A Close Encounter with the Corporate World

Since my adventure at ISU I had been thinking I would continue on to grad school immediately for my Master's degree ... from several companies and handed out my resume. Being a software engineer at an aviation school ... to arrange a phone interview for an entry-level Software Engineering position. At this point, my resolve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:09:17

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Google Features I’d Like To See

Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. I have to admit I’m a bit of a Google fanboy (in addition to being an Apple fanboy) ... their software for its simplicity and ease of use. Gmail has evolved with such smart little improvements to email that no other email software is even close, in my opinion. Threaded conversations, archiving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:11:00

Do you ever send your users on a trip into the Twilight Zone? Take the poll.

With all due credit given to the late Mr. Rod Sterling, the very talented writer and creator of the original television series, The Twilight Zone, ... t introduce malware or unauthorized software into our environment, and allowing them enough freedom ... computing environment. We might have any number of vendors who bring in their versions of software [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:07:15

Talking Moose Joins Twitter

I make a practice of scanning the names of people who follow me on Twitter, just to get a sense of who reads what I write ... software that would periodically pop up, in the form of an animated moose reminiscent of Bullwinkle, and offer witticisms via the MacinTalk speech synthesis software. Created by Steven Halls in 1986 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:26:23

BlackBerry to Control Your PlayStation 3?

If you own both a PlayStation 3 and a BlackBerry smartphone, you can always make them work together for your convenience. How is that possible? You need a $40 dongle called Game|Shadow and the appropriate software to use it. Once ... at all. Unfortunately the dongle and software will be available sometime in April so we’ll have some time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:16:22

Books Online (in Outline form)

Have you ever wanted to skim a book — but not actually to read it? You know the kind I mean ... footnotes!). Celebrity life stories, CEOs relating the secrets to success, software gurus imparting their secret methodology to guarantee that your software will be awesome,  touchy-feely books about God [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:44:38

review: inkubook

Do you remember a few months back when Inkubook - a new print on demand photo book site, was offering free books as an introductory offer? ... software onto your computer - upload all your photos to their site - and away you go. The photos do take ... overnight and it worked fine. The software was pretty easy to use - you choose from a bunch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:12:51

Venezuela lawmakers OK unlimited re-election bill (AP)

AP - Venezuelan lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely, the final step before the proposal goes before voters in a referendum. Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:10:48

iPhone Junkie: Trace - the deceivingly simple game even gamers love

I’ve never been much of a gamer. As my past reviews show, I tend to prefer puzzle-type games like Wurdle and Skizzle. Trace, by Bovinedragon Software, combines the best of puzzling and live-action play to create a fun play experience for all ages.   The graphics in Trace are not what you’d expect from a modern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:00:04

Why does our industry have such a low standard of quality?

As I was writing my post on aspiring to be a Software Craftsman, I was thinking about why we have such a low standard of quality in our industry. Clearly there is a problem when there are so many software projects out there that are rewrites of previous projects, and businesses are hamstrung by software that is too difficult to change. I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:08:08

Henson’s Creature Shop and Real-Time Animation

At an event at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, on the old Charlie Chaplin lot in Hollywood, Brian Henson greeted an enthusiastic group from the L.A. chapter of Siggraph and the Visual Effects Society. The topic was the real-time animation that the Creature Shop has successfully launched, most notably with PBS’ children’s series Sid the Science Kid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:03:50

6 Reasons To Fire Your Event Planner & Use Google Instead

Why spend hundreds of dollars on an event planner when you can use Google for free? Seriously.  You’re going to be doing most of the legwork anyway if you’re planning a party.  Why send out precious invitations printed on smooth matte cardstock paper when you can just give friends a heads-up through email? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:01:47

Made in India: Featuring Mooga from Iken Solutions

The section features emerging player Iken Solutions, whose flagship product ‘Mooga’ is a hybrid AI framework that uses a holistic approach to personalize the end user experience across online, mobile, and other platforms.  Quick Facts Overview  From the Iken stables comes ‘Mooga’, a comprehensive consumer 3 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:06:04

RovAir short term 3G rental mini-review

I may write about mobile technology for a living, but I have a little secret. I don’t have a 3G modem for my netbook ... was a battered case containing a USB wireless modem, a CD with installation software, a user manual ... to load the software onto my Eee PC 1000H, but on a whim I decided to try sticking the disc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:01:14

New YouTube Policy Heralds an end to Vidding, Mash-ups, Dancing Babies

Frederic Lardinois at ReadWriteWeb posts on YouTube's new and unannounced policy of disabling the sound on certain videos: ... "an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders." It looks like YouTube ... and then give them a cut of the advertising revenue, but based on the RIAA's track record [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:22:00

M&A now selling the Classmate 3 for $500

Want to get your hands on a touchscreen tablet with a full keyboard for under $500? ... companies have put their own software on the netbooks. I know CTL was proud of the handwriting recognition software included on the 2Go. If you can hold out a few weeks, it’s also likely that you’ll [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:05:30

