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JumiTech: Revolutionizing The Way Devices Communicate

JumiTech.Com. Developers of the "JumiCam, JumiMouse+, JumiGamer, JumiAmp and the JumiFly.  JumiMouse+ is an iPhone and iPod Touch Application that allows you to control your home PC just as you would if you was on it yourself. All while being on your iPod or iPhone....

Generation Facebook: Are we now safe?

"Immunet, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of what it calls social antivirus software, announced in November it raised $2 million to develop a tool for Internet users to collectively protect against security...

Software Industrial God Complex

Dear 800-pound-software-gorillas:The more engineering time you waste binding your products together into confusing suites/packages (adding questionable "value-added" features) & then "protecting" them with...

Angels and Demons, the movie - Vatican needs Software

I went to see Angels and Demons this weekend and I must admit it was a pleasant surprise. I had read Angels and Demons in 8 hours one weekend, it literally was so compelling and exciting that I couldn’t put it down. So going to the movie, I feared the worst because I...

Chengdu, China: a growing software and outsourcing hub

Text Source: http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Newswires/News_Detail.aspx?type=1&NewsID=22870   China's software and outsourcing industryChina is undergoing a process of industrial upgrading, in which the...

Cyber Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries

A suspected cyber spy network that has stolen confidential information from the private office of the Dalai Lama and over 100 countries has been uncovered by researchers in Toronto.  They include high-value...

Judge Kicks Notorious Spammer Off Facebook

A judge in California on Monday ordered convicted spammer Sanford 'Spamford' Wallace to stay away from Facebook.  Wallace is accused of flooding Facebook users with unsolicited messages, which appear to...

IKEA's Free Software Turns You Into An Interior Designer...

When it comes to designing your home, some people just got it. And then there are others, like me, who just don't.  If you fall into the second category, help is here. And it's free so that's always good....

Is the tech recession over?

Let's not get too excited by this but it's the first good news I've seen in a while. "OK, it’s just one data point. All I know is sales of FogBugz and Copilot. But what I’m seeing is this: October-December 2008...

Google Earth 5.0 goes Under the Sea, to Mars, & Back in Time

Google Earth has just launched "Google Earth 5.0", a wonderful new ocean program said to eventually document the entire ocean floor.  It also features historical images and incredible details of Mars.  ...

Marijuana Growers Beware - Google Earth is Watching

"ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company's satellite mapping software." The find led to the...

Open Source Resources | The Hidden Costs of Open Source

When switching your business to open source software, you lose the licensing fees but may pick up other costs. When businesses hear the term “open source” software, it often translates into another word: free. And while open source code technically is just that -- free...

Probable Microsoft Office 14 Screenshots Leaked

A probable concept screenshot of Microsoft Office 14 is now leaked out from a powerpoint presentation hosted at Microsoft servers, Microsoft has not declared any release dates or roadmap for the next version of Microsoft Office but speculation is that Microsoft Office 14...

Facebook Game Scrabulous: It's Back as Lexulous!

Good news for all Scrabulous fans - it's back on Facebook!  It's pretty much the same, except it's now named Lexulous, and for those of us playing it when it went off last summer, our unfinished games,...

Hasbro drops Scrabulous Lawsuit against Agarwalla Brothers

Hasbro has settled a lawsuit filed against two Indian brothers, whose RJ Software had created the word game 'Scrabulous' on Facebook.  They, however, cannot use the term 'Scrabulous' in any of their...

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