Tech News on Friday, November 06, 2009
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Google Dashboard Enhances Privacy Control
To help users understand the privacy implications of its services, Google has created a unified view of the data associated with Google Accounts.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:50:00 EST
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FCC To Examine Telephone Access Fees
Some carriers have complained that AT&T and Verizon charge competitors too much to backhaul their customers' voice and data traffic.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:47:00 EST
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Craigslist Founder To Advise Veteran Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs has invited Craig Newmark to join a panel to review suggestions for fixing its claims processing.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:07:00 EST
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Aster Data Upgrades MPP Analytic Database
The new version of the massively parallel processing analytic database includes a 'data-application server' that acts as a host for application processing, while also managing workloads, security and fault isolation.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST
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IBM Opens Business Analytics Center
Bangalore facility will employ experts skilled in applying database and statistical tools to customers' information challenges.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:58:00 EST
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Mitchell Acquires Scene Genesis
Scene Genesis' offerings include SceneExchange, a Web-based marketplace that encourages open communication among all parties involved in the repair process; and SceneAccess, an end-to-end Web-based claims handling solution.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:29:46 EST
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T-Mobile Sees Dip In Subscribers
The wireless carrier is introducing new rate plans and multiple Android-powered phones to mount a turnaround.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:24:00 EST
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Microsoft Plans Fixes For 15 Security Flaws
November's patch day is about half the size of October's massive fix.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:24:00 EST
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AT&T Completes Centennial Acquisition
The deal gives AT&T nearly one million new subscribers and enhances its wireless assets.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:04:00 EST
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Broadband Goals Proposed In Minnesota
A report recommends high-speed broadband with download speeds of up to 20 Mbps by 2015, and could be a model for a nationwide broadband plan.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:45:00 EST
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AMA, AARP Endorse House Healthcare Plan
Powerful doctor and senior lobbying organizations Thursday endorsed the U.S. House healthcare reform bill.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:38:01 EST
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U.S. Unemployment Soars to 10.2 Percent
The U.S. unemployment rate jumped 0.4 percentage points to 10.2 percent in October, far higher than expectations, the Department of Labor said Friday.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:27:45 EST
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HP Offers Data Center Scalability
An elastic data center, based on virtualized resource pools, can scale in response to unpredictable business conditions, HP says.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:40:00 EST
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Windows 7 Sales Trounce Vista
Microsoft's new OS is significantly outpacing its predecessor in terms of post-launch market impact.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:39:00 EST
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Global CIO: Oracle Trapped By EU Politics, Says New York Times
Column about the European Union continuing to abuse Oracle Corp. by refusing to allow it to complete its acquisition of Sun as the EU tries to make itself look important and capable.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST
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Wiretaps Catch 14 More Insider Traders
Hedge fund managers, trading firm executives, lawyers, and corporate insiders thought they were safe using prepaid cell phones, but were caught through the FBI's surveillance system, which captured extremely damaging phone call transcripts.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:44:17 EST
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Supply Chain Vendors JDA, i2 To Merge
The $396 million merger would heat up competition against Oracle and SAP.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:30:00 EST
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Dell Launches Thinner, Lighter Adamo Laptop
The half-inch laptop steps up the competition with Apple's MacBook Air and other thin-and-light notebooks.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST
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Microsoft Expresses Cloud Privacy Commitment, Concerns
In a policy paper, Microsoft affirms its support for privacy in the cloud and calls for regulatory clarity.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:10:00 EST
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Online Trading Sites Hedgeable, ZuluTrade Peddle Low-Cost Advice
Hedgeable guides investors into exchange-traded funds, ZuluTrade lets investors mimic expert currency traders.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:12:30 EST
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Enterprise 2.0: Google Wave, A Solution Seeking A Problem?