Satyam - Scandal

When terrorists attacked Mumbai last November, the media called it "India's 9/11." That tragedy has been succeeded by another that has been dubbed "India's Enron." In one of the the biggest frauds in India's corporate history, B. Ramalinga Raju, founder and CEO of Satyam Computers, India's fourth-largest IT services firm, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:06:00

Review: Sony Ericsson F305

The good Cute design Over 60 games included EyeToy-like motion gaming Good battery life The bad Not 3G compatible Flat keypad lacks definition Low-quality display Camera is poor No USB cable or software included Design While there's no denying that the F305's appearance belongs to the Sony [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:06:01

Paris Hilton Web Site Hacked: ParisHilton.com Virus

Paris Hilton has been infected. It was only a matter of time. Just weeks after her Los Angeles home was burglarized, sneaky Internet hackers have littered the heiress’s official Web Site with malacious spywire by thanks to out-of-date software on the site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:27:13

Yahoo names Carol Bartz new CEO

Yahoo names Carol Bartz new CEO January 15th, 2009 London, Jan 14 : Yahoo Inc. has named technology veteran Carol Bartz as its new chief executive. The 60-year-old Silicon Valley veteran is a well-respected industry figure who led business software maker Autodesk for 14 years before becoming its chairman in 2006. Her appointment follows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:15:26

Have your say

The MLS SuperDraft takes place tomorrow in St. Louis (1 p.m. ESPN 2). The Fire has one pick in the second round (No. 28) and third round (No. 43) and two selections in the fourth round (No. 52, No. 58). Click Here for PollSurvey Software | Website Polls | Email Marketing | Innovation Management View MicroPoll [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:42:41

Steve Jobs taking medical leave of absence

(Credit: James Martin/CNET News) Apple has confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs will step down from his CEO post while recuperating from a hormone imbalance. His absence will stretch until the end of June. Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, will run the company during Jobs' absence, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:49:01

An Individualized Approach to Time Management

This is a guest post on developing a personal approach to time management by Holly McCarthy. With all of the advances in technology over the last several years, many people think that technology alone can help you manage your time more effectively [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:33:11

Microsoft Stomps Beastly Server Bugs

Microsoft issued a critical software update Tuesday, plugging three vulnerabilities in all versions of its Windows operating system ... ; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the flaws by validating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:47:41

Obama’s new BlackBerry: The NSA’s secure PDA?

Posted by Declan McCullagh President-elect Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry while riding on his campaign bus in Pennsylvania last March. (Credit: Pete Souza/ Rapport Press ) Bill Clinton sent only two e-mail messages as president and has yet to pick up the habit. George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:10:00

Sprout’s Business Model: No More Free Accounts

Sprout, the WYSIWYG flash application and widget building tool, is pulling the plug on free accounts. The company has sent an email to customers ( ... software as a service model, we need to make sure we price the product at its true value.” He also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:59:30

Fix For Nokia N95 Smartphone Rebooting On Welcome Screen

Ignorance is bliss, however I keep on trying new and beta softwares so that I can review it for my readers, however one such test literally converted my Nokia N95 into a brick. The software installation and went fine and the software even ran to completion, however there is when the problem started [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:26:16

The Uni Watch Features A Customizable OLED Display

I think I can speak for the rest of the world and say ‘one please’.  The Uni Wristwatch includes software for completely customizing the 96×96 OLED display’s output, which means you can choose any font or style for conveying the time.  Unfortunately, it’s currently [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:41:55

BTF Sniffer Is The Ultimate Software To Reveal And Delete Traces

It does not happen very often that we review a software that does not come with an English user interface ... or Security and Control. The right pane will display all traces of the specified category ... to del.icio.us Post tags: btf sniffer, ccleaner, free software, portable software, system cleaner, traces [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:15:05

Free Social Network On Your Mobile

Just about everyone on the Internet knows about, Facebook, Bebo, Myspace etc & most people have their own pages by now. Queep is a great service that lets you do all your social networking on your mobile using the Queeep software & it’s all free!. So if you do want to keep up with your pals while you out &amp [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:17:13

Microsoft Songsmith’s Corny Musical Infomercial

AAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHH!!!! Microsoft’s Songsmith software, which creates Casiotone-style beats to match whatever off-key warbling is optimistically sung into a mic, finally has an ad as corny and annoying as the software itself promises to be. I know I’ve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:20:44

Bringing Open Source Software to Trading Desks

Bringing Open Source Software to Trading Desks By Ashlee Vance Marketcetera, a Silicon Valley-based start-up, has developed open-source trading software that it says will make the creation of custom financial ... firms, hedge funds and others can pick up the Marketcetera Platform software and use it as a basic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:57:08

Researchers have hope of cheap, distributed zero-day worm defense - Network World

Researchers have hope of cheap, distributed zero-day worm defense - Via Network World : ... software that shares information about anomalous behavior, say researchers at the University of California at Davis. The software would interact with existing personal firewalls and intrusion detection [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:08:29

