Tech News on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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Intel Hit With Antitrust Suit In NY
The New York attorney general claims the chipmaker used bribery and coercion to prevent computer makers from using rival products.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:12:00 EST
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Enterprise 2.0: Novell, SAP, ThoughtWorks Ride Google Wave
Business software vendors have begun building on the Wave platform as Google promises a Wave App Store.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:10:00 EST
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Microsoft Slashes 800 Jobs
Software maker says plan to eliminate 5,000 positions is now largely complete.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:40:00 EST
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Homeland Security Seeks New Ideas
The federal agency plans to adopt the Transportation Security Administration's IdeaFactory crowd-sourcing application to encourage brainstorming by employees.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:37:00 EST
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T-Mobile Restores Voice, Data Services
The service outage comes as T-Mobile is still reeling from its Sidekick data-loss fiasco.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:27:00 EST
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Google Voice Challenger Ribbit Mobile Launches
The company is not yet positioning its cloud-based phone messaging service as an enterprise offering.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:25:00 EST
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Lexnet Metro Connect Lays Direct Fiber Route from Equinix Data Centers
Ultra-low latency dark fiber connection is between Equinix data ceners in New Jersey and carrier hotels in NYC.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:21:33 EST
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Mutual of Omaha Adopts iPipeline IGO e-App
The contract calls for Mutual of Omaha to deploy full iGO electronic applications and drop tickets for its term life business.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:32:40 EST
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AEGON Implements Enhancements to DST Global Solutions' AWD
The implementation of AWD will help enhance customer service in India where AEGON has a joint venture with Religare.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:19:03 EST
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Second Life Steps Into The Enterprise
Companies can now run their own, private version of the virtual world in their data centers, for added security and control.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:10:00 EST
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MSN Adds Facebook Integration
Microsoft portal's redesign gives it a cleaner look and deeper integration with social networking sites.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:59:00 EST
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Accenture Helps Generali Launch Life Insurance Application for iPhone
The new application, available in the beginning of 2010, will provide Generali France's network of financial advisors with real-time access to their client portfolio as well as detailed information for each client account.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:43:34 EST
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Hybrid Clouds Floating To Enterprise Forefront
At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, speakers raise the prospect of private clouds working with public clouds.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:30:00 EST
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Only 20% of Financial Institutions Plan to Increase Hiring During Next 6 Months
Banking executives are more pessimistic than leaders in other industries and are most concerned about the rising costs of employee benefits.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:03:30 EST
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Desktop Virtualization Speeds Hospital Clinicians
By rolling out desktop virtualization from Sychron, Seton Family of Hospitals has reduced the time clinicians spend logging on and off systems each day.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST
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PayPal Unveils Plans To Open Payment Service
The PayPal X service is designed to make it easier for developers to integrate PayPal into third-party applications.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST
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Global CIO: IBM's New CIO Sheds Light On Priorities And Plans
Column about the plans and priorities of new IBM CIO Pat Toole.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST
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Marvell Partners With E Ink On eReader Technology
The deal will give Marvell a leg up in the e-book reader market, and likely result in better, cheaper devices.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:30:00 EST
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Peek Launches $99 Dedicated Twitter Gadget
TwitterPeek is a device for people who want Twitter access on the go, but don't want to use their cell phones.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST
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T-Mobile Named Wi-Fi Alliance Sponsor
The wireless company is the only U.S. mobile service carrier on the industry association's sponsor board.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:25:00 EST
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NEWS FROM BAI: Firethorn, CashEdge Team for P2P Payments
Firethorn's financial institution clients can now allow customers to transfer money to other people via e-mail and mobile phone.
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:29:00 EST
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NEWS FROM BAI: New Product, Customer Announcements From MagTek
MagTek rolls out secure card reading devices and lands Cottonport Bank as a user of its instant issue debit card product.
