Windows 7 is now helping the economy andit has changed global warming to global cooling.So the polar bears are now SAFE!!! Way to go Windows 7 it is like the messiah...

Tags: Operating systems, Ubunutu, Microsoft Windows 7, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Win7

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Berry Vibrate (Mobile)

V1.1 enables your phone active sound and vibrate at the same time instead of one by one when there's a call or SMS. Won't miss any important calls/SMS. kindly input your PIN No. while filling the buying form. Your PIN number can be located on your BlackBerry smartphone: 1. From...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, SMS, Tool, Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech, V1.1, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Productivity, E-mail, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-21

How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?

Information technology departments are overloaded, missing the consumerization wave, and failing to use new developments to cut their budgets. Those are some of the takeaways from a Gartner presentation at the IT Symposium in Orlando. The spiel by Gartner analysts David Mitchell Smith and Tom Austin revolves...

Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Information Technology Department, Discontinuity, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19