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Moving to Illinois

2008-12-09T09:04:00.003-06:00

Only once did I move to Illinois, from Iowa. All my other moves have been within Illinois. I am an Illinois resident! Moving within Illinois is fairly easy, also moving to a new state is not bad, you just have to get a new driver's license.

Moving to Illinois

Agents, Semantics, and Engineering

2007-02-05T17:59:00.000-06:00

EXTENDED CALL FOR PAPERS

The Workshop on
Service-Oriented Computing: Agents, Semantics, and Engineering (SOCASE 2007)

www.ict.swin.edu.au/conferences/socase2007

to be held at

The Sixth International Joint Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2007)
Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
May 14-18, 2007
www.aamas2007.org

! extended deadline February 15 !

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this workshop is to present and discuss the recent
significant
developments at the intersections of Multiagent Systems, Semantic
Technology,
and Service-oriented Computing, and to promote cross-fertilization of
techniques. In particular, the workshop aims at identifying techniques from
Multiagent System and Semantic Technology research that will have the
greatest
impact on automating Service-oriented application construction and
management,
focusing on critical challenges such as service quality assurance,
reliability,
and adaptability.

The Service-Oriented Computing: Agents, Semantics, and Engineering workshop
(SOCASE) continues the theme of previous SOCABE workshop successfully held
at
AAMAS'06, AAMAS'05 and WSABE workshops held at AAMAS'04 and AAMAS'03, with
an
expanded theme reflecting the wide spectrum of issues of the cross section
between agent-based and Service-oriented paradigms.

SOCASE 2007 is organized by an extended Organizing Committee giving the
workshop
an additional focus on research in ontology-related topics of
Service-oriented
Multiagent Systems.

TOPICS

We invite papers on all aspects relating to the overlap of Agent Technology,

Semantic Technologies, and Service-oriented Computing. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

* Agent-oriented architectures, frameworks, and infrastructures for
distributed
Service-oriented software and Semantic Web systems

* Agent-oriented modeling and design methods and tools for Service-oriented
software and Semantic Web development

* Web services and Semantic Web technologies and standards for Multiagent
System
design and development

* Agent-based service description, advertisement, matchmaking, discovery,
and
brokering

* Agent-based service composition, orchestration, and choreography

* Agent-based negotiation and management of Quality of Service and Service
Level
Agreements

* Deployment and distribution of agent-based service systems and Service-
oriented agent systems

* Agent-based service business models, application scenarios and demos
(e.g. in e-Business, e-Science, Enterprise, Telecom etc.), and lessons
learnt

* Ontology matching for service discovery, negotiation, orchestration,
composition, and execution

* Ontology learning and ontology reasoning

* Ontology-oriented dynamic mediation among agents

* Information retrieval and semantic integration by agents

* Automatic generation of ontologies

SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

Submission is to be done electronically on
www.ict.swin.edu.au/conferences/socase2007.

Submitted papers should be formatted according to ACM specifications. ACM
style
guides, as well as templates and style sheets for Microsoft Word,
WordPerfect,
and LaTeX can be found on
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.

Two types of submissions are available: regular submissions of length
3000-4000
words (approx. 8-12 printed pages) and position papers of length 1200-2000
words
(approx. 4-6 printed pages).

The only formats allowed for electronic submission are PostScript or PDF.
Papers
will not be accepted in any other format (e.g., MS Word). However, we
strongly
encourage the submission in PDF format.

Deadline for workshop papers is February 15, 2007, midnight -Hawaii time-

Submissions will be peer-reviewed by three reviewers per paper. Selection
criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality,
technical
soundness, and quality of presentation. Some preference may also be given to

papers which address emergent trends or important common themes, or which
enhance balance of workshop topics. Since this is associated with the AAMAS
conference, accepted papers must be of real relevance to the Multiagent
research
community.

Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be mailed
to
the first author by March 5, 2007. Note that at least one author of each
accepted paper is required to register and to attend the workshop in order
to
present the work. Accepted papers will be made available in electronic form
prior to the workshop and a printed collection will be available at the
workshop. As exercised with previous workshops' best papers, the SOCASE 2007
workshop proceedings may form the basis of a journal special issue, subject
to
appropriate number and quality of submissions.

IMPORTANT DATES

February 15, 2007 workshop paper submission
March 5, 2007 notification of accepted papers
March 19, 2007 camera-ready paper submission
March 26, 2007 workshop proceedings submission
May 14-15, 2007 AAMAS-2007 workshops

WORKSHOP FORMAT AND ATTENDANCE

The workshop will aim to foster discussion and develop action outcomes on
key
issues relating to designing, building, and managing systems using software
agents, ontologies, and services. In addition to regular presentations, a
number
of discussion panels on identified important themes are also planned.

Attendance may be restricted by the venue. A separate call for participation
will be distributed at about the time of acceptance notification. If
attendance
needs to be limited then preference will be given first to presenters and
next
to other authors who submitted.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Jingshan Huang University of South Carolina, USA
Ryszard Kowalczyk Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Zakaria Maamar Zayed University Dubai, United Arab Emirates
David Martin SRI International, USA
Ingo Mueller Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Suzette Stoutenburg The MITRE Corporation, USA
Katia Sycara Carnegie Mellon University, USA

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Esma Aimeur University of Montreal, Canada
Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Yacine Atif United Arab Emirates University, United Arab
Emirates
Youcef Baghdadi Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Djamal Benslimane University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Jamal Bentahar Concordia University Montreal, Canada
Brian Blake Georgetown University, USA
Peter Braun the agent factory GmbH, Germany
Paul Buhler College of Charleston, USA
Bernard Burg Panasonic Research, USA
Jiangbo Dang Siemens Corporate Research, USA
Ian Dickinson HP Laboratories Bristol, UK
Chirine Ghedira University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Karthik Gomadam University of Georgia, USA
Slimane Hammoudi ESEO, France
Jingshan Huang University of South Carolina, USA
Patrick Hung University of Ontario, Canada
Nafaa Jabeur University of Windsor, Canada
Jugal Kalita University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA
Mikko Laukkanen TeliaSonera, Finland
Sandy Liu NRC Institute for Information Technology, USA
Peter Mork The MITRE Corporation, USA
Nanjangud C Narendra IBM India Research Lab, India
Manuel Nunez Garcia Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Leo Obrst The MITRE Corporation, USA
Julian Padget University of Bath, UK
Terry Payne University of Southampton, UK
Giovanna Petrone University of Torino, Italy
Debbie Richards Macquarie University, Australia
Marwan Sabbouh The MITRE Corporation, USA
Quan Z. Sheng The University of Adelaide, Australia
Pavel Shvaiko University of Trento, Italy
Suzette Stoutenburg The MITRE Corporation, USA
Eleni Stroulia University of Alberta, Canada
Jie Tang Tsinghua University, China
Philippe Thiran University of Namur, Belgium
Huaglory Tianfield Caledonian University Glasgow, UK
Willem-Jan van den Heuvel Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Kunal Verma Accenture Technology Labs Palo Alto, USA
Steve Wilmott Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Soe-Tsyr Yuan National Chengchi University Taipei, Taiwan

Laughing Baby in Bouncer

2007-01-07T21:26:00.000-06:00

Isn't this cute! I just came across this old video we posted to Google Video about a year ago. Now Elizabeth has a baby sister of her own!

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Our lovely daughter Elizabeth is 10 months old, she is giggling, laughing and jumping in the baby bouncer with mom.

Mother kisses baby and baby moves further to kiss mother. Baby needs encouragement to do the jumping.

She has plump fat cheeks and white jacket over princess shirt. She is super happy.

Journal of Information Assurance and Security

2007-01-02T13:57:00.000-06:00

Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS) - Call for Papers

http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/JIAS/

JIAS is a peer reviewed international journal with a key objective to
provide the academic and industrial community a medium for presenting
original research and applications related to information assurance
and security. JIAS invites authors to submit their original and
unpublished work that communicates current research on information
assurance and security regarding both the theoretical and
methodological aspects, as well as various applications in solving
real world information security problems.

Guidelines for Contributors
JIAS publishes two types of articles: regular papers and brief papers.
Review management is primarily under the direction of an associate
editor, who will solicit reviews for each submission. The associate
editor will ordinarily make a recommendation after receiving three
independent reviews. To avoid delays in processing your paper, please
follow these guidelines.

Submission of Manuscripts
All correspondence concerning submissions is between the author and
the Editor-in-Chief (s). To submit your paper for consideration, visit
the web submission system found at:
http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/JIAS/author/submit.php

Specifically, conference records and book chapters that have been
published previously are not acceptable unless and until they have
been enhanced significantly. Please ensure that in the cover letter
(comments to editor-in-chief)you state that the work being submitted
has not been published elsewhere, nor is it under review currently by
another publication.

Frequency of Publication
Journal of Information Assurance and Security (ISSN 1554-1010) is
published quarterly by Dynamic Publishers, Inc, Atlanta, GA 30362,
USA, in the months of March, June, September, and December.

Abstracted/Indexed in
Articles published in Journal of Information Assurance and Security
are indexed or abstracted in: Computer Abstracts; Computer & Control Abstracts;
Computer Information System Abstracts; Computer Literature Index;
Computer Review; Ergonomics Abstracts; Abstract Journal; USSR Academy
of Sciences; Zentrablat fÜr Mathematik/Mathematics Abstracts;
Mathematical Reviews; Current Mathematical Publications; MathSci.

2006-12-18T06:24:00.000-06:00

Actual Window Manager 4.3 is Vista Ready!

December 18, 2006: Actual Tools today announces the release of Actual Window Manager 4.3. The principle features of the new version include the correct work in the new Windows Vista operating system: now the program supports Vista’s visual styles when displaying the extra title buttons, saves its settings separately for each user in his/her profile, and works correctly with the Internet Explorer 7 windows. Also there is a feature designed specially for the multi-monitor clients of Windows Terminal Server.

Vista Support

The new version displays correctly its own extra title buttons in Windows Vista, using both modes: Vista Aero Basic and Vista Aero 3D. As a result, these buttons look really harmoniously with the standard ones and do not break the uniformity of the general visual Vista style. Version 4.3 enables saving configuration files in user’s profile, which allows everyone, who uses the program, to apply and edit their own settings independently of other users registered in this system, which is now required by Windows Vista user accounts policy. http://blog.new-eastside.com
Besides, this version of Actual Window Manager supports the newest version 7 of such a popular browser as Internet Explorer. It means that all those window management opportunities, which Actual Window Manager previously provided for users while they worked in Internet Explorer 5/6, are now available for Internet Explorer 7.

Terminal Server Support

One more specialty in 4.3 is that it solves the problem of the so-called splitted windows, which may occur while using several monitors at a time. Some applications do not recognize and adjust themselves to the current number of monitors and always place their own windows right in the middle of the desktop, which in its turn leads to a situation, when one part of the window is displayed by one monitor and other parts are displayed by others. Such problems occur with the Windows system itself, when it places “yes/no” queries and some dialogs “between the monitors”. Actual Window Manager 4.3 detects such situations automatically and relocates these windows to a more convenient place: to http://www.rainbowseeker.com/journal a specified monitor or to a specified place of the desktop. This opportunity has been added specifically for working with several monitors, which is quite difficult when it comes to working in the Terminal Server environment, where Windows does not know that the client has several monitors and treats all monitors as a single large one; therefore there you have no opportunity to choose a certain monitor.

Possible Application Areas

The fresh version of Actual Window Manager is aimed at various types of users: it can be used by early adopters of Windows Vista, allowing them to get a habitual set of functions in a new dressing, and by corporate users and administrators of Windows XP/2000/2003 when organizing working places in call centers, network operations centers, trading companies, stock exchanges, banks and all those places which have a need for several monitors and Terminal Server services.

Pricing and Availability

Actual Window Manager runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista and costs $39.95 (USD). A fully functional 60-day evaluation version of Actual Window Manager is available as a free download at http://actualtools.com/files/aimsetup.exe (3.46 Mb)

About Actual Tools

Founded in 2001 by Michael Tretyakov, Actual Tools’ goal is to provide users with cutting-edge technologies to increase their computational productivity. Actual Tools is the author of a wide range of desktop enhancement tools, including Actual Title Buttons, Actual http://www.mp2kmag.com/rss/articles.php Transparent Window, Actual Window Guard, Actual Window Menu, Actual Window Minimizer and Actual Window Rollup. Their software has been downloaded thousands of times and received numerous awards and recommendations from recognized publications such as PC World. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.actualtools.com.

COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC

2006-12-17T18:59:00.000-06:00

*** EUROPEAN MASTERS PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC ***
http://www.computational-logic.eu

The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-
Bolzano (FUB), in Italy (at the heart of the Dolomites mountains in
South-Tyrol), is offering the European Masters Program in
Computational Logic as part of its Master of Science in Computer
Science offer (Laurea Specialistica). The European Masters Program in
Computational Logic is an international distributed Master of Science
course, in cooperation with the computer science departments in the
following universities:

* Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
* Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
* Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
* Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
* Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

This program, completely in English, involves studying one year at the
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, and possibly completing the second
year with a stay in one of the partner universities. After this, the
student will obtain, together with http://www.ericfrost.com
the European degree, two Master of
Science degrees: the Laurea Specialistica degree from the Free
University of Bozen-Bolzano, with legal value in Italy, and the
respective Master of Science degree from the visited university, with
legal value in its country.

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

- * 10 FEBRUARY 2007 *: deadline for non-European students requesting
an Erasmus Mundus scholarship
(notification of acceptance: 10 March 2007)
- 15 June 2007: deadline for all European and non-European students
(notification of acceptance: 15 July 2007)
- 24 August 2007: last deadline only for European students
starting at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
(notification of acceptance: 10 September 2007)

** NOTE **: 10 FEBRUARY 2007 is the final deadline for requesting an
Erasmus Mundus scholarship for non-European students!

SCHOLARSHIPS & MONEY SUPPORT:

In 2007 the European Masters Program in Computational Logic will offer
several new Erasmus Mundus scholarships for non-European citizens (in
2004, 2005 and 2006 more than 50 Erasmus Mundus scholarships were
given). Each scholarship for each student http://news.mapvisitors.com
amounts to 21,000 EUR per
academic year; this includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600 EUR and a
fixed amount of 5,000 EUR for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs,
etc. The 10th of February 2007 is the final deadline for requesting
an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for non-European students.

European citizens or non-European citizens with residence in Italy can
apply to scholarships which are granted purely on the basis of the
yearly income of the applicant and of her/his parents or husband/wife.
Scholarships amount up to more than 6,000 EUR per academic year,
including facilities on the accommodation and total reimbursement of
the enrolment fees.

The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano has a tuition-waiver budget for
reimbursing the total tuition/enrolment fees to all the applicants
studying in Bozen-Bolzano and who do not have already a scholarship;
so, applicants studying in Bozen-Bolzano are entitled not to pay any
tuition/enrolment fees.

Check the web page for detailed info on applications and scholarships:
http://www.computational-logic.eu

THE STUDY PROGRAMME:

The European Masters Program in Computational Logic is designed to
meet the demands of industry and research in this rapidly growing
area. Based on a solid foundation in mathematical logic, theoretical
computer science, artificial intelligence and declarative programming
students will acquire in-depth knowledge necessary to specify,
implement and run complex systems as well as to prove properties of
these systems. In particular, http://blog.new-eastside.com
the focus of instruction will be in
deduction systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, artificial
intelligence, formal specification and verification, syntax directed
semantics, logic and automata theory, logic and computability. This
basic knowledge is then applied to areas like logic and natural
language processing, logic and the semantic web, bioinformatics,
information systems and database technology, software and hardware
verification. Students will acquire practical experience and will
become familiar in the use of tools within these applications. In
addition, students will be prepared for a future PhD, they will come
in contact with the international research community and will be
integrated into ongoing research projects. They will develop
competence in foreign languages and international relationships,
thereby improving their social skills.

Applicants should have a Bachelor degree (Laurea triennale) in
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant disciplines;
special cases will be considered. The programme is part of the Master
in Computer Science (Laurea Specialistica in Informatica) and it has
various strengths that make it unique amongst Italian and European
universities:

* Curriculum taught entirely in English: The programme is open to the
world and prepares the students to move on the international scene.
* Possibility of a strongly research-oriented curriculum.
* Possibility for project-based routes to obtain the degree and
extensive lab facilities.
* Other specialisations with streams in the hottest Computer Science
areas, such as Web Technologies, Information and Knowledge
Management, Databases and Software Engineering.
* International student community.
* Direct interaction with the local and international industry and
research centres, with the possibility of practical and research
internships that can lead to future employment.
* Excellent scholarship opportunities and student accommodations.

The European Masters Program in Computational Logic is one of the few
European Masters awarded by the European Union's Erasmus Mundus
programme from its first year of existence in 2004. The Erasmus Mundus
programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of
higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of
excellence in learning around the world. It supports European
top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and
attractiveness of European higher education in third-countries. It
also provides EU-funded scholarships for third-country nationals
participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for
EU-nationals studying in third-countries.

The European Masters Program in Computational Logic is sponsored
scientifically by the European Network of Excellence on Computational
Logic (CoLogNET), the European Association of Logic, Language and
Information (FoLLI), the European Coordinating Committee for
Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI), the Italian Association for
Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA), the Italian Association for
Informatics (AICA, member of the Council of European Professional
Informatics Societies), the Italian Association for Logic and its
Applications (AILA), and the Portuguese Association for Artificial
Intelligence (APPIA).

THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN-BOLZANO:

The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, founded in 1997, boasts modern
premises in the centre of Bozen-Bolzano. The environment is
multilingual, South Tyrol being a region where three languages are
spoken: German, Italian and Ladin. Studying in a multilingual area has
shown that our students acquire the cutting edge needed in the
international business world. Many of our teaching staff hails from
abroad. Normal lectures are complemented with seminars, work
placements and laboratory work, which give our students a vocational
as well as theoretical training, preparing them for their subsequent
professional careers. Studying at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
means, first and foremost, being guided all the way through the
student's educational career.
Bozen-Bolzano, due to its enviable geographical position in the centre
of the Dolomites, also offers our students a multitude of
opportunities for spending their free-time. The city unites the
traditional with the modern. Young people and fashionable shops throng
the city centre where ancient mercantile buildings are an attractive
backdrop to a city that is in continual growth. To the south there is
the industrial and manufacturing area with prosperous small and
medium-sized businesses active in every economic sector. Back in the
17th century Bozen-Bolzano was already a flourishing mercantile city
that, thanks to its particular geographic position, functioned as a
kind of bridge between northern and southern Europe. As a multilingual
town and a cultural centre Bozen-Bolzano still has a lot to offer
today. Its plethora of theatres, concerts with special programmes,
cinemas and museums, combined with a series of trendy night spots that
create local colour make Bozen-Bolzano a city that is beginning to
cater for its increasingly demanding student population. And if you
fancy a very special experience, go and visit the city's favourite and
most famous resident - "Oetzi", the Ice Man of Similaun, housed in his
very own refrigerated room in the recently opened archaeological
museum.
Bozen-Bolzano and its surroundings are an El Dorado for sports lovers:
jogging on the grass alongside the River Talfer-Talvera, walks to
Jenesien-S.Genesio and on the nearby Schlern-Sciliar plateau,
excursions and mountain climbing in the Dolomites, swimming in the
numerous nearby lakes and, last but not least, skiing and snowboarding
in the surrounding ski areas.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Prof. Enrico Franconi at info@fub.computational-logic.eu

European Masters Program in Computational Logic
Faculty of Computer Science
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Piazza Domenicani, 3
I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano BZ, Italy

Phone: +39 0471 016 000
Fax: +39 0461 173 9006
Email: info@fub.computational-logic.eu
Web site: http://www.computational-logic.eu

Your PC Productivity

2006-12-12T08:32:00.000-06:00

Reg Organizer 4.0: Kick Up Your PC Productivity to Maximum!

Have you ever tried to launch an application to discover that it takes too long to start? Have you noticed that your system halts too often lately? Are you considering the purchase of new hardware because the performance of your machine leaves much to be desired? Reg Organizer from ChemTable Software is a low cost and effective answer to all these questions!

ChemTable Software has announced Reg Organizer 4.0, a new major update of the system registry management suite. Priced at http://softwarewire.blogspot.com only $39.95, Reg Organizer offers you a complete set of basic features for total management and optimization of the Windows Registry. This includes the opportunities to edit the registry keys, cleanup erroneous or useless registry items, search and replace registry data. Besides, Reg Organizer can take a snapshot of the system before and after software installation to track and report changes in the system as a whole. Plus, users will get a built-in facility for software uninstallation and tools to apply specific registry tweaks.

ChemTable has been at the forefront in providing Windows Registry optimization technologies since 1999, and its major product, Reg Organizer, has seen many technological improvements. Its current release is a major update that introduces over 20 new features and enhancements that deliver the following key benefits to Windows users:

- More disk space, faster PC performance. Now Reg Organizer has a new 'Registry Optimization' mode, the main purpose of which is physical http://blog.new-eastside.com optimization of system registry files on your machine. It compresses and defragments the registry, thus boosting system performance and giving extra disk space without costly hardware upgrades.

- Flawless registry error repair. One of the significant enhancements in 4.0 deals with the 'Invalid Registry References Repair' function. A flawless repair of broken registry references is achieved thanks to a new repair algorithm. Users will also be pleased to discover that the repair process has become even faster than in the previous release.

- Improved interface. Engineers at ChemTable Software traditionally put much emphasis on user interfaces to make them more comfortable to work with for end users. In 4.0 there are many changes done to the interface to simplify access to some options and improve navigation through the program. For example, the 'Ignore List of Automatic Cleanup' and 'Disk Cleanup' were relocated to the main Settings window. The 'Registry Search and Replace Mode' command was removed from the quick launch, etc.

Please, explore the ChemTable's site at www.chemtable.com for more information on Reg Organizer 4.0. You can also download and try its free evaluation copy. Some other areas of interest include a set of plug-ins for Reg Organizer. http://www.rainbowseeker.com/journal Among them there is 'Check For Update', which checks for new versions of Reg Organizer, and 'Fluid Windows', a visual effect plug-in that makes the program's windows slowly fade out when you close it.

Pricing and Availability
Reg Organizer 4.0 runs under Microsoft Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003 and costs $39.95 (US) for a single user license. For other types of licenses, please refer to www.chemtable.com/register.htm. Licensed users are entitled to free technical support and considerable discounts on future upgrades. Additional information on the product, as well as its free evaluation copy is available from www.chemtable.com.

About ChemTable Software
ChemTable is an Information Technology company, developing software for Windows platforms since 1999. Its areas of specialization include registry optimization technologies, educational software for chemistry students and researchers and custom software development. In addition to Reg Organizer, ChemTable is the author of PL Table, a periodic table application with over 20 types of data on each element and all known isotopes. For more information on the company and its products, please visit www.chemtable.com.

SWF Flash & PDF Files

2006-12-11T08:15:00.000-06:00

Affordable Creation of Web-Ready SWF Flash & PDF Files - SWF Printer Pro 1.00

December 11, 2006: Bytescout Software today announces SWF Printer Pro 1.00. Priced at only $65, SWF Printer Pro lets you convert printable files (.doc, .xls, .html) into standalone Macromedia Flash presentations with navigation and secure PDF documents. Both Flash and PDF formats are ideal for web publishing, archiving and emailing because, compared to other formats, they have a considerably small size.