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:25:00 EST
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NEWS FROM BAI: SunTrust Piloting Moneta Solution for Internet Payments
Moneta will enable SunTrust customers to make purchases online directly from their SunTrust bank accounts.
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:21:00 EST
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VoiceCon 2009: Avaya Aims For Voice 2.0
The company is aiming to combine the control and archival nature of e-mail with voice, instant messaging, and social networking capabilities.
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:22:00 EST
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Microsoft To Preview SQL Server 2008 R2
IT professionals will be able to download community technology preview version starting this month.
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:26:00 EST
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Fiorina's first act as senator: Merge California and Nevada
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina says "together we can turn things around," announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in an opinion piece in the Orange County Register.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:58:07 PST
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T-Mobile users still reeling from outage
Customers affected by a widespread outage on Tuesday share their grievances over both the technical issues and the way that the carrier handled the matter.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:53:00 PST
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LA changing its glow for more efficiency
LEDs to be used at bus stops and for street lamps as old lights come up for replacement. Bus stop LEDs are solar powered and off-grid for light during blackouts.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:23 PST
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Congress may require ISPs to block fraud sites
The Internet industry is alarmed by a proposal to block access to scam sites or face fines, regardless of whether that's technically possible.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:20 PST
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Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia
Facing competition from Apple and RIM, Nokia has gone from 50 percent share of the Wi-Fi handset market to 35 percent in the past year, says new In-Stat report.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:10:41 PST
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Amazon's move mocks EU's fear of Oracle
Amazon.com's fork of the MySQL database suggests that competition is alive and well, regardless of Oracle's desire to buy Sun or of the European Commission.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:50:14 PST
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Waste Management squeezes fuel from landfills
California project is producing liquefied natural gas from organic decomposition in landfills.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:40:00 PST
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Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified Wednesday, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:31:00 PST
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Beatles catalog comes to USB
It's a USB device shaped like an Apple, but that's in reference to the Apple Corps publishing company, not anything founded by Steve Jobs.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:29:00 PST
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IBM helps students put their heads in the cloud
The IBM Cloud Academy, announced at the Educause annual conference, is designed to help educational institutes collaborate via a cloud-based infrastructure.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:21:00 PST
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New York antitrust suit accuses Intel of bribery
Intel used payments to keep computer makers from selling systems with AMD chips, according to New York's attorney general. It's a new front in an old Intel war.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:10:00 PST
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Parallels 5 boasts huge speed improvement
Virtualization software that allows Intel-based Macs to run Windows and Linux adds 70 new features and is even faster than Apple's Boot Camp, Parallels CEO says.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:04:00 PST
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Amazon gets social with Twitter integration
Online retail giant is helping associates use Twitter to sell more products. Will Twitter ever become more than a marketing tool?
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:46:00 PST
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Comcast earnings climb 22 percent
The cable provider reports third-quarter earnings of $944 million on sales that grew to $8.8 billion, as Internet and phone customer numbers rise.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:08:18 PST
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Skype to open-source far too little
Internet phone company plans to open-source only the graphical user interface for its Linux client, which could burn the company's bridges with the open-source community.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:08:00 PST
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Apple reaches 100,000 apps, 2 billion downloads
Company's App Store hits another milestone as it surpasses 100,000 applications available in less than 16 months since its launch.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:51:00 PST
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Google Friend Connect adds profiles, ads
Web site publishers that use Google Friend Connect to add social-networking features to their sites can now allow users to set up profiles and serve targeted ads based on those profiles.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST
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Time Warner sales, earnings down
Media giant reports lower third-quarter sales and earnings due to declining revenue across the board, including at AOL, which is expected to spin off by year's end.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:16:00 PST
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Backyard wind turbine? There's an app for that
Small wind turbine company Mariah Power teams with developer to make an application that uses the iPhone microphone to measure wind speed.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:02:00 PST
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The difference a few years makes to open source
Open source has evolved dramatically in the past few years, as IT and business strategists have rushed to embrace it.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:05:00 PST
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Photos: A close look at Intel's microserver
Intel wants Web hosting companies to buy very small machines it calls microservers. Here's a look at the prototypes.
