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Archive for the ‘Software’ Category


Zinc: A Free Media Center Browser

Monday, April 6th, 2009

 
ZeeVee, a startup venture focused on helping people watch high-definition Internet video on their TVs,  recently introduced a new version of its free video browser – formerly known as Zviewer.  Now called called Zinc,  it was originally designed for the ZvBox, the firm’s PC-to-TV-over-coaxial-cable appliance.  The application runs on any Windows XP or Vista computer [...]

Blissful Blogging with Windows Live Writer

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

 
If you’ve ever maintained a blog and experienced the dreadful ho-hum web-based interfaces of WordPress, Blogger etc.,  then l’ve got a tip that will get your fingers moving happily again!  First, I should state for the record that I am not a Microsoft fan.  I prefer my Mac or Linux workstation in just about every [...]

Open Source Goodies Coming this Year

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

March 31, 2009 (Computerworld) When big companies release new software, they launch it with lots of hoopla: press tours, technical conferences, free T-shirts. Open-source projects, even the well-known ones, generally release their major new versions with a lot less fanfare. The FOSS (free and open-source software) community is often too busy coding and testing to [...]