SWF Printer Pro is installed as a 'virtual printer' and is available as a choice in the 'Print' dialog of an application. The program's abilities to covert any printable file into Macromedia Flash documents and PDF files are unique. You can create PDF files to use them for emailing or offline archiving or you can choose the SWF Flash format for superior web publishing.

The Flash format is an excellent choice for sharing your documents online. According to the latest statistics, over 90% of users can view and read the content of a Flash document New Eastside because they have Flash player installed on their systems. SWF Printer Pro offers customizable options for SWF formatting, which allow adjusting size, margins, and adding a company logo. Besides, the program has a set of different navigation designs.

The best in SWF Flash documents is that they load instantly without having to wait for separate viewing software to launch. Besides, the Flash format is 'web-ready'. Flash documents can be easily integrated to a web page and viewed without having to click on a separate link. Flash documents generated by SWF Printer Pro look as they would on paper and you can interact with them using navigation buttons or hotkeys (down, up, space, right, left, pagedown, etc.).

SWF Printer Pro has a set of basic PDF generation capabilities. http://www.rainbowseeker.us/journal You can convert any printable document to PDF directly from the 'Print' dialog of an application. Document meta information, such as author, keywords, descriptions, etc. can be included with the documents and password protection can be used to protect documents from printing and text copying.

Please, explore the Bytescout's site at http://bytescout.com for additional information on SWF Printer Pro. Some areas of note include a step-by-step tutorial 'How to convert Word (.doc) documents into both Flash presentation (.SWF) and PDF (.PDF) document formats using SWF Printer Pro' and a set of screenshots. You can also download and try a free evaluation copy.

Pricing and Availability
SWF Printer Pro 1.00 runs under Microsoft Windows 2000-XP and costs $65 (US) for a single-user license. Licensed users are entitled to free technical support. Additional information on the product, as well as its free evaluation copy is available from ByteScout

About Bytescout Software
Founded in 2003, Bytescout Software is a technology company, developing internet applications, Flash multimedia software and ActiveX components. Bytescout's premier products include Post2Blog, a fully-fledged desktop blog editor; PDFDoc Scout for creation of documents in the PDF format; Movies Extractor Scout, a tool to save Flash, shockwave, video movies from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera; SWF To Video Scout, a tool to convert SWF Flash to AVI video with sound. For more information, visit http://bytescout.com

Proactive Disk Firewall

2006-11-27T07:25:00.000-06:00

New Disk Encryption Software Dekart Private Disk Multifactor 2.00 to Ease Endpoint Data Protection with Proactive Disk Firewall

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova - November 27, 2006 - Dekart (www.dekart.com), a developer of trusted IT security software, launches version 2.00 of its advanced disk encryption software Dekart Private Disk Multifactor that employes smart card and fingerprint authentication to protect encrypted information. Private Disk Multifactor secures confidential data on laptops, USB disks and other endpoint devices to ensure that no financial loss will occur in the result of information theft.

Tailored to meet today's security requirements, Private Disk offers a fast and efficient way to protect sensitive data without long deployment procedures or personnel training. Dekart offers the only disk encryption solution on the market today that combines the industry's best-of-breed NIST-certified encryption, innovative Disk Firewall mechanism, 64-bit platform compatibility, USB disk portability and smart card and fingerprint authentication into a cost effective and easy-to-deploy solution. Private Disk Multifactor helps keep corporate and individual data safe by providing comprehensive and proactive protection against internal and external threats, such as viruses, Trojans, adware, spyware and unauthorized network access.

Sensitive data are not only encrypted, but are protected with Dekart's innovative Disk Firewall mechanism - a unique technology that creates a white-list of "trusted" applications allowed to access the encrypted disk. If a specific application is not found in the white-list of programs, it will be unable to read or alter the confidential information stored on the virtual encrypted disk.

Dekart Private Disk Multifactor provides an unrivalled combination of features that enables enterprises to easily address endpoint security challenges. Using the Dekart disk encryption program, organizations can reduce the risk of data lost or stolen and comply with industry and regulatory mandates, such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SARBOX/SOX), Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) and other regulations like the Federal Privacy Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Private Disk's mechanisms are efficient against both internal and external threats, minimizing the risks of intellectual property theft and accidental data leaks.

Key features:

- Support for smart cards and biometric devices provides an added layer of data protection by storing the user's private decryption key or strong password on a smart card or USB stick. So if, for example, a laptop is lost or stolen, there will not be a risk of data being compromised.

- Disk Firewall protects your data from illegal copying, viruses and spyware by maintaining a white-list of applications which are allowed to access the encrypted disk.

- 64-bit platform compatibility - Private Disk works with Windows x64, on AMD64 and IA-64 systems. At the same time, the program is able to run on older versions of Windows, including Windows 95.

- Strong encryption algorithm - Private Disk uses NIST certified AES 256 bit encryption algorithm to protect private information

- Portability allows you to open your protected files on other computers by running Private Disk directly from a removable drive, without having to install it locally. The program can be migrated to a USB disk or flash memory card with a single click, while the built-in safe hardware removal routine will help you disconnect the removable disk quickly and safely.

- Encrypted backups - creates compressed encrypted backups of your protected data, making disaster recovery an easy process.

- Autorun applications - simplifies your tasks and saves your time by automating the execution of specific applications located on the encrypted drive.

- Autofinish allows you to perform a broad range of tasks automatically (ex: remove temporary files), by letting Private Disk run specific applications when the disk is dismounted.

- Data wiping - securely erases encrypted data, making sure that recovery tools will fail to obtain fragments of the encrypted files.

- Encryption key backup allows restoring your protected files in cases when the medium on which the encrypted disk is stored becomes corrupt.

- Protects unattended computer - automatic disk disconnection - after a defined inactivity period - this will back you up in case the tea-break took longer than you initially planned.

- Mounts multiple disks simultaneously and manage your files in a better way, keeping them ordered by categorizing and cataloguing them; saves time by cutting search times.

- A broad range of media can be used to store the encrypted data. Among the supported storage units are external hard drives, flash memory cards, USB flash drives, iPods, etc.

Pricing: A personal or business license costs USD $79.00 (Volume discounts apply). An Educational license costs USD $49.00. Download the trial version - a full featured version during the 30-day trial period from www.dekart.com/free_download/

About Dekart

Dekart develops trusted IT security solutions that address today's endpoint security challenges. Founded in 1995, Dekart now serves several thousands of businesses and enterprises around the world. Dekart's solutions help clients comply with electronic data regulations such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley by eliminating data and identity theft and providing proper user authentication within the enterprise. These solutions include hard disk encryption and file encryption, and smart card and biometric authentication for multiple platforms. Dekart also delivers SIM and smart card management solutions, and manufactures the world's smallest USB plug-in smart card reader, compatible with all types of smart cards available on the market today. The company is headquartered in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, with resellers and OEM partners worldwide.

More links http://news.mapvisitors.com, http://blog.new-eastside.com, http://www.rainbowseeker.com/journal.

Rainbow Seeker

2006-11-23T16:57:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to mention that my parents have this site --
http://www.rainbowseeker.us/journal

They are recording their journal from when they went on the Great Loop Boat tour.

For a while they stayed in Hammond, IN next to the Horseshoe casino after their trip.

They are still trying to sell the boat.

http://blog.new-eastside.com

Eric

MapVisitors

2006-11-22T11:03:00.000-06:00

www.MapVisitors.com is now running on the same server as www.MapForums.com.

For news and updates about MapVisitors see http://news.mapvisitors.com

Map Visitors is a unique tool that lets you see on a map where all of your web site visitors are coming from in the whole world. Using Virtual Earth, php, and MySQL as well as the IPInfo service, you merely need to place a simple line of html on your web site or layout in order to get your custom map up and running.

Eric

2006-11-22T11:00:00.000-06:00

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2006-10-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

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MAKEUP FOR YOUR PHOTO PORTRAITS

2006-10-10T02:52:00.000-05:00

MAKEUP PILOT 2.00 - MAKEUP FOR YOUR PHOTO PORTRAITS

Two Pilots has released the new version (2.00) of MakeUp Pilot, a Windows application that makes it easy to have perfect, professional-level photo portraits.

The ability of contemporary photographic equipment to catch and record the finest details should be a priceless tool in our hands. But strangely enough, it's exactly that enormous power to preserve every bit of information that gets us disturbed and upset. Birthmarks, wrinkles, freckles, blemishes . . . somehow they all seem overly noticeable.

We have the answer. With MakeUp Pilot you can quickly and easily remove any cosmetic imperfection directly from the digital photograph. Just knowing that you can delete any flaw in a moment gives you the security and confidence to be relaxed, free and open in front of the camera; you have nothing to hide! Your spontaneity will come through in a much more "alive," expressive and attractive shot to start with.

That's when the fun starts. This program is extremely simple to use. You "play" with a palette of easy-to-use tools until you get your desired result, anything from a light smoothing out to complete coverage. Even "applying" makeup is no problem. What's more, if you have the slightest difficulty or question, demonstration examples are there to walk you through. If you need to, nothing is easier than returning to a previous stage and redoing your corrections; you can even revise your corrections in a small part of the picture only using your "undo brush."

We have also added functions to the new version of MakeUp Pilot that come in handy in perfecting photos of all kinds; for example, the ability to adjust brightness, contrast, image size, as well as framing and rotate options.

The program works on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP platforms.

MakeUp Pilot costs $29.95 for a single-user license.
For more information about MakeUp Pilot contact Nonna L. Garbar at Two Pilots.
Voice: (773) 764-5306. Fax: (707) 924-1267
press.tp@colorpilot.com http://www.colorpilot.com

Online News Association Conference and Awards

2006-10-01T08:05:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the 2006 Online News Association Conference and Awards
Banquet. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Online News
Association, I want to thank you all for showing your support for our
organization through your attendance. It is much appreciated.

Following is some useful information. If you have any questions or
concerns, I will be available throughout the conference.

* The conference will be held in the second floor of the Capital
Hilton, Washington, D.C. We are the only conference convening at the
hotel during that time there, so we'll be easy to spot.

* Registration will begin Thursday afternoon and remain open through
6:00 p.m. Registration opens Friday, 7 a.m.

* Friday's breakfast, sponsored by ZapIt! begins at 7 a.m., with
several informal interest-group roundtables planned, including a
"dissect-that-project" discussion with OJA finalists in the South
American Room, which will be rimmed by five flat-panel monitors.

*Those of you who have registered for any of the pre-conference
workshops need not register officially until Friday morning.

*Buses for Thursday workshops at USA TODAY headquarters will leave the
Capital Hilton promptly at 8:30. Buses will return you to the hotel,
either directly from USA TODAY or from the American University panel.

*All attendees are invited to attend "The Future is Here, Now What?"
panel at American University at 6:15 p.m.
(http://journalist.org/2006conference/archives/000588.php#future).
Transportation from the hotel will NOT be provided.

*USAToday and The Washington Post host the Conference Opening
Reception, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. in the Congressional Room of the hotel.

* Wireless Internet will be available throughout the conference.

* One of the most important sessions for you to attend, if you're an
ONA member, is the Board Meeting/General Session on Saturday from
11:00-11:30 a.m. in the Presidential Ballroom. There has been so much
activity within the ONA this past year (not the least of which was the
decision to hire a very smart, savvy and modest full-time executive
director -- oh wait, that's me!). There are more plans for the
immediate future that we want to share and you'll want to hear; we hope
you will participate fully. This will also be your chance to ask
questions of our Board of Directors.

*A new component to the conference this year is a job fair, Friday, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Capital Lobby. We've got top companies
participating -- and it's always valuable to see what opportunities are
out there.

* The Friday night networking reception, sponsored by The Associated
Press, will take place in the Congressional Room, the same area used
for breakfast and lunch.

* Saturday's pre-awards reception, sponsored by Yahoo! News will also
be in the Congressional Room. The awards banquet will be in the
Presidential Ballroom, just next door. Seating is on a first-come,
first-served basis.

*The conference Blog goes live Monday afternoon,
http://journalists.org/2006conference/, we invite you all to
participate.

And now here is my one warning: we will be checking badges for people
attending the various meals and events. If you do not have the
appropriate badge, you will not be admitted to these functions.

Our conference chair, Jody Brannon of MSN.com and her vice-chair,
Ju-Don Roberts of washingtonpost.com, with the help of a great
conference committee, have put together one of the best events we've
ever had, and we are expecting our largest gathering, so ENJOY! And
please remember to fill out our evaluation forms, we appreciate your
feedback.

I look forward to meeting you in Washington.

Best,

Lori Schwab
Executive Director

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Celebrity Gossip Blogs

2006-09-30T11:45:00.000-05:00

Celebrity Gossip Blogs Challenge Traditional Media Outlets

While traditional news outlets such as television and print are still
popular outlets for the latest piece of juicy celebrity gossip, an
increasing amount of people are tapping the Internet's exploding
"gossip circuit."

Hollywood, California (PRWEB) September 6, 2006 -- Lindsay Lohan is
spotted in the morning by photographers wearing an enormous diamond
ring on her wedding finger. She's been dating Hardrock Cafe heir Harry
Morton for the past two months. Is the notorious party girl now
engaged?

By the afternoon, there a good chance the story has spread like a
virus among the Web's growing "gossip circuit."

Traditional gossip outlets include weekly magazines such as The
National Enquirer and daily televisions shows such as Access
Hollywood. While these outlets are still very popular, gossip blogs
are quickly gaining ground. The nature of the Internet gives blogs two
distinct advantages over these traditional outlets: instant
availability and user interaction. "User interaction" comes after a
new story has posted. Most gossip blogs have a comment section where
readers can express their feelings after a story. A particularly
newsworthy piece of gossip, such as Paris Hilton's recent arrest for
drunk driving, may generate hundreds of comments.

The "instant availability" advantage is more obvious. A obvious
limitation of television and print outlets is the production schedule.
Hard deadlines can mean celebrity gossip that is days old, a lifetime
in Internet terms. Contrast that with gossip bloggers, who can have a
story posted within minutes.

Nick Jones, owner of Celebslam.com, feels celebrity gossip blogs have
only touched the surface of their popularity: "Some of the more
popular and established sites are generating more traffic in one day
than the entire circulation of the National Enquirer and The
Star--combined."

Celebslam.com puts a twist on the traditional gossip site, providing
what Jones terms as "brutally honest commentary."

"Anyone can read the same rehashed gossip stories a million times. I
mean, do you really want to read about Britney Spears's new shoes on
nine different sites? I pride myself on providing that little bit of
extra, usually in the form of funny and biting commentary on the
celebrity, the situation, or even how a particular piece of celebrity
news was written."
"I'm getting a great response from my readers. My site is relatively
new but it's already generating thousands of visitors a day."

A true testament to the viral qualities of the Internet's growing
celebrity gossip circuit.

For additional information on the Internet's celebrity gossip circuit,
contact Nick Jones or visit http://www.celebslam.com

About Celebslam

Celebslam provides a "brutally honest" take on the latest celebrity
news and gossip. If you don't laugh, you have no soul. Updated seven
days a week.

Contact:

Nick Jones, owner

Celebslam

619-504-3972

http://www.celebslam.com

Intel WiMAX Training

2006-09-20T11:36:00.000-05:00

Intel WiMAX Training

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Thinking about rolling out a WiMAX Network and want to get a better understanding of WiMAX Technology?

Want to ensure that the network that you are building will be compatible with Intel® Centrino® Technology-based notebooks?

Need to get connected to WiMAX equipment vendors?

Training class abstract:
Intel’s comprehensive 1-day WiMAX training course provides an in-depth look at WiMAX from an "end-to-end systems" perspective. Topics covered include:
Use our exclusive Intel priority code WMXXINTC to take advantage of the special Intel rate and save up to $500.

Intel’s direction on WiMAX and Centrino notebooks
OFDMA technology benefits
PHY overview and Advanced Antennas
WiMAX QoS & security support
Mobile WiMAX performance
WiMAX network architecture
Business modeling analysis/case studies done with operators
802.16d to 802.16e migration solutions
Real world WiMAX deployment data
Additionally, there will be key WiMAX equipment vendors and Accenture onsite so that participants can make connections and find a number of solutions on the market today. Opportunities include a networking luncheon and end of day reception.

Resume for All

2006-09-20T07:44:00.000-05:00

Trying to find a good job? Need a professional resume? Resume for All v.2.0 - quick and smart online resume builder can help you

Sarm Software presents Resume for All v.2.0, a versatile online service, creating professional resumes and cover letters. Write, modify, publish and send it to hiring managers from any location where the Internet connection is available - at home, in the office or during your travel. It's very easy to use due to a smart step-by-step wizard, which helps you to write a winning resume step by step. You can write a professional CV even if you haven't written it before. No computer or secretarial experience is required. In a few minutes, you'll have an excellent resume that shows your talents, skills, work history and your achievements. Print, email, or publish your resume with our helpful wizard: enter your information in text boxes, select the layout and send it. With Resume for All v.2.0, you can write an endless number of CVs. You can make really different resumes. This online resume builder features a wide selection of templates, styles, samples and layouts that suits you best. You can customize fonts, colors and sections the way you like. Resume for All v.2.0 adjusts your needs easily and works the way you want.

If you are not sure with your business writing skills, our service can help you with composing your CV. It has a big list of action words and action phrases. All of them are at your disposal to incorporate in your resume. Resume for All v. 2.0 can present your career accomplishments in the most attractive way, using the first-class words and perfect style, thus making you an outstanding candidate for any vacancy.

One misspelled word can send your resume to the employer's trashcan. Don't worry! With Resume for All v.2.0, your resume will be written perfectly - the spell checker is included. When you're typing, the spell checker gives you an alert on mistyping and incorrect words. Added to this, the spell checker suggests all the essential vocabulary, you only need to choose the word you would like to include in your resume with a few clicks of your mouse. We know what all the hiring managers are looking for. With our program you've got perfect content and formatting for you resume.

Once your CV has been created, our service can send it via e-mail or publish in the Internet. What's more, Resume for All v. 2.0 provides hosting, and user gets the links to different formats of his CV. It can be published in the following most common formats: HTML, MS Word, HR-XML or plain text. So you can send links of your resume directly to your future employers. Sometimes companies use their own processes and standards for receiving resumes. With Resume for All v.2.0, you can adjust your CV to match these standards. You can create various resumes for certain positions for no extra fee. Stand out from all other applicants - publish as many resumes as you want to your web page at Resumeforall.com and allow employers to view them online.

Resume for All v.2.0 provides complete privacy of your information. The service is completely confidential and we guarantee your privacy due too rock-solid security. This service is extremely simple in use: you even don't have to install it on your computer. Resume for All v.2.0 uses your Internet browser. Just register, subscribe and start to create your new resume. You can register at http://www.resumeforall.com/Register.aspx Also we are happy to offer a new desktop version of Resume for All - Resume Builder 4.1. Now you can write your resume offline. It has the same functions and features as its online analogue.

Pricing and Availability
Resume for All v. 2.0. runs under any Windows platform and requires an Internet Explorer or FireFox web browser. Resume for All v. 2.0 offers subscription for 6 months ($14.95 USD), one year ($19.95 USD) or two years ($24.95 USD). The longer the term - the lower the subscription fee. Your satisfaction is guaranteed, or you'll get your money back in 30 days if our service won't meet your requests.

About Sarm Sofware products
Sarm Sofware offers more helpful and interesting products for staff management. Resume Builder 4.1: http://www.sarmsoft.com/product/resumebuilder/ - as it has been mentioned before, the desktop version of our service.
a) Easy Resume Creator Pro: http://www.winresume.com/ - another powerful tool for creating your resume.
b) Resume Manager: http://www.sarmsoft.com/product/resumemanager/ - a wonderful program for hiring managers and recruiting companies. It can recognize resume written in any format, and creates a database of applicants.

If you have any questions about our software, please contact us at support@resumeforall.com or visit our service web-site: http://www.resumeforall.com

Data Recovery

2006-09-18T07:02:00.000-05:00

Contact: Alexander Rodichev
Company: Smart PC Solutions, Inc.
Title: Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: pr@smartpctools.com

Some files are missing? Can't find your summer photos or favorite music deleted by mistake? Or trying to find something after another user worked on your computer? Now you can restore all the files with a new powerful tool - Smart Data Recovery!

Smart PC Solutions Inc. announces today the release of Smart Data Recovery, the newest freeware utility to restore MS Office documents, photos, music and many other types of files. You just type a path, and Smart Data Recovery will search for deleted files and folders automatically. Its rapid disk-scanning speed is astonishing. Once Smart Data Recovery finds erased files, it shows their name, date, time and attributes. Only one click and files are restored!

Smart Data Recovery works with different data storage devices, such as hard disk drives (IDE, ATA, SATA, SCSI), flash cards, multimedia cards, USB drives, PC cards, memory sticks, secure digital cards and floppy disks. Smart Data Recovery handles zip files too. You can also recover files on your digital camera. This is a fantastic product. Smart Data Recovery is able to restore all the files and folders on a disk drive that, according to the Windows notifications, can't be accessed. The utility supports different file systems, such as FAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and compatible with Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.

Another line of duty for Smart Data Recovery is safety and confidentiality of personal data. The program can remove the data related to deleted files. Therefore nobody will be able to recover your personal information and use it in their own interests. Use Smart Data Recovery to prevent your secrets from spreading. Just click the "Wipe" button and no one can restore your deleted files and folders, no matter how advanced their data recovery tool is.

The program is extremely easy-to-use and has a nice and informative design. All tasks can be performed with a few clicks. Due to a simple, yet powerful algorithm, Smart Data Recovery allows you to find erased files fast, and restore lost data quickly and effectively. The program has a multilingual interface that supports English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.

The files restoring programs are usually quite expensive, but not any more - from this moment you can retrieve your files absolutely for free. Just download Smart Data Recovery from www.smartpctools.com/data_recovery. Save your money and valuable time - this program works much faster than any similar software!

Special offer!
Smart PC Solutions, Inc. offers user group members a 50% discount on other software products. You can see other easy-to-use system utilities by Smart PC Solutions, Inc. at the company's web site www.smartpctools.com/products.

About Smart PC Solutions
Founded in 1999, Smart PC Solutions is a technology corporation based in USA. The goal of the company is to provide individuals and businesses with easy-to-use software for daily maintenance of computers. For more information about Smart PC Solutions and their line of products, please visit www.smartpctools.com.

European Mobile LBS Market

2006-09-18T06:55:00.001-05:00

Strategic Analysis of the European Mobile LBS Market

New report released today. What are the latest developments on the European LBS market? This is your perfect complement to the LBS Insight news feed from us. Berg Insight forecasts that LBS revenues will grow by 34 percent annually to reach € 622 million in 2010. Two obvious growth areas the coming years are location billing plans and personal navigation services. The report is the most comprehensive (150+ pages) on the market and we are confident that you'll find it very interesting.

This 150 page strategic report gives a complete overview of 24 European markets and in-depth case studies of the LBS strategies of seven leading mobile operators. Gain detailed insights about the complete LBS value chain spanning from technology vendors, solution vendors and mobile operators to content providers, service providers and application developers. Learn about where and how LBS have been successfully launched on the European market and how these successes can be repeated.

