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Healthcare focus of World Usability Day: Thursday is World Usability Day! Never heard of it? It's a corporate-powered set of events meant to "put people at the center of usability." The nearest event to my Atlanta home is a four-hour Charlotte trade fair, with seven booths, sponsored by some company...; Tags: Usability, Health Care, Usability Channel, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-05

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Acer announces $499 home theater-friendly mini PC: If your geek tendencies have ever desired to shoehorn a computer into your home theater, now's the time to give in. Acer introduced the Aspire X1200 this morning, which for $450 includes on-board NVIDIA GeForce 8200 graphics, an AMD Athlon (remember those?) X2 2850e processor and, thankfully,...; Tags: Acer Inc., mini-PC, Serial ATA, Home Entertainment, Digital Video, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share: Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share.....Not buying less than 1%. 3% yes, 1% no. The problem is there is really no reliable way to count ALL the Linux machines out there, then determine which are server, super computer or desktop or embedded.Linux's strength in diversity creates a near...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
How to make sweet lemonade out of sour Vista lemons: In a previous article I talked about some of the ways Microsoft might be able to learn from its mistakes with Windows Vista and deliver a winner with Windows 7. I also hit pretty close to home with a number of readers when I talked about the real world problems...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-07
News to know: Open Office; Google; Security metrics; IT jobs: Notable headlines: Dana Blankenhorn: What could Open Office do with a business model? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex. Gallery right Paul Murphy: Internet abuse and Cloud Computing An IT productivity horror story ...; Tags: Job, Security, Google Inc., Power Management, Information Technology, Photograph, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-07

Dell 1525-122B: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As middle-of-the-road as a laptop gets, Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent go-to choice for basic computing, especially if you take the time to configure a...; Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-03
Dell 1420-123B: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We were very fond of Dell's 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop when Dell launched it in the spring of 2007, as we find that 14-inch models offer...; Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-03
DJ your Independence Day party with your Mac: If you're having people over to your house this weekend to celebrate Independence day (04 July, here in the U.S.) â€“ a few tunes are probably in order. Luckily the Mac is one of the best platforms for creating a great party environment thanks to its vast music playback options,...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Radio, Apple iTunes, Music, Pandora, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Pixcavator IA - Image Analysis (exe): Digital image analysis and image mining. With a single click you can capture the contours of all objects in the image and produce a spreadsheet with each objects locations and measurements. You can mark objects in the spreadsheet to highlight objects in the image, or vice versa. Extract or remove...; Tags: Analysis, Object, Intelligent Perception, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-07-03
Torrent admin is 'felony infringer': Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Dell strives to make it easier to be green with FlexAddress: In the scheme of green things, Dell's PowerEdge M-Series blades could be described as emerald. Now, the company is trying to make it easier for data center managers to opt for them, with a new patent-pending tool called Dell FlexAddress. Glenn Keels, director, global relationship marketing...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Blade, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Blizzard introducing two-factor authentication for WoW gamers: Password stealing malware targeting popular MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft for instance, has become so prevalent, that video game developers are taking their authentication model a step further, by introducing two-factor authentication into play. And while marketable, is the new authentication layer actually useful in a real life situation?...; Tags: Password, Two-factor Authentication, World Of Warcraft, Malware, Gamer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Games, Cyberthreats, Security, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Colormancer (zip): Colormancer is a color enhancement filter for Adobe Photoshop. It allows photographers to breathe life into their images through tweaking the contrast, brightness, and saturation. Advanced color science The filter is designed to sacrifice speed in order to avoid shortcuts in processing color. It uses linear light processing to ensure...; Tags: Image, Colormancer; Software downloads 2008-07-02
ClicksAndWhistles (exe): ClicksAndWhistles is a free IRC client for Windows. It supports multiple server connections and identities. Desktop and tabbed windows, connection explorer and connection monitor, themes and color schemes including PNG backgrounds and outline fonts. Support for unicode (UTF-8) and customizable messages is included. Full text formatting support is included...; Tags: Leigh Johnston, ClicksAndWhistles, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Microsoft Windows, Servers, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-02
Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ850U: Ever since we gave the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U an Editors' Choice award as our favorite plasma HDTV so far, we've been bombarded by variations of the same question: "Is the more expensive TH-50PZ850U better?" After finally getting the chance to review the 850U, our answer is "no." The TH-50PZ850U is the...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TH-50PZ850U, Panasonic, HDTV, TV; Product reviews 2008-07-01
BenQ V2400W: The BenQ V2400W is the fourth 24-inch LCD we've reviewed this year and the third we'd recommend. The $600; Tags: BenQ Corp.; Product reviews 2008-07-01
Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows: Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for WindowsWindows.So do you have to run a full version of Windows and then on top of that run Hyper V and then on top of that run your guests? Or can Hyper V be installed bare metal?RE: Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for WindowsIt...; Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, cloud computing, Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows, virtualization; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities: Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilitiesAnother 25?Wow, how come people are finding so many holes in OS X? Has anything changed? There never used to be so many security vulnerabilities in OS X or could it simply be that they've [b]always[/b] been there and they've simply never been...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OSX, Apple Mac OS X, Mac OS X security vulnerability, Mac OS X security, BSD, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, vulnerability, Apple Macintosh, security; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
What is a company blogger good for?: I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...; Tags: Marketing, Industry, Blog, Site, Blogger, Industry New, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Weakened economy, what weakened economy?: Weakened economy, what weakened economy?Could be...XP's last hurrah. Everybody pretty much knew XP wasn't going to be in the channel much longer. I'd be interested to see if or how those numbers fluctuate once that channel dries up.RE: Weakened economy, what weakened economy?1. the crisis is more of...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows XP, computer; Discussion threads 2008-06-30