Tech News on Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Google Releases Chrome OS Code
Developers can now participate in the Chrome OS open source project and help Google bring its new operating system to market next year.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:04:00 EST
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FCC Speeds Cell Tower Reviews
The "shot clock" rule will set a limit on how long local governments can review applications for new cellular towers.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:59:00 EST
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SWIFT's New MT 202 COV Messaging Standard Necessary, but Could Pose Challenges
Ernst & Young's Steven Beattie says although releasing the new payment messaging protocol will help increase AML efforts and transparency, banks could be faced with problems like an increased investigations burden.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:42:00 EST
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Web 2.0 Expo: Venture To Facilitate Public Policy Crowdsourcing
Expert Labs, a non-profit startup, will use social media tools to bring private sector expertise to the U.S. government's decision-making processes.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:00 EST
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Wildfire Smoke Patterns to be Analyzed
Researchers at the University of Maryland say they will use a cluster of IBM computers to analyze wildfire smoke patterns to provide real-time assessments.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:37:34 EST
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Report: Cell Phones Replacing Landlines
The U.S. Census Bureau said between 1998 and 2005, the percentage of U.S. households with cell phones increased dramatically while landline usage decreased.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:37:33 EST
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The Hartford Names Christopher Magee Managing Director of International Financial Products
Magee will oversee all underwriting, administrative, finance, legal and regulatory functions of the operation.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:48 EST
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AT&T Loses Bid To Stop Verizon Ads
Verizon may continue to air its 3G comparison ads, judge rules.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:00 EST
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8 In 10 Smartphone Users Frustrated By Content
Slow page loads and too much irrelevant content are among mobile phone users' complaints, survey by Qualcomm's Xiam Technologies finds.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:29:00 EST
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Interop: New York Tests Xbox-Based Alert System
State officials eye video game networks as a means to send emergency warnings to younger residents.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:00 EST
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FAA Resolves Flight Plan System Failure
Air traffic controllers had to enter flight plan information manually Thursday morning, delaying some East Coast flights.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:56:00 EST
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BNP Paribas, Oberthur Team Up for NFC
The bank will provide residents of Nice with NFC payment services enabled by Oberthur's technology.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:02:00 EST
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Amex Acquisition of Revolution Money Marks New Fight for Remittance Space
American Express will buy P2P payments company Revolution Money to expand its reach and make a place in a growing market.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:43:00 EST
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OECD Sees Lagging Recovery for Jobs
The global economic recovery hasn't the muscle to stop rising unemployment, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris said Thursday.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:42:56 EST
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Mereor Absolute Return Fund Picks GlobeOp as Fund Administrator
Merger and credit arbitrage fund cited GlobeOp's middle- and back-office support, integrated reporting and SAS 70 certification as factors.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:22:26 EST
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Healthcare Goes Mobile, Virtual WIth Dell Offering
Dell Mobile Clinical Computing solution provides clinicians with single sign-on and roaming capabilities.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST
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OTC Derivatives Market Reform Update (VIDEO)
Tabb Group Senior Analyst Kevin McPartland discusses OTC derivatives and broader financial market reform in this video.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:41 EST
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IBM WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging Completes STAC-M2 Testing
IBM sets performance standard in independent low latency benchmark for financial markets.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:32 EST
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Obama Administration Defends Its Data Quality
Inaccuracies in stimulus-tracking data on Recovery.gov do exist, but overall the transparency effort has been a success, says a special advisor to the President.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST
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Interop: IT Forecast Says Clouds
"The Holy Grail is to deliver IT services on-demand," said Citrix Systems CEO Mark Templeton in his Interop keynote.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:56:00 EST
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Lawmakers Slam Deceptive Web Marketers
Post-transaction marketing abuses bring calls for stronger oversight.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST
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Interop: Net Optics Launches Monitoring Tools
Solutions are designed to boost network performance and security.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:43:00 EST
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6 Beta 3
The third beta version of the next Firefox sports speed and stability improvements.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:00 EST
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EMR Adoption Earns Hospital High Score
Achieving its high level of electronic medical records adoption has taken small Maine hospital five years.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:31:00 EST
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Global CIO: Microsoft Data Center Strategy Vital To Azure
Microsoft's envisions a more just-in-time approach to bringing on data center capacity.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:24:00 EST
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Twitter downtime still not ideal, report says
The microblogging service's performance might have improved for some, but according to uptime monitor CheckMySite, it's still not where it should be.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:08:27 PST
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Mozilla reveals 2008 revenue: $79 million
The revenue growth rate tapered off to 5 percent from 12 percent the year earlier. A search deal with Google still supplies the bulk of the Firefox backer's money.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:05:58 PST
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Theory of competition fails in open source, elsewhere
Monopoly is a dreaded word for the open-source community, so why are we as prone as anyone else to embrace natural monopolies?