Highlights from the report

Overview of LBS offerings, market strategies and equipment in 24 European markets
Case studies of the LBS strategies of 7 leading mobile operators
Complete update on location-based regulatory and standards in Europe
Update on the latest developments of location technologies
65 charts, graphs and tables
Revenue forecasts for the European market by segment until 2010
150+ pages

Report details

Publication date: September 2006

Authors : Johan Fagerberg and André Malm

Link to download the table of contents: http://www.berginsight.com/ReportPDF/TableOfContent/BI-SAEMLM-ToC.pdf

Link to download the brochure: http://www.berginsight.com/ReportPDF/ProductSheet/BI-SAEMLM-PS.pdf

Password Manager

2006-09-18T06:55:00.000-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dmitri Egorov
Company: AES Software
Title: Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: egorov@aespasswordmanager.com

AES Password Manager 2.0: your data is safe for at least 1000 years

AES Software announces the release of version 2.0 of AES Password Manager, an advanced password management solution for both home and office users. AES Password Manager provides a user or a group of users with a secure encrypted database that can be used to store any sensitive data such as logins and passwords, credit card numbers and security codes, PIN-codes, attached files etc. The data can be easily categorized to facilitate further search.

AES Password Manager can be effectively used in multi-user environments, such as workgroups. The secure database can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously, each with his or her own login and password. Furthermore, the database administrator can manage privileges on a per-user basis, hiding specific items contained in the database or allowing read access only.

Most of the multi-user features that AES Password Manager provides are unnecessary in a single-user environment so they can be turned off for convenience. When AES Password Manager functions in the single-user mode, all users share the same password, however they still can log on to the database under different usernames in order to have customized versions of the program interface and bookmark sets for different users.

AES Password Manager also provides features that allow users to immediately fill in various forms with the data stored in the database. The Internet Explorer toolbar shipped with AES Password Manager, integrates web-form saving and filling capability into Internet Explorer, and the SuperPaste feature can be used to automatically enter data into any form in any application by simulating user keypresses.

As the name suggests, AES Password Manager employs the AES-256 encryption algorithm, which ensures your sensitive data is completely safe from hackers of all sorts. The protection that this algorithm provides is so high, that it cannot be cracked within a reasonable amount of time (say 1000 years) and the U.S. Department of Defense adopted it for use in governmental applications.

AES Password Manager can be installed onto any removable media (such as a USB Flash drive) along with the database. This means users can carry a small storage device with them and access their sensitive data everywhere without needing to install the software.

AES Password Manager protects users from data loss just as it protects them from hackers. The built-in backup feature will automatically make backup copies of the database.

SPLENDOR OF OCEAN LIFE- "ARID OCEAN"

2006-09-18T06:54:00.000-05:00

SPLENDOR OF OCEAN LIFE- "ARID OCEAN"

Kassel, Germany. - September 18, 2006: The perfect getaway spot may be not as far away as you might think. Just install "Arid Ocean" v.1.1, a new jewel of a screensaver from Michael Schmeling. Designed as a photorealistic marine life simulation, "Arid Ocean" lets you enjoy the splendor of an underwater world with a beautiful ocean seabed, exotic plants, and myriad species of fish that will parade right before your eyes. Graceful dolphins will be whirling around in a mirthful dance too. With this heavenly wonderful scene, you will soon feel all the worries of the outside world melt away, to be replaced with clean, pure beauty of the ocean.

In terms of graphics and realism, "Arid Ocean" really stands out. It literally pulls you into the realm behind the screen. Gliding over the sandy ocean floor, you will observe huge cliffs that form a sea basin where plants will be swaying in the current. At times, cliffs seem to look like the sunken megalithic ruins of the lost city of Atlantis. There will be dolphins weaving among each other with sunlight dancing over their bodies and the sky overhead an immaculate blue. And far away you will hear whales calling out. The whole scene looks so much realistic that it seems you may bump your nose on the dolphin's fin, each time one crosses before you.

Unlike many competitors that let you see the underwater world only from a single fixed perspective, "Arid Ocean" enables you to glide freely around within the provided ocean area and explore the surroundings. There is even a nightly view where you can observe how fish and dolphins swim into the light cone of your headlamp. Even education gets its share. With a mouse click, you can learn some details worth to know about each species, e.g. distribution, habitat, food and state of endangerment. "Arid Ocean" can be run as a standalone application or as a screensaver. The program and documentation are available in English and German.

"Arid Ocean grew out of love for the life in the oceans and was inspired a bit by the famous TV series "Deep Blue", says Michael Schmeling, author of "Arid Ocean". "Currently, there are many virtual aquariums available, but they almost all show fish only in the artificial and closely confined environment of a fish tank, without the ability to move around. We wanted to create a truly natural feeling experience for the user, almost similar to real scuba diving, and 3D technology is now sufficiently advanced for the technical challenges such a project provides."

Further information and screen shots are available at www.aridocean.com.

Pricing and Availability
Arid Ocean 1.1 runs under Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and requires a graphics card with pixel shader support. For the duration of the launch campaign, Arid Ocean costs EUR 12.50 (incl. VAT). After October 31, 2006, the cost will be EUR 19.95 (incl. VAT). Additional information on the screensaver, screen shots, as well as its free 30-day evaluation copy (no limitations) is available from www.aridocean.com.

Free Internet TV

2006-09-06T07:45:00.000-05:00

Contact: Liang Hong
Company: Holersoft
Title: Public Relations Mgr.
E-mail: support@Holersoft.net
Fax: 815-301-3714

Free Internet TV - Watch 1200 TV Channels on your PC - No Additional Hardware Required

Holersoft announces version 6.0 of Free Internet TV

Montfavet, France - September 6, 2006 - Holersoft today announced the release of Free Internet TV, a Windows application that allows you to watch more than 1200 live television channels from 100 countries by streaming media.

There is no need for a TV Tuner card because all of the channels are streamed through your Internet connection. Free Internet TV is ideal for people interested in alternative programming, learning languages, foreign cultures, entertainment or news.

The most significant Free Internet TV features are:

Various Channels: Channels include sports, entertainment, music, news, talk and education from many different countries. There are even Television based on different languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Arabic. These channels are streamed over the Internet for free and do not require any subscription.

Simple and easy to use: Free Internet TV emulates the regular Television set on your PC. All you have to do is select a channel from the list and it will play in the main window. This application does not require any special configurations or settinngs in order to access all the channels. You can add selected channels to a Favorite list for faster access in the future.

No additional hardware required: It does not require a TV Tuner card, since these programs are broadcasted over the Internet.

Free Internet TV uses Windows Media Player's decoding system to present the television and radio signals. Free Internet TV works with any broadband Internet Service Provider (ISP) Worldwide.

Free Internet TV supports resizable screen sizes; you can change the screen window to any size that you want, including full-screen mode. This software comes with free automatic TV station updates so it will never be out of date. It also supports thousands of skins (visual styles) .

About the stations:
Just like a TV set, live Internet television depends on the origin and not on the software that displays the TV images. Some stations can be off line due to their servers' overload or Internet traffic jams. Not all stations have a 24 Hours schedule. The video quality is dependent on the broadcaster's own bandwidth; the higher the bandwidth, the better the video quality you will receive. For most TV channels, a modem speed of 56Kb/s is required. For the broadband TV stations, you need 300 Kb/s.

Availability:
Free Internet TV runs under Windows 98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/2003 and costs USD$29.95 for lifetime subscription.

The 14-day fully functional evaluation version of the program can be downloaded for free at http://www.Holersoft.net/download/tvsetup.exe (2Mb Only)

Give Style & Class

2006-09-04T08:55:00.000-05:00

Give Style & Class to Your Interface

People like beautiful interfaces where features are "up front" and "in their
face". New stock icon collections from Aha-Soft make them that way.

Vancouver, Canada. - September 04, 2006: Aha-Soft has announced the immediate
availability of new Icon Collections. These icon sets offer hundreds of sleek,
rich-colored icons that can help developers create an engaging and intuitive
interface for their applications and sites. Icon sets include such categories
as Business, Toolbar, Database, Money, E-mail, Graphic, Transport, and
Security with many more on the way. Icons come in a variety of formats and
sizes and distributed on a royalty-free basis from
http://aha-soft.com/iconlibs.htm.

People like interfaces where features are easily exposed so that a quick look
can determine what this or that icon actually does. The eye-candy factor must
also be up. Icon Collections from Aha-Soft provide this competitive edge. Not
only are they nice to look at, they are also intuitive, making a user
recognize their meaning at a quick glance. Artists at Aha-Soft have put much
care into each icon, as a result they all look carefully done. You will enjoy
their bright palette, smooth and well-rounded edges. Icons are delivered in a
variety of formats, such as ICO, PNG, GIF, BMP and such sizes as 16x16, 24x24,
32x32 and 48x48. They are available in 256 colors and in True Color with
semi-transparency. What's more, icon formats for Windows Vista are also
available with 256x256 size. Icons are so many that anyone can find something
for themselves. However Aha-Soft can custom-design icons if you have some
special requirements or can't find what you need in available collections.

Pricing and Availability

Icon Collections run under Microsoft Windows 98/NT/Me/XP/Vista and start at
$59 (USD) for a set. Additional information on Icon Collections is available
from
http://aha-soft.com/iconlibs.htm.

About Aha-Soft

Founded in 2000, Aha-Soft is an Information Technology company specializing in
professional icon and cursor design and management software. Aha-Soft is the
author of such popular tools as AhaView, Any to Icon, Icon to Any, ArtCursors,
ArtIcons, ArtIcons Pro, IconLover, IconUtils and IconXP. If you would like to
get a comment, request a reviewer copy, have a businesses proposal, want to
become an authorized reseller or have any other inquiry, please contact
Aha-Soft at support@aha-soft.com. For more information, please visit the
company's web site at http://aha-soft.com.

Convert a Photo into Pencil

2006-09-04T08:54:00.000-05:00

AKVIS Sketch: Convert a Photo into Pencil, Coal or Watercolor Drawing

September, 2006 - AKVIS LLC announces the release of AKVIS Sketch plug-in v.1.1 for Windows and Macintosh. The revolutionary algorithm allows converting a photo into a pencil sketch in a few mouse clicks and with an astounding result.
AKVIS Sketch 1.1 is a plugin for conversion of photos into pencil sketches and watercolor drawings.

Photo-to-sketch conversion can be a lot of fun and open for you new ways of creativity. If you have always been wondering how to draw or paint, now you can embody your ideas with AKVIS Sketch.

You can make any photo look like B&W or color drawing, imitate the technique of graphite or color pencil, charcoal or watercolor painting.

Surprise your friends and relatives by presenting them their pencil portraits. Make a watercolor drawing out of a photo from your last nature shooting to decorate your room. Convert your own photo into a color sketch to print on a T-shirt.

Home users will be delighted by the neat result of the photo-to-sketch conversion. Now you do not need to handle a pencil to feel like an artist. All you need to create your original work of art is good taste and AKVIS Sketch.

The program can be helpful to designers who need to quickly bring images to one style for a web-site or an advertisement booklet.

In contrast to the similar standard filters (like the built-in filters in Photoshop or PSP) that offer an approximate sketch, AKVIS Sketch provides a convincing result that comes very close to hand-drawn works of a human artist.

Getting a similar result with the standard tools would require expertise in image editing and extensive manipulation with layers, masks, brushes and applying filters. AKVIS Sketch has a simple interface with a few sliders. At first you can process the image with the default settings and then touch up the photo adding color, or trying different techniques - from pencil to charcoal or watercolor. You can make the hatching denser or finer and change the pitch angle of strokes.

Demonstrations of the plugin's features are available at http://akvis.com/en/sketch-tutorial/index.php

For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days of fully functional use.

AKVIS Sketch plugin is compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Corel Painter, Corel Photo-Paint, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, ACD FotoCanvas, and Ulead PhotoImpact. AKVIS Enhancer runs on Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/NT and on Macintosh Mac OS X 10.4, PowerPC G3 and above.

AKVIS Sketch sells for $72 USD, downloadble from www.akvis.com . Home users can enjoy the full line of AKVIS plugins in the AKVIS Alchemy bundle (Enhancer, Chameleon, Stamp, Retoucher, Coloriage, Noise Buster, Sketch) for USD $280 USD, a savings of $212 over purchasing each separately. For business licenses consult the official web-site. One license key allows activating the software on two computers, for example, on a desktop and a laptop.

For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days of fully functional use. Details are available at http://akvis.com/en/sketch/index.php

Online Journalism Awards

2006-08-29T11:38:00.000-05:00

Chicago IL 60601

Hello,

The ONA and USC Annenberg School for Communication are pleased to
announce the finalists in the 2006 Online Journalism Awards. You can
find the complete list of finalists on our website at
http://journalist.org/news/archives/000584.php

The awards will be presented at the 2006 Online News Association
Conference and Online Journalism Awards Banquet, in Washington DC,
October 6-7. This is a good time to remind you all, especially you
finalists, it's important that you book your hotel room before this
Monday, Sept. 8. That's the last day the special rate of $186 a night
will apply for the conference. After that it will cost a great deal
more to stay at the conference hotel.

Here is the link to the special page the Capital Hilton for the ONA:

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/dcashhh_ona/index.jhtml

Register for the 2006 ONA conference by September 1 to receive the
discounted early bird rate. And remember, the hotel room needs to be
done by September 8th to get the special rate.

Hope to meet you in DC.

Best,

Lori Schwab
Executive Director
Online News Association

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OpenOSX Ships OpenOSX GrassPro Product

2006-08-24T10:15:00.000-05:00

OpenOSX Ships OpenOSX GrassPro(TM)Product

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--August 23rd, 2006

OpenOSX today began shipping a major new version of their
"OpenOSX GrassPro(TM)" product, that for the first time is now both
PowerPC and Intel-native. In addition, they have also published their
freely available "OpenOSX Grass" standalone application, which is
also now available natively for both Intel and PowerPC Macintoshes
for the first time.

The PowerPC and Intel native "OpenOSX GrassPro" product
features: "OpenOSX Grass"; a standalone application based on the
powerful and proven open source "GRASS 6.1.0 Geographic Information
System" software, requiring a simple drag-and-drop installation;
"OpenOSX MapServer" which is a complete, standalone application based
on Apache 2.0.59, PHP 5.0.5 and MapServer 4.8.4, used for readily
publishing dynamic, navigatable maps with layers over the Internet
directly from dozens of popular geo-spatial file formats; "OpenOSX
GMT" featuring more than 60 tools for rich manipulation of geographic
and Cartesian datasets, including advanced filtering, trending,
gridding, projection and much more with EPS file format output;
PostGIS which enables spatial, geographic support for the included
PostgreSQL (similar to ESRI(R)'s Spatial Data Engine (SDE) and Oracle
(R)'s Spatial Extension); along with an exhaustive set of additional
software and tools included to extend the power of GRASS GIS; all
backed with documentation, tutorials, sample-data and limited
installation support.

The latest release of GRASS GIS 6.1.0 includes hundreds
of improvements over the last stable version, 6.0.1, including a
feature to create GRASS "Locations" automatically from existing geo-
spatial datasets, which was considered a major obstacle for many
would-be GRASS adopters. GRASS 6 features a "GIS Display Manager"
complete with layers, a vector engine capable of handling 2D and 3D
vector data, an NVIZ 3D interface allowing volume (voxel)
capabilities, 3D and 4D visualization, and the ability to integrate
database management systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, DBF and ODBC.
GRASS can import and export most popular geo-spatial file formats and
includes tools for photo-orthorectification, image classification, re-
projection, geostatistics, spatial data analysis and much more.

More information about "OpenOSX GrassPro", including
download links to OpenOSX's FREE Grass stand-alone application is
available at http://OpenOSX.com/grass/. The "OpenOSX GrassPro"
product is available immediately for us$60 delivered on CD-ROM, with
download-only delivery available for us$50. Upgrades from previous
versions of the "OpenOSX GrassPro" product are available for us$30
delivered on CD-ROM with electronic delivery available for us$20.
OpenOSX also has complementary, specially priced, "A GRASS GIS
Approach" 2nd edition hardcover book bundles and 6-month hassle-free
CD-subscriptions available.

OpenOSX is a company dedicated to serving, and expanding, the
Macintosh community. Founded on the premise that many computer users
are intimidated by the UNIX command-line, OpenOSX committed itself to
one mission- bringing popular Unix software to both the "Unix-
challenged" and the seasoned, Mac inclined system administrator in a
friendly, Mac environment.

SEO Software SEO Tool

2006-08-21T06:39:00.000-05:00

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have recently released a new version of our flagship product,
LinkAssistant SEO Tool. LinkAssistant is a professional and affordable
SEO software program designed to improve Website rankings in major
search engines. We hope you'll consider reviewing it and telling the
readers of MP2K about its benefits.

Kind regards,
Andy Moor
Link-Assistant.Com

__________________________________

August 21, 2006
Contact: Andy Moor
Company: Link-Assistant.Com
E-mail: press@link-assistant.com

LinkAssistant 2.3.2 - THE SEO Software To Skyrocket Your Business Online!

A shining new SEO tool saves you countless hours you spend on your
link building tasks every day. Boost your link popularity in major
search engines, drive more targeted traffic to your site, and increase
your online sales - it's easy with LinkAssistant!

August 21, 2006 - Link-Assistant.Com proudly presents a new release of
its award-winning LinkAssistant SEO Tool product. LinkAssistant 2.3.2
gives you a plethora of easy-to-use, yet powerful SEO tools to
seamlessly manage your link building campaigns, increase your site's
link popularity, improve Google rankings and drive more targeted
traffic to your site.

With link popularity being the single most important ranking factor in
all major engines including Google, Yahoo! and MSN, you need a
powerful tool to automate the many tedious link development tasks you
have to invest your time in every day in order to be successful
online.

LinkAssistant focuses on improving your link popularity and covers all
aspects of efficient link building - from finding potential link
partners, contacting them, creating a custom link directory and making
it available online to monitoring your backlinks and search engines
positions.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

- Getting tons of high quality link partners in many different ways,
including but not limited to keyword search, competition analysis,
harvesting links from a Website, finding link partnership submission
forms, identifying sites that already link to you, and more;

- Analyzing your link partner using Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, and,
of course, your link partners' link popularity in major search
engines;

- Sending and receiving individual personalized emails, completely
customizable mail templates, sorting mails by partner and secure mail
support;

- Automatic generation of a professional link directory that matches
the design of your site.

- Uploading the links pages via FTP directly to your server;

- Checking if your link partners still link back to you;

- Built-in cheat inspector and black-hat SEO revealer;

- Intelligent link partners management with the ability to update info
on hundreds of link partners with a few clicks;

- Monitoring your rankings in all major search engines and creating
visual progress-tracking graphs;

- Integrated Web browser and support for invoking your system's
default one;

- Data export and import;

- Much more!

AVAILABILITY AND PRICING

Available today, LinkAssistant 2.3.2 runs seamlessly on all major
platforms including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

A true shareware, LinkAssistant is distributed using the
"try-before-you-buy" model. A free fully functionally trial version is
available.

The current price tag for the full version is $99,95, and, unlike many
other SEO tools, LinkAssistant allows you to manage an unlimited
number of sites with no extra charge!

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ABOUT Link-Assistant.Com

Founded in 2005, Link-Assistant.Com is a fast-growing software company
with a primary focus on developing off-the-shelf solutions for the SEO
industry. The company's flagship product LinkAssistant SEO Tool is
used by thousands of Webmasters, independent SEOs, and SEO services
companies from more than 20 countries to improve Website rankings,
drive more targeted traffic to their sites and offer more value to the
site's visitors.

More information about the product and the company is available at
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION BROADBAND & WIMAX MARKET ANALYSIS

2006-08-18T09:20:00.000-05:00

RUSSIAN FEDERATION BROADBAND & WIMAX MARKET ANALYSIS
Forecasts for 2006-2010
The Russian economy is flourishing and demand is quickly outpacing the supply of the telecommunications services provided by legacy wired telecommunication infrastructure built during the communist era. This new 100-pages report, the second of a series that includes reports on Brazil and India, provides an in-depth review of the broadband wireless and WiMAX markets and regulatory activity taking place in Russia. In the context of increased international WiMAX activity, how does the Russian market stand? How large will the pie become by 2010?

What are the obstacles still ahead of large scale deployments?: Maravedis predicts a consolidation among the current 200 BWA service providers active in the country. The report includes profiles of the Top 10 service providers in Russia and concludes that the most active players will be companies with deep pockets that belong to one of three major holdings in Russia, namely Alfa, Sistema and Telekom Invest which control both fixed and mobile service providers. However shortage of spectrum and very stringent regulation for equipment and licensing are serious obstacles for massive adoption of broadband wireless and WiMAX in Russia. For WiMAX to prosper in Russia, frequency bands in the 2 GHz range (2.3-2.4 and/or 2.5-2.7GHz) must be made available to commercial operators.

Ocean 3D Screensaver

2006-08-16T06:12:00.000-05:00

Feel Like You Can Fly - "Fantastic Ocean 3D Screensaver"

RIXANE INTERACTIVE today announces the release of "Fantastic Ocean 3D". As the name implies, this screensaver takes you on a wonderful 3D flight over the ocean. Most anyone has seen one of those dreams of flying above the ground or water, soaring like a bird into the blue sky. Now you can experience it virtually with "Fantastic Ocean 3D". The screensaver is unlike anything you have ever seen on a personal computer. When it starts, the magic begins!

"Fantastic Ocean 3D" starts to a nicely rendered 3D view of the ocean and the blue sky. Slowly you are floating parallel above the waves only a few feet in the air. It's all so liquid-smooth and quite! The surface of the ocean is covered with a glassy smoothness. The setting sun is reflected on the water with a hundred of different shades of color. The wonderful thing about the view is that it changes constantly. Sometimes waves become agitated by the wind and you feel as if the spray of the ocean were blowing in your face, keeping you fresh. Watching the panorama makes you feel so good and relaxed that you don't care about troubles anymore.

The registered version of the screensaver offers five types of the sky and an option for their random selection at start of the screensaver. There is only one sky in the unregistered version.

You can try the screensaver for free: www.rixane.com/fantastic-ocean-3d-screensaver.html

Pricing and Availability
Fantastic Ocean 3D Screensaver 1.0 runs under Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and requires DirectX 9.0 and a videocard with Pixel Shader 2.0 support. The product costs $17.95 (USD). Registered customers are entitled to lifetime technical support. A 30-day evaluation copy of the screensaver is available from www.rixane.com.

Rixane Interactive
Rixane Interactive was founded in 2003 as a company that specializes in the development of screensavers for Windows platforms. Rixane's programmers and designers see screensavers as an opportunity to express their artistic endeavors and eye for finesse on a new kind of media canvas. Their screensavers are great for users looking for ways to individualize their computers and satisfy their passion fro self-expression. Among the most popular screensavers there is Green Fields 3D and Water Life 3D. For more information, visit www.rixane.com.

WIMAX DEPLOYMENTS

2006-08-15T09:29:00.000-05:00

TRENDSMEDIA/RETHINK PUBLISH WIMAX DEPLOYMENTS AND INVESTMENT 2006-9

August 11, 2006 - According to Trendsmedia/Rethink Research's latest
report, "WiMAX Deployments and Investment 2006-9", global WiMAX
infrastructure spending will rocket from $655m today to $7.36bn by 2009,
just three short years away.