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:26:00 PDT
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NovaBACKUP Pro 11.0 Build 9 (Trial)
Automatic local backup, online backup, and disk imaging in a single application
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:12:01 GMT
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JumpBox for LAPP Deployment 1.1.5 (Shareware)
Easily deploy applications where a tailored JumpBox may not exist.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:09:01 GMT
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Birdster 1.0 (Freeware)
Bird journaling software that allows you to record data quickly.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:05:01 GMT
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Memory Improve Professional 5.2.2.505 (Trial)
Monitor and automatically resolve your memory issues
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:55:01 GMT
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Comodo Antispam 2.7.0.11 (Freeware)
Authenticates the sender of each incoming email message, eliminating spam
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:52:01 GMT
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Comodo Disk Encryption 1.2.114847.152 (Freeware)
Keep your PC's information inside your PC, and out of the hands of hackers, thieves, and online scammers.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:46:01 GMT
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Boost Moog Beta 2 (Freeware)
An high gain distortion
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:44:01 GMT
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Vipre 3.1.2842 (Trial)
The new combined antivirus and antispyware product brought to you by Sunbelt Software
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:41:53 GMT
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Lunascape 5.1.6 (Freeware)
A multi-tab web browser compatible with Internet Explorer and Firefox
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:40:01 GMT
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Training Manager Standard Edition 1.0.1104 (Trial)
A comprehensive software that has the purpose of helping you organize your staff's training programs.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:35:01 GMT
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gpsim 0.24.0 (GPL)
An open source simulator for Microchip's PIC microcontrollers.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:33:01 GMT
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Training Manager Enterprise Edition 1.0.1104 (Demo)
This comprehensive software will enable you to organize training sessions for your staff and be successful.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:30:01 GMT
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VSuite Ramdisk Standard Edition 4.2.4031.1308 (Trial)
Great solution to hard disk bottleneck issue, simulating a hard disk using RAM
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:28:01 GMT
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PDFToolkit 1.0.2009.1103 (Shareware)
An all-in-one PDF tool that enables you to easily edit and protect all your files.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:24:01 GMT
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JumpBox for the GLPI IT and Asset Management System 1.1.7 (Shareware)
Easily deploy GLPI using Jumpox.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:22:01 GMT
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timeEdition 1.1.6 (GPL)
Targeted at all users in a computer workplace who value detailed documentation of their working hours
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:20:01 GMT
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ImageEffect 1.0.0.0 (MIT License)
Realtime image filtering
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:16:01 GMT
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Kriptonia 0.8 Beta (Freeware)
Control filter frequency, filter resonance and encryption mode
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:08:01 GMT
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E-looper 0.8 Beta (Freeware)
Creat unique dynamic loops
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:02:01 GMT
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JumpBox for LAMP Deployment 1.1.13 (Shareware)
Simplifies your server software deployments with pre-built, pre-configured virtual applications that deploy in minutes.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:57:01 GMT
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VSuite Ramdisk Server Edition 4.2.8031.1308 (Trial)
A great solution to hard disk bottleneck
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:43:01 GMT
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Resistor Color Bands 1.0 (Freeware)
A simple tool that displays resistor color codes and values.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT
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Win7shell 1.10 (GPL)
A Winamp plugin that makes use of the new taskbar feature of Windows 7
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:39:01 GMT
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FAR 2.0 Build 1197 Beta / 2.0 Build 1086 (Freeware)
File system navigation is made easier through the use of color highlighting and file sort groups.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:36:01 GMT
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XRECODE II 1.0.0.68 (Shareware)
This application will help you convert you favourite audio files.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:34:01 GMT
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DOSShell 1.5 (Freeware)
Easy to use x86 applications launcher
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:26:01 GMT
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SSIS+ 1.4 (Shareware)
SSIS components - SFTP, SSH, Zip, PGP, Bulk, ODBC, more. Scripts reuse and repository.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:22:01 GMT
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Flowalyzer NetFlow & sFlow Tester 1.0.0 (Freeware)
A network testing and configuration tool to help you with your work.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:20:01 GMT
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book2 Espanol - English 1.1 (Freeware)
