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Garmin Mobile XT: New Plug ‘N Play Sat-Nav for smartphones

October 5, 2007  
Filed under Cell Phone Accessories, Cell Phones, Software

Garmin Mobile XT: New Plug ‘N Play Sat-Nav for smartphones
Garmin, the satellite navigation company has launched an , all-in-one software solution which manages to turn some smartphones that has GPS built in to high-end navigators. The software is called Garmin Mobile XT and is a Read more

Microsoft Office Live Workspace goes online

October 3, 2007  
Filed under Business, Computers, Microsoft News, Software

Microsoft Office Live Workspace goes online
Microsoft has now announced that their new service Microsoft Office Live Workspace has gone online, this is part of a new range of services from the software giant. This new service helps to weave both Read more

Microsoft Corp will sell Windows XP operating system until end of June 2008

September 28, 2007  
Filed under Microsoft News, News, Software

Windows XP operating system
On Thursday Microsoft Corp has said that it will delay the scheduled transition to its newer Windows Vista software by 5 months, this means they will keep selling the Windows XP operating system until the end of June 2008.

Windows Vista has been with us since January 2007 and one year later on, January 30th 2008 we should of seen the end of Windows XP sales Read more

NEWT (Neutralize E-mail-Web Threats): freeware e-mail plug-in created by Avinti

September 28, 2007  
Filed under Computers, Software

Avinti
NEWT (Neutralize E-mail-Web Threats) is a freeware e-mail plug-in created by Avinti®, a proactive e-mail security solutions company, that stops new, malicious malware attacks launched using spam e-mail messages Read more

Pinnacle announces new USB 2.0 Video Capture for Mac

September 26, 2007  
Filed under Mac News, News, Software

Pinnacle USB 2.0 Video Capture for Mac
Do you want to make things easier where you can convert say home videos or any other recorded content to formats that you’re Apple TV or iPod would like even your iPhone in fact? If the answer is yes then you do not need to look no Read more

ControlThink announced its new ThinkRemote platform at CEDIA

September 6, 2007  
Filed under Computers, Software

Z-Wave
ControlThink, a member of the Z-Wave Alliance, announced its new ThinkRemote platform at CEDIA today. ThinkRemote provides PC and accessory manufacturers with the ability to create mass-market Microsoft Windows SideShow-enabled remote controls using Z-Wave home automation technology Read more

AMD Friends With Open Source Community: opening up ATI graphics drivers

September 6, 2007  
Filed under Computers, Software

ATI graphics drivers
The open source community is becoming bigger and bigger each year and maybe AMD knows this and sees other benefits as they are making friends with them.

AMD have announced not only new drivers for Linux, but also their plans to open up its drivers to the whole community Read more

Google Earth now gets flight simulator: much better that Google Sky add-on

September 3, 2007  
Filed under News, Software

Google Earth now gets flight simulator
It seems that Google are going into even more markets, first we had Google Earth, then we had Google Sky and now we have the launch of their newest add-on Google Flight Simulator. What makes all these Read more

Pregnancy Tickers: countdown the months, weeks and days until the big day

August 30, 2007  
Filed under Computers, Software

Pregnancy Tickers: countdown the months, weeks and days until the big day
For those of you, who own a website and you would like all your friends to see how far you have to go until the big day, then why not put a pregnancy ticker on your website or blog. The Ticker will countdown the Read more

OpenProj by Projity: The Next Step In The Open Source Solution

August 18, 2007  
Filed under Computers, Hands On, Software

OpenProj by Projity

The Open Source revolution has taken the technology world by storm. The fact that companies are prepared to develop software as good as the competition, if not better, and make it free to anyone who wants it, it changing the software world.

OpenProj from Projity is the next step in the open source revolution with an incredible average download rate of one download every Read more

StarOffice: Google Gunning For Microsoft With Free Star Office Software

August 16, 2007  
Filed under Business, News, Software

Google Gunning For Microsoft With Free Star Office Software

Software giant Microsoft face another threat to their position as a leader in the software market.

Google are again challenging the dominance of Microsoft by releasing StarOffice which will complete with Microsoft Office, but Star Office has one major advantage Read more

Google Pack Now Boasts Sun’s StarOffice

August 14, 2007  
Filed under Software

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The oh-so-popular search giant Google has recently added another name to the reliable and loved applications and software bundle it offers, for free of course. Sun Microsystems Inc.’s office suite, StarOffice 8, which Sun normally sells for Read more

Should Microsoft Office Be Scared of Apple iWork?

August 10, 2007  
Filed under Mac News, Software

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With Microsoft office dominating the market ever since word processing came out the cave, Steve Jobs created iWork which is Read more

Critical Norton 2006 Flaw, Symantec Patched Up

August 9, 2007  
Filed under Software

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Norton Antivirus software users need to be careful of a serious bug concerning the ActiveX programming language, which could potentially Read more

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Software

August 9, 2007  
Filed under Software

Stellar Phoenix

The Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software can help its users find and restore lost data.

If you lose any data accidentally, the Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software can help you recover the files Read more

Google News To Allow Those Involved To Comment: Your Opinion?

August 8, 2007  
Filed under Software

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The world wide webs most popular search engine, Google, shall be adding a new, simple feature to their well-used news section. The new apect will allow people involved in news stories to add their Read more

Linux Has a New Best Friend: Google Increases Committment

August 8, 2007  
Filed under Software

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Google has joined with major companies like IBM and Oracle plus other Open Invention Network (OIN) lovers, to help ‘protect’, if you like, the newly popular Linux operating system. The OIN is Read more

Lenevo To Sell Thinkpad Laptops with Linux, Similar to Dell, Acer

August 7, 2007  
Filed under Laptops, Software

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Many computer manufacturers are recently turning to a different operating system, disappointed with the recent Windows Vista. As a result of this, Linux has been gaining more and more popularity over the past few weeks with Read more

Microsoft Photosynth Software Shows Shuttle Pre-Launch

August 6, 2007  
Filed under Software

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Microsoft’s Photosynth software is basically an application that takes hundreds of photos of a certain landmark, object or building allowing it to be seen in a ‘3D view’ on the computer.

Microsoft’s latest 3d model coverage is the Read more

Microsoft Gives Windows Vista a Price-Cut in China, $66

August 4, 2007  
Filed under Software

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Microsoft has given an extremely substantial price cut to their latest OS, bringing it down by roughly 67 percent in an attempt to Read more