WiMAX spending will go from 22.5% of all broadband wireless spending in
2006 to be the dominant platform in the market, with a 63% share. This is
the first piece of research to state definitively how much money will be
spent on WiMAX equipment, including core networking - in which countries,
and for which applications.

The report draws entirely on operators' spending plans rather than vendor
estimates. Rethink Research has enjoyed confidential access to the
spending plans of over 200 service providers from all round the world,
including how much money they have committed to future WiMAX spending, and
how much they have spent so far in building out standard and pre-certified
WiMAX networks. The next few years will show a remarkable pattern, with
European spending skyrocketing and taking up 56% of 2006 WiMAX spending,
only to be caught up by aggressive Chinese and other Asia Pacific network
build. US spending will be relevant, but by no means dominant.

Though mobile operators still see WiMAX as being in the enemy camp, by
2009 mobile operators round the world will be the second largest spenders
on WiMAX equipment, making up 17% of the total WiMAX equipment spend.

The report shows that the market for WiMAX equipment will be larger than
many have previously suggested and informs 802.16 vendors in which
territories they should be making their biggest efforts. Spending will
explode on the back of rising demand for broadband to be ubiquitous and
either personal or portable, and though 802.16e will be the key platform,
this will span both fixed and mobile applications.

KEY FINDINGS:
. Wireless will increase its share of the broadband market from 2% to
around 17% in the early years of the next decade.

. WiMAX spending will be focused almost entirely on licensed bands and the
5GHz band may not even gain a wide choice of certified equipment, relying
instead on cost effective options such as Motorola Canopy. 3.5GHz. will
account for 70% of spending.

. Additional 3.5GHz licenses will be offered in France, Germany, Italy and
parts of Eastern Europe in 2006-7, driving a second wave of European
investment, and this trend will be reflected from late 2007 in Africa and
the Middle East.

"WiMAX Global Spending Plans: 2006 - 2009" includes separate detailed
breakdowns of spending in the US, Caribbean/Latin America, Europe, Middle
East/Africa, China and Japan, India, Pakistan, Australia and south East
Asia, and costs $1,495 for a single protected PDF copy.

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VEEAM MONITOR for VMware Server and VMware Workstation

2006-08-14T07:37:00.000-05:00

Dear Sir/Madam,

I'd like to let you know that we are announcing the release of a new product Veeam Monitor for VMware, an application to monitor VMware virtual machines' performance.

Veeam Monitor provides a unified view of the performance and resource usage of all Virtual Machines running on a VMware Server or VMware Workstation.

You can find more information in the press release below or at http://www.veeam.com

Best Regards,
Ratmir Timashev,
President and CEO
Veeam Software
________________________________________

VEEAM(TM) SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF VEEAM MONITOR
for VMware Server and VMware Workstation

Windows Task Manager like monitor helps to identify performance bottlenecks and run virtual machines infrastructure more efficiently.

Saint-Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2006 - Veeam(TM) Software, a new provider of best-of-breed systems management solutions for virtual machines (VMs), today announced the release of Veeam Monitor, an application to monitor VMware virtual machines' performance and resource usage. Veeam Monitor provides a unified view of the performance and resource usage of all Virtual Machines running on a VMware Server or VMware Workstation. Running Veeam Monitor is similar to running multiple Windows Task Managers on each virtual machine and combining the result into a single monitoring console. In addition, it provides a view of the specific usage of the subsystems such as the CPU, Memory, the Disk, Network and Pagefile.

Veeam Monitor is extremely useful for planning, balancing the resources, identifying performance bottlenecks and troubleshooting the virtual machines infrastructure.

"Veeam Monitor is a unique solution as it provides a bird's eye view on virtual infrastructure as well as an easy way to drill down and view general resource usage per machine, all from a single console." - said Andrei Baronov, CTO, Veeam Software - "It give VM administrators and users full control of their VMware infrastructure."

Veeam Monitor provides a VM administrator with essential performance information about CPU, Memory, the Disk, Pagefile and Internal\External networking. The performance counters and graphs are given per virtual machine. Veeam Monitor collects the performance information even when it is not active. This is very useful when there is a performance problem that happened in the past and needs to be analyzed. By helping to figure out the source of reduced performance, Veeam Monitor enables user to redistribute server's resources among virtual machines to eliminate the problem, maximizing efficiency.

Veeam Monitor has 3 license types: Veeam Monitor for VMware Server, Veeam Monitor for VMware Workstation and Veeam Monitor for VMware Workstation Personal Edition. To download free evaluation trial please visit: http://www.veeam.com/download.asp

The price of Veeam Monitor for VMware Server is $200 and Veeam Monitor for VMware Workstation is $30. Veeam Monitor for VMware Workstation is free for personal use.

Learn more about the products at http://www.veeam.com

________________________________________

ABOUT VEEAM SOFTWARE
Veeam Software, Inc. was founded in April 2006 to create world leading products for VM infrastructure management. The first product, Veeam Monitor, puts user's virtual machines performance information at his/her fingertips. Veeam Monitor is designed to monitor VM infrastructure performance and resource usage, helping a VM administrator to plan, balance the resources, and identify performance bottlenecks on VMware servers and VMware workstations. The next product, currently in beta, Veeam Scanner, enables the user to scan, and automatically discover and enumerate virtual machines within an enterprise infrastructure. All of the products are made to complement VMware environment.

Contact information:
Veeam Software
Ratmir Timashev, President and CEO

New Version of MAP2PDF for ArcGIS Ships

2006-08-01T11:56:00.000-05:00

New Version of MAP2PDF for ArcGIS Ships

Enhanced Capabilities Let Users Create More Robust GeoPDF files to Share
across Enterprises

ATLANTA, GA - August 1, 2006 - TerraGo Technologies, creators of MAP2PDF
and GeoPDF announced today that MAP2PDF for ArcGIS version 3.0 is now
available, giving customers many more options and features for creating,
sharing and exchanging mapping data. Major enhancements include support
for multiple, transparent raster and vector layers, compatibility with
third party products such as DS Mapbook and PLTS, support for ArcGIS
Server, and Visual Basic access to MAP2PDF functionality. Users may now
create multiple GeoPDFs in batch mode with grouped layers exactly as
represented in ArcMAP.

Other Version 3.0 improvements include the saving of MAP2PDF settings with
the MXD, the placement of annotations as separate layers, map grid and map
surround support as separate layers and support of user-defined datums.

"With this new version we support the complete layering capabilities of
ArcGIS" says Michael Bufkin, TerraGo Technologies' chief technology
officer. "GeoPDFs created with Version 3.0 have the same look, feel and
behavior as that of the ArcMAP MXD."

"MAP2PDF integrates seamlessly into my typical workflow, is perfectly
intuitive to use, and extends powerful aspects of GIS functionality to even
the most lay users," says David Lewis, GIS Analyst, Southern Environmental
Law Center. "I am amazed by the software's ability to cram data-rich
layers with thousands of records into a PDF document with a small enough
file size that it can easily be emailed, all while maintaining high quality
graphical resolution and georeferencing. This product is essential for any
individual or organization that hopes to distribute GIS products over the
web or via email, to customers, clients, constituents, or colleagues."

All of the new features of Version 3.0 are integrated with the free GeoPDF
toolbar where users can access many mapping functions including display of
coordinates, measurement of distances and areas, markup, commenting, GPS
tracking and interaction with Google Maps, utilizing Adobe Acrobat or
Reader. Users also have the ability to export georegistered markups and
comments from the GeoPDF toolbar into GIS applications as .shp files, so
all their notes, graphics and annotations can be integrated back into the
master geospatial data.

"ESRI customers including major government agencies, large utilities and
other business users have already experienced the benefit of sharing
geospatial data across the enterprise so other users can work with
georegistered mapping information in connected or disconnected modes," says
James Davis, TerraGo Technologies CEO. "This latest release of MAP2PDF for
ArcGIS improves upon our successes, while giving our customers significant
new features that allow them to create even more valuable geospatial
assets."

All TerraGo products are available for a 30 day evaluation period where
users can produce complete GeoPDFs with no watermarks and distribute them
to anyone for evaluation and feedback.

About TerraGo Technologies
TerraGo Technologies is the provider of mapping solutions that leverage the
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). TerraGo's product line, MAP2PDF,
allows GIS professionals to convert complex, georegistered geospatial data
into maps with extensive, embedded data which can be easily distributed,
viewed and manipulated by non-GIS professionals, leveraging valuable
geospatial assets across the enterprise. For more information, visit
www.terragotech.com.

Editors Note: TerraGo, MAP2PDF and GeoPDF are trademarks or registered
trademarks of TerraGo Technologies. All other trademarks are recognized
as proprietary to their owners.

Regulate Printer Usage with O&K Print Watch

2006-08-01T08:24:00.000-05:00

Contact: Oleg Kovalenko
Company: O&K Software
Title: Public Relations Manager
E-mail: info@prnwatch.com

Regulate Printer Usage with O&K Print Watch

Version 4.00 allows users to specify printing "budgets" for users, groups and printers and limit document printing by pages, cost or keywords used in the name of a document

O&K Software today announces the release of O&K Print Watch 4.00. Combing the features of a network print spooler and a print job register, this program lets users control print jobs, paper usage and collect statistics from the print servers. The latter is helpful in creating a company-wide chargeback plan that ensures that all users pay their fair share of the printing budget.

Unlike the standard print manager in Windows, O&K Print Watch correctly counts the number of printed pages and offers an excellent mechanism to set limits on printer usage. O&K Print Watch creates a wide array of reports, which are available for viewing even from a web browser. These features give users full control over any printer in a home or corporate network.

What's New in Version 4.00?
New to version 4.00 is a radically improved mechanism that enables users to set limits on printer usage and an ability to view printed jobs as images. Users will also discover an ability to organize users into groups and set up printing rules for each group individually.

Now you can specify a printing "budget" by setting limits on the number of pages that can be printed or the total cost of a printed document. Let's say, for example, your employees are printing too many images on an expensive laser printer. You can set up a rule to limit printing based on the number of pages in a document. Or, you can specify keywords and no document with these keywords in its name will ever be printed. If you would like to know what was in the document named "Doc1.doc", you can select the option that saves a print job as an image and open an image of a printed document in a built-in image viewer.

Pricing and Availability
O&K Print Watch 4.00 runs under Windows NT4/2000/XP/Server 2003. The company offers a flexible licensing policy based on the number of printers that can be monitored by the program (please, refer to http://www.prnwatch.com/registration.html). Discounts are available to educational institutions. Additional information on O&K Print Watch, as well as its free 15-day evaluation version is available from www.prnwatch.com.

About O&K Software
O&K Software was founded in 1999. The company specializes in the development of printing software, custom Windows spooler components, system and network software. Their most popular product is O&K Print Watch. For more information, visit www.prnwatch.com.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: A free evaluation copy of O&K Print Watch 4.00 is available upon request to editors considering a review. A 20% discount is provided to all readers of your edition. Contact Oleg Kovalenko at info@prnwatch.com to request an evaluation copy or learn details of the discount offer

Product web site: http://www.prnwatch.com/okpw.html
E-mail: info@prnwatch.com
Corporate web site: http://www.prnwatch.com/

SEMANTIC WEB IN HEALTH CARE AND THE LIFE SCIENCES

2006-07-31T08:13:00.000-05:00

1st CALL FOR PAPERS

FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE SEMANTIC WEB IN HEALTH CARE AND
THE LIFE SCIENCES

held in conjunction with

THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SEMANTIC WEB CONFERENCE (ISWC) 2006, ATHENS, GA

under the auspices of the W3C HCLSIG.

Life Science Research and Health Care are areas undergoing phenomenal
growth, holding much promise for our future as long as we can manage
and apply the new knowledge gained without driving up costs. Key to
their success is the implementation of new informatics models that
will unite many forms of biological and medical information across
all institutions, through the encoding of meaning into the data and
their interpretations. By focusing on the semantics of information,
researchers will have more access to the knowledge required to
effectively find cures to diseases, while doctors will have better
tools for individualized clinical management of patients.

The W3C Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group
(HCLSIG) http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/ was chartered in December
of 2005 to develop and support the use of Semantic Web technologies
and practices to improve collaboration, research, development and the
adoption of innovation in Health Care and the Life Sciences. In
January of 2006, HCLSIG hosted its first face-to-face meeting http://
www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/f2f-2006/f2f-summary.html to define a set of
activities focused on reducing the barriers to adoption. As a part of
this process, we are organizing the first international workshop on
the Semantic Web in Health Care and the Life Sciences in conjunction
with ISWC 2006.

Aims:
Our aims for this workshop are threefold. First, we expect the
workshop to provide a current snapshot of the application of Semantic
Web technologies’ development trajectory. Secondly, to provide an
opportunity to showcase health care and the life sciences as an
aspect of the Semantic Web to a wider audience within the Semantic
Web community and to interested external parties. Thirdly, to provide
a forum for discussion that will facilitate forward planning of both
the W3C HCLSIG and more generally the research and development agenda
of the wider community.

Audience:
The workshop encourages participation from both academia and industry
with an emphasis on the theoretical and practical aspects of applying
Semantic Web technologies to the challenges of Health Care and the
Life Sciences. We look forward to industry to present its
requirements and use cases, and academic and industrial researchers
to present their ideas and solutions. We encourage participation from:

• Health Care, Clinical, and Life Science Consortia
• Research Institutes and Centers
• Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Companies
• IT Solution Vendors
• Government Agencies

We invite presentation proposals that focus on the application of the
Semantic Web to the life sciences and/or health care. The emphasis of
the presentation should be on real world implementations that
highlight the value added by utilizing a Semantic Web based
implementation.

Topics of Interest:

• Core vocabularies and ontologies to support cross-community data
integration and collaborative efforts
• Tools for transforming clinical and life science data into RDF
and OWL formats
• Guidelines and Best Practices for Resource Identification to
support integrity and version control
• Better integration of Scientific Publication with people, data,
software, publications, and clinical trials
• Knowledge ecosystems and knowledge lifecycle
• Ontologies in life sciences: knowledge representation, ontology
creation, maintenance and evaluation in health care and the life
sciences.
• Applications of SW in clinical protocols and pathways
• Applications of SW in drug safety and efficacy
• Industrial applications of SW technologies in drug discovery and
personalized health care

Submissions:
Contributions are sought for position papers for presentation.
Position papers should be submitted of no more than 1000 words
(maximum) to iswc2006-hcls-cfp@predmed.com by the submission date.

Please note, by submitting an abstract, you are granting permission
for your abstract and presentation to be posted on this Wiki: http://
esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop

Important Dates:
Abstract Submission: 15 September, 2006
Notification of acceptance: 1 October, 2006
Workshop Dates: 5 or 6 November, 2006 (TBD, check website)

Organizing Committee:

• Tonya Hongsermeier, Partners Health Care System
• Joanne Luciano, Harvard Medical School, Predictive Medicine, Inc.
• Eric Neumann, Teranode Corporation
• Susie Stephens, Oracle

For more information on the workshop, the webpage is available at:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop

NetSupport Announces Major Overhaul

2006-07-31T08:08:00.000-05:00

NetSupport Announces Major Overhaul Of Its Reseller Program For The Americas

NetSupport Nexus Program Delivers Personalized Account Management and Sales Support To A Growing Partner Network Within The SMB Arena.

July 31, 2006 - Atlanta, GA - NetSupport, the leading provider of PC &
classroom management solutions, today announced the launch of an all new replacement Partner Program, NetSupport Nexus. The NetSupport Nexus program offers VARs, solution providers and resellers a comprehensive framework of personalized account management, sales & marketing support resources and a clearly defined roadmap of indirect sales growth.

With a growing product range including IT Asset Management, PC Remote Control, Help Desk, Classroom Monitoring & Collaboration and Endpoint Security Solutions, NetSupport continues to set double digit growth year on year, relying in part on a growing indirect sales model to maintain its aggressive target attainment objectives.

"The launch of the NetSupport Nexus Program serves to reinforce our long term commitment to the indirect channel model for the Americas" states Marcus Kingsley, Group Sales & Marketing Director. "We understand that established partners who possess the necessary attributes to succeed, will already have a unique business model in place. Our responsibility is to offer a unique program of benefits and support where not only do we work to achieve our revenue goals but as equally important, we seamlessly integrate into their business models and strive to provide the necessary tools for our partner network to realize their own professional goals".

The Nexus Program offers three tiers of membership based on the anticipated level of involvement and focus to be placed by the partner into supporting the NetSupport brand. With no membership costs or ongoing fees, the program offers a risk free value proposition, providing active SMB resellers with access to a growing product range in demand and an effective entry route into a number of growing market sectors where they can rely on the level of support typically associated with an award winning international software developer, possessing more than 16 years of innovation and experience in the PC and Enterprise Management sector.

For more information on The Nexus Program, visit http://www.netsupport-inc.com or contact nexus@netsupport-inc.com

About NetSupport, Inc.
NetSupport, Inc. is a member of the NetSupport Group of Companies, headquartered in The UK. Specializing in the development of commercial software packages to manage and support Local and Wide Area Computer Networks, NetSupport products are utilized on more than 7 million desktops throughout 50 territories. Its award winning products include NetSupport Manager Remote Control and PC Management software, NetSupport DNA IT Asset Management and Help Desk software, NetSupport 24-7 on-demand remote support and chat, NetSupport Protect desktop security software and NetSupport School software, the leading interactive classroom instructional software solution.

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For more information, contact:
Marcus Kingsley
Group Sales & Marketing Director
nexus@netsupport-inc.com
Tel. 1-888-665-0808

Job Posting: Services Computing at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

2006-07-14T07:34:00.000-05:00

IBM Research is seeking outstanding Services Computing researchers to help us advance the state of the art and advance services innovation research and IBM's technology in Services Computing (http://www.research.ibm.com/services). We are interested in enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals with a PhD or equivalent in computer science or related disciplines. Successful candidates will be expected to help define and lead research projects from SOA and Web Services, SOA solution and services design, business transformation, business process modeling, monitoring & management to the realization leveraging the advanced modular SOA infrastrutures and tools.

Services Computing has become a cross-discipline that covers the science and technology of bridging the gap between Business Services and IT Services. The underneath breaking technology suite includes Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), business consulting methodology and utilities, business process modeling, transformation and integration. This scope of Services Computing covers the whole lifecycle of services innovation research that includes business compoentization, services modeling, services creation, services realization, services annotation, services deployment, services discovery, services composition, services delivery, service-to-service collaboration, services montoring, services optimization, as well as services management. The goal of Services Computing is to enable IT services and computing technology to perform business services more efficiently and effectively.

IBM Research is extending its distinguished history in Services Computing, and the related areas of service-oriented business consulting, modeling, transformation, execution, monitoring and management. IBM researchers have been making foundational contributions in Web services standards, web services hub framework, federated web services discovery, semantic web services, business performance management, SLA management, software as a service, services as software, dynamic web services composition, extended business collaboration, business process and workflow management, business transformation solutions, component business model and SOA, multi-channel e-commerce architecture, access control and security, industry solution frameworks, and industry standards. IBM researchers have also been actively working with the worldwide research communities to help define the research directions of Services Computing. IBM's Services Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) academic initiative is supported by Services Computing discipline within IBM Research.

Please send resume to LJ Zhang at zhanglj@us.ibm.com with subject "Services Computing Job Posting". Thank you very much.

Best Regards,
LJ
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Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang (Ph.D.)
Research Staff Member, SOA Services
Chair, Services Computing PIC, IBM Research
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), EI Compendex
19 SKYLINE DRIVE, HAWTHORNE, NY 10532
Tel: 914-784-6132 (NEW) Email: zhanglj@us.ibm.com
"Innovation That Matters"

EarthDesk replaces your static wallpaper with a photo-realistic Sun image

2006-07-11T08:58:00.000-05:00

Dear Sir/Madam,

Xeric Design, Ltd. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
EarthDesk 3.5, the real-time dynamic desktop map, for MS Windows. We hope you
will consider sharing this information with your readers by reviewing the
product in MP2K.

EarthDesk replaces your static wallpaper with a photo-realistic image of the
Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination as well as real-time
global cloud coverage (hurricanes, storms, and worldwide weather systems) on
your Windows desktop.

The software operates silently in the background, keeping your desktop updated
while you work. Unlike a screen saver, which only appears when your system is
idle, EarthDesk's dynamic desktop is continuously displayed as Windows
wallpaper.

New in version 3.5:

- Proxy authorization support for cloud image downloads.
- Added a cloud download progress indicator.
- EarthDesk no longer renders its image while a screen saver is active.
- EarthDesk does not render during inactive XP sessions.
- Political map updated to recognize the independence of Montenegro.
- Cloud images are now date-verified to be newer than the previous image.

EarthDesk is the only application of its kind to support accurate moonlight,
multiple monitors, eleven different map projections, as well as political and
satellite views.

EarthDesk requires Windows 2000, XP Home or XP Professional and QuickTime
6.5.2 or newer. Single user copies may be purchased online for $19.95.

For more information and to download an evaluation version, please visit our
website at: http://www.xericdesign.com.

# # #

Xeric Design, based in Incline Village, Nevada, is a leader in global time and
mapping software. Its flagship product, EarthDesk, is enjoyed by users in more
than 100 countries.

Editorial Review copies and high resolution screenshots are available to
qualified persons upon request.

Xeric Design, Ltd.
264 Village Blvd., Suite 201
Incline Village, NV 89451
U.S.A.

Tel: +1-775-832-5953
Fax: +1-775-832-5810

Email: info@xericdesign.com
Website: http://www.xericdesign.com

Thank you,

--
Trygve H. Inda | Xeric Design, Ltd.
President & CEO | a software development company

Saving Money in Printer Usage

2006-07-06T06:37:00.000-05:00

Print Censor Pro: Real Breakthrough to Saving Money in Printer Usage

A New Effective Tool Designed to Make Network Printers Management Easy and Fast

UsefulSoft today announces the release of Print Censor Professional 4.7, a powerful tool designed to record a printer's usage data and make the management of network printers as easy as possible. Print Censor Professional saves for you all useful printing information, including user and computer names, document title and size, time and date of printing, number of pages and copies, priority, paper size, color of printing (colored or black and white), whether it was a duplex printing or not and a print job cost. Nothing is left out and, any time you need it, all this useful information is at hand. But what makes Print Censor Professional a really state-of-the-art program and a natural choice for any system administrator is the fact that it doesn't stop at mere analysis of printing data, it allows you to set printing quotas for individual users. So, every user whose printing limit gets exceeded will be momentarily notified of his status and all his printing activity will be blo!
cked.

"When designing Print Censor Professional we constantly kept in mind its future users and their needs," says Alex Egorov, CEO at UsefulSoft. "We made all effort to create a really handy program, easy to use and highly customizable, in other words - a multi-purpose one. Now Print Censor Professional can help anyone starting with an ordinary user trying to keep track of his own printing activities and ending with system administrators whom it will help with a daunting task of keeping under control a large net of organization's printers."

Print Censor Professional saves your money by eliminating non-work usage of your company's printers. All you need is, first, to analyze the excessive data gathered for you by Print Censor Professional, and, second, use it to set individual quotas for every printer. A great advantage of Print Censor Professional is its flexibility, which allows you to increase quotas for particular users, for example, a secretary, or change them according to workload changes. With Print Censor Professional you can also save time as you have all your printers at hand in one window and you can monitor their activity so that in case of overload of one printer you can move some of its tasks to other printers.