The difficulty people have understanding Google Wave reflects broader uncertainty about the value of Enterprise 2.0 in the workplace.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:48:00 EST
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Obama's Open Government Directive Nears Release
The directive, which is behind schedule, will require federal agencies to develop and outline specific actions they will take to be more open to the public.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:33:00 EST
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IBM Launches Healthcare Research Center
Dallas facility will focus on how field data from hospitals and clinics can be mined to produce better patient outcomes.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:11:00 EST
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IBM Unveils Cloud Computing Software Tools
Rational Software Delivery Services offers software development and testing tools for public and private cloud computing environments.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:23:00 EST
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14 Charged In Tech Insider Trading Case
Investigators expand probe into securities fraud ring that penetrated major IT vendors.
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:26:00 EST
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Skype, eBay move forward
eBay settles with Skype founders, and will sell its controlling interest in the Internet telephony company.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:51:00 PST
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Sorry, kids: No social networking on the Xbox 360
Those children under 18 who are members of Xbox Live won't be able to access Facebook, Twitter, or Last.fm when the Xbox Live update is released later this year.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:38:30 PST
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How low can online scammers go?
In the world of the cynical online phishing scam ploy, is pretending to be a Marine stationed in Afghanistan a new low?
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:15:21 PST
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Photos: Emerging devices at AT&T Labs
AT&T Labs in San Francisco opens its doors to show off its Emerging Devices division, as well as some research projects around location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:00 PST
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Week in review: Microsoft getting lucky with 7?
Sales and usage of new OS are up, while Intel attracts additional antitrust attention. Also: AT&T has a lawyer for that app ad.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST
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Adobe's Photoshop app comes to Android
Adobe brings the popular Photoshop mobile app to Android phones, but is it as good as the version for iPhones and iPods? We take a look.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:50:00 PST
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Opera Mobile 10 beta browser: First Look video
Even if you don't have a Nokia, Samsung, or Sony Ericsson phone, you can preview the latest Opera Mobile browser for smartphones.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:33:00 PST
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Slow start for the Motorola Droid?
From coast to coast, customers were not lining up to get their hands on the much-hyped smartphone. But Verizon says it doesn't see that as a bad thing.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:28:00 PST
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Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
When it comes to the tricky balance between providing comprehensive information and freaking people out, Google says it tries to stay on the good side of the "creepy line."
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:23:00 PST
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Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Founder of the online community-written encyclopedia talks to Silicon.com about what's next for the site and why it needs geeks of all kinds.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:47:03 PST
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Integrated retweet on its way to Twitter
Social network says it has a started a limited rollout of its retweet feature. The new button will work much the same way the "reply" option works.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:43:48 PST
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Smartphone market unfazed by recession
A record 43.3 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter, according to a new report from IDC.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:26:00 PST
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Canon says firmware fixes 7D ghost images
An update to Canon's EOS 7D SLR takes care of a problem where traces of one image could show in the next.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:16:00 PST
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Microsoft's weak cloud privacy position
Company's cloud privacy position paper leaves much to be desired. Microsoft needs to lead its customers to the cloud and not continually lag behind.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PST
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Wind Pole Ventures tackles faulty wind data
Wind farms aren't just about putting steel into the ground. A start-up is carving a business out of getting better wind-speed data to predict electricity output.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:29:00 PST
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eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead with settlement
New deal brings in Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis as investors in a roughly $2 billion sale of the Internet telephony pioneer.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:58:00 PST
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GetJar: The unknown app store leader
Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile application store in the world, but who is second? A small company called GetJar.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST
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Mozilla's e-mail group looks toward the cloud
Mozilla Messaging, while about to release the Thunderbird 3 desktop e-mail software, also is turning its attention to cloud computing with its Raindrop project.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST
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One charge hard to level at Intel: Raising prices
Some experts say Intel, in fact, has been instrumental in driving down PC prices, a trend which runs counter to charges made by New York's attorney general.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST
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Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan
One store in New York City begins selling the new Motorola Droid at midnight, before the phone goes on sale nationally.
