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(Photos: How the Victorians did gadgets)

(Photos: How the Victorians did gadgets)Caption ErrorThere is no way pushing down will cause a vacuum. Nor would a vacuum make the coffee pour out. Pushing down will add pressure which pushes the coffee out.RE: (Photos: How the Victorians did gadgets)The idea of fire grenades was used in the...

Tags: Victorian, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Difference Engine No. 2

Considered one of the most startling achievements of the 19th century, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has come to life 150 years later. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi visits the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to see the machine in action and meet the men who turned Babbage's...

Tags: News, charles babbage engine no. 2, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, computer history museum, victorian, invention, mathematics, Productivity

Videos 2008-05-02

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The Conjurer 1.0 (Mac)

Uncover the secrets of the world's greatest magicians in The Conjurer, a hidden object journey of illusion where nothing is as it seems! The world's greatest magician has decided to retire but has one final performance up his sleeve. He has invited the remaining top ten illusionists of the era...

Tags: Feat, Apple Macintosh, Magician, Macgamestore, Construction, Performance Management, Desktops, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-18

The Clockwork Man 1.0 (Mac)

Join Miranda Calomy on a journey through a world of wondrous science in the Victorian era. At the turn of the century, in an alternate timeline where steam-powered technology has become dominant in almost all walks of life, the Clockwork Man, a fantastic Hidden Object Adventure game, will take you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Macgamestore, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Jobsworths and Box-Wallahs...

We've all been behind the glass in bureaucratic purgatory at some point. Having waited in line at the department of motor vehicles or similar our number finally comes up and we interact with the bureaucrat, who has some issue with your missing some...

Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Wiki, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Apology solicited for death of computing founding father Turing

Point of clarification He was convicted of sodomy, not homosexuality. There is a difference.Indeed he wasHe was convicted of sodomy - but as I wrote, this was covered under an act of law (which for the life of me, cannot find a link or a name of the act of...

Tags: monarch, homosexuality

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Workflows Power New Courses at Vocational Education Institute

Box Hill Institute is one of Victoria's leading vocational education providers. Located in Melbourne, its four separate campuses teach approximately 35,000 students each year. The process for accrediting new courses with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority was highly complex and subject to stringent regulation. To complete this process, the...

Tags: Education, Microsoft Corp., Workflow, Course, Institute, Content Management, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Process Improvement, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites, Quality, Business Operations

Case studies 2009-08-01

The Clockwork Man 1.0 (Windows)

Explore a fantastic vision of a past filled with steam-powered robots, flying airships, and strange science in this epic hidden object game! Miranda sets aside her plans to embark on a transcontinental adventure to help her grandfather before it's too late. Join Miranda, and her helpful sidekick on a vivid...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SpinTop Games, Games, Robots, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2009-05-25

Is information technology management stuck in the 19th century?

Is information technology management stuck in the 19th century?Is our culture holding us back?I'm thinking that one of the big challenges to moving forward with any information technology is cultural change. We've seen an amazing capacity for younger generations those in their teens and twenties today to be able...

Tags: data model, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

Limericks 1.0 (Mobile)

This application is for your iPhone or iPod Touch displays random Limericks at the tap of the screen. The Limericks were penned by the Victorian artist Edward Lear.Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must have iTunes...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Ginger Fever, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-04-05

Has the UK gone too far in social media education?

I have to share a cartoon that made its way to me last week (yes, I'm as behind in my blogging as I am in my day job, my spring yard work, and virtually every other aspect of my life) and then give a bit of thought to the story...

Tags: Education, Curriculum, Social Media, U.K., Twitter, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-29

(Images: What Windows 7 might have looked like)

(Images: What Windows 7 might have looked like)RE: (Images: What Windows 7 might have looked like)How about some larger images? Many of these are pointless at this site.Bat Signal is COOLThumbnail View as in Aero Peek, transitions to Bat Signal View would be much better than the Aero...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows 7, Aero Peek, graphics, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Validates the Performance of Its Mission-Critical Systems

The Department of Treasury and Finance provides policy advice to the Victorian Government on economic, financial and resource management, supporting the delivery of its financially responsible and socially progressive policy platform. The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance DTF sought to obtain an accurate picture of end-to-end system performance to...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, U.S. Department Of Treasury, Mission-critical System, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2009-01-01

Lounge (Mobile)

Introducing the Lounge ThemeA lovely, lush and elegant patterned theme with deep reddish tones and a fantastic old-fashioned clock. Relax away the day with your own comfy lounge! Features:Deep red patterned background.Fantastic old-fashioned analogue clock.Elegant, Victorian-inspired floral pattern.Custom font for digital clock numbers.Standard icons.Bright highlights. Excellent contrast.Simple, well tested and...

Tags: Mobile, Analogue, Yiibu, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-11-04

Halma 1 (Windows)

This is a Victorian board game. Halma is the Greek word for 'leap'. Moves are by stepping a square at a time or by 'leaping' over neighboring pieces of any color and in any direction. Your score is the number of moves your opponents must make to finish their trek...

Tags: Board, Microsoft Windows, Julian Bury, Halma, Moves, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-07-03

An anthropological view of SOA rituals

An anthropological view of SOA ritualsSOA is not a distinct level of architecture"SOA is technology, of course, "No, it is not. It's not even necessarily *about* technology. One may apply SO principles to technology. One may apply SO principles to architecture. One may define an architecture for a technology project....

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Service Orientation, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

An anthropological view of SOA rituals

Remember reading "The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" in your college sociology class? That's the paper that stepped back and coldly analyzed the bizarre cultural rituals among a strange tribe residing somewhere in North America. Of course, the tribe being analyzed was modern-day American Nacerima backwards. So,...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Photos: The Victorian engine that could

Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, one of the great achievements of the 19th century, comes to life 150 years later at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Productivity, CNET News.com, Machine, Babbage, Document Management, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Image galleries 2008-05-04

A Semantic view of the Wikipedia for Data idea

Last week CNet's Dan Farber picked up on a post by ex-Googler Bret Taylor, entitled 'We need a Wikipedia for data.' Sarah Perez followed up on ReadWriteWeb with a useful roundup in 'Where to find Open Data on the Web,' and the usual flurry of interested individuals commented on each....

Tags: Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-14

English Literature (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeEnglish Literatureby William Joseph LongExcerpt:This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every...

Tags: Literature, Mobile, Blackberrybooks, Handhelds, E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Hardware, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-03-13