Not all the computers in your net may have the same OS installed on them. That doesn't cause even a bit of a problem for Print Censor Professional, which can determine and store print jobs created under various operating systems: DOS, Windows 3.11/95/98/ME Windows NT/2000/XP, Windows Server 2003, Macintosh, Linux and other Unix versions. The print jobs manager provided by Print Censor Professional allows you to execute all basic operations and print jobs directly from Print Censor Professional. Remote management of printers installed on other computers is also on the list of Print Censor Professional useful features.
Print Censor Pro is very simple and even a beginner can use it without any problems. The step-by-step setup provided by Print Censor Pro will help any user to easily install and run the program.

About UsefulSoft
UsefulSoft is an information technology company founded in 2000 and specializing in development of software associated with printing. For more information about the company and products, visit http://usefulsoft.com

NetSupport

2006-07-05T06:33:00.000-05:00

NetSupport, a leading provider of desktop management software products for corporate and educational networks, today announced the imminent launch of "NetSupport Inform", the first dedicated corporate training application.

London, UK July 05, 2006 -- NetSupport, a leading provider of desktop management software products for corporate and educational networks, today announced the imminent launch of "NetSupport Inform", the first dedicated corporate training application.

Building on the success of its internationally renowned NetSupport School classroom instruction, management and collaboration software, NetSupport School; this latest addition to the NetSupport portfolio of products addresses the growing needs of the corporate training environment, a market set to increase where the average annual training expenditure has increased to $955 per employee, who receive an average of 32 hours formal learning (source. ASTD 2005 State of the Industry Report).

With NetSupport Inform, instructors and trainers can improve the efficiency of instruction by centrally managing delegates on their computers, tracking delegate activity by monitoring application and web usage, improve responsiveness through the use of real-time chat requests, and save time by quickly polling delegates with an instant survey and showing the results.

"As NetSupport Inform utilizes our existing proven technology, we're in the enviable position of launching an all new but mature application" say Marcus Kingsley, Group Sales & Marketing Director. "With NetSupport products commanding such a wide and varied installation base, we have maintained our strategy of being the first to react to the needs of our existing customer base, overall market feedback and the first to deliver effective, secure and proven solutions."

NetSupport Inform provides all of the key functionality needed in a busy training center from a single Instructors console, all in an intuitive and logical manner.

Replacing the need for Overhead Projectors, Whiteboards and other presentation tools, NetSupport Inform provides a truly two-way solution.

For more information about NetSupport Inform, visit www.netsupport-inform.com

About NetSupport:
Headquartered in The UK, NetSupport specializes in the development and promotion of commercial software packages to manage and support Local and Wide Area Computer Networks. Its flagship products are the highly successful NetSupport Manager Remote Control and PC Management application, NetSupport DNA, offering advanced Enterprise Asset Management, NetSupport School, the leading interactive classroom and training software solution and NetSupport Protect, advanced desktop
protection and endpoint security.

NetSupport and its derivatives are sold worldwide and enjoy market-leading status in many countries. NetSupport is recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in The EU, consistently included within the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Awards (6 years running) and most recently, voted the #1 UK Technology Exporter (European Technology Forum, 2005).

The First International Workshop on ONTOLOGY MATCHING

2006-07-03T07:54:00.000-05:00

The First International Workshop on
ONTOLOGY MATCHING
(OM-2006)
http://www.om2006.ontologymatching.org/

November 5 or 6, 2006, ISWC'06 Workshop Program, Athens, Georgia, USA

BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
Ontology matching is a key interoperability enabler for the Semantic Web,
since it takes the ontologies as input and determines as output
correspondences between the semantically related entities of those ontologies.
These correspondences can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging,
query answering, data translation, or for navigation on the Semantic Web.
Thus, matching ontologies enables the knowledge and data expressed in the
matched ontologies to interoperate.

The workshop has two goals:
1. To bring together academic and industry leaders dealing with ontology matching
in order to assess how academic advances are addressing real-world requirements.
The workshop will strive to improve academic awareness of industrial needs, and
therefore, direct research towards those needs. Simultaneously, the workshop will
serve to inform industry representatives about existing research efforts that may
meet their business needs.

2. To conduct an extensive evaluation of ontology matching approaches through
the OAEI (Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative) 2006 campaign. The particular
focus of this year's OAEI campaign is on real-world matching tasks from specific
domains, e.g., medicine, jobs. Therefore, the ontology matching evaluation
initiative itself will provide a solid ground for discussion of how well the
current approaches are meeting business needs.

TOPICS of interest include, but are not limited to:
Application of ontology matching techniques in real-world scenarios;
Requirements to ontology matching from specific domains;
Formal foundations and frameworks for ontology matching;
Performance of ontology-matching techniques;
Background knowledge in ontology matching;
Uncertainty in ontology matching;
Interactive ontology matching;
Ontology matching evaluation methodology;
Ontology matching for information integration;
Ontology matching for query answering;
Ontology matching for dynamic environments (e.g., P2P systems);
Systems and infrastructures.

INVITED TALKS
1. Fausto Giunchiglia,
University of Trento, Italy.
Tentative title: Background Knowledge in Ontology Matching.

2. Amit Sheth,
University of Georgia and Semagix, USA.
Tentative title: Matching, Mapping and Alignment in the context of
Real World Ontologies and Semantic Services.

FORMAT AND SUBMISSIONS
The schedule assumes one day workshop. The workshop will consist of the
following components: keynote presentations, technical presentations,
OAEI'06 results presentations, posters and consensus building workshop,
wrap-up discussion.

Contributions to the workshop can be made in terms of (i) technical papers
addressing different issues of ontology matching as well as (ii) participating
in the OAEI 2006 campaign. Technical papers should be not longer than 12 pages
using the LNCS Style. For complete style details, see Springer's Author Instructions
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html
These should be prepared in PDF format and should be sent
(no later than August 11, 2006) by email to Pavel Shvaiko:

pavel at dit dot unitn dot it

Technical papers will be refereed by the Program Committee.
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings.

Contributors to the OAEI 2006 campaign have to follow the contest conditions
at http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2006/.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS
August 11, 2006: Deadline for the submission of papers.
September 14, 2006: Deadline for the notification of acceptance/rejection.
September 21, 2006: Workshop camera ready copy submission.
November 5 or 6, 2006: OM-2006, GA Center, Athens, Georgia, USA.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE OAEI'06 CAMPAIGN
early June, 2006: First publication of test cases.
June 28, 2006: Comments on test cases (any time before that date).
July 3, 2006: Final publication of test cases.
September 4, 2006: Preliminary results due (for interoperability-checking).
September 15, 2006: Participants send final results and supporting papers.
October 9, 2006: Organizers publish results for comments.
November 5 or 6, 2006: OM-2006, GA Center, Athens, Georgia, USA;
OAEI'06 final results ready.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

1. Pavel Shvaiko
University of Trento, Italy
e-mail: pavel at dit dot unitn dot it

2. Jerome Euzenat
INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France

3. Natasha Noy
Stanford University, USA

4. Heiner Stuckenschmidt
University of Mannheim, Germany

5. Richard Benjamins
Intelligent Software Components, Spain

6. Michael Uschold
The Boeing Company, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Benjamin Ashpole, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs, USA
Richard Benjamins, Intelligent Software Components, Spain
Paolo Bouquet, University of Trento, Italy
Jerome Euzenat, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France
Fausto Giunchiglia, University of Trento, Italy
Andreas Hess, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wei Hu, Southeast University, China
Jingshan Huang, University of South Carolina, USA
Todd Hughes, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs, USA
Michael Huhns, University of South Carolina, USA
Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Yannis Kalfoglou, University of Southampton, UK
Deborah McGuinness, Stanford University, USA
Meenakshi Nagarajan, University of Georgia, USA
Natasha Noy, Stanford University, USA
Satya Sahoo, University of Georgia, USA
Marco Schorlemmer, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spain
Pavel Shvaiko, University of Trento, Italy
Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz, Germany
Umberto Straccia, ISTI-C.N.R., Italy
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, University of Mannheim, Germany
York Sure, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Uschold, The Boeing Company, USA
Petko Valtchev, University of Montreal, Canada
Mikalai Yatskevich, University of Trento, Italy

Harness Your System and Rein It in Style

2006-06-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Harness Your System and Rein It in Style

True Launch Bar is an ultimate experience of a manageable file system. It gets the best of MS Windows OS and streamlines it for greater comfort of use. Its unique system of switching toolbars and expandable menus gives instant access to files, applications, and settings from the taskbar. In addition, overlay images and skins give system polish and slick looks.

Tordex announces today the release of the forth major version of True Launch Bar, a shortcut manager and system enhancement tool. The program is known as much for its close integration with Windows OS as for skins and extensions that change the looks of the taskbar. The new version improves the hallmark system of switching toolbars and expands the range of customizable program features. Users are now able to change not only the appearance of menus and items, but also the default commands ascribed to buttons. The latest update also offers support to Windows Vista. On the whole, the update makes True Launch Bar more universally customizable and visually diverse.

True Launch Bar draws on the strengths of MS Windows, making a better use of its controls and technologies. It strikes the delicate balance between comfort and integrity of the system. It allows switching toolbars automatically with the change of an active application. For example, if you use extra resources while working with MS Office applications, you can create a special toolbar with shortcuts to all the resources. The shortcuts will appear in the taskbar every time MS Word or Excel is launched. You can also group shortcuts into menus that expand and collapse at a click or float on top of other windows. The use of Drag-n-Drop helps quickly fill the menus with shortcuts for files and applications, system settings and controls. True Launch Bar helps you harness the system and stay in control.

Here are testimonials of users appreciating the comfort of True Launch Bar:

"To grasp the real value of True Launch Bar, try working with it for some time. Then any system without it turns into a raging nightmare." Nick Harley, Canada.

"I want to tell you guys, your app is a killer!! I love it. Something that my company (MS) forgot to include in XP :) Worth every penny!!! Keep up the good work!"

".you can modify the icons-menu to appear only text-based and re-arrange the structure of the menus to seems like gnome one. Good work!" Hack Lover, Italy

Not only does True Launch Bar give comfort of use, but also adds polish to your system. With its help you can dress the taskbar with overlay images and skins. You can customise its colour scheme; add gradients and transparency effects. You can tap into a fathomless source of designs and styles. Its plug-ins will equip your taskbar with a news reader and the weather forecast. You will be able to monitor resources and network activities, access the address book and control media players. It is one nifty tool that works wonders with your desktop, putting things in order, and adding polish to the system looks.

True Launch Bar v4.0 Features at a Glance
- Compatibility with Quick Launch;
- Ability to group shortcuts into menus under separators and titles;
- Ability to switch toolbars with the change of active application (Auto Sensing);
- Support for Drag-n-Drop;
- Support of Windows XP Visual Styles;
- Menu for recently accessed files (last run or run count);
- Ability to display thumbnails and file properties on a menu;
- Customisable hot keys;
- Customisable design (buttons, menus, toolbars);
- Customisable default commands for buttons and mouse behaviour;
- Password protection for shortcuts and settings;
- Additional plug-ins and skins available online.

Pricing and Availability
True Launch Bar v4.0 runs under Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista platforms. A single user license costs $19.90 (USD). The company also offers a home license for 4 installations priced at 49 USD, and a business license for 40 installations priced at 139 USD. All registered users are entitled to free technical support and program updates. Besides, on the company web site you will find additional plug-ins and skinning libraries. For the duration of the launch campaign True Launch Bar v4.0 will be available at a discount of 30 per cent. A fully functional evaluation version of the program is available for download at http://download.truelaunchbar.com/install/tlb4.exe

About Tordex
Founded in 2000, Tordex is an independent developer and publisher of system enhancement software for the Windows platforms. The company provides corporate and home users with cutting-edge technologies and brings computer operating efficiencies to the maximum. The Tordex family of products features such popular solutions as True Launch Bar, StartKiller, CloseWin, OpenRun, PresStart, etc. More information is available at: http://www.tordex.com

Control Your Computer's Productivity

2006-06-28T05:58:00.000-05:00

Control Your Computer's Productivity with Actual Window Manager 4.0

An add-on for Microsoft Windows enables users to modify the priority for processes and tasks on the fly with only one click, allowing you to increase system performance and avoid crashes

Multitasking in Windows is a great technology that enables users to run more than one program at a time while having only one CPU. However it may also be a weakness. Too many running processes and tasks often reduce the processing power of your computer by consuming large amounts of CPU resources. Performance degrades to the point where your computer becomes extremely sluggish. So, what do we do? We raise and lower the process priority.

Changing the priority level allows you control how CPU resources are used. Windows provides six different priority levels, such as Low, Below Normal, Normal, Above Normal, High and Real-Time. By increasing the priorities for important programs and decreasing priorities for less important ones, users can make sure that the important process gets instant access to the CPU. This means it will be able to consume 100% of the CPU without being interrupted by less important processes, which leads to increased and more stable performance of an application.

Actual Window Manager is a Windows add-on that lets you tackle the too-many-applications-running problem with ease. After installation, it allows you to modify the priority of any application on the fly. Simply click on the Priority icon located on the titlebar of its window and select the required priority from the drop-down menu. You can do the same from the window menu. Priority can also be modified automatically in response to different events like an application launch, when a window is inactive or when it is minimized to the taskbar.

Let's say, for example, you need to make a backup copy of a DVD disk containing the life-critical data. DVD copying, as you know, is a very resource-intensive task that can make the computer sluggish. You launch a DVD converter like CloneDVD, click on the Priority icon on its titlebar and set the priority level as High. Now, the converter will get enough CPU resources to execute the task without any interruption or system failures. Besides, all other tasks will also be running in the background but will not cause any problems. Changing priority with Actual Window Manager turns into a one-click affair.

If you would like to know more about how to optimize your system performance without buying expensive hardware, you can read the article "How to make your computer work faster", which is located at http://www.ActualTools.com/articles/detail.php?ID=1096. Also, you can download an evaluation copy of Actual Window Manager and try changing the priority on your own. The download link is http://www.ActualTools.com/files/aimsetup.exe.

About Actual Tools
Actual Tools is a technology company that specializes in desktop enhancement applications for the Windows OS. The company was founded in 2001 by software engineer Michael Tretyakov. Providing innovative solutions and services, Actual Tools helps people, both home and corporate users, innovate and increase their computational efficiency. Actual Tools is the author of such top sellers as Actual Title Buttons, Actual Transparent Window, Actual Window Guard, Actual Window Menu, Actual Window Minimizer, and Actual Window Rollup. For more information about the company and its products, visit http://www.ActualTools.com.

Extensión de la fecha límite de envío de contribuciones

2006-06-27T09:03:00.000-05:00

JSWEB 2006: Extensión de la fecha límite de envío de contribuciones hasta
el 10 de julio de 2006.

Llamada a la Participación: JSWEB 2006
======================================

JSWEB 2006 II Jornadas Científico-Técnicas en Servicios Web Santiago de
Compostela, 16 y 17 de Noviembre de 2006.
Escola Técnica Superior de Enxeñería
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela

Sitios Web:
http://www-gsi.dec.usc.es/jsweb06

Correo electrónico: jsweb06@usc.es

Introducción y objetivos
========================

Esta segunda edición de las jornadas persigue consolidar el éxito de JSWEB
2005 para establecer un punto de referencia para profesionales, empresas e
investigadores interesados en el uso y la adopción de la plataforma de
servicios Web y de las arquitecturas orientadas a servicio (SOA) en el
entorno académico o industrial.

Las jornadas tienen como objetivo estrechar los lazos entre el mundo de la
industria y el entorno universitario, acercando los resultados de la
investigación a las empresas y creando un marco de colaboración que
facilite la transferencia de tecnología, conocimiento y experiencias
prácticas.

Las Jornadas están por tanto dirigidas, pero no limitadas, a grupos tales
como:

- profesionales, consultores y analistas dedicados a/o que estén
considerando el desarrollo o la implantación de aplicaciones software
basadas en servicios Web y arquitecturas SOA.

- grupos de investigación en las áreas de servicios Web, arquitecturas
orientadas a servicios, middleware o servicios Grid, que desean mostrar
los avances realizados en esta área.

- grupos de investigación científica que utilicen infraestructura
informática basada en servicios Grid, servicios Web o arquitecturas
orientadas a servicios.

Solicitud de Trabajos
=====================

Se solicitan trabajos originales de investigación y experiencia práctica
el las cualquier de las áreas enumeradas a continuación, o

1. Fundamentos de los servicios Web

. Arquitecturas orientadas a servicios (SOA)

. Formalización de servicios Web

. Optimización de servicios Web

. Descripción, descubrimiento, composición, adaptación dinámica

. Orquestación y coreografía de servicios Web

. Autonomía de servicios Web, conciencia del contexto

2. Tecnología y servicios Web

. Interoperabilidad y estándares

. Middleware de servicio Web y middleware orientado a servicio

. Gestión de servicios Web y aplicaciones SOA

. Enterprise services bus (ESB)

. Grid computing

. Convergencia servicios Web y Web semántica

. Gestión de servicios Web y aplicaciones SOA, modelado y planificación

. Acuerdos de nivel de servicio (SLAs) en entornos de servicios Web, SOA y
servicios Grid

3. Ingeniería de servicios Web

. MDA y servicios Web

. Business process management (BPM) y servicios Web

. Calidad en servicios Web

. Ingeniería, gestión y provisión de servicios Web

4. Aplicaciones de los servicios Web y SOA

. Integración de aplicaciones con servicios Web y SOA

. Comercio electrónico, B2B y B2C con servicios Web y SOA

. Utility computing, e-business on demand con servicios Web y SOA

. Impacto de los servicios Web en la e-Administración, sanidad,
e-Learning, e-Tourism, etc.

. SOA: productos y estrategias

Con el objetivo de acomodar apropiadamente contribuciones científicas e
industriales, las jornadas acogerán dos sesiones dedicadas a
comunicaciones científicas y de experiencia industrial, respectivamente..
Los trabajos deberán indicar claramente a qué sesión están dirigidos.

. Sesión de trabajos de investigación. Se aceptarán contribuciones de alta
calidad que presenten trabajos originales dedicados al análisis teórico o
experimental en cualquiera de las áreas indicadas en la sección anterior.
La propuestas deberán indicar claramente en qué consiste su contribución
científica, así como señalar su relevancia científica y práctica y su
relación con investigaciones anteriores. Los trabajos estarán limitados a
un total de ocho páginas.

. Sesión de experiencia industrial. Se aceptarán contribuciones de alta
calidad describiendo experiencias de uso, diseño, despliegue o explotación
de sistemas basados o que utilicen cualquiera de las tecnologías indicadas
anteriormente. Los trabajos enviados a esta sesión no deberán exceder de
cuatro páginas.

Las comunicaciones se ajustarán al formato del congreso
(www-gsi.dec.usc.es/jsweb06/formato.doc) y deberán contener el título de
la ponencia, los autores y su afiliación y carácter de la ponencia
(científica o experiencia práctica).

Las actas serán publicadas en un libro con ISBN y depósito legal, y además
se publicará un DVD con las comunicaciones presentadas. Los dos mejores
artículos de la conferencia se publicarán en la revista "Novática".

Fechas Importantes
==================

. Envío de comunicaciones: 10 de julio 2006

. Notificación final a los autores: 21 de julio de 2006

. Versión final trabajos aceptados: 8 de septiembre de 2006

Comité Organizador
==================

Presidentes:
Manuel Lama Penín (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, USC)
José Carlos del Arco Prieto

Presidentes de organización local:
Eduardo M. Sánchez Vila (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, USC)
Javier García Tobío (Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, CESGA)

Secretario:
Xosé Antón Vila Sobrino (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Responsable de difusión:
Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot (Universidad de Extremadura, UEX)

Responsable de sesiones empresariales:
David Fernández Barrero (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, UAH)

Webmaster:
Juan C. Vidal Aguiar (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Colaboradores:
Paulo Félix Lamas (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Manuel Fernández Delgado (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Alberto Bugarín Diz (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Manuel Mucientes Molina (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Jesús Rodríguez Presedo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Ricardo Rocha Amorim (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Purificación Cariñena Amigo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC)

Comité Científico
==================

Presidente del comité científico:
Francisco Curbera (IBM Research, USA)

Miembros del comité científico:
Sinuhé Arroyo (PHION)

Richard Benjamins (Intelligent Software Components, iSOCO)

Ignacio Boixo (XBRL España)

Baltasar Carretero (T-Systems)

Pablo Castells (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Valeria de Castro (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

Jaime Cid (Sun Microsystems)

Óscar Corcho (Universidad de Manchester)

Rafael Corchuelo (Universidad de Sevilla, US)

Juan Manuel Cueva Lovelle (Universidad de Oviedo)

Carlos Delgado Kloos (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M)

Óscar Díaz (Universidad del País Vasco, UPV/EUH)

José García Franquelo (Sadiel)

Ferrán García (Oracle)

Juan Miguel Gómez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M)

Juan Hernandez (Universidad de Extremadura)

Juan José Hierro (Telefónica I+D)

José Emilio Labra (Universidad de Oviedo, UNIOVI)

Rubén Lara (Tecnología, Información y Finanzas, ES)

Manuel Lama (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)

José López (Atos Origin)

Diego López (Red Española de I+D, RedIRIS)

Jordi Marco (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña)

Esperanza Marcos (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, URJC)

Eduardo Mena (Universidad de Zaragoza, UNIZAR)

Alberto Mijares (Fundación CTIC)

Juan José Moreno Navarro (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM)

Juan Antonio Ortega (Junta de Andalucía)

Marta Patiño (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM)

Óscar Pastor (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, UPV)

Juan Pavón Mestras (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, UCM)

Mario Piattini (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, UCLM)

Juan Antonio Prieto (Ximetrix)

Isidro Ramos (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, UPV)

Mariano Rico (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM)

José Ramón Salgado (Telvent)

Ambrosio Toval (Universidad de Murcia)

Genoveva Vargas (CNRS, Francia)

Antonio Vallecillo (Universidad de Málaga, UMA)

Patrocinadores
==================

Microsoft

HP

Con la colaboración de:

ATI

Club-BPM

Sablotron

2006-06-27T07:43:00.000-05:00

[Sab] Sablotron 1.0.3

After some time, a new version of Sablotron is out. This is the change log:

- added dyn:evaluate() EXSLT function to evaluate strings
as XPath expressions
- fixed segfault when stylesheet import fails
[patch by Adam Dickmeiss]
- user-defined scheme URIs no more encoded
[patch by Adam Dickmeiss]
- fixed a bug in sabcmd.cpp for Sun One Studio 8 Compiler
[patch by Martin Adolfsson]

Protect Your Family Members

2006-06-27T03:51:00.000-05:00

Protect Your Family Members from Ubiquitous Pornography and Violence

Adult Photo Blanker makes sure that your children watch proper films on your home computer and visit websites, which do not contain any objectionable content

Today OreWare.com announces the release of Adult Photo Blanker, a freshly developed software tool, which guards computer users from the ubiquitous expansion of pornography and violence in our life. This program not only prevents your children from accessing unwanted websites, but also controls the content of video files and photos, which are loaded into your computer memory from the hard disk. In addition to this, it is worth of note that Adult Photo Blanker is compatible with all existing Internet browsers and e-mail managers. This smart tool monitors nearly all multimedia content, which is processed by the computer. Adult Photo Blanker is able to analyze all popular formats of images and video files.

