Tech News on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Cisco Considers Withdrawal Of Tandberg Offer
Tandberg stockholders have until Nov. 18 to vote on Cisco's $3 billion acquisition bid.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:40:00 EST
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Bing Adds Facebook, Videos, Wolfram Alpha
Microsoft hopes robust new features will help search engine close in on rival Google.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:35:00 EST
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Fujitsu Unveils 10 Gb Ethernet Switch
The low-power XG2600 runs on less than five watts per port, a 30% reduction from other switches in Fujitsu's line of XG Layer 2 Ethernet switches.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:22:00 EST
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Google Search Visualizes Global Data
Data made available by the World Bank is now being used to provide visual support for certain statistical queries.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:01:00 EST
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Smartphones Sales Continue Rise
Apple and RIM gained 3Q market share, but Android is poised to be a serious competitor, says IDC.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:42:00 EST
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FBI's New Case Management System Delayed
Completion of the $451 million Sentinel system, to be used for searching and analyzing criminal and national security data, has been pushed back to September.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:32:00 EST
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Lawmaker Eyes Verizon Termination Fees
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that will stop carriers from raising cancellation fees.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:49:00 EST
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AAA Auto Club Group Selects CodeObjects for Policy Admin and Billing
The AAA Auto Club Group (ACG) has selected CodeObjects' policy administration and billing software for various personal lines products.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:41:12 EST
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Motorola: LTE Will Catch Up With WiMax
Motorola says WiMax's early launch will give it a firm foothold in the 4G wireless race, but LTE's more robust networks will help it catch up.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:35:00 EST
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Informatica 9: Another Step Toward Next-Era Data Integration
Collaboration, data quality and data services functionality moves Informatica beyond its batch-oriented roots.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:17:00 EST
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NASA Space Technologies Go Mainstream
In its annual report, the space agency identifies 49 technologies that are being repurposed in the private sector, including scheduling software for hospitals and a tuning circuit for 3G networks.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:07:00 EST
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Four Indicted In $9 Million RBS WorldPay Hack
One of most sophisticated computer hacking rings in the world has been broken, claims Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:50:00 EST
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Chugoku Bank Signs 9 Year Outsourcing Deal with IBM
Chugoku Bank, a major Japanese regional bank, has signed a nine-year outsourcing agreement with IBM.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:00 EST
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RIM Looks To Woo Developers
The BlackBerry maker is boosting its ecosystem in hopes of getting more apps to compete with the iPhone and Google Android.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:40:00 EST
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1 Million Xbox Live Players Banned
Microsoft takes action against members accused of playing pirated copies of games.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:31:00 EST
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Jury Acquits Bear Stearns Fund Managers
A New York City jury said two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were not guilty of fraud for concealing the weakness of the fund, which collapsed in 2008.A New York City jury said two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Mathew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi, were not guilty of fraud for concealing the weakness of the fund, which collapsed in 2008.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:26:54 EST
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Dodd Presents Financial Regulatory Bill
Senator Christopher Dodd, Tuesday floated a bill that would restructure the U.S. regulatory system overseeing the complex financial services sector.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:26:53 EST
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Kingland to Use IBM Software in Wall Street Data Projects
In one scenario, Kingland and IBM software and unique identifiers could give a firm's risk operation access to a comprehensive view of all enterprise holdings, clients, subsidiaries, and complex business relationships from across multiple lines of business.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:22:00 EST
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Olympus Insurance to Implement StoneRiver Financial Software
The PRO Financial application will be hosted in the StoneRiver data center, and Olympus financial personnel will operate the systems via secure Web access.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:33 EST
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Japanese Bank Outsources To IBM
Big Blue will manage and maintain servers and other IT assets for Chugoku Bank
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST
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Voice Commerce Receives Payment Institution License
Voice Commerce becomes one of the first nonbank companies to receive authorization to operating in the EU under the Payment Services Directive.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:51:00 EST
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Knight Capital Brings Brokerage Service to Europe
Knight Link said to provide Mifid-compliant best execution.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:41:46 EST
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'Conficker' Computer Virus Going Strong
The <Q>Conficker</Q> and <Q>Taterf</Q> computer worms are still going strong a year after they made their first appearances, U.S. experts say.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:30 EST
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Banking Groups React to Sen. Dodd's Draft Regulatory Legislation With a Big 'No'