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:41:42 PST
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AOL also likely to eye sale of MapQuest--Is Microsoft a possible buyer?
Purchasers of the mapping and directions service are likely to be other mapping giants, such as Microsoft, sources say.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:17:00 PST
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Recycling e-waste: Who should pay?
Study finds consumers love the idea of recycling to combat e-waste, but they don't want to foot the bill.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:09:40 PST
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Aha Mobile reads drivers traffic info, Facebook status
Startup company seeks to bring search features to drivers on your iPhone and Android app.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:04:55 PST
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Dell's 'Mr. A' is a key figure in Intel defense
An unnamed high-ranking Dell executive is cited liberally in the European Union ombudsman's review of the decision to fine Intel on antitrust charges.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:42:00 PST
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Philips' Ambient Experience relaxes heart patients
The multimedia machine, now being installed around the world, let angioplasty and other patients personalize the lighting, projected images, and sounds in the examination or lab room.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:33:00 PST
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After long wait, Trillian finally comes to iPhone
Trillian's popular instant-messaging platform is finally making its way to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app costs $4.99.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:24:00 PST
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Analyst: Money transfer soon to be No. 1 phone app
Surprisingly absent from Gartner's top 10 predictions for mobile-device use in 2012, based on impact to consumers and industry players, is gaming.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:24:00 PST
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Google releases Chrome OS source code
Ahead of an event designed to show off the OS for the first time, Google has released source code for the project. More is expected, including a demonstration.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 PST
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Analyst: Timing of the Apple tablet is irrelevant
Apple's long rumored tablet may be delayed until the second half of 2010, but financial analysts aren't concerned.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:58:00 PST
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Live blog today: Google Chrome OS press conference
Starting at 10 a.m. PST, Google plans to reveal technical details and launch plans for its upcoming operating system. CNET's Rafe Needleman will have a running commentary.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:57:00 PST
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EV Project to showcase Nissan LEAF
Pilot project partnering with Nissan on plans for public charging stations announces expansion throughout five U.S. states, as key partner simultaneously touts EV use in China.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:51:41 PST
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SimpleGeo navigates from stealth to beta
Start-up hopes to make it easy to bring location-aware features to any Web or mobile service--but we haven't seen it in action yet.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST
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Yahoo adds photos, tweets to news search
Newsy searches won't just produce links to stories now on Yahoo. Searchers will be able to see photos, videos, and tweets from the main search results page.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST
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More on mobile payment front: Boku steps it up
Competing for market share with rival Zong and a few others, the start-up says new partnerships give it access to 200 million new user accounts. (But do they all pay?)