Adult Photo Blanker uses a cutting edge content analyzing technology, which allows for 11 special criteria to reveal objectionable films, websites, images and the like. The program combines this built-in artificial intelligence scanner with the keyword filter, which recognizes unwanted content by specified words. This combination gives the programmers confidence to assert, that no objectionable data will be displayed on the monitors of their customers. Apart from that, this is a resident program, which is concealed from inexperienced users. Besides, Adult Photo Blanker is protected with a password, so if you want to turn it off and watch an adult film, you will have to put in the password, which you have previously specified.

Other merits of the program include the interception of search requests to the search engines and blocking them if the search is performed by the objectionable words. Adult Photo Blanker gives no chances to porno lovers: it features Block and Safe lists to customize each user settings individually. Customizability is another great asset of the program. This content supervisor is able to meet the needs of most demanding family members. Each family member can configure options of the program in his/her own way. For example, the program provides for different passwords for each family member. A special quick setup wizard, which begins to work right after you have installed the program, is also worth mentioning. It allows configuring all necessary settings in just 5 steps.

"I have two children, ten and thirteen years of age," says Barbara, our customer from the UK. "They spend much time on the Internet. The global network helps them to study; they find a lot of useful information for their classes there. However, I could not feel relaxed about them, since I knew that apart from knowledge they could come across some adult sites there. Fortunately this problem is now solved. I strongly recommend Adult Photo Blanker to all parents, who do care for their children."

Adult Photo Blanker Benefits at a Glance:
- Cutting edge content analyzing technology;
- Control over all processed video/photo data;
- Support for all popular video files and images;
- Password protection;
- High level of customizability.

Pricing and Availability
Adult Photo Blanker runs under Windows 98 (partially) / ME (partially) / 2000 / XP and costs $49.95 (USD). A fully functional trial version of the program is available as a free download at http://www.oreware.com/download_prog.php?id_prog=25 (4.09 Mb)

About OreWare.com
Founded in 2004, OreWare.com is an information technology company. The company is engaged in the development of various Internet software tools, image processing tools and other products. Adult Photo Blanker is going to become a new milestone in the corporate history of this dynamically developing IT-company. For more information about the company and products, visit http://www.oreware.com.

Directive 34/95EC on Data Protection

2006-06-23T07:04:00.000-05:00

http://www.acm.org/usacm/Issues/Privacy.htm

You'll find there most of the well-known principles of the Directive 34/95EC
on data protection. I'm a bit surprised that they have a header "Openess"
that talks about the principle of finality. I hope most of the things
mentioned there are already in P3P, but I will need to have a deeper
analysis.

Best,
--
Rigo Wenning W3C/ERCIM
Staff Counsel Privacy Activity Lead
mail:rigo@w3.org 2004, Routes des Lucioles
http://www.w3.org/ F-06902 Sophia Antipolis

Printer Friendly

2006-06-23T07:03:00.000-05:00

Printer Friendly (http://www.printerfriendlysoftware.com) allows you to print all of your favorite online content in a printer-friendly, reader-friendly format, even if the website itself doesn't have a printer-friendly link.

Many people print their favorite online articles, blogs, and news stories for reading during their commute or at a later time. The pages printed through Printer Friendly retain all of the content you need, without any of the banner advertisement, or uncomfortable web page formatting. You can enjoy your printed articles, or any other website content, in an easy-to-read format, without wasting paper or printer ink on the things you don't want to print.

Using Printer Friendly is simple. While surfing the web with your browser, when you come across a web site that you want to print, simply click on the Printer Friendly button on the toolbar of the web browser. The printed page will be formatted specifically for your printer, with crisp, clear, and easy to read black on white text, in a font specifically chosen for ease of reading on printed paper. The web page ads and other nonsense are stripped out, and you are left with only the web page content you are interested in.

Printer Friendly 1.3 is available for Internet Explorer and Firefox.

A free 14-day free trial is available for immediate download.
At the end of the trial period, Printer Friendly can be purchased for $12.95.

Now, everything is printer friendly!

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Antair was founded in 2005 with the mission to provide professional, reliable IT consulting services, and custom made software solutions.
Our consulting and software development experience ranges from educational software packages for direct classroom use, to real-time, large-scale trading frameworks for financial institutions.

Antair has recently changed focus to become entirely a product-based software development firm. We no longer provide consulting services, but continue to draw upon our consulting experience to provide you with the most reliable, elegant and intuitive software products.

Antair is located in New York City, USA.

Guys You Deal with on the Internet

2006-06-20T12:03:00.000-05:00

Truth about Guys You Deal with on Web

Alien IP is trace routing software that resolves domain names, pings
IP addresses, and locates remote hosts on the map. It supplies
detailed information about remote domains, email senders and web site
visitors. Alien IP has a clear and straightforward interface that
keeps you in the know about remote domains that connect to your
system.

Vancouver, Canada. - June 20, 2006: - ArmCode today announces the
release of the second major version of Alien IP, a trace routing tool.
The program can locate any remote domain on the map and display its IP
address and geographic coordinates. Alien IP v2.0 can also ping the
address to see if the target host is up or not. It handles equally
well individual IP addresses, IP ranges and lists from web logs.
Integrated IP Calculator will help you translate an IP address into
alternative numerical notations and calculate its range and subnet.
Enhanced with the new features, Alien IP v2.0 better satisfies user
needs and provides additional comfort of use.

"In the broadband world of today with the large number of sites
visited daily it is difficult to track down every domain your system
connects to," says Dmitry Costenco, Marketing Officer at ArmCode.
"Often, however, there is a need to locate them. In such cases Alien
IP can track their geographical location and show it on the map. The
program helps to pin down unwanted domains in order to block their
access into the user system. It also provides information about web
site visitors and email senders. If you, for instance, market a
product on the Internet, the knowledge of your leads' nationality can
help you make a more targeted campaign. The new version of the program
goes a lot further then just showing domain's location. It allows you
to process web logs, ping remote addresses, and trace route their
exact location. We made a point of keeping the program interface clear
and simple so that the user doesn't bog down in it. The ability to
quickly trace a domain can also help to stem the leak of important
personal information."

The detailed world map, toolbar and a status bar make the key elements
of the program interface. They open up access to all program features.
To initiate trace routing of a domain one just needs to paste its name
or IP address into a drop-out box on the tool bar and click on the
"go" button. When the program pins down the location, it will
highlight it on the map and its coordinates will appear in the status
bar. You can also bring about a detailed summary by pressing the
"info" button. The unparallel clarity and straightforward approach to
the interface make using Alien IP a snap!

Alien IP v2.0 Features at a Glance:
- Ability to trace route and ping domains by their name and IP address;
- Ability to resolve domain names, IP ranges and address lists from files;
- Translation of IP address into alternative numerical notations;
- Calculation of IP ranges and subnets;
- Display of domain location and coordinates.

Availability and Pricing
Alien IP v2.0 runs under Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP. A single-user
license costs 29.95 USD. Program registration entitles all users to
free technical support. A trial version of the program is available
for download at www.armcode.com/downloads/alien-ip.exe. The company
offers a free licence for Alien IP v2.0 to every user who manages to
find 5 mistakenly traced domain locations. In order to receive the
free license, a user is expected to submit 5 IP ranges and clearly
state the country, region, name and coordinates (longitude and
latitude) of the city, it postal and dialling codes.

About ArmCode
As a software development company ArmCode specializes in cartographic
software. Besides Alien IP, the company's product line is comprised of
Map Explorer and ZIP Pointer. Map Explorer is cartographic tool that
helps locate and view any object on global maps. ZIP Pointer is
another tool that translates North American ZIP and postal codes into
geographic locations and shows them on the map. For more information,
please refer to http://www.armcode.com.

Download Accelerator

2006-06-20T06:33:00.000-05:00

Internet Download Accelerator Makes Downloading Fun Ride!

Version 5.0.5 of a popular download manager has expanded its feature set with plug-ins support, Advanced Scheduler plug-in, ability to download entire folders via FTP and more

WestByte Software has announced the release of version 5.0.5 of their download manager - Internet Download Accelerator (IDA). Most everyone downloading files from the internet has experienced the sufferings that come from a broken connection. This may happen due to a disconnected modem or a system crash. Until the age of download managers there was only one way to deal with a broken connection - restart a download again, losing time and money wasted on a half-downloaded file. Fortunately, IDA offers a smarter solution.

Internet Download Accelerator gives you an ability to resume a disconnected download. If you have downloaded only a portion of a file and the connection is interrupted, the program will resume the download and get the rest of the file without restarting it from the beginning. This greatly saves your time and, of course, money! Another best thing about IDA is a unique technology that increases a file download speed. IDA splits up a file and downloads its several pieces simultaneously. This helps you get the most out of your internet connection.

Internet Download Accelerator gives you many other interesting abilities that enhance your downloading experience. It lets you play a video or audio file even when a download is not over, thus allowing you to decide in the very beginning whether to continue a download or not. You can also manage downloads and have different types of files automatically sorted out into categories like Archives, Music and Video. If you need to download a ZIP-archive, IDA lets you download its files selectively, only those that you actually need.

Another convenience in IDA is Active Visual Cartman, a floating icon that provides immediate access to all main functions of the program without the need to open its main window. The program can integrate into all most popular internet browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Netscape, and others, replacing the standard download modules. What's more, it can monitor system clipboard and detect URLs in it. Featuring support for additional plug-ins, IDA gives you unlimited possibilities for expanding its functionality.

What's New in Version 5.0.5?
- Plug-ins support;
- Advanced Scheduler plug-in is shipped with the program;
- Ability to download entire folders (including the content of subfolders) via FTP;
- Optimized download speed and enhanced stability.

IDA Pricing and Availability
Internet Download Accelerator 5.0.5 runs under Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and costs $24.95 (USD). Registered users are entitled to a lifetime technical support and free updates to future versions of the software. Also, they will gain an ability to buy other WestByte programs at a considerable discount. Additional information on Internet Download Accelerator, as well as its 30-day evaluation copy is available from http://www.westbyte.com/ida/.

Bill Gates To Leave Microsoft

2006-06-15T16:21:00.000-05:00

Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates

Working full time at Microsoft through June 2008, Gates then will continue as chairman and advisor while increasing Foundation efforts; Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie to assume expanded roles.

REDMOND, Wash. — June 15, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that effective July 2008 Bill Gates, chairman, will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company announced a two-year transition process to ensure that there is a smooth and orderly transfer of Gates’ daily responsibilities, and said that after July 2008 Gates would continue to serve as the company’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects.

The company announced that Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie will immediately assume the title of chief software architect and begin working side by side with Gates on all technical architecture and product oversight responsibilities, to ensure a smooth transition. Similarly, Chief Technical Officer Craig Mundie will immediately take the new title of chief research and strategy officer and will work closely with Gates to assume his responsibility for the company’s research and incubation efforts; Mundie also will partner with general counsel Brad Smith to guide Microsoft’s intellectual property and technology policy efforts.

“Our business and technical leadership has never been stronger, and MS is well-positioned for success in the years ahead. I feel very fortunate to have such great technical leaders like Ray and Craig at the company,” Gates said. “I remain fully committed and full time at Microsoft through June 2008 and will be working side by side with Ray and Craig to ensure that a smooth transition occurs.”

“This was a hard decision for me,” Gates added. “I’m very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I firmly believe the road ahead for Microsoft is as bright as ever.”

In September 2005 Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer organized the company into three divisions under presidents Jim Allchin, Kevin Johnson, Robbie Bach and Jeff Raikes, who were given much greater responsibility for product development and strategy decisions within their respective businesses. In August 2005 the company appointed Kevin Turner as chief operating officer.

“Bill and I are confident we’ve got a great team that can step up to fill his shoes and drive Microsoft innovation forward without missing a beat,” Ballmer said. “We will continue to hire the world’s best technical talent and give them the tools to do their best work, and we will continue to tackle the biggest challenges and opportunities for our customers by investing for the long term.”

Ballmer and Gates noted that Microsoft has been steadily expanding its senior leadership in recent years, and that today’s announcement continues a transition process that has been underway for several years. In January 2000, Gates assumed the role of chief software architect and Ballmer assumed the role of CEO, responsible for all day-to-day operations and company business strategy.

“This is a very sensible and thorough approach. A two-year transition will ensure that the company has a smooth transfer of strategy and knowledge from Bill to the next generation of leaders,” said James I. Cash, Ph.D., member of the Microsoft board of directors and former James E. Robison Professor, Harvard Business School. “Steve and his management team are very impressive, and I’m confident the company will not miss a step.”

Ozzie, 50, worked on the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc, in the early 1980s, then joined Lotus Development Corp. in 1983 to develop Lotus Symphony, an MS-DOS®-based integrated software management product that combined word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics, data management and communications capabilities. In 1984, Ozzie formed Iris Associates Inc. to develop Lotus Notes. In 1997 Ozzie founded Groove Networks, where he developed Groove Virtual Office. Microsoft acquired Groove Networks in April 2005 and named Ozzie chief technical officer.

Mundie, 56, joined Microsoft in 1992 to create and run the Consumer Platforms Division, which was responsible for developing non-PC platform and service offerings including the Microsoft® Windows® CE operating system; software for handheld PCs, Pocket PCs and Auto PCs; and early telephony products. Mundie also started Microsoft’s digital TV efforts and acquired and managed the WebTV Networks Inc. subsidiary. Mundie is also the original champion of the Trustworthy Computing Initiative at Microsoft, which has influenced Microsoft’s software development strategy. His current responsibilities also include global technology policy and a variety of technical and business incubation activities.

Ozzie and Mundie Colorado Map will continue to report to Bill. At an appropriate time during the two-year transition period, they will shift to reporting to Ballmer.

Gates, 50, started Microsoft in 1975 with childhood friend Paul Allen. He took Microsoft public in 1986 and was the company’s chairman and CEO until 2000, when Ballmer took over as CEO. For the past six years Gates has focused on Microsoft’s software development as the company’s chairman and chief software architect. In 2000, with his wife, he formed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose assets now are $29.1 billion.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft has pioneered many of the software innovations that paved the way for the digital information revolution and launched the PC industry. Beginning with MS-DOS, Microsoft’s first operating system, and continuing with products such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows and Xbox®, the company has developed a broad range of software, services and solutions that have transformed the way people work, communicate and play. Microsoft has 63,000 employees in more than 100 countries and generates annual sales of more than

$40 billion (U.S.). With products for desktop PCs, servers and mobile devices, Microsoft continues to be the worldwide leader in helping people and businesses realize their full potential.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Vertu Handsets

2006-06-15T07:45:00.000-05:00

Valuable Complement to Vertu Handsets

The new Vertu Edition of Oxygen Phone Manager II has become the first software product to support the performance of Vertu handsets with interactive access and content management. For those who demand the best in everything and does not compromise on quality Oxygen Software introduces the ultimate experience of comfort and freedom. The new edition crowns years of research and testing conducted by expert developers.

Oxygen Software LLC announces today the release of a special edition of Oxygen Phone Manager II for Vertu handsets. The same expert team that engineered forensic software for the Metropolitan Police of London now offers their experience and knowledge in the new masterpiece of software development. Oxygen Phone Manager serves the dual purpose of protecting and managing the contents of Vertu handsets. The program makes personal contents and settings of a phone accessible and manageable from PC. Now, the owner of Vertu Signature or Vertu Ascent will not only be able to replicate personal contents and settings to a hard drive, but also manage contacts and schedule events, upload multimedia files and tune up the handset directly from the PC keyboard. Oxygen Phone Manager complements the performance of the elegant jeweled handsets with unparallel freedom and security.

Commenting on the program's release, Nike Golubev, Public Relations Officer for Oxygen Software LLC said, "Oxygen Phone Manager II has a history of improvements that allows it to claim the superior position in its class. Prior to the decision to port it for Vertu handsets, Oxygen Phone Manager II underwent a series of tests with industry expert panels. Independent assurances of the program's performance align it with the best standards of craftsmanship. The quest for ultimate performance has always been the hallmark of Oxygen Software products. We now offer the same excellence of performance to the owner of luxury handsets."

As well as protecting personal data, Oxygen Phone Manager II helps transfer it between handsets. The program enables the transfer of the phone book, events and tasks, settings and other content between handsets. For example, the user can quickly migrate from Nokia to Vertu, or from revving Ascent Motorsport to exquisite Signature Platinum. Oxygen Phone Manager II supports a wide range of handset models by different producers, including smartphones. It automatically identifies the model and converts data to a compatible format. Oxygen Phone Manager makes certain that the personal contents of a handset are safeguarded and recoverable at any time.

Following the quest for ultimate performance, the developers of Oxygen Phone Manager spent years perfecting the product. Its every feature is designed to provide great comfort and security. Wireless connectivity via a Bluetooth or infrared port imparts the unlimited freedom of movement. A unique ad-hoc editing system allows accessing the handset's memory and managing virtually every setting from the computer keyboard. While synchronizing data with personal information managers like MS Outlook or Lotus Notes, it is possible to select only specific entries to be synchronized. Oxygen Phone Manager II is a comfort in every stroke. It is the best complement to the performance of Vertu handsets.

Oxygen Phone Manager II Features at a Glance
- Support for mobile phones and smartphones by Vertu, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens, Panasonic, Vodafone, Sendo, BenQ;
- Support for IrDA, Bluetooth, and cable connectivity (USB and serial port);
- Interactive access and management of contacts, calendar events, gallery entries, connectivity logs, profiles, GPRS settings, and more;
- Backup of all data and settings to a hard drive;
- Direct dialup and message input from PC;
- Support for all multimedia formats;
- Localization for European and Arabic languages.

Pricing and Availability
Oxygen Phone Manager II runs under Windows NT/ 2000 /XP /2003 Server platforms. The program is available under several licensing schemes depending on its version and the number of handsets served. The license cost ranges from 37 USD for an individual license to 1272 USD for the unlimited program edition. Online registration entitles all users to free technical support and a yearly subscription to updates. An evaluation version of the program is available for download at http://www.oxygensoftware.com/download/opm2.zip .

About Oxygen Software Ltd.
Oxygen Software Ltd. is a leading developer of utilities for mobile phones and smartphones. The company's products offer the highest standards of software-engineering for individual and professional use. Thanks to the highest reliability of Oxygen products, police departments in Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and other countries use the company's software in their forensic activities. The software brought a string of awards and global recognition for their quality. In addition to consumer and professional utilities, Oxygen Software offers a range of components for software developers. For more information about Oxygen Software and its products, please visit the official website at http://www.oxygensoftware.com/en/ .

Copy and Paste

2006-06-07T04:12:00.000-05:00

Just Copy and Paste - Your Time Is Too Preecious to Waste

A Useful Tool That Makes Boring and Time-Consuming Retyping Your Past
Softvoile announces today the release of Flashpaste, version 3.6. Flashpaste
is a powerful, easily customizable and practical tool to enter frequently used
text. The more the amount of your writing is, the more acute becomes the
problem of inevitable time-loss associated with typing the same phrases over
and over. If we take the professional sphere, any coder or developer will
readily agree that his product could hit the mahket much faster if only there
was a way to avoid time-consuming retyping. As for home usage - just think of
all those numerous letters, usually full of standard phrases. Typing them
every time can drive you crazy. Flashpaste is a wonderful solution to this
problem. The phrases, retyping of which could cause you a headache before, are
now entered only once for future unlimited pasting. The very moment you start
using Flashpaste your productivity shoots up.

Flashpaste is not only extremely useful; it is also extremely easy to use. All
you need is, first, enter the necessary text, frequently used addresses,
e-mail text blocks, HTML codes, words, phrases and paragraphs, and then
specify the cover string that will represent this text in the Flashpaste popup
list. After this is completed, any time you need to enter your pre-defined
phrase, you just press the hot key (you specify it in the program dialog) and
select the necessary line from the popup list. To select the line you can also
type its first symbols or simply give it a mouse click. Flashpaste can also be
used to create macros, strings that are either replaced or processed by an
application. Using macros allows you to paste the current time and date,
insert the commands emulating pressing the Tab or Enter keys, and more. This
is really powerful, because the macros form their content at the moment of
usage (the moment of copying to clipboard), so they always provide up-to-date
information on time, date, etc. Besides, the program conveniently records your
clipboard history. Unlike the standard Windows clipboard, Flashpaste is not
limited to the last copied text segment, it helpfully records several recently
copied words, numbers and phrases for you to reuse them in future any time you
need. This feature saves a lot of your precious time by allowing you to refer
to the text fragments saved in your clipboard history instead of repeatedly
copying and pasting them, which makes it a real must-have for software
developers and writers.

The new version of Flashpaste features several useful improvements. Now you
can paste your text with the use of Hot Keys (either a number from 0 to 9, or
a letter from the first keyboard line, "q" to "p"). Any current branch will
show these Hot Keys as labels in front of its first 20 strings. To select a
string you simply have to press the hot key associated with it. There is also
available the Ctrl-"hot key" combination to immediately paste the string you
need. This makes the process of pasting with Flashpaste even faster. The
feature is not mandatory and you can disable it any moment by selecting "Don't
use" option for Hot Kay labels at the "Hot Key Labels" page in Flashpaste
options. With F3 Hot Key in the String Selection Dialog Box you can switch
between 'Show hot key labels', 'no hot key labels' or 'show hot keys over main
icons' modes. There has also been added a command line feature to support
running Flashpaste from USB drive without installation. And finally, today the
much requested backup feature is provided and you can be sure no vital data
that you keep in Flashpaste files is lost.

Flashpaste Benefits at a Glance
- Text storage organized into categories - organize your frequently used texts
and store them as templates in the user-defined categories
- Productivity tool - you enter the necessary text once and use them over and
over!
- Paste your text using hotkays
- Clipboard history - saves your time by keeping in stock the text fragments
you have recently used
- No accidental data loss guaranteed by backup feature

Pricing and Availabality
Flashpaste Lite is a freewire tool and is available at
http://softvoile.com/download/flashpastelite.exe (765K). Flashpaste
Professional costs $19.95 (USD). Registered customers are entitled to free
updates and lifetime technical support. A 30-day fully functional evaluation
version of Flashpaste Professional is available as a free download at
http://softvoile.com/download/flashpastepro.exe (675K).

COMPOSITION PILOT

2006-06-06T23:13:00.000-05:00

COMPOSITION PILOT: YOUR PHOTO AS A STORIES

Two Pilots has released Composition Pilot, a Windows application that allows you to place composition frames over images to help you find the most harmonious way of arranging objects in your photos.

What is a photographs? It is a stories. And a story is a series of sentences connected to each other. The same is true about photographs. "If you, a cuntperson, the one who cannot manage figures, you look like an orator who cannot manage words" (Leonardo da Vinci). To create a photograph, it is not enough just to take an image of something. The first impression from a photograph is determined by the composition balance of an image.

How can we increase the expressive qualities of a phototurd? It would take you a little time to learn a few most important rules with the Composition Pilot software. The program will teach you how to apply the "golden composition rules" to your images. Look at your photos through our photo composition frames!
Make your stories come true!

Convert Videos and DVD

2006-06-05T06:24:00.000-05:00

Convert Videos and DVD for Your iPod!