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:03:00 PST
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Woman to live-stream birth of her child
A 23-year-old teacher from Minnesota is to live-stream every moment of the birth of her child. Two cameras will be at the scene. As will her husband and mother.
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:21:00 PST
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Internet Color Softs (Freeware)
A beautiful icon pack that will change your folders look.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:09:02 GMT
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Nidesoft Motorola Video Converter 2.6.18 (Demo)
Convert video to Motorola phone movie: MP4, AVI, 3GP, MP3
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:07:02 GMT
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Jetpack 0.6 (Mozilla Public License)
Explore new ways to extend & personalize the Web.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:02:01 GMT
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XnView 1.97 Beta 2 / 1.96.5 (Freeware)
A group of utilities for viewing and converting more than 400 graphic formats.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:59:08 GMT
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Fav-It 1.00 (Shareware)
A task-bar application from where you can launch your favorite web sites.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:58:01 GMT
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WikiLook 2.5.6 (GPL)
Wikipedia & Wiktionary look up extension for Firefox
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:55:01 GMT
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Better File Select 2.1.1 (Shareware)
Wildcard file selection integrated right into the Windows Explorer
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:52:01 GMT
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KV_CONTROL_CHART 1.0 (Demo)
An ActiveX component, which enable for the interpretations of data stream in the form of diagrams.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:50:01 GMT
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Transpoint 0.2 (GPL)
An application to select the background color in a image and convert it to transparent
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:48:02 GMT
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JumpBox for the Tiki Wiki System 1.1.11 (Shareware)
An easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform and knowledge management system
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:45:01 GMT
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Better File Attributes 2.0 (Demo)
Windows Explorer shell extension for changing file dates
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:40:01 GMT
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DeleGate 9.9.5 (Freeware)
A multi-purpose application level gateway, or a proxy server which runs on multiple platforms
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:36:01 GMT
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Corner Bowl Log Manager 9.0.0.83 (Trial)
Log Monitoring and Log Consolidation Software Tool
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:33:02 GMT
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Land Speed Record 2.0 (Freeware)
A truetype font with an accurate look to it
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:30:01 GMT
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GT User Access Controls Suite 1.0.0 (GPL)
A handy Delphi controls suite to implement UAC to an application.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:25:02 GMT
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CurrPorts 1.80 (Freeware)
Allows you to view a list of ports that are currently in use, and the application that is using it
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:22:01 GMT
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Better Screenshots 1.2.1 (Trial)
Produces screen captures in JPEG, GIF, PNG and Windows Bitmap formats and movies in animated GIF format
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:19:01 GMT
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RemoveIT Pro Enterprise 7.14 (Trial)
A simple application that can remove any malware from your computer.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:15:01 GMT
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MP3 Cutter 1.4 (Freeware)
This small but smart application will cut small parts of any MP3 song
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:05:01 GMT
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Extra-Organizer 2.15 (Trial)
A great multifunctional organizer
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:59:01 GMT
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VideoCharge Studio 2.2.1.552 (Trial)
Easy to use web video generator
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:55:01 GMT
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SQLite Diff 1.21 (Demo)
A simple to use tool for comparing different databases.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:53:01 GMT
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Land Shark Regular (Freeware)
This is a TTF character with an original appearance
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:51:02 GMT
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Fazelo 1.1 (GPL)
Rename your mp3 files with this tool.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:47:01 GMT
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Animated SnowFlakes Screensaver 2.6.0 (Trial)
3D snowflakes slowly coming down in mysterious snowy forest
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:45:01 GMT
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DataSlave 2.2.1 (Trial)
a software which improves the quality of your data
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:43:02 GMT
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LakeshoreDrive (Freeware)
A bold truetype font with smooth edges
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:38:02 GMT
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X360 Tiff Image & Fax Viewer ActiveX Control 4.67 (Shareware)
An ActiveX Control that allows application developers and programmers to create applications with image viewing capabilities
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:33:01 GMT
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Azureus SpeedUp Pro 2.9.0 (Ad-supported)