An audio book collection that will allow you to learn English or to brush up on your Spanish
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:18:01 GMT
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Tamanoir 20090407 (GPL)
An image processing tool to remove small dust from picture scans
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:16:01 GMT
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JumpBox for Bugzilla 1.1.10
Makes running the Bugzilla Bug Tracking System a breeze.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:05:01 GMT
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DC++ jMover 0.3.5 Alpha
Moves the files downloaded with DC++ wherever you need
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:58:01 GMT
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Postbox 1.1 Beta 1 / 1.0.2
Easily organize your email information
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:47:01 GMT
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Clipboard Evolved 2.38
Makes it fun and easy to organize your data in a user-friendly clipboard
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:35:01 GMT
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Cloudosys 2.6 Beta 6
Enable your visitors to upload, manage, share and display media content, such as photos, movies and music
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:22:01 GMT
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Boris XML Transfer 1.0.0
Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:10:01 GMT
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Bracketeer 4.0
Command-line freeware utility which uses multiple exposures of a scene (bracketed exposures) and merges them
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:04:01 GMT
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PhoneView 2.3.1
Helps you keep your files on your phone
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:52:01 GMT
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Poddy Home 1.0
Save space by replacing your CDs and DVDs with a big and easy accessible video collection on your harddisk
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:44:01 GMT
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Water Color Clock Screensaver 1.0
A beautifully designed screensaver for your desktop.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:37:01 GMT
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vtkFLTK 0.6.1
Library for FLTK event-driven interface development
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:21:01 GMT
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Padre 0.49
Perl application development and refactoring environment
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:07:01 GMT
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LibU 1.4.1
Multi-platform (Mac OS X, UNIXes, Windows) and open source C library
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:52:02 GMT
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Universal Registry Client 0.5
Tool to communicate with domain name registries
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:42:02 GMT
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Wandora 2009-10-30
Open source and general purpose knowledge management, extraction, and publishing environment based on Topic Maps
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:35:01 GMT
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trading-shim 091030
Interactive Brokers' Trader Workstation command-line and dbms controlled interface
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:14:01 GMT
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EFIPW 0.1a
CLI utility that can change the EFI firmware password on EFI (Intel) based Macs
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:04:01 GMT
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RoundCube Webmail 0.3.1
Browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:50:01 GMT
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OBD GPS Logger 0.10
Free program to log GPS and OBDII data and write useful output
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:41:01 GMT
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XML Editor 1.2
Easily create and edit XML files
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:32:01 GMT
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GAMGI 0.14.2
A package to construct, view and analyze atomic structures
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:18:01 GMT
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Macnification 1.6.1
Organize, analyze, adjust, annotate and publish microscopic images.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:59:03 GMT
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LaunchBar 5.0.2 Build 655
Productivity utility that offers an amazingly intuitive and efficient way to control your computer
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:58:16 GMT
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Java Docbook Transformer 0.6
Easily convert Docbook files to various formats
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:52:01 GMT
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regexviewer 0.8.1
Regular expression tutor for your Mac
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:41:02 GMT
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Simple Groupware 0.540
Open source enterprise application offering email, calendaring, contacts, tasks, document management and more
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:32:01 GMT
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dradis 2.4.1
Open source tool for sharing information during Security Testing
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:24:01 GMT
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mulk 0.5.0 Beta
Non-interactive multi-connection network downloader with image filtering
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:15:02 GMT
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Submerge 1.8.3
Watch subtitled movies in iTunes and on your Apple TV
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:05:55 GMT
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MeshWrite 1.4.5
Easily write down and share your ideas
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:57:03 GMT
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