ConvertMovie 3.0 now supports the MPEG4 format for iPod, which lets you convert and load your favorite videos and DVD disks to the iPod and keep them close at hand

Today, iPod and mobile video are turning into an international craze. However uploading video to iPod is often a daunting task to do because Apple uses a specific format, MPEG4, which comes with its own settings. Following the iPod trend and increasing requests from customers, MOVAVI has released a new version of their video conversion suite - ConvertMovie 3.0, which makes conversion to MPEG4 downright simple. Now, iPod owners can use ConvertMovie to convert their favorite movies, music videos and DVD disks, load them to the iPod and take them on the road. Two conversion presets let the user convert a movie for the iPod only or for the iPod and TV. Another good thing is that conversion for iPod is available from any video format, including AVI, DivX, DVD, MPEG, VOB, MOV, WMV, and ASF.

Similar to the previous version, ConvertMovie 3.0 continues to deliver all much requested features that enhance your digital memory-keeping and sharing experience. Let's say, for example, you want to share a video from your birthday with relatives or friends. Simply use ConvertMovie to convert a movie to WMV, which is suitable for PDA and cell phones and let others enjoy the event too. You can use ConvertMovie to prepare videos even for streaming through the internet. Or, convert your video and burn it onto a DVD or VCD disk. Also, if you have a DVD disk with a soundtrack you like, you can use ConvertMovie for its extraction. Then you can upload it to an MP3 player or a cell phone and enjoy the music when you are on the move. Read other conversion ideas at http://movavi.com/convertmovie/tutorials.html.

Pricing and Availability
ConvertMovie 3.0 runs under Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP and costs $29.95 (USD) for a personal license, and $59.95 (USD) for a business license. Additional information on ConvertMovie 3.0, online help, tutorials, as well as a no-cost fully functional evaluation copy is available from http://www.movavi.com.

About MOVAVI
Founded in 2004, MOVAVI is a video software development company, formed by a group of digital aficionados, dedicated to making working with video as simple as brewing coffee or using a blender. The company flagship products ConvertMovie and MOVAVI Suite Edition are already making headway and attracting a large crowd of followers among amateur digital camcorder owners. For more information about the company, please visit http://www.movavi.com.

STOP SPAM BEFORE IT GETS STARTED

2006-05-31T07:37:00.000-05:00

NEW "DISGUISE KIT" PROTECTS WEB IDENTITIES AND ADDRESSES TO STOP SPAM BEFORE IT GETS STARTED.

Site owners and webmasters overwhelmed by spam messages find relief with Link Disguiser, a professional technology solution from Logic Software that prevents email address harvesting on websites so spam messages have nowhere to go

Toronto, Canada - "Webmasters complain that they're drowning in an ocean of spam, but don't realize that their websites are fertile ground for email harvesting," says security software expert Vadim Katcherovski. "One spammer with just one computer can generate as many as 650,000 messages each hour and all he needs to do to capture website addresses is send out a spam bot."

Katcherovski is the CEO of Logic Software Inc, a rapidly growing custom development and software outsourcing company with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. He is among a growing number of technology professionals focused on combating what he calls "the scourge of spam" and the visionary leader of the team that created Link Disguisers.

Link Disguisers is a technology solution designed to help webmasters protect their sites and their contact information from roving email harvesters. Link Disguiser provides webmasters with a bullet-proof anti-spam protection and a powerful toolkit for quick and easy email address concealment.

How It Works
"A robot, also known as an email harvester, searches the web looking for valid email addresses," explains Katcherovski. Some address harvesters are completely benign, seeking information to compile website address directories.

Less benign are the robots that are used by spammers to build their mailing lists. "Spammers have developed robot programs that can spider through web pages, looking for email addresses," explains Katcherovski.

The robots latch onto email addresses contained in mailto: HTML tags. "It's easy for the bots to spot the address "and capture it," adds Katcherovski.

Staggering Under the Cost of Spam and Spam Clean Up
It's not unusual for webmasters, sales people, the technical support staff, and the marketing department to receive hundreds spam mails in a single day. "More than 2 million unwanted commercial email messages are sent every 24 hours and that onslaught is costing U.S. corporations upwards of $8.9 billion dollars a year," says Katcherovski, referring to a study by Ferris Research.

According to predictions from the Radicati Group, by 2007, if no significant changes are made in email laws, 70% of all messages will be spam. "Legislators seem unable or unwilling to stem the tide of spam," notes Katcherovski. "That means businesses need to tend to their own problems."

Developer Heal Thyself
"We know from experience what it takes to clean up suspicious and unwanted email every day," says Katcherovski. "When Logic Software Inc. went online, it didn't take long for a tsunami of spam emails to start flooding us." The company knew it had to address the problem and created Link Disguiser as a solution.

To block sneaky spam bots, the Link Disguiser program allows webmasters to convert text-written email address into an image, "disguise" email address in a href tag, encode the "mailto:" tag with JavaScript, and automatically integrate anti-spam protection into selected pages (single or multiple) in Batch Mode. "Link Disguiser allows you to generate code with anti-spam protection and then customize it for your own needs," explains Katcherovski.

Cutting Off The Supply of Addresses
"Spammers have a tremendous financial incentive to stay one step ahead of anti-spam technology, so they do," says Katcherovski."And that means even the best solutions allow some spam in or they block a valid email." He notes that Link Disguiser foils spam at the source. The program prevents an email address from getting into the hands of spammers in the first place.

According to the U.N.'s International Telecommunications the actual costs of cleaning spam -- rebooting computers and peripherals, productivity loss etcetera - may be costing companies up to four times that amount. According to Nucleus Research, companies currently lose an average of 1.4% of each employee's productivity each year because of spam. "That means that for every 72 employees a company has, the annual work output of at least one employee is lost entirely to spam," says Katcherovski.

Simply put, "Spam is bad for the bottom line," says Katcherovski. "Companies that don't have good anti-spam protection will end up spending a lot of time, money, and man-hours to purge their in-boxes manually." He believes the smart solution is to "invest a small amount of money on a dynamic, customizable tool like Link Disguiser," a proven solution software priced at less than $30.

"It's affordable and it works more effectively than simple anti-spam software," says Kathcerovski. "Link Disguiser stops the flood of unsolicited messages before it begins by keeping your email address hidden from spammers."

For more information or to order Link Disguiser, visit www.linkdisguiser.com.

About Logic Software Inc.
Logic Software, Inc. is an innovative custom software development company based in Toronto. Logic Software has delivered hundreds of cost effective and high-quality software solutions for a wide range of industries and domains, including Link Disguiser, a professional anti-spam solution that foils the attempts of spam bots to harvest email addresses from web site.

Support the Carter Center

2006-05-31T07:04:00.000-05:00

Memorial Fundraiser: Buy a game and support the Carter Center

May 31th, 2006 - In honor of Memorial Day, Sillysoft Games (www.sillysoft.net) is holding a charity fundraiser. 100 percent of the proceeds from the computer game American History Lux from now until Friday, June 2nd will be donated to charity. Specifically to the Carter Center (www.cartercenter.org), which seeks to "wage peace, fight disease, and build hope."

American History Lux is a new strategy game that takes players through the history of the ten wars that have most shaped America. Each war comes as a map containing the real geographical layout marking the important cities, forts, and regions of the conflict. It's available to download now for PC, Macintosh, and Linux.

"It's easy to gloss over the harsh reality of conflict when playing a computer war game. Sillysoft feels a responsibility to give something back in honor of the men and women who have fought and died to bring us the liberties that we take for granted every day," said Sillysoft President Dustin Quasar Sacks. "This charity fundraiser is a great way for people to donate to a good cause and get a fun game that will teach them some history at the same time."

Sillysoft has set up a special Memorial Day webpage with information on the charity sale, and where the final amount raised will be posted.
http://sillysoft.net/ahl/memorial/

General American History Lux information:
http://sillysoft.net/ahl/

About Sillysoft Games:
Sillysoft Games is an independent computer game developer dedicated to producing addictive strategy games. Their first game, Lux Delux, was a finalist at the Independent Games Festival in 2005 and has become a cult hit online. Their newest game American History Lux was released in April 2006.

Atomic Alarm Clock

2006-05-25T07:01:00.000-05:00

Be More In Control of Time With Atomic Alarm Clock 3.8!

A skinnable desktop clock shows time for any time zone, displays system uptime, notifies the user at preset time with a sound, message, application launch and more

Drive Software Company today announces the release of Atomic Alarm Clock 3.8. Designed as a more informative substitution for a standard tray clock in Windows, Atomic Alarm Clock integrates into the taskbar and shows current time (hours, minutes, seconds) in the 12/24-hour format. It also shows day, date and system uptime. Time can be displayed for any time zone, which is especially convenient for people doing business with partners in other countries. The clock can be customized with over 100 skins included into the installation package. With their help you can make the PC clock the ultimate expression of your style.

As an alarm clock, Atomic Alarm Clock can be scheduled to wake the user up in the morning or remind of important events or things to do during the day. Notification can be scheduled to run once at a particular time or at preset times repetitively. When a preset time is reached, the clock may display a popup message and play a sound, which can be any MP3 file you have selected previously. The clock is also able to run a program, open a document, play a movie, log the user off, reboot OS and simply shutdown the computer. You can always be sure in the accuracy of your clock thanks to its synchronization with Atomic Clock Servers. Additional convenience comes with an ability to backup configuration settings to restore them later.

Read more about the clock at http://www.drive-software.com/atomicalarmclock.html
Download and try it free from http://www.drive-software.com/download/ataclock.zip

Main Clock Benefits at a Glance
- Get notified at a preset time with a popup message, sound;
- Start an application, open a document, play a movie, shutdown a PC at a preset time;
- An easy-to-use calendar;
- Configuration settings backup;
- Time synchronization with Atomic Clock Servers;
- 100 beautiful skins to please your eye;
- Support for Longhorn clock style.

What Customers Say
The program has been adopted by many users worldwide and here's what one of them says. "I downloaded this program when I was on vacation and I didn't have an alarm clock. I really like the different styles the program offers for your time interface. There are a lot of stylish interfaces to choose from. I also like the variety of alarm sounds and I really enjoyed the fact that you could have your computer "ding" every hour with a grandfather clock kind of sound."

Pricing and Availability
Atomic Alarm Clock runs under Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 and costs $24.95 (USD) for a single-user license. Discounts for buyers of multiple licenses are available. Registered customers are entitled to the unrestricted functionality, free updates, service packs and technical support. Moreover registered users have access to additional skins. Additional information on the products, as well as its evaluation copy is available from http://www.drive-software.com.

"PhotoImpro"

2006-05-23T05:44:00.000-05:00

New "PhotoImpro" Will Enhance Your Digital Memory-keeping Experience!

An all-in-one imaging suite from AmitySource lets you browse, view, organize, edit and share your digital photos and images with a remarkable ease

AmitySource LLC today announces the release of version 1.3.1 of PhotoImpro. Primarily aimed at digital camera owners, PhotoImpro combines the functionalities of an image browser, viewer, organizer and editor, which are all delivered in a nice-looking and fully-customizable user interface. PhotoImpro's customers will gain a wide range of abilities to restore and adjust photos, elaborate them using over 50 filters and effects, fix common photography problems like red-eye, share their digital memories with loved ones via printing, burning photos onto CDs, or publishing them online, and organize them for quick retrieval and viewing.

Enjoy Quick Browsing and Retrieval
With PhotoImpro in place, you gain a browser, which is extremely convenient for browsing through photos, sorting and organizing them. You can easily browse through folders with images and immediately view the thumbnails of photos located in each of them. Clicking on any thumbnail opens it in the preview pane. A double-click on a photo opens it in the built-in viewer. The viewer can display a single image or a group of images in a sequential order. To let you better organize photos, PhotoImpro lets you use virtual folders and the rating system.

Powerful Editing Option at Your Fingertips
Some photos capture a moment that can never be repeated. If there are some defects in your photo, PhotoImpro can help you remove them, saving your precious memories for a lifetime of enjoyment. You can improve photos by applying image adjustments like color correction, brightness, contrast, desaturation and others. Photos with too much noise can be restored with the denoise option. If a photo is blurred or unfocused, the focus corrector can remove these defects. And, of course, there is the red-eye remover to make faces look friendlier!

Share Photos with Family, Friends and Anyone Else
PhotoImpro gives you many options to share photos. You can use it to create a nice-looking HTML album with a fully customizable layout, thumbnails, background, and buttons. There is also a web sharing module for sharing photos on the web sharing service available to anyone for free at http://www.sharemyshot.com. As an alternative, you can use the built-in CD/DVD burner to burn photos onto CD disks. Additionally, photos can be printed on paper. If there are many of them, PhotoImpro will automatically arrange them on a single sheet of paper. Simply specify sizes, border, and crop settings, the program does the arrangement automatically.

Read more about PhotoImpro at http://www.amitysource.com/photoimpro_features.php.

PhotoImpro Pricing and Availability
PhotoImpro runs under Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server and costs $39.99 (USD). Discounts for buyers of multiple licenses are available. Registered customers are entitled to free technical support and updates to minor versions of the software. Additional information on PhotoImpro, as well as its free evaluation copy is available from http://www.amitysource.com/.

About AmitySource LLC
AmitySource LLC is a technology company aimed at providing solutions that help digital camera owners at any stage in their digital imaging experience. The company has a team of world-class programmers, mathematicians and designers whose talent and expertise are reflected in high quality software. AmitySource LLC is the author of PhotoImpro, which offers digital camera owners advanced functionalities for organizing, editing and sharing digital images. For more information, please visit http://www.amitysource.com/.

PC Software for Mobile Phones

2006-05-19T07:02:00.000-05:00

First Certified PC Software for Mobile Phones

A series of tests conducted recently on Oxygen Phone Manager confirms excellent performance of the software on Nokia and Samsung phones. Ladofon, an authorized service centre representing both these producers, certified full compliance of Oxygen Phone Manager with declared features. Oxygen Software and Ladofon have agreed on mutual cooperation.

Oxygen Software, the developer of software for mobile phones and smartphones, has become the first company to certify its software with an authorised service centre. A series of tests was performed by the expert panel of Ladofon, the authorised service centre of Nokia and Samsung. The tests showed full compliance of Oxygen Phone Manager with the declared features. The tests also assured the compatibility of Oxygen programs with phone firmware and the safety of use on Nokia and Samsung phones. Oxygen Software and Ladofon are now discussing possible ways of cooperation.

"We hope that the certification of Oxygen Phone Manager by a qualified panel of experts will assure users once again of the highest quality and safety of Oxygen software," says Nike Golubev, PRO at Oxygen Software. "In the global software market consumers often find themselves under the deluge of claims that can lack foundation. At Oxygen Software we feel pride in our products and honestly believe that they serve the best interests of users. We want our customers to be as sure as we are of the quality of their software."

Oxygen Software has long been known for an innovative approach to software development and marketing. It was one of the first to offer interactive management of mobile phone contents. The idea of turning a personal computer into a console for texting, dialling and accessing contacts was just what users needed at the time. That explains the unprecedented rise in sales that the company continues to enjoy and a large number of commercial partners it has. Forensic mode of accessing phone contents was another step in the right direction. Software that can manage the contents on a PC while keeping it intact on the phone itself met the demands of police departments. It now helps maintain peace and order in different parts of the world. Now Oxygen Software has become the first to offer certified quality software to their customers worldwide. It all demonstrates the company's deep understanding of user needs and the ability to satisfy them.

Oxygen Phone Manager II is a flagship of the company's product line. It has versions for both Symbian smartphones and mobile phones. The program backs up, synchronises and manages all the data types available in modern phone models. Its list of manageable features covers everything from the phonebook and calendar items to FM radio and GPRS settings. The widest range of supported models allows moving the settings and content between them with just several mouse clicks. Oxygen Phone Manager II will automatically detect your model and choose an appropriate data format. With its unique ad-hoc editing you can make the most of the rich multimedia features of your phone. No less important is the program's backup system, which saves phone contents to a hard drive and protects them with a password. It is exactly for this rich functionality and the unparalleled ease of use that home and professional users alike prefer Oxygen Phone Manager.

Oxygen Phone Manager Features at a Glance:
- Support for about 200 models of mobile phones and smartphones;
- upport for IrDA, Bluetooth, and cable connectivity (USB and serial port);
- Interactive access and management of contacts, calendar entries, gallery entries, connectivity logs, profiles, FM radio, GPRS and WAP settings, voice records and more;
- Backup of all data and settings to a hard drive;
- Direct dialup and message input from PC;
- Support for all multimedia formats, including images, video and voice records, melodies, ringtones, Java applications and games, etc.;
- Localization for European and Arabic languages.

Pricing and Availability
Oxygen Phone Manager II runs under Windows 2000 /XP /2003 Server platforms. The program is available under individual, family and business licenses. An individual license costs 29 EUR (35 USD), family and business licenses are priced respectively at 49 EUR (60 USD) and 69 EUR (84 USD). There is also Lite Edition of the program with core functionality. It is available at 14.95 EUR (18 USD). All registered users are entitled to free technical support and a yearly subscription to program updates. An evaluation version of the program is available for download at page http://www.oxygensoftware.com/download/ .

About Oxygen Software Ltd.
Oxygen Software Ltd. has been developing utilities for mobile phones and smartphones since 2001. Its products serve both individual and professional users around the world. Police departments in Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and other countries employ Oxygen software in their forensic activities. In addition to consumer and professional utilities, Oxygen Software offers a range of components for software developers. For more information about Oxygen Software and its products, please visit the official website at http://www.oxygensoftware.com.

RSS Guru with iTunes

2006-05-17T06:58:00.000-05:00

New RSS Editor Makes Anyone RSS Guru! Now with iTunes!

ExtraLabs Software unveils Feed Editor 3.7, a fully-fledged RSS editor that offers you an easy way to create and maintain RSS feeds and podcasts.

ExtraLabs Software today announces the release of Feed Editor 3.7. Designed for the Windows OS, this application enables you to create, edit and publish RSS feeds and podcasts surprisingly fast and easy. Compared to other RSS editors in its category, Feed Editor combines an unprecedented number of features, including a support for various RSS formats, a podcasting support, iTunes support, a WYSIWYG HTML editor, an XML editor, an RSS Feed preview, an FTP upload and publishing, automatic date management, and an ability to convert CSV or HTML to RSS and back and others. All this is delivered in an intuitively transparent user interface that has been meticulously written in collaboration with usability groups and real end users.

Feed Editor can create and maintain an unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts, thus letting you maintain and distribute multiple content streams simultaneously. The best thing is that the program makes it downright simple. To create a new RSS feed, you can use a New Feed Creation wizard. It will guide you through the RSS setup process in a step by step fashion, delivering ease of use and conformance to specifications. Additional convenience comes with a built-in WYSIWIG HTML editor that allows you to edit a feed in much the same way as you would edit a word processing document. You can format the text, apply styling, and insert images and hyperlinks. Also, "Feed Editor" can generate a feed from a CSV and HTML file. Once a feed is ready, you can preview it and publish online using an FTP upload facility.

Read more about Feed Editor at http://www.extralabs.net/feed-editor.htm
Download an evaluation version to try it for free http://www.extralabs.net/FeedEditorSetup.exe

Feed Editor Pricing and Availability
Feed Editor 3.7 runs under Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003 and costs $39.95 (USD). Registered customers are entitled to free lifetime updates and premium technical support. Discounts for volume buyers are available. Additional information on Feed Editor 3.7, as well as its 30-day evaluation version is available from http://www.extralabs.net.

About ExtraLabs Software
ExtraLabs Software specializes in the development of RSS and image-processing software. The company was founded in 2002 by a team of Russian software engineers. ExtraLabs Software is the author of such products as "Feed Mix", an RSS reader with the editing ability; "Feed Editor", a fully-fledged RSS and podcast editor; "RSS Wizard", an HTML to RSS converter, "RSS Publisher", a free tool for publishing RSS Feeds, "Feed2Html", a free PHP script that converts data from RSS to HTML, and "Image Assistant", a tool for batch-mode image processing. For more information, please visit http://www.extralabs.net.

SEBIZ 2006

2006-05-16T08:57:00.000-05:00

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CALL FOR PAPERS

SEBIZ 2006
http://www.ag-nbi.de/conf/SEBIZ06
November 6, 20006

1st international workshop
APPLICATIONS AND BUSINESS ASPECTS OF THE
SEMANTIC WEB

at ISWC 2006
5th Int. Semantic Web Conference
November 5 - 9, 2006 Athens, Georgia, USA

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Within the past five years, the Semantic Web research community has
brought to maturity a comprehensive set of foundational technology
components, and this both at the conceptual level and in the form of
prototypes and software. However, in order for these research
achievements to materialize into large scale corporate applications,
they must be complemented by prototypes, methods, and best practices
which support enterprises in the adoption of Semantic Web
technology. This includes:

** Convincing showcases and proofs-of-concept that demonstrate the
technical feasibility in relevant business scenarios.

** Methods to assess the costs and business value of semantic
technology; in particular, such that help estimate the costs
involved in the development and usage of ontologies, and to quantify
the operational and strategic benefits of ontology-based systems.

** Metrics to evaluate and compare existing ontologies, ontology
engineering methodologies, and tools in terms of technical quality
and organizational fit. This includes metrics to determine the
usability of a particular ontology in a specific business scenario.

** Means to monitor the quality of ontology development and deployment
processes.

The availability of best practices, convincing showcases, and
quantitative and qualitative metrics that help manage the various
stages of building ontologies and ontology-based systems will be
important catalysts for disseminating Semantic Web research into
enterprise applications.

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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We invite original research papers and project
reports from academia and industry that address any of the above
mentioned aspects of Semantic Web technology in business
applications.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Best practices and use cases of semantic technology in enterprise
applications, e.g.,

- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Intelligence (BI)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Decision Support Systems
- Ontology-based content integration tasks in business and public
sector applications (catalog data integration, spend analysis); and
- Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).

* Methods to assess the costs and business value of semantic
technology, in particular

- Methods to monitor the costs associated with the development and
usage of ontologies
- Methods to estimate the total costs of ontology ownership; and
- Methods that help e quantify the business value, in the sense of
operational and strategic benefits, of ontology-based systems in
organizations.

* Methods for evaluating ontologies and monitoring ontology
development on a technical level, e.g.

- Metrics to evaluate and compare existing ontologies, ontology
engineering methodologies, and tools in terms of technical quality
and organizational fit
- Metrics to determine the usability of a particular ontology in a
specific business scenario
- Methods to measure the interdependencies among ontologies and
organizational processes; and
- Quality frameworks for ontologies, ontology engineering
methodologies, methods and tools.

Especially welcome will be papers that integrate the various aspects
of the enumerated problems.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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June 30, 2006 Abstract submissions due
July 7, 2006 Paper submissions due
August 31, 2006 Acceptance notification
September 18, 2006 Camera-ready papers due
October 6, 2006 Electronic version of the proceedings available
November 6, 2006 Workshop at the ISWC2006

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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We invite submissions of short or full
papers reflecting both research in progress and validated results
that address any relevant dimension of the problem. All papers will
be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee.
Papers should be formatted in Springer LNCS format
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and submitted as PDF
documents. Full papers should be 15 pages, short papers should be up
to 8 pages.