A powerful accelerator designed to speed up your Azureus
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:32:04 GMT
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Bug Tracking Database 1.0.0.18 (Freeware)
Using this application you'll be able to monitor the malware.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:26:01 GMT
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XSD-To-AS3 1.0
Easily build Flex/Flash XML based applications
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:11:02 GMT
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Cookie Button in the status bar 0.9.3
A Firefox add-on that gives you easy access to cookie permissions in the status bar.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:58:01 GMT
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Cookie Button 0.9.3
A Firefox add-on that gives you easy access to cookie permissions.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:52:01 GMT
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Cookie Context 0.9.3
A Firefox add-on that offers you access to your cookie permission from your context menu options.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:43:01 GMT
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FlyLoops 3.5
Easy to use audio looper for your Mac
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:29:01 GMT
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Dynamic Range Meter 1.0
Free and easy to use audio meter
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:22:01 GMT
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Tumblr Post 0.94
A Firefox add-on that allows you to post photo or video quotes to your Tumblr account
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:13:01 GMT
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Colours Chains Alpha
Free arcade game for your Mac
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:58:01 GMT
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wview 5.6.4
Application which interfaces with a supported weather station to retrieve archive records and current conditions
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:43:02 GMT
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Beneath Enemy Lines 1
Free submarine simulator for your Mac
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:26:01 GMT
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Canadian English Spelling Dictionary for Thunderbird 1.1.5
A Thunderbird add-on that allows you to spellcheck Canadian texts
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:16:01 GMT
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File Manipulator 2.0.2.5
A great FileMaker plug-in that allows you to easily manage your files.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:09:56 GMT
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Celtx 2.5
A great help for scriptwriting, offering pre-production support and the possibility of online collaboration.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:09:07 GMT
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Canadian English Spelling Dictionary for SeaMonkey 1.1.5
An add-on that helps you quickly correct the differences between the Canadian and the British English language
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:06:01 GMT
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strpdf 1.0
Command line tool to create PDF pages consisting of short text strings
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:53:01 GMT
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Canadian English Spelling Dictionary 1.1.5
A Firefox add-on that allows you to specllcheck Canadian texts
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:45:01 GMT
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Erlang R13B02-1
Complete development environment for concurrent programming
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:28:01 GMT
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AutomatorBitLy 1.0.1
Snow Leopard service for shortening long URLs using bit.ly
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:20:01 GMT
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Wired Search 1.0
Use this great widget to perform searches on Wired.com fromn your Dashboard.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:06:01 GMT
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JXMLEditor 0.1.2.1
Free and open source XML editor
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:50:02 GMT
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dbfjoin 1.0
Command line tool to merge DBF tables
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:43:01 GMT
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CodeBurner for Firebug 1.5
A Firefox add-on that integrates with Firebug, to extend it with reference material for HTML and CSS.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:36:01 GMT
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Find All 3.0
Firefox add-on that replaces the Find bar with the Find All button.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:20:02 GMT
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SmartSVN 6.5 Beta 2 / 6.0.8
Innovative multi-platform client for Subversion, the designated successor of CVS
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:13:37 GMT
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Jungle Disk 3.0 Beta Build 2.95a / 2.10
Backup your files and store them securely to the Amazon.com's storage service
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:07:34 GMT
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Perdition 1.0
Customize texts with the Perdition font
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:06:01 GMT
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MegaMekLab 0.0.0.15
Java-based MegaMek add-on
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:41:01 GMT
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SpeedCrunch 0.11 Alpha
Fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:36:12 GMT
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Norton AntiVirus X 9.x-10.x Definition 20091106
Latest Norton AntiVirus definitions updates for your Mac
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:32:22 GMT
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Norton AntiVirus 11.x Definitions 20091106
Periodical definitions update package for Norton AntiVirus.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:31:59 GMT
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