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST
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Tony Hawk takes a "Ride" with CNET's The 404 Podcast
The man who rode skateboarding to mainstream success sits down with CNET's The 404 Podcast for a chat about the video game franchise, skateboarding and the Olympics, and, of course, his newest game, Tony Hawk: Ride.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:47:00 PST
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Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes
At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:46:00 PST
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YouTube turning on automatic captions
Google and YouTube engineers plan to show off their work on using Google Voice technology to automatically generate captions for certain YouTube videos.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:00 PST
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Unboxing the free PDC laptop (photos)
CNET has a look as one developer at the Microsoft PDC gathering in Los Angeles unboxes an Acer laptop, which were given to most attendees.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:33:00 PST
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Virtual Album Maker Standard 1.49.3612 (Trial)
Allows you to organize, protect and share your personal photos as a 3D album
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:56:01 GMT
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YaIPB 2.0 (BSD License)
A IPB agent to help you with your work.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:01 GMT
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IE HistoryX 2.2.6.70 (Trial)
Find, view and selective remove history, cookies, cache files, typed URLs and autocompletion form data
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:47:02 GMT
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Voicent Agent Dialer 7.2.4 (Demo)
Predictive dialer and semi automatic dialer for telemarketing campaign
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:01 GMT
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Abdio DVD CD Burner 7.83 (Trial)
An application that allows users to easily burn a CD or a DVD
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:41:01 GMT
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Crypto Obfuscator For .Net 2009 Build 592119 (Trial)
Advanced code protection, obfuscation and optimization for your .Net assemblies
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:36:01 GMT
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Adobe Creative Suite Dock Icon (Freeware)
A nicely crafted collection of icons for your dock applications
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:32:01 GMT
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Time Boss 2.46 (Trial)
A useful time manager utility for all users registered in Windows system
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:22:01 GMT
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wodAppUpdate 1.5.0 (Trial)
A component for providing automatic update solution to your apps
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:01 GMT
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Free DAT to AVI Converter 1.2.1 (Freeware)
An easy to use converter that can convert DAT to AVI format free
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:01 GMT
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GOB 0.0.1 (GPL)
Create OIL files with the help of this tool.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:01 GMT
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wodFTPServer 3.0.1 (Trial)
ActiveX with support for FTP, SFTP and FTPS protocols
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:01 GMT
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MiddleHeaven 0.0.1 (BSD License)
A business application framework to help you with your development.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:06:01 GMT
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wodVPN 2.2.0 (Trial)
Creates virtual private network with another wodVPN instance on another computer.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:01 GMT
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PPT to EXE Converter Enterprise 5.21 (Trial)
An application that will help you convert your PPT files into EXE ones
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:01 GMT
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GSA Image Spider 2.69 (Trial)
A program for extracting images from a website
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:01 GMT
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E-Mail Converter 1.2.4 (Demo)
Easily convert EML to MSG and vice versa
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:01 GMT
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IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit 1.0 (Freeware)
Identify search engine and user experience optimizations for Web sites
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:47:01 GMT
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DQ Analyzer 6.0 (Freeware)
A tool created in order to make data profiling and DQ analysis accessible to everyone
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:45:01 GMT
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Cute Mp3 Cutter 1.8 (Trial)
Cut out any favourite part from a song, add sound effect, save as mp3.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:36:01 GMT
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netBerry 1.1.0 (Trial)
A network tools set that features network inventory, remote desktop and remote processes
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:01 GMT
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Minime 2.0 (MIT License)
Minimize your application's with this tool.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:29:01 GMT
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Secret Disk 1.25 (Shareware)
Creates invisible password protected invisible disk on your PC
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:27:02 GMT
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DupHunter 1.1.2.7 (Demo)
A simple but powerful and reliable solution to quickly identify and manage duplicated files on file system
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:01 GMT
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Network Ping 1.2.5.3 (Demo)
Network diagnostic utility that allows visual monitoring of computers/devices activity in the network
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:16:01 GMT
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Hermetic Stego 8.04 (Trial)
Allows hiding a file of any size in one or more BMP image files
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:01 GMT
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Donar CD Ripper 3.1.0.0 (Ad-supported)
