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Wise Timetable (zip)

Wise Timetable is a result of cooperation with schools and universities, designed with great respect for their wishes and needs. Our product was also successfully tested by our end users, so we are certain that it is capable of handling various demands of the modern education system and special requirements...

Tags: wise technologies, tools & techniques, management

Software downloads 2008-04-18

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ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300

The X200 is one of eight new ThinkPads--including the SL series for small business--that Lenovo announced as part of Intel's Centrino 2 launch. The 12.1-inch wide-screen ultraportable, which replaces the popular ThinkPad X61, is designed to bring some of the features of the pricey 13.3-inch X300 to a broader audience....

Tags: intel centrino 2, intel centrino, ibm thinkpad, lenovo group ltd., thinkpad x200, x300, reviews, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, john morris

Blog posts 2008-08-07

I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt

Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...

Tags: booth, trade show, webcast, linux, internet, rss, web site development, web technology, operating systems, software, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-07

VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%

VMware is the clear market leader in providing virtualization technology with 82% of the sample using VMware. Despite high levels of Linux use, only 3% of the sample were using Xen as their virtualization platform. Microsoft was used by 13% of the sample base with various Unix technologies and mainframe...

Tags: server, vmware inc., microsoft corp., virtualization, cloud computing, storage management, utility computing, hardware, storage, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

CIOs: We love video conferencing and online training; Enterprise 2.0 on the ropes

Chief information officers have the hots for online training, video conferencing and collaboration software such as Microsoft's SharePoint. Just don't ask these execs to blog, use a wiki or enter a virtual world. That's the recap from a survey of 1,400 CIOs by staffing firm Robert Half...

Tags: cio, online training, enterprise 2.0, wiki, online communications, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktop

Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktopIt's GainingI think Ubuntu and Wubi have made big strides in putting Linux on the desktop. My first encounter with Linux was back in the early(?)/mid 90s. I installed an early Slackware version of Linux on my 486 (along with OS/2, PC/DOS, Win 3.1...

Tags: operating systems, unix, open source, intel corp., ubuntu, wubi, newbie, linux, microsoft windows, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Fake CNN news items malware campaign spreading rapidly

A currently active malware campaign taking advantage of a known social engineering tactic, namely, to entice the spammed user into clicking on a site with a fake news item in order to trick them into installing a fake Flash player (flashupdate.exe; get_flash_update.exe and watchmovie.mpg.exe), was massively spammed last night, with...

Tags: malware, social engineering, cnn, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, e-mail, viruses and worms, security, online communications, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-06

"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!

"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!DangIf they'd just throw in tip calculator functionality with it, I'd snap it right up. :-PNothing "remotely scammy?""but I can't see anything remotely scammy about this since what the app is and does is clearly explained in the description."Other than the...

Tags: pet rock, apple iphone

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses

IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...

Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Paris for President: Energy crisis solved

Paris for President: Energy crisis solvedActually...[i] "Only problem with Paris’s solution: any production from offshore drilling won’t kick in for five years..."[/i]Unfortunately, this shows an ignorance of how gas prices are arrived at. While production from those sources won't arrive in the markets for five years, the prices will...

Tags: hilton hotels corp., energy crisis

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Paris for President: Energy crisis solved

Slightly off-topic but call it proof that YouTube still has a role to play in politics. Always ready to ride a publicity wave, Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain's famous ad juxtaposing Barack Obama with Hilton and Britney Spears with an "ad" of her own, posted on the Funny...

Tags: offshore, paris, advertisement, hilton hotels corp., john mccain, barack, outsourcing, it operations, business operations, outsourcing & subcontracting, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Zittrain explains the future of the Internet

Oxford professor and Harvard pioneer Johnathan Zittrain came to the CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco on Tuesday to speak and sign copies of his new book "The Future of the Internet... and How to Stop It". His presentation was called Civic Technologies. ...

Tags: router, technology, zittrain, internet, routers & switches, networking, andrew mager

Blog posts 2008-08-06

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...

Tags: internet, desktops, operating systems, nich, sun ray, mission critical, institute, pc, sun microsystems inc., research institute

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

What are you using for a helpdesk application?

What are you using for a helpdesk application?What are you using for a helpdesk application?We use an application called Wonderdesk. It is web based, its not too bad, but the search feature for old helpdesk tickets kind of sucks in that it won't display all the search queries or you...

Tags: call centers, help desk, helpdesk application

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

A new data center? Expect to sing the blues along the way.

You could almost hear the singing of the I.T. Blues coming from the audience at the afternoon keynote speech at Moscone Center. These servers run hot. (ba-dum-ba-dum); Power costs a lot. (ba-dum-ba-dum) The boss wants more space.  (ba-dum-ba-dum) Finance says no way. (ba-dum-ba-dum) ...

Tags: data center, information technology, i.t. environment, data centers, storage, hardware, data management, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-05

LinuxWorld: The evolving data center

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Cisco general manager, Rajiv Ramaswami talks about the history of the data center. He also discusses new technologies driving data center innovation including on-demand provisioning, the deployment of SOA, and Web 2.0 solutions.

Tags: linuxworld, data center, data centers, storage, hardware, data management, cisco, datacenter

Videos 2008-08-05

Should colleges really teach hacking?

Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...

Tags: food & beverage, security, cyberthreats, tools & techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failure

Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failureMobilMe... maybe notBack in 2005, I gave up all of my other sources of email, etc. in favor of .Mac. Without warning or notification, they switched to this "less than" lovely system. It wasn't broke, so why fix it... especially in the way that they did. It's...

Tags: e-mail, cloud computing, job, mobileme, mobileme failure, steve jobs, apple inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Mobile TV - not dead, just not ready for primetime

Mobile TV - not dead, just not ready for primetimeThe only reason Mobile TV hasn't been made readily available...Is the phone companies haven't figured out a solid, sustainable way to screw their customers over price wise. Yet...Mobile TV was available years ago.Mobile TV has been available for a long...

Tags: tvs, mobile tv, tv, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloads

Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloadsJudicious editing"First off, do not download Flash Player from a site other than adobe.com"Close, but let's try this instead:"First off, do not download Flash Player."Ah, much better.RE: Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloadsThose fake malware infested downloads have been in various newsgroups for a while.They...

Tags: microsoft windows, adobe systems inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-05