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Gmail Manager 0.5.7.5 (Windows)

The original Gmail notifier for multiple accounts. Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.

Tags: Google Gmail, Microsoft Windows, Todd Long, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-01

Update Notifier 0.1.5.4 (Windows)

Notifies you when updates are available for your extensions and themes. Allows quick access to your extensions and themes and the ability to check both types for any updates. Easily configurable for automatically installing updates when available and checking for updates when Firefox starts. Version 0.1.5.4 has fixed compatibility with...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Update, Microsoft Windows, Todd Long, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-07-29

Additional Resources

Flapping 'nano' aircraft takes flight

Engineers at Aeronvironment AV of Monrovia, California, have demonstrated the world's first successful flight of the smallest ever self-powered, rudderless, aircraft with flapping wings. The nano air vehicle NAV is modeled after a large insect or small bird, such as a hummingbird. It can hover indoors under...

Tags: Aircraft, DARPA, Nano Air Vehicle, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Micro-USB to be universal EU phone charger

Micro-USB to be universal EU phone chargerthe first thing the EU got rightas compared to the shambolic case with IE8 in windows 7RE: Micro-USB to be universal EU phone chargerYes.Probably the single most influential act that Obama could take is to require, as CIC of the Armed Forces, standard batteries...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Micro-USB, phone, phone charger, charger

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real timePeople still get spam??I think Gmail has made spam irrelevant, but let's test it and see.brett@brettschulte.comhttp://twitter.com/brettschulte/status/1789431680Fools plaster private data on a public domain PERIOD!Only a fool puts private data, pictures on a public domain for the world to see and manipulate ANYWAY...

Tags: spammer, e-mail, Twitter, spam

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

One-year-old (unpatched) Windows 'token kidnapping' under attack

Exactly one year after a security researcher notified Microsoft of a serious security vulnerability affecting all supporting version of Windows (including Vista and Windows Server 2008), the issue remains unpatched and now comes word that there are in-the-wild exploits circulating. The vulnerability, called token kidnapping (.pdf), was...

Tags: Attacker, Server, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernel

The Linux Foundation insists it is equipped to fight Microsoft if the software giant’s lawsuit against TomTom impacts the open source Linux kernel. In his blog, Executive Director Jim Zemlin advised concerned parties to “calm down� in light of statements by Microsoft’s deputy general counsel that...

Tags: Lawsuit, Patent, TomTom, Linux Kernel, Microsoft Corp., Linux Foundation, *It, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-02-27

BriefingsDirect analysts discuss Service Oriented Communications, debate how dead SOA really is

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Learn more. Charter Sponsor: Active Endpoints. Additional underwriting by TIBCO Software. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at www.activevos.com/insight. Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition,...

Tags: Communication, SOA, Service, Architecture, SOC, Communications Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Google may still be working on GDrive

It's been a very long time since rumors of GDrive have surfaced, and I all but gave up on the idea. Reports today make it sound like Google is still interested in working on it, but gave no indication if it's actually currently being worked on, or when it...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Josh, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-01-17

Live blogging PDC Keynote Day 2: Windows 7, Live Mesh and more

Yesterday was so much fun, our cabal of bloggers from across a variety of pubs and sites is  back again live blogging  the Professional Developers Conference PDC Day Two keynotes. The first keynote is going to be the coming out party for Windows 7, with demos of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

$236m judgment against spammer couple

$236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...

Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

What's really ailing Big Blue shares? Hint: IBM is part bank

Concerns about IBM's third quarter are popping up almost daily. The standard set of concerns revolves around technology spending and the willingness to pay IBM's army of consultants fees for big bang projects as well as a stronger dollar. But underneath the surface there's a bigger worry that isn't being...

Tags: Asset, Bank, Financial, Financing, IBM Corp., Finance Unit, Financing Unit, Global Financing, Commercial Financing, Participation Rate, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-02

2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging

2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With DiggingThere are better ways to monetize and support great news writersThe problem, as I see it, is that News hasn't really found its "business voice" in the internet. Sure, news is powerful and one of the main things people do online. And,...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, public relations, media

Discussion threads 2008-09-06

Yahoo: TV widgets and pondering a Disney takeover

If Yahoo's battle with Google has taught us anything it's that the company isn't run by engineers. Sure, Yahoo is tech savvy. Sure it has an open platform. And sure it'll do things like plan a Widget Channel with Intel and tout it at a developers conference. But Yahoo is...

Tags: Disney Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Widget Channel, Minyanville, Harrison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?

Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?Is this blackmail?My guess is that this ia actually blackmail.Br, Hessu"Identity is a serious issue on the web"No it's not! And I'm glad it isn't. Only a dumb fool would trust anything he sees on a "social" site, and only a bigger...

Tags: Branding, Service-now.com, brand, Exxon Mobil Corp., Twitter, Web, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced

Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on.  From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...

Tags: Attack, Flaw, Lifelock, Nathan McFeters, Nominee, Security, Vulnerability, XSS, XSS Flaw

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic

Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Channel management, Operating systems, Strategy, Now Let, Bible Story, Babel, Bill Gates, idiotic logic, web experience, Web

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Drew pleads not guilty in suicide case

Drew pleads not guilty in suicide caseBig TalkLet us know when that child of yours turns 13, then we can compare notes. I bet if that happened to your child you would be talking out of the other side of your mouth. We will never know exactly what...

Tags: Lori Drew, CFAA

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Road signs for physicians

According to BioMed Central, French researchers have developed a new iconic drug information system inspired by road signs. This icon system is named VCM, short for 'Visualisation des Connaissances Médicales' in French, which means 'Visualization of Medical Knowledge.' Like road signs, the VCM graphical language uses a small set of...

Tags: Physician, BioMed Central, Icon, VCM, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-28