Joan Ganz Cooney Center Study on Mobile Learning

Last week the Joan Ganz Cooney Center released a new report on how mobile technologies can be used in education titled, Pockets of Potential. You can access the full-length version on their site. The Cooney Mobile Learning Study outlines some of the key opportunities for mobile learning: Encourage "anywhere, anytime" [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:14:58

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic v11.0.008 Firmware Now Available On NSU

Right behind the E71, Nokia has released a new firmware for the 5800 XpressMusic, v11.0 ... number when selecting a WLAN access point which contains a password. * Chinese box HWR control buttons and FS HWR control bar are too small. * Unable to add image to Contact bar from Gallery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:09:50

Repairing a hut, Antarctic-style: mind the seals (Reuters)

Reuters - A group of elephant seals lolling by a damaged wooden hut in Antarctica vastly complicated simple repairs on Wednesday, a sign of extra hazards to people on the frozen continent. Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:30:19

Apple Sends Wired a Cease-and-Desist Letter for Netbook Video [U]

Apple’s legal hounds have sent Wired’s Gadget Lab and Brian Chen a cease-and-desist letter demanding they remove a detailed video explaining how to ... where to obtain copies of the software from a popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay, essentially [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:34:29

DVD Playback On Ubuntu

Click to view LinDVD on desktop One thing that I think many users of Windows and OS X take for granted is how easy DVD playback is. I know that back when I was using Windows full time, DVD playback was as easy as installing WinDVD that came with my DVD burner and boom, I was good to go [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:26:56

Software problems affected patient records at Lutz Veterans Affairs

Patient records showed up under the wrong names at Saginaw's Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, among nearly a third of 153 VA heath facilities centers nationally that reported computer glitches. Medical data -- vital signs, lab results, active meds --... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:29:21

Microsoft Is Exploring Job Cuts

Microsoft Corp. is seriously exploring significant work force reductions that could be announced as early as next week, ... software company. However, plans for the cutbacks are still in flux and Microsoft could end up finding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:05:26

Google Launches Reseller Program for Developers

Google Launches Reseller Program for Developers January 15th, 2009 Google is getting serious about cloud computing. On Wednesday the search giant launched the Google Apps Reseller Program, which will give developers familiar with Software as a Service a way to put their applications in front of users. Google [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:16:54

Imaging vendor goes cross-platform

Pegasus Imaging Corp. announced the acquisition of Tasman Software of Leeds, U.K., bringing Tasman's Linux-compatible, Java/JavaME mobile Barcode Reader software development kit (SDK) into Pegasus's Windows-focused document imaging portfolio. The acquisition follows Pegasus's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:11:41

Google Continues To Close In On Microsoft’s Cloud

Google Continues To Close In On Microsoft’s Cloud January 15th, 2009 On Wednesday, ... processing and other office applications to third-party software resellers at a 20 percent discount in the United States. Dave Girouard, the head of Google’s business software division, said it would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:17:50

Unify4life’s Game|Shadow Turns Blackberry Into PS3 Remote

Unify4life’s Game|Shadow (yup, I was thinking the same, WTH is up with that name??) dongle/software solution turns your Blackberry into an honest to goodness PS3 remote control|mini-keyboard. Now, your phone can control the DVD functions and act as a keyboard for the PS3 internet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:30:42

Dell bring software online with Dell Download Store

dell_download_store After Microsoft, another online software store made it debut online ... is hurt by the economy slowdown. The now popular software without package concept is similar ... the software directly to their machines. This concept is said to save approximately 10% of the overall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:03:17

Innocent UN school for Terrorists in Gaza. Israel Justified AGAIN

U.N. Agency That Runs School Hit in Gaza Employed Hamas and Islamic Jihad Members The United Nations agency that administers a school in Gaza where ... for public inspection and to implement “terrorist name recognition software and other screening [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:45:34

What’s up with the Zune?

There have been rumors and discussions all over the web about ‘the future of the Zune’ ... your Zune experience.  I also believe we will see the Zune software appear on other devices.  MS ... t believe we will ever see a true Zune Phone, but we will see the Zune software run all of the media [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:32:58

Computer Mouse Head Control

HeadMouse 2 is a interesting software program for computer users who cannot or do not like to use their hands when controlling the computer mouse. The software is compatible with most Windows operating systems including Windows Vista or Windows ... , headmouse 2, mouse, webcam, webcam mouse, Windows, windows software [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:09:21

Dtecnet, the new RIAA Black Hole

p2pnet news view | RIAA News:- The couple on the left make a dodgy looking duo, don’t you think? Almost like a photo from a police blotter. Hard-core file sharers for sure and they’re also the stars of a moribund Hollywood anti-P2P effort organised by Dtecnet, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:23:03

Diy Data Recovery Is Not As Cheap As It First Appears

Diy Data Recovery Is Not As Cheap As It First Appears Posted by: ... or memory stick. Alternatively they try to use recovery software, which is easily available on the net, can be paid for and downloaded online. In most cases this software will be a recovery programme [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:18:55

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