http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/software/ en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:18:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102053/posts I have more than one dvd creating program on my computer. I purchased Nero a couple of years back to create slideshows with our photography, but it constantly seizes up and dies, and I have to start over. Does anyone have a suggestion for a freeware program that's easy to use and would allow me to add music? Does anyone know anything about Slideshow GUI? I downloaded a trial version of Pro Show Gold, and it's VERY easy to use - it's just that our main business is construction related, and well, you know.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102053/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100138/posts Has anyone used or is anyone out Free Republica using Open Office Suite? What has your experience been like? When did it switch from free to member fee based? Here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100138/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 03:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085079/posts BLINK and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US president Bill Clinton's face during his speech to the Democratic National Convention as he says "Obama" lasts for just a fraction of a second. But to Paul Ekman it was glaringly obvious. "Given that he probably feels jilted that his wife Hillary didn't get the nomination, I would have to say that the entire speech was actually given very gracefully," says Ekman, who has studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are thinking for over 40 years. It seems that Clinton's micro-expression... NewScientistTech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085079/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:22:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2080191/posts Welcome to SpinSpotter All the news that's fit to de-spin. Spin doesn't belong in the news. It's like putting motor oil in the mojito. We have tremendous respect for journalists, but who would argue that the media circus isn't out of control? A full 66% of Americans think the press is one-sided. Now there's a website and software tool that exposes news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. At SpinSpotter, you'll experience the news in a profound new way. Yes, the truth is back in town. The Spin Spotter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2080191/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:34:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067654/posts Is there any software available for downloading YouTube and other online video clips to your harddrive? Names of programs and/or url's for such software appreciated. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067654/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:25:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057545/posts A criminal gang is using software tools normally reserved for computer network administrators to infect thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with programs that steal passwords and other information, a security researcher has found. The new form of attack indicates that little progress has been made in defusing the threat of botnets, networks of infected computers that criminals use to send spam, steal passwords and do other forms of damage, according to computer security investigators. Several security experts say that although attacks against network administrators are not new, the systematic use of administrative software to spread malicious software... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057545/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049704/posts My computer crashed, as happens, some of my old familiar software cant go on my new computer. I need photo editing software that puts captions under the photo. Seems simple but I've tried several with no luck. You guys always help so I appeal to your experience!! As always: "Fight the good fight" Don VB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049704/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048154/posts LONDON: European researchers are working on mathematical foundations of programming to create fault free software in the future. People are remarkably tolerant of software that goes wrong, but when it comes to faulty cars or TV sets, they would insist that they be set right without much ado, the researchers said. "The software industry is still very immature compared to other branches of engineering," says Bengt Nordström, computer scientist at Chalmers University, Göteborg. "We want to see programming as an engineering discipline but it's not there yet. It's not based on good theory and we don't have good design methods... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048154/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:01:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037550/posts Excerpt - Redmond, WA (AHN) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is pulling the XP operating system from its product line come Monday. The move comes 18 months after the company launched the Vista operating system. Although Microsoft will not sell the XP program any longer, they will still generate revenue from providing support for the software as it will no longer be free. Microsoft will offer extended support packages for XP until at least 2014. ~ snip ~ AllHeadlineNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037550/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036240/posts "For the opening piece in our series on Gates leaving daily life at Microsoft, one goal was to give a clear picture of the Microsoft co-founder's role inside the company, as a gauge of the impact his departure will have," Todd Bishop writes for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Microsoft Blog. "As part of that, I went back through the internal e-mails turned over in the antitrust suits