Although organizations approve of the Senate's efforts, they say it goes too far in undermining those aspects of financial services that actually work.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:08:00 EST
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Global CIO: Why Oracle's Larry Ellison Will Tell The EU To Pound Sand
Column about why Larry Ellison wants to complete the acquisiton of Sun and get it approved by the European Commission: so he can start competing head-to-head against IBM.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST
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Current Media lays off 80, cancels shows
Exactly one year after it announced an earlier round of layoffs, the San Francisco- and Los Angeles-based cable network co-founded by Al Gore is cutting positions associated with several shows it's canceling.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST
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Powering cell phone towers with wind
Southern California pilot program to test Helix Wind's small wind turbines to run cell phone towers.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:35:00 PST
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Flywheels to buffer 20 megawatts on grid
Flywheel maker Beacon Power said it plans to begin construction later this month of an energy storage facility in upstate New York to stabilize grid frequency.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:29:00 PST
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AMD talks 'Hemlock' graphics, next ultra-thin laptops
Advanced Micro Devices' discusses its "Hemlock" graphics card due next week and third-generation ultra-thin laptop technology.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:29:00 PST
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Orange sells 30,000 iPhones in U.K. on first day
The U.K. carrier sells six times more iPhones in one day than China Unicom did over its opening weekend. Not bad for being the second carrier in a much smaller country.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:13:00 PST
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Apple overtakes Nokia in phone profits
Apple is now the world's most profitable cell phone maker. It earned an estimated $1.6 billion from the iPhone in the third quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:42:00 PST
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Yahoo's Bartz cancels CES keynote appearance
No reason was given for CEO Carol Bartz's decision to back out of the biggest show in technology other than "changes in her calendar."
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:00 PST
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Holiday shoppers going social, mobile
Consumers plan to increasingly use social media and cell phones to help them find the right gifts for the holidays, a Deloitte survey shows.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:22:00 PST
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Bing getting a fall refresh
Microsoft's search engine is getting improved preview results as well as some new health information licensed from Wolfram's Alpha.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 PST
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Report: Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players
Players who were caught modifying their consoles to play pirated games have been booted from the popular service, InformationWeek says.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:56:00 PST
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Mozilla releases second Firefox 3.6 beta
There are 190 changes in the latest test version of the open-source browser, but most of them are under the hood.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:55:00 PST
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Wi-Fi certification might be tweaked for smart grids
Task force to look at modifying IP standards for Wi-Fi devices as opportunity to become communication tool of choice between home appliance networks and smart grids becomes evident.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:47:21 PST
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Google lets parents lock in SafeSearch
Parents can now lock in the search setting that filters out inappropriate sites. There are still ways for kids to circumvent the feature, however.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:28:44 PST
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Facebook photo tagging gets automated
Face.com today launched it's free PhotoTagger facial recognition application for automatically tagging photos on Facebook.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:14:00 PST
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Vimeo's videos get iPhone, Android-friendly
Tired of waiting for Flash to come to the iPhone, and other mobile devices, video host Vimeo is making parts of its site pocket-friendly.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST
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Former RIAA chief tries to save Qtrax image
The top music labels would have lost confidence in Qtrax a long time ago if not for Jay Berman, the former RIAA chief, who is representing the music service.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:06:00 PST
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Students pitch green businesses for greenbacks
The Ignite Clean Energy Competition in Boston announces winners to a business plan competition, one of many contests used to fund promising green-tech ideas.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:51:00 PST
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Google cuts Picasa photo storage prices
The annual cost to store 20GB of photos at Picasa Web Albums now eight times cheaper, making it more interesting as an online backup option.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST
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N.J. utility ups solar loans to $248 million
State approves program to add 81 megawatts of solar power to its grid through PSE&G customers interested in helping the Garden State become a leader in solar.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:20:25 PST
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Cloud to suck money out of market, report says
While the IT economy may be recovering, cloud computing and open source are driving fewer dollars into fewer vendor wallets. Expect a bloodbath to ensue.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:20:00 PST
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Video: A new workout for the Wii
Ubisoft's upcoming fitness game, YourShape, promises an experience a step up from Wii Fit. In the process, can it help revitalize the Nintendo console?
