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DRM - in a nutshell

DRM - in a nutshellOne link explains it allI think that this will sum up my feelings on the matter:http://www.mininova.org/tor/807591information is freedom. done.RE: DRM - in a nutshellWow! Had to do a double-take to make sure I'm actually reading ZDNet - I thought facts were forbidden here.Anyways, top-notch article...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, user benefit, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

OpenSocial: Developers speak out

With Google's OpenSocial plans out of the bag, I checked out how some of the chosen few--Slide, NewsGator, Ning and salesforce.com--think about the new APIs and how they plan to apply them. Slide is the leading Facebook developer, claiming 63 million applications (SuperPoke, Top Friends, Slideshows, Guestbooks,...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Facebook, Application, Network, API, User, Google OpenSocial, User Benefit, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-31

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Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory

too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...

Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

SubEthaEdit 3.5.2 (Mac)

SubEthaEdit is a collaborative distributed text editor, combining the simplicity of TextEdit and the power of Rendezvous. It allows to share documents on a local network with Rendezvous or on the internet. Every participating user can type simultaneously and see what others are typing. You can even follow others users...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, Text Editor, TheCodingMonkeys, SubEthaEdit, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-20

AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own

AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

In The Know - BlackBerry 9700 (Mobile)

The name In The Know came to me while building this Theme. Being a very long time BlackBerry user and knowing how well connected this device keeps me, the name just fit. In The Know offers a Today Style Theme with a bit of Zen added in. You get 2...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Icon, NiceBlackBerry.com, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-17

PinkBerry - 9700 Today Plus Theme (Mobile)

PinkBerry v1.1 for BlackBerry 9700 OS 5.0+: PinkBerry was built for the female BlackBerry User Community. With the help from my wife and oldest daughter [both BlackBerry users] we collaborated to come up with a Theme that would hold a professional look and true functionality, but allow you the choice...

Tags: Mobile, Icon, NiceBlackBerry.com, PinkBerry, Theme, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Your top Windows 7 questions, answered

If we wanted tech stats on Linux we know the URLNever ceases to amaze me that people search for ways to say a whole lot of absolutely nothing relevant. Must be because they don't have an answer so they change topics. Typical!You beat me to it Ed!!!nt64-bit environment...

Tags: Network technology, Linux, Operating systems, Linux Distro, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Cisco Announces Hosted Email Service

Cisco just announced a new hosted email offer, WebEx Mail. at its collaboration summit. This isn't the first time that Cisco has entered the email business, but it does come at time when Cisco is moving to challenge Microsoft and IBM in broader collaboration space. Similar to...

Tags: Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Semantic Inbox, Outlook Experience, E-mail, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-10

No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?

The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?

Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

MB Palmistry Ascendant 1.0 (Windows)

MB Palmistry Ascendant software is a unique tool that is based on the blending of palmistry rules as well as Vedic astrology ascendant principles. This tool takes into account the number of horizontal lines on your little finger or mercury finger and finds out your ascendant sign. In addition to...

Tags: Trait, Microsoft Windows, Tool, MysticBoard, MB Palmistry Ascendant Software, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone - Apple.com (Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone)

RE: Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone - Apple.com (Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone)I too would be very bothered by the yellowness of the screen if these pics are acurate.Droid whitesIn looking at each of these pics, the white on the Droid seems very yellow. Is this eactually the case...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Droid, Apple iPhone, Screen Shootout

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

An unusual day, part 2 (or "My lease is up! Now what?")

Smart Boards...Are Smart Boards such a great idea? Those projectors are all good and nice but there are other ways to achieve the same thing...The Interactive whiteboard is a compelling technology for teachers, it closely mimics what they're already used to. But there are weaknesses. Firstly using a whiteboard is...

Tags: Projectors, Tablets, Notebooks, projector, unusual day

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

AV Bros. Puzzle Pro 3.0 (Mac)

AV Bros. Puzzle Pro 3.0 is an extremely powerful, flexible and high quality Adobe® Photoshop® filter plug-in (8bf), which is targeted to help you create a highly realistic jig-saw puzzle effect. This Photoshop filter works with any image editing application host that supports Adobe's specification for Photoshop plugins (8bf). Thanks...

Tags: Photoshop Plug-in, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Apple Macintosh, Image-editing, Plug-in, AV Bros

Software downloads 2009-10-31

unite Call Center 1.0 Beta (Windows)

Unite Call Center Unite Call Center for Skype is 100% software based, truly business-class customer communication and management system with host of much sought after capabilities. The traditional Hardware-based Call Center systems usually require all employees to be in a central business office. With Unite Call Center, the agents can...

Tags: Phone, Call-center, Skype Technologies S.A., Caller, Microsoft Windows, Beta, Qualiplex Software, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Are today's new iMacs and Minis game-changers?

It's been a logn time since Apple was ...... competitive at these retail price points but that day may finally have come! Good for Apple and good for the rest of us. Still, EdTech has always enjoyed extremely aggressive enterprise-level discounts from the top tier of PC vendors...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Apple Inc., keyboard, mouse, Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20