against the company, looking for new insights into his personality." Bishop found a doozy, which also happens to illustrate perfectly why Mac users have such disdain for the "Windows experience." If you've ever... MacDailyNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036240/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014835/posts Researchers said Windows XP Service Pack 3 delivers a measurable performance boost when compared to Windows XP with Service Pack 2.Windows XP runs some applications up to 10% faster with the latest service pack installed, a research firm has found. "We were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v.3244) delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS," wrote staff at exo.performance.network, in a blog post. The researchers found that a PC loaded with Microsoft's XP SP3 completed the OfficeBench test suite in less than 50 seconds. A similarly configured system running Windows XP with... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014835/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 16:34:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000110/posts SACRAMENTO – California's first inspection of slot machines at Indian casinos has found widespread software lapses that could be short-changing tribes, the state and millions of gamblers, the state's gambling commission warns in a new report. State inspectors approved just 60 percent of the slots that were examined last year at seven casinos, which included some of the most successful and sophisticated in the nation. But tribal representatives and commission staff members disagreed sharply about the severity of the software shortcomings flagged in nearly 500 machines examined at the casinos, including those operated by the Pala, Pauma and Viejas tribes... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000110/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:40:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1998291/posts I have a Tablet PC. A Toshiba R15-S829. I bought it new, and it, and all software on it, is legal. Tablet PC's come with a recovery CD, not an unlocked or unbranded version of the O/S. I would like to have an unbranded version of the WinXP/Tablet PC O/S. Historically, Microsoft only sold these to system builders. Now they are selling them to online retailers, also. I have found it for sale on four different retail websites, and marketed as either..."WIN XP PRO TABLET SP2B" or "Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 W/SP2B". In the Product info sections, it... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1998291/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 04:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993467/posts THE NEW YORK TIMES March 28, 2008 Santiago Journal Before ’73 Coup, Chile Tried to Find the Right Software for Socialism By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO SANTIAGO, Chile — When military forces loyal to Gen. Augusto Pinochet staged a coup here in September 1973, they made a surprising discovery. Salvador Allende’s Socialist government had quietly embarked on a novel experiment to manage Chile’s economy using a clunky mainframe computer and a network of telex machines. The project, called Cybersyn, was the brainchild of A. Stafford Beer, a visionary Briton who employed his “cybernetic” concepts to help Mr. Allende find an alternative to... NEW YORK TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993467/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992745/posts New Genomics Software Infers Ancestry With High Accuracy ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2008) — Some people may know where their ancestors lived 10 or 20 generations ago, but the rest of us can learn our distant biological heritage only from our DNA. New genomics analysis software developed by computer scientists at Stanford appears far more adept than prior methods at unraveling the ancestry of individuals. A new paper describes the HAPAA system, which takes its name from "hapa," the Hawaiian word for someone of mixed ancestry. Going back 20 generations the software can identify what continent or broad global region an... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992745/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984457/posts US high-tech companies are being forced to outsource more jobs overseas because of outdated restrictions on immigration, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told Congress Wednesday. Gates, echoing a longstanding complaint from the technology sector, told a congressional panel that the US immigration system "makes attracting and retaining high-skilled immigrants exceptionally challenging for US firms." "Congress's failure to pass high-skilled immigration reform has exacerbated an already grave situation," Gates said in remarks prepared for delivery to a hearing of the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee. "As a result, many US firms, including Microsoft, have been forced to locate staff in... AFP via Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984457/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:59:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976668/posts March/April 2008 A Technology Surges In Iraq, soldiers conducting frontline street patrols finally get software tools that let them share findings and plan missions. By David Talbot First Lieutenant Brian Slaughter wanted his comrades to learn from the insurgent attack that could have killed him on May 21, 2004. Before dawn, the 30-year-old had been leading 12 men in three armored Humvees along a canal in Baghdad's al-Dora district when a massive blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) lifted his vehicle off the ground. Concealed attackers followed with a volley of rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire. But the IED... Technology Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976668/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975338/posts - Snip - Last week, Gross brought his message about porn's hazards to the University of Minnesota. With him was Donny Pauling, who spent nine years as a porn producer. Pauling has walked away from the industry and the fortune he made. - Snip - The xxxchurch.com's website has resources for "those struggling with porn." One offering is free, down-loadable "accountability software" that sends a list of the dubious sites you visit to your "accountability partner" -- a friend or spouse who helps you swear off porn. - Snip - His encounters with the college women he recruited usually followed... Minneapolis Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975338/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970731/posts Microsoft researchers are hoping to use "information epidemics" to distribute software patches more efficiently. Milan Vojnović and colleagues from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, want to make useful pieces of information such as software updates behave more like computer worms: spreading between computers instead of being downloaded from central servers. The research may also help defend against malicious types of worm, the researchers say. Software worms spread by self-replicating. After infecting one computer they probe others to find new hosts. Most existing worms randomly probe computers when looking for new hosts to infect, but that is inefficient, says Vojnović, because... NewScientistTech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970731/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:59:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1965723/posts Hi All, My step mother is looking at buying a MAC and she (and I) really don't know too much about them... Well, let me put it this way: She knows nothing about computers, while I've never even seen a MAC up close, though I work in IT. We both have a number of questions. My first bit of advice to her was to go to an Apple store, sit down with a sales rep, and see if the computer can do what she wants it to do. She currently has a Windows XP PC, and primarily uses paint programs... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1965723/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:28:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960275/posts What you can - and cannot do - with your software is often determined by the code owner's license. From not using open source APIs with closed-source digital rights management (DRM) to being barred from fiddling with Windows source code, we've seen it all. Or have we? Joining the open source and commercial melee is a document that pretty much rules out using a new JavaScript tool by anyone working in - or associated with - the pharmaceutical, farming and food, and some manufacturing industries. Oh, and certain universities are out, too. ExtTLD, for developing components on the open source... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960275/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951393/posts HP has laid out plans to reduce the energy consumption of its volume desktop and notebook PCs by 25 per cent by 2010 compared to 2005 levels. The company plans to reach its 2010 goal through a variety of strategies, including more efficient power supplies and lower-energy chipsets and processors, across its volume PC portfolio. Customers will have the option of the Verdiem Surveyor remote power management software preloaded on certain HP PCs. This software can help measure, manage and reduce power consumption on PCs and monitors by up to 33 per cent, equating to around 200 kilowatt-hours per PC... vnunet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951393/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1944965/posts The inaugural version of OpenDisc has hit the streets! Featuring major updates for FileZilla and OpenOffice, and new versions of Blender, ClamWin, Firefox, Pidgin and WinSCP. Also by popular demand the Tux Paint stamps package makes a return to the disc. As per usual printable disc covers and labels are included, but if you’d like to view them online simply visit the cover art section. Most importantly there are five new programs on OpenDisc 07.10, three of which were added due user suggestion; Dia, GnuCash and the ever-popular VLC are now featured, as is the streamlined Sumatra PDF and TrueCrypt. The Opendisc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1944965/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1942922/posts MicroSoft is making the Release Candidate for Windows Vista Operating System available to the public at the URL link above. I very recently purchased a new computer which came with Vista, there have been many "gliches" in using this new computer with Vista. I finished installing the Sevice Pack RC about 6 hours ago and I've found significant improvement in the performance and stability of the system. My personal tips: 1) The download is approximately 448MB in size so you you might want to consider your download speed when and if you choose to download this RC. 2) The install... Microsoft http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1942922/posts#comment Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:38:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1931361/posts Windows XP trounced Windows Vista in all tests, regardless of the versions used or the amount of memory running on the computer, says Devil Mountain Software.In the latest Mac versus PC ad, that put-upon Windows guy quietly concedes he's "downgrading" from Vista to XP. He may have good reason: new tests show that the older XP runs common productivity tasks significantly faster than Microsoft's newest operating system. Researchers at Devil Mountain Software, a Florida-based developer of performance management tools, have posted data from their most recent Windows performance tests -- and Vista, even after it's been upgraded to the new... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1931361/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:54:17 GMT