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:00 PST
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Quick Time Source Directshow Filter 3.0 (Trial)
Allows playback mov, ipod, psp, mp4 video with aac audio, 3gp video with amr audio
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:01 GMT
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Fund Manager Personal 10.1 (Trial)
A very useful Portfolio Management for Individual Investors
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:57:02 GMT
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Fund Manager Professional 10.1 (Trial)
This software application will help you manage, monitor and improve your accounting skills
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:53:01 GMT
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Amusing Frogs Free Screensaver 1.1 (Freeware)
Look at your desktop and see the amazing views of the amusing frogs on it!
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:48:01 GMT
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Facebook Developer Toolkit 3.0 (Ms-PL)
A full complement of components, controls and samples for developing applications
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:01 GMT
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MaxxMEM2 1.50 (Freeware)
A useful memory benchmark
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:42:01 GMT
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Fund Manager Advisor 10.1 (Trial)
An useful program for financial advisors, representatives, or broker/dealers
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:32:01 GMT
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EZ Backup Miranda IM Premium 6.22 (Demo)
A program designed to backup your Miranda IM data
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:31:42 GMT
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IP Monitor 7.5 (Freeware)
Monitor multiple IP addresses
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:29:01 GMT
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Thaiphoon Burner 6.5.0.0 Build 1111 (Trial)
Designed for those who are in need of getting all available information from SPD about memory modules
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:26:01 GMT
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PhotoWatermark Professional 7.0.5.2 (Demo)
Apply text and graphic watermarks to multiple images in batch
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:23:01 GMT
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CNC Code Shooter Mill 2.5.2 (Trial)
For the experienced programmer who knows how to program the machine, but just doesn't want to write the code out line by line
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:21:01 GMT
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La Boite a Couleurs 1.6.13.0 (Freeware)
A useful tool that can help you pick and modify colors
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:19:02 GMT
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Teaching Templates Quiz Maker 8.0.0 (Trial)
This utility will help you create your own interactive quizes
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:02 GMT
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CodeLite 1.0.3035 (Freeware)
A powerful open-source, cross platform code editor for the C/C++ programming languages.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:12:01 GMT
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Lotus Domino 6 User Registration 2.2 (Freeware)
Easily register new Lotus Notes users and then transfer the registration documents to the standard User Registration Queue
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 GMT
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PowerPoint Slide Show Converter 3.2.0.4 (Trial)
Convert PowerPoint presentations into self-running EXE slide shows
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:39 GMT
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Code Conjurer 1.0.1 (GPL)
A tool to help you with your development.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:01 GMT
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BearShare Acceleration Patch 4.9.2 (Ad-supported)
A small application that will automatically speed up the download process and will find the files you desire
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:39 GMT
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1st Clock 5.0 (Trial)
A taskbar clock replacement that offers a fully customizable clock display
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:59:02 GMT
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Portable SecureFX 6.5.0 Build 358 Beta 4 / 6.2.3 Build 313 (Trial)
Secure file transfer client with support for SSH2, SFTP, and standard FTP
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:57:48 GMT
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SecureFX 6.5.0 Build 358 Beta 4 / 6.2.3 Build 313 (Trial)
Secure file transfer client with support for SSH2, SFTP, and standard FTP
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:54:39 GMT
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VShell Server 3.6.0.358 Beta 4 / 3.5.4.630 (Trial)
Secure alternative to Telnet and FTP on Windows and UNIX platforms
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:50:16 GMT
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Portable SecureCRT 6.5.0 Build 358 Beta 4 / 6.2.3 Build 313 (Trial)
A portable terminal emulator that supports Secure Shell (SSH), Telnet, rlogin, serial, and TAPI protocols
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:47:55 GMT
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SecureCRT 6.5.0 Build 358 Beta 4 / 6.2.3 Build 313 (Trial)
A windows terminal emulator that supports Secure Shell (SSH), Telnet, rlogin, serial, and TAPI protocols
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:40:52 GMT
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Beam Section Properties 2.1.0.123 (Trial)
Calculating geometrical formulae according to civil engineering equations
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:01 GMT
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Flexible Album Studio 0.99 Beta 15 (Freeware)
Will help you create web galleries
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:01 GMT
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Junior Organizer Deluxe 3.2 (Trial)