Powerful and versatile CD ripping software application
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:01 GMT
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Curves 1.17 (Trial)
A curve-based screensaver
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:01 GMT
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Diskeeper Professional 2010 14.0.896.0 (Trial)
A software utility that will eliminate drive fragmentation and improve performance of your computer.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:01 GMT
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Sonne Screen Video Capture 7.0.0.598 (Trial)
Powerful capture software can capture any part of screen from your desktop
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:01 GMT
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MacLoggerDX 5.19 Beta 39 / 5.18
Logs into your favorite telnet or TNC DXCluster and as DX Spots are received, tunes your radio to the spot
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:01 GMT
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Live Gold 1.6.20091117
A Firefox add-on that allows you to track the prices of the most important metals on the market
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:04:02 GMT
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Add-on Compatibility Reporter for Thunderbird 0.3
An add-on that enables you to check if a given add-on is compatible with your current Thunderbird version
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:51:01 GMT
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Add-on Compatibility Reporter 0.3
Enables you to check whether your favorite add-ons get updated for upcoming Firefox releases
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:41:01 GMT
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Modern Modoki 3.07
A Firefox theme for Netscape 8
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:01 GMT
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Rhythmomachia 2
Free strategy game for your Mac
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:01 GMT
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GTDInbox 3.0 Alpha 24
A Firefox add-on that will make your Gmail inbox respond better to your needs
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:01 GMT
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Online Bingo Club Feed Widget 1.0
A Dashboard widget that enables you to quickly browse the articles on the Online Bingo Club's website
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:01 GMT
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Seti 1.0
Free strategy game for your Mac
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:59:01 GMT
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ProStockMaster 1.7.1
Manage your photos with this tool created by photographers for photographers
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT
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Walk Of Fame 1.2
Easily produce the movies you always wanted to watch
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:01 GMT
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Easy Translator 4.1
Very handy translation tool that will fulfill your daily multilingual needs
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:01 GMT
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Gtroids 1.0
Free space shooter game
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:01 GMT
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Minimum Integer Weight Calculator 1.01
Free integer weight calculator
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:53:02 GMT
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Self-Driven Particle Model 1.02
Free simulation where you can learn how to produce complex dynamical behavior
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:41:02 GMT
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Waveboard 0.10
Google Wave client for your Mac
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:34:01 GMT
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R10Clean (formerly DataClean) 2.2.8
Cross platform data cleaning tool
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:01 GMT
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EvoCam 3.6.6
Provides true WYSIWYG editing of text captions, picture badges, clocks and blur items.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:02 GMT
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TimePeace 1.0
Easily learn to tell the time.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:01 GMT
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Tcl Web Application Framework 0.3.11
Helps simplify writing Web applications in the Tool Command Language (Tcl)
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:41:01 GMT
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Last.fm Current Song in Status 1.0
Adium script to display the currently playing track your Last.fm player
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:01 GMT
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json-framework 2.2.2
Collection of categories adding full JSON support to Cocoa by extending existing Objective-C classes
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:17:01 GMT
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Norton AntiVirus X 9.x-10.x Definition 20091119
Latest Norton AntiVirus definitions updates for your Mac
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:14:26 GMT
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Norton AntiVirus 11.x Definitions 20091119
Periodical definitions update package for Norton AntiVirus.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:50 GMT
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Internote 2.2.1
A Firefox add-on that lets you play the way that you want with sticky notes
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:09:01 GMT
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Rigs of Rods 0.36.2
Free simulator game for your Mac
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:03:21 GMT
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RSSDler 0.4.2
RSS Broadcatcher for podcasts, videocasts, and torrent feeds
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:55:01 GMT
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iChat X Blue 1.1
iChat bubble themed Adium IM dock icon set for your Mac
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:01 GMT
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Mercury Messenger 2.0 RC5 / 1.9.5
A very nice Java Based MSN client.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:29:35 GMT
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Fluid Dynamics using a Lattice Gas Algorithm 1.0
Free simulation of a turbulent fluid flow
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:27:01 GMT
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