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Third party support, threat or menace?

Channels like third party support companies need to be nourished, not feared. Offer their people special classes. Give them special badges at your own support events. Throw them a party, buy them a beer. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Third Party, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Retail, Channel Management, Investment, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speech

Lawyer rating start-up and nascent online community Avvo scored a big win yesterday when it convinced a Washington district court to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed last June. Avvo aggregates available attorney information, assigns subjective and undisclosed value to various factors, and comes up with a 1-10...

Tags: Third Party, First Amendment, Avvo, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2007-12-19

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EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites

During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings appearing through the EyeWonder interactive digital advertising...

Tags: Web, EyeWonder, Malware, Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-03

iPhone executes SMS binary code as root

iPhone executes SMS binary code as rootNo, iPhone is NOT UNIX basedWe all know that OS X [b]is[/b] UNIX certified.We also know that iPhone OS [b]is[/b] OS X.Therefore, iPhone OS isn't just UNIX based, it [b]is[/b] UNIX.Therefore, it is immune to all malware.At least I think that is how the...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Smart phones, Operating systems, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Unix, SMS, binary code, iPhone OS, Miller

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

ExactScan 2.7 (Mac)

Solid document scanning for Apple's Mac OS X platform. With over 170 built-in drivers for certified document scanners from Avision, Kodak, Oki, Visioneer and Xerox. Sophisticated image enhancement algorithms and filing for everyone at your fingertip. Via the built-in TWAIN bridge ExactScan also allows to scan with many third-party scanners...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, built-In, ExactCODE, Scanners, Apple Mac OS X, Document Management, Apple Mac OS, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Groupware, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

iPhone OS and SDK 3.1 betas distributed to developers

Apple made betas of iPhone OS 3.1 (build 7C97d) and iPhone SDK 3.1 (build 9M2736a) available to developers today on its iPhone Developer Connection Web site. According to QuickPwn.com changes include: The baseband has been updated to 5.08.01 - ultrasn0w...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Operating System, SDK, Video, Beta, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Get ready for the Energy Star 5.0 barrage: Let the testing begin

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star 5.0 specification officially goes into effect on July 1, so steel yourselves for a flood of activity proclaiming support for the new standard. Some of the products you'll hear about, like a bunch of notebooks, desktops and monitors from Lenovo, have actually...

Tags: Power Management, Specification, Power Supply, KWh, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Twin Files Finder 2.0.9.613 (Windows)

Twin Files Finder helps to find duplicate files cluttering your hard drives, reducing storage capacity and negatively impacting performance of your system. Search can be performed simultaneously in local or network folders. Search criteria include file name pattern, file size and file attributes. File name mask can be specified with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Search Result, File, ProXoft, Search, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-06-30

IOGear Wireless Audio/Video Kit

It's no secret we're inching ever closer toward ditching our cable or satellite television services in favor of Internet-only content consumption. With services such as Hulu and YouTube, the computer has become the video entertainment hub of the home. Getting that computer's desktop screen onto your television seems like...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, TV, IOGEAR, computer, video, USB, adapter

Product reviews 2009-06-29

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yes

Almost half of all Apple iPhone users have already installed the free iPhone Software 3.0 update released last week -- 6 million customers, according to Apple on Monday. But iPod touch customers? Facing a $10 upgrade fee, the vast majority are saying, "No...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don't

Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don'tThey just lost a customerNo way I'm buying a Pre now.Why does Palm need that information?It's just really queer when RIM & Apple manage to do very well without it. Is it more than just a lawyer being overprotective? RE: Most Stupid Article...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., Palm Gets

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Cocoa Packet Analyzer 0.61 (Mac)

Cocoa Packet Analyzer is a native Mac OS X implementation of a network protocol analyzer and packet sniffer. CPA supports the industry-standard PCAP packet capture format for reading, capturing and writing packet trace files. Features: Basic packet capturing (libPCAP/ tcpdump filter expressions can be used). Analyze and display...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Packet, Jens Francke, Cocoa Packet Analyzer, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-29

Imposition Wizard 1.3 (Mac)

Imposition Wizard is a standalone application for Mac OS X that does imposing. It doesn't need any third-party software, just reads PDF file, imposes it and save to another PDF file. All standard impositions supported: booklet, n-up, step and repeat, cut stack. Various options: creeps, bleeds, cropping, padding, page and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Adobe PDF, Imposition, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-29

Firegraphic 10.0.0.1011 (Windows)

Firegraphic is an image viewer for photography professionals, Web, and graphic designers to import, organize, view, edit, print, and share their digital images. The new Firegraphic has improved its memory usage and consumes very low memory, which leaves more memory for you to edit your photos in the image editor....

Tags: Image Editor, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Firegraphic.com, Firegraphic

Software downloads 2009-06-28

Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook Pros (maybe)

Apple this week released an EFI Firmware update for the just-shipped MacBook Pro models that enable 3Gbps transfer rates with some third-party hard disks. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Firmware Update, Storage, Apple MacBook, Firmware, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam?

Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam?Typical China moveC'mon, who is honestly surprised by any of this?And Americans still want to be "friends" with China.Will they never learn, China cannot be trusted in any way.If it enters their borders, it's theirsThat's been their motto since...

Tags: Solid Oak, Green Dam

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Notes Pro for Lotus Notes 1.2 (Mobile)

Notes Pro for Lotus Notes requires no synchronization between your PC and any other third party servers to run. This means you can get true over the air data directly from your Lotus Notes server. Notes Pro for Lotus Notes never requires your data be given to a third party....

Tags: Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., Robert Mooney, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-26

USBVision 1.4.1 (Mac)

The USBVision software offers Mac OS X support not only for XLR8 InterView, but also for a wide range of new devices including Belkin VideoBus and VideoBus II, iRez USB Live and CapSure, Global Village VideoFX, Alpha Data USB Video Adapter, Hauppauge USB-Live and many others -including those originally sold...

Tags: Video Capture, Audio, Apple Macintosh, Device, Belkin Corp., Video, EchoFX, Corporate Communications, Apple Mac OS X, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-06-26

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?Can't blame Microsoft for doing what the EC wanted. ntntRE: Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?And this is the impact of the supposedly "consumer protecting" EC. Way to go EC, you just forced us to buy...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows 7 E, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25