Flexible junior membership management software
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:35:01 GMT
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TimeTrex Time and Attendance 3.0.0-1046 (Freeware)
Will help organizations handle their employee time and attendance needs in a more efficient and cost effective manner.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:33:01 GMT
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HTTP Analyzer Credit Card Manager 3.04.13 (Demo)
Manage your credit cards with this financial software.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:31:01 GMT
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CatDV Pro 8.0.5
A clip logging and cataloging tool
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:09:02 GMT
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CatDV Standard 8.0.5
Picture portfolio and manager
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:59:01 GMT
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BlueHarvest 3.0.4
Manage DS_Store, resource fork and permissions
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:46:01 GMT
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ScreenFlow 2.0.1
The most advanced Screencasting software package for Mac OS X Leopard
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:40:01 GMT
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dejaSpace It ! 2.5
A Firefox add-on that enables you to easily bookmark the webpage that you are currently browsing
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:34:01 GMT
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OverSite 3.1.4
Website architecture and interaction design application
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:29:20 GMT
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RedHand 1.3.1
Easy to use application that will allow you to lock your Mac
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:26:01 GMT
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Connect Four
Free connect four game for your Mac
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:01 GMT
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TiVo Desktop 1.9.5
Share music and photos over your network on a TiVo
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:57:01 GMT
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Bookpedia 4.5.4
The perfect book catalog solution for you.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:01 GMT
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The Moving Man 1.26
Free moving man simulation for your Mac
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:20:01 GMT
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DVDpedia 4.5.4
DVD catalog tool that helps you to easily organize your movie collection.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:11:01 GMT
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Zodiac Tower 1.91
Uncover the secrets of ancient Zodiac Tower and solve all of its fascinating puzzles
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:04:01 GMT
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CDpedia 4.5.4
Organize your CD collection using this great application with iTunes integration.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:57:01 GMT
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Gamepedia 4.5.4
Catalog video and computer games.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:49:01 GMT
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RapgetMac 1.23
A simple download manager.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:35:02 GMT
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Kristallnacht 1.0
Free strategy game for your Mac
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:28:02 GMT
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eBay India 20091007
A Firefox add-on that enables you to quickly browse the eBay India website
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:09:01 GMT
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iPhone-Simulator Cropper 2.2
Easy way to take screenshots for the iTunes Store
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:58:25 GMT
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Numerology 2.2
A modular sequencing environment designed for performing musicians
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:58:01 GMT
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ImageJ 1.43k
Java application for image processing/analysis
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:55:17 GMT
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Xfile Test Drive 2.1.0.2
The only file manager for OS X capable of seamlessly handling all file systems.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:54:10 GMT
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EzMedPro 1.4.9
Case Management, Scheduling, Billing, Electronic Health Records, Reporting at your fingerprint.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:52:08 GMT
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 ACE Exam Aid 3.4
Prepare for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exams 9A0-090 and 9A0-091
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:49:07 GMT
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MultiFileSearch 20090829
A Firefox add-on that enables you to browse the Rapidshare or 4shared websites
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:46:01 GMT
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SEEdit Pro 1.8.1
A very easy to use XHTML editor
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:44:20 GMT
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Goalscape Desktop 2.0.830.365
A free and simple yet powerful goal management tool with a unique visual model
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:39:32 GMT
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CoverScout 3.2.3
iTunes album artwork finder
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:35:43 GMT
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SongGenie 1.2.1
Great software that will name your Tunes.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:08 GMT
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BleachBit 0.7.1
Free and open source privacy and disk space cleaner
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33:01 GMT
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