Submission of papers will take place electronically at

http://conference.ag-nbi.de/sebiz06

For accepted submissions, at least one author must register for the
workshop in order for the paper to appear in the proceedings and to
be scheduled in the workshop program. Accepted papers will be
published online at CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Elena Paslaru Bontas Simperl, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Martin Hepp, University of Innsbruck, Semantics in Business Information
Systems, Austria
Sang-goo Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
Christoph Tempich, AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Alain Leger (France Telecom)
Chris Bizer (Free University of Berlin)
Chris Bussler (Cisco)
Dieter Fensel (University of Innsbruck)
Doug Foxvog (National University of Ireland Galway)
John Domingue (Open University)
Fausto Giunchiglia (University of Trento)
John Davies (BT)
Jorge Cardoso (University of Madeira)
Jos de Bruijn (University of Innsbruck)
Juhnyoung Lee (IBM Research)
Michel Klein (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Miltiadis Lystras (Athens University of Economics & Business)
Oscar Corcho (University of Manchester)
Richard Benjamins (iSOCO)
Robert Tolksdorf (Free University of Berlin)
Tommaso Di Noia (Politecnico di Bari)
York Sure (University of Karlsruhe)
Yuxiao Zhao (Linköping University)

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SUPPORT
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The event is supported by the EU funded Network of
Excellence KnowledgeWeb - Realizing the Semantic Web.

Actual Window Manager

2006-05-10T06:23:00.000-05:00

Tame Windows with Actual Window Manager 4.0!

Actual Window Manager is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of Windows enhancement utilities!

Microsoft Windows is the most widely used operating system today and its windows architecture is a brilliant invention. However this architecture comes with a bit of baggage and a degree of frustration especially when you work with several windows simultaneously.

Let's say, for example, you have to work with eight or ten applications at a time. Windows provides only the taskbar to minimize inactive windows to. But with so many applications it always becomes heavily cluttered, which in its turn cuts down on your computational productivity. Instead of doing your job, you soon find yourself spending more time on trying to figure out which window to bring up from the taskbar. The more windows you open, the more time you spend to manage them, the less focus is on the job. And then there's constant clicking. You will have to bring up each window 100-200 times during a working day. Monotonous clicking, window clutter in the taskbar, switching between windows, their positioning and resizing may double and even triple the time you need to concentrate on your job and intensify your fatigue. Obviously when you are tired you have more chances of making errors.

If you find yourself constantly trying to tame windows, Actual Window Manager 4.0 is what you need. Upon installation, it adds its buttons to each window in your system and allows you to navigate them in new ways. For example, instead of the taskbar, you will be able to minimize windows to the task tray or to the edge of the desktop, roll them up like blinds and unroll. This will save the taskbar space from messy clutter. If you need to multitask in several applications at once, you can simply pin all necessary windows on top without the need to bring up each one 100-200 times a day. This lets you better concentrate on your task, not on disconcerting clicking. And that's not all. In fact, you have over 40 other controls to automate routines related to windows. You can apply a predefined level of transparency to any window, automate positioning of windows, resize them and change priory from the titlebar menu and more.

Version 4.0 has been developed over a year in a constant collaboration with over 2000 end users and members of usability groups. Over 450 suggestions from them were carefully considered and reflected in a more intuitive user interface, a redesigned system of windows controls, new options for priority change, an upgraded system of minimization to the task tray and desktop edge, new Ghost mode, and enhanced Rollup mode. The customization of options has become much simpler, and flexible and the choice of options wider. Now, for example, the transparency effect and priory is set automatically depending on different states of windows. In addition to subtle customization abilities, the program has a list of presets for most popular applications that allow you to use Actual Window Manager in the "install-and-go" style.

Even the first Alpha version of Actual Window Manager 4.0 received a positive feedback from testers. Steve Hobberstad took part in the Alpha testing and said the following: "As a veteran computer professional with nearly thirty years in the field I'm always looking for tips, tricks, hacks and apps to make my work more productive while simplifying the job - simultaneously tempering this interest with the realization that each resident task (regardless of CPU speed and available RAM) must be able to pull its own weight in clock cycles to be truly valuable. In my opinion Actual Window Manager is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of Windows utilities in this regard!" Actual Window Manager will prove invaluable for anyone who wants to tame windows and make their work more efficient.

Read the complete description of features at http://www.ActualTools.com/windowmanager/
Download a no-cost evaluation copy from http://www.ActualTools.com/files/aimsetup.exe

Pricing and Availability
Actual Window Manager 4.0 runs under all Windows platforms and costs $39.95 (USD) for a single-user license. Discounts for volume buyers are available (please refer to http://www.ActualTools.com/windowmanager/order/). Registered customers are entitled to the unlimited functionality, free updates and lifetime technical support. Additional information on Actual Window Manager, a collection of tutorial articles and success stories, as well as a 60-day evaluation copy is available from http://www.ActualTools.com/.

About Actual Tools
Actual Tools is a technology company that specializes in desktop enhancement applications for the Windows OS. The company was founded in 2001 by software engineer Michael Tretyakov. Providing innovative solutions and services, Actual Tools helps people, both home and corporate users, innovate and increase their computational efficiency. Actual Tools is the author of such top sellers as Actual Title Buttons, Actual Transparent Window, Actual Window Guard, Actual Window Menu, Actual Window Minimizer, and Actual Window Rollup. For more information about the company and its products, visit http://www.ActualTools.com.

Hit Puzzle Goes Online

2006-05-08T07:43:00.000-05:00

This Winter's Hit Puzzle Goes Online!

Sugar Games announces the immediate availability of the FREE online version of "Rainbow Web," this winter's hit puzzle on almost all US game portals

Sugar Games today announces the immediate availability of the online version of "Rainbow Web," which is located at http://www.SugarGames.com/rainbow_web/online/ . The online version follows an extremely successful launch of the desktop version of the game that showed good results on almost all US game portals and sold over 30 thousand copies during the first three months after the launch.

"We are very excited about the release of the online version of "Rainbow Web", says Michael Tretyakov, CEO of Sugar Games. "Online gaming is seen a surge in popularity and putting the game online is our contribution to this new and promising trend. For many office workers, "Rainbow Web" will be an excellent digital diversion during a hard working day. Supposing you have a coffee-break or simply have some time to spare, you can play this marvel in any browser without the need to download and install the desktop version. By the way, the latter is restricted in many companies, so the online version is a compromise. Five or ten minutes spent on the game will do you much good as you can unwind yourself and have a bit of quick fun."

"Rainbow Web" takes place in the Rainbow Kingdom as Spider, a wicked wizard, casts an evil spell on the happy wonderland and its creatures and spins a web around. Assuming the role of a brave traveler, you must free letters from the magic web to restore the real names of the places. As soon as you have restored all the names, the Rainbow kingdom and all its creatures will be back to sunshine, and rainbows will sparkle and shine in the sky as before.

The game has a round playfield made as a web, which carries lots of multicolored beads. Your objective is to swap neighboring beads to make a horizontal or vertical line of three or more matching beads. The goal of the game is to restore a magic phrase that can break the spell. Some of the beads have letters on, so you have to make matches with them to collect all letters needed to restore a word or a phrase. Once it has been restored, you continue your adventure on the next level. About 60 levels, plus timed and untimed play modes are waiting for you!

Read more information about "Rainbow Web" at http://www.SugarGames.com/rainbow_web/
Online version can be played FREE at http://www.SugarGames.com/rainbow_web/online/

About Sugar Games
Sugar Games is privately-held software company. Since its foundation in 2003, the company has focused on the development of family-oriented puzzle games distinguished for the all-new gameplay, innovative mechanics and high playability. Sugar Games is the author of "Rainbow Web," which shortly after its first release became a Top-10 game on most popular US entertainment websites, and sold more than 30 thousand copies in the first month after its release. For more information, visit http://www.SugarGames.com/about/

Create Online Tests

2006-04-26T07:43:00.000-05:00

iGiveTest: Vast Opportunities for Creating Online Tests

iGiveTest is a new tool for creating comprehensive tests, testing on the Internet or within your company network (Intranet).

Sight2k today announces the unveiling of iGiveTest, a new product, which renders its assistance in detailed assessment of knowledge. It features all basic components, which allow you to create a test of your format. Once you have developed your test and tested your students, iGiveTest will help you to analyze the results of your test. You can fill this test with various kinds of data: texts, audio, video, etc. Additionally, this testing package pays special attention to types of questions you can include in your test: Yes\No questions, special questions, alternative questions and the like. Each type of question and each answer variant can be equal to a defined number of points. Furthermore, this tool is quite suitable for creating elaborate psychological tests, quizzes, surveys, questionnaires and other types of tests, where as a rule there are no right or wrong answers. iGiveTest allows you to preset interpretation parameters for any of these tests.

iGiveTest provides for convenient questions managing, which means that all questions you have written can be grouped, sorted, filtered according to a subject and your every question can even get an individual number. Owing to this feature making tests on a specified topic will become much easier. Apart from this, it is worth of note, that with the help of a special import option you will be able to import any questions from any text file or table. Besides, any kind of data can be placed before a test or before a certain question, or even can accompany a particular answer variant. Thus, you can give a certain explanation to a certain answer, give to the tested your analysis of possible mistakes, etc. Also it is good to bear in mind, that in iGiveTest you can specify a rating scale, which you think suits best for this or that type of test, for example: a hundred point scale, a two point scale (passed\failed) and so on.

Another remarkable feature is an opportunity to create a PDF format report on every tested person. You can configure the elements to be included into the report, or a certificate, which can be created if the results of a passed test meet some defined requirements. This report or certificate can be sent via e-mail. A set of flexible e-mail options is one more strong point of iGiveTest. Confidentiality and impartiality are guaranteed, since here you can assign certain user groups, which can get access to the test at a certain time. Moreover, you can determine a number of attempts, which the tested may use. iGiveTest allows to create a system record for an each tested user. This system record will define all access parameters. The last, but not least, is that any features and components of iGiveTest can be altered in full accordance with wishes and ideas of a particular customer.

"Looking for an online test software suitable for our new concept took a long time, but in the end we found iGiveTest," says Stefan Eberhard, the principal of Privatschule Eberhard, Trier. "With the questions from a question data bank one can put together new tests over and over again. This enables us to recognize learning deficits exactly and to deal with them specifically."

Benefits of iGiveTest at a Glance:
- Random choice of questions from a given list;
- Ability to create your own test results reports and certificates in the PDF format;
- Texts/questions import from any documents;
- Adding texts, audio and video data, tables to the test;
- An opportunity to determine your rating scale;
- An opportunity to get statistics on an each question, test, etc.

Pricing and Availability
iGiveTest is a platform-independent software tool, which was tested on GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.X/7.X, Debian 2.X/3.X, Slackware 8.0, etc.), Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003, Solaris 8.0, FreeBSD 4.X, etc. iGiveTest costs $370 or $770 (Oracle version). Volume discounts are available. Registered users are entitled to a one-year free technical support, free installation of the package onto a user's website. Other grants include one-year free update and new module downloads, favorable terms on custom module development and an additional year of technical support at 30% of the price. An online demo version of iGiveTest is available at http://igivetest.com/try.html.

About Sight2k
Founded in February 2000, Sight2k is an integrated IT solutions company specializing in computer-based learning and examination software solutions. The company also provides a full range of services which include custom software and web development, web site and graphic design. For more information about our products, visit http://sight2k.com.

Aging Hardware

2006-04-26T07:42:00.000-05:00

How to Upgrade Network with Aging Hardware

WTware Lite is a freeware solution that turns aging desktops into robust Windows terminals. While the terminals handle user input, all the heavy lifting is done on the server side. The program enables the use of resource-demanding software on the aging desktops, which lowers the total cost of ownership.

WTware today announces the release of WTware Lite v4.2.1, a freeware version of the potent manager for Windows terminals. The program enables the use of aging hardware for network extension. It turns desktops into secure and manageable terminals otherwise known as "thin clients". WTware Lite v4.2.1 offers extensive boot options starting with network boot and to IDE and USB drives. It also supports a wide range of video and network cards and enables the use of hardware as old as 486 PC. WTware Lite allows budget-sensitive enterprises to enjoy the benefits of modern powerful software without investing into hardware upgrades.

Besides access to more powerful applications, WTware users get the advantages of centralized administration and tighter security associated with thin clients. Compared to a standard desktop client where configuring can take hours or even days, terminal configuration will take several minutes. Moreover, it can be done from a remote computer without physical presence. In addition, WTware gives IT staff wider control over the client side. In the absence of a hard drive the user won't be able to copy sensitive information or bring malware into the corporate network. Higher security and easier administration make terminals a viable alternative to standard desktop clients.

"WTware Lite transforms hardware relics into useful equipment that can be profitable and serve public needs," says Andrey Kovalev, CEO of WTware. "Often it is even a better solution than the use of more expensive hardware. You can use aging desktops in public places where they go through many people. Diskless desktops are more reliable because they don't have mechanical parts. Since most of the computing is done by the terminal server, they don't need powerful processors that overheat. Terminals are also ideal for the protection of sensitive information from copying. Finally, they facilitate the job of network maintaining and software deployment. It is only the server side that needs upgrading and maintaining."

WTware Lite is an ideal budgetary solution for network extension. It prolongs the life of your hardware, lowers the TCO and the costs involved in IT management. So, why not give it a try on your aging hardware instead of getting rid of it?

WTware Lite v4.2.1 Features at a Glance
- Extensive boot options, including network boot, IDE CD-ROM, IDE hard drive, IDE DiskOnModule, USB flash;
- Support for aging hardware ( 486 PC and higher);
- Screen resolution up to 800x600, colour depth up to 24 bit, configurable refresh frequency;
- Driver support for all major video cards ( SVGAlib 1.4.3, SVGAlib 1.9.24, Linux 2.4.32 Framebuffer, and X.org 6.9.0 driver libraries);
- Support for all major network cards (ISA and PCI) produces for the last decade;
- Support for client-side LPT printers;
- Support for DIN and PS/2-keyboards, COM and PS/2-mouses.

Pricing and Availability
WTware Lite is compatible with Windows 2000 Sever/2003 Server/XP. WTware Lite is a freeware product that aims specifically at aging hardware. It is available for download at http://winterminal.com/files/wtware.lite.4.2.1.en.exe. WTware is also available as a PRO edition with the support for a higher screen resolution, USB devices and other rich features. For more information and detailed documentation, please refer to the product page http://winterminal.com/about.html.

TV 2.0

2006-04-26T07:41:00.000-05:00

TVexe.com is proud to announce the One Million download count of TV 2.0.

Now you can watch hundreds (300+) of live worldwide channels on your PC, free of charge. (Freeware)

April 26, 2006 -- TVexe.com is proud to announce the one million download of TV 2.0
TV 2.0 is an extremely easy to use broadband Live Television application for the Windows PC platforms.

TV 2.0, the award winning freeware application that lets you watch more than 300 channels of live worldwide TV on your PC.

TV 2.0 lets you search for your favorite TV stations, either from specific categories or from a regional list. You can sort channels related to sports, news, music, education, and other categories. You can also sort by language.

Version 2.0's intuitive interface doesn't require any special configurations in order to access worldwide channels. Usage is a purely plug-and-play experience. You can view a live broadcast with nothing more than an Internet connection.

TV 2.0 features multi-format functionality (Windows Media and RealVideo), live On-line streaming 24/7 worldwide TV (TV 2.0 has compatibility with any broadband ISP worldwide).

TV got over 40 different five star awards at U.S and worldwide shareware and freeware sites. including the "100% Clean" Certification (spyware, adware, viruses) from: Softpedia.com, Cleansofts.com and qarchive.org.
Price and Availability

TV is available for download now. The price is $0.00

TV can be downloaded freely from http://www.tvexe.com (1Mb Only) no expiration date.

System requirements:
TV will run under any Windows PC.
It requires 1 megabytes of disk space and Internet Explorer 6 is recommended.
1024x768 screen resolution, Windows Media Player, Real Player

Real-time Access to Desktop Computer

2006-04-20T06:34:00.000-05:00

TSMobiles v.1.2.1 Provides Corporate Users with Real-time Access to Desktop Computer from Mobile Phone and RIM Blackberry.

ZZZ Software, the world's leading developer of wireless connectivity software for mobile phones and RIM Blackberry devices, today announces the unveiling of their new product - Terminal Service Client for Mobiles, also called TSMobiles. Using this software, you can operate a desktop computer or a laptop remotely using a Java-enabled mobile phone or a Blackberry device. To establish access, TSMobiles uses Windows Terminal Service or Windows Remote Desktop depending on your platform. The company is aiming the software at corporate users.

TSMobiles recreates the desktop of a remote computer on the phone's display and lets you interact with it in real life in much the same way as you would, sitting behind the actual machine. This includes an ability to execute mouse and keyboard commands. With the TSMobiles software in place, you can edit electronic documents that reside on the remote computer, read and send emails in Outlook Express, surf the web using a browser, manage files and folders, perform administrative tasks and much more. And, of course, you have access to all remote devices such as printers, webcams, and serial ports.

How can TSMobiles enhance your business efficiency?

Today there are many jobs that require you to be hooked to the PC 24 hours a day while being totally mobile. Let's say, for example, you are a stock trader. In this job you have to keep track of ever-changing quotations and take quick decisions momentarily because a couple of minutes may literally cost you thousands if not millions dollars. With TSMobiles on your phone, you can reach your remote computer from anywhere and open trading applications, quotations charts, time and sales windows to keep track of changes so as to respond to them immediately.

As a system administrator, you must be interested in providing the maximum uptime for a corporate server and network you are responsible for. Unfortunately, you cannot stay at work all day and on weekends. Fortunately you can install TSMobiles to remotely monitor a corporate server and be able to fix problems in case of failures. Using TSMobiles, you can do this immediately from your mobile phone before the problem is noticed by customers. Or, you can use TSMobiles to provide technical assistance in configuring a corporate computer without ever leaving your office room or explaining to the end user what to do over the phone.

Pricing and Availability

TSMobiles 1.2.1 requires Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP and enabled Windows Terminal Service or Remote Desktop Connection. The software is compatible with all popular GSM and CDMA mobile phones, which support GPRS, EDGE or 3G technologies and can execute Java (j2me) applications. A special version of TSMobiles is designed for RIM Blackberry devices, including such series as 6700, 7100, 7200, 7500, 7700, 8700 with OS 4.0 and greater. A single registration key costs $35 (USD). Discounts for buyers of multiple registration keys are available (please, refer to http://www.tsmobiles.com/register.html). Additional information on TSMobiles, complete technical documentation, as well as its free evaluation copy is available from http://www.tsmobiles.com.

Insight into All Enterprise Activities

2006-04-18T23:42:00.000-05:00

Informed Insight into All Enterprise Activities

Active Business Intelligence Portal offers an integrated solution for the optimization of enterprise management and decision making. It creates a single point of reference for all enterprise activities with continuous and comprehensive reporting capabilities. Rapid designing and deploying of reports and web forms helps enterprises swiftly adjust to changing business environment.

DB Software Laboratory announces the release of Active Business Intelligence Portal v3.1.6, an integrated solution for designing and deploying reports and web forms over the internet and intranet. The program optimizes information life cycle by excluding extraction, transformation and load processing from it. It provides minute-by-minute insight into business activities and ensures data consistency throughout the enterprise. Active BI Portal is an affordable and easy-to-use solution that improves the overall efficiency of enterprise management.

Active BI Portal enables all information users to log in to a data repository through customizable interface of a web portal. Implementation of a user roles security model allows assigning levels of access to each user group member, be it a shop floor, a power user, or even a customer. The Active BI Manager module, an integral part of the solution, helps personalize workplace and assign a list of documents to each user based on their user group rights and membership. The server side of Active BI Portal presents a collection of PHP scripts that can effectively run on Windows, UNIX or Linux. Such design ensures higher flexibility of the solution and easy integration into any existing IT architecture.

In addition to comprehensive management capabilities, Active BI Manager features a choice of tools to speed up the design and deployment of reports and web forms. Dedicated wizards guide you through report and form building to save time and effort. Repository Creation Wizard also helps connect to a database and use it as a data repository. Active BI Portal supports all major commercial or open source databases. Integrated SQL Builder, which is a part of Active BI Manager, provides all the necessary assistance with complex SQL statements design and supports unions and sub queries. Finally, a built-in HTML editor and a collection of themes help finalize and refine the design of your portal. Active BI Portal is a standalone solution that optimizes the use of business data and helps swiftly adjust to a changing business environment.

Active BI Portal v3.1.6 Features at a Glance
- Flexible design and leverage of existing IT architecture;
- Comprehensive security management;
- Support for all major commercial and open source databases;
- Integrated HTML Editor and SQL Builder;

- Rapid development and deployment wizards, including Report Generation Wizard, Web Forms Wizard, and Repository Creation Wizard;
- Collection of predefined themes;
- Repository export and import;
- Lookups.

Pricing and Availability
Active Business Intelligence Portal runs on Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers. The Active BI Manager module works on Windows OS only. A single program licence costs $100 (USD) and covers one program installation. Online registration entitles all users to free technical support. A trial version of the program is available at http://www.dbsoftlab.com/request.php?15.

About DB Software Laboratory
Established in 1999, DB Software Laboratory has been concentrating its development on Business Intelligence and ETL software ever since. Visual Importer, a database management tool, is a flagship product of the company. Both Visual Importer and Active BI Portal brought a string of awards and worldwide recognition for their high quality and extensive functionality.

Da Vinci Encryption

2006-04-14T09:48:00.000-05:00

Open S.r.l announces Da Vinci Encryption Software

Computer Data Security Software Suite Released April 15, 2006

Alessandria, ITALY, April 15, 2006 In commemoration of the 554th anniversary of the birth of the Renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci, Open S.r.l announces version 1.00 of its innovative Da Vinci Encryption System. Incorporating a number of fresh ideas, Da Vinci provides computer users an extremely cost-effective system to protect files from unauthorized access.

Recalling the rudimentary handwriting encryption method Leonardo routinely used to provide a measure of protection from unwanted scrutiny, the new Da Vinci system uses the latest security technology to offer safety Leonardo could only dream of. Incorporating the widely-accepted and virtually unbreakable 256 bit AES encryption technology, Da Vinci keeps data and text files safe from both curious and malicious intruders.

Da Vinci provides a data encryption solution that is easy to implement into the normal work schedule of computer users, greatly increasing its value in providing comprehensive protection. Encrypted logical disks created by Da Vinci function as normal disks when open, but when closed require a password for access. The user can also implement an auto-closing function which prevents access when the computer is unused for a selected period. Self-decrypting files can be created to send to non-Da Vinci system users. Even clipboard contents can be encrypted on-the-fly for safe transfer. A special data-destruction password can also be set up for use in cases of forced password entry. Da Vinci is network-compatible and is equally useful for home and corporate use. It is available on a 21-day trial basis, allowing its value to be demonstrated before purchase.

About Open S.r.l
Open S.r.I was founded in 2003 by a small group of data professionals, in the knowledge that data security is a significant and growing concern and convinced that the greatest need is for security solutions that are both strong and easy to apply. Staff with skills in this arena includes Sergiy Gladkyy, who brings 10 years of experience in the design and implementation of security solutions for business use.

Windows Vista Search is Already Here in VistaGlance

2006-04-13T09:13:00.000-05:00

Windows Vista Search is Already Here in VistaGlance

Qwerty Studios has released VistaGlance, a free program for instant name-based and tag-based file search and access. VistaGlance adds into today's Windows the search features which were announced to be added into Windows Vista at the end of this year and are already known as Spotlight in MacOS X Tiger. Now Windows users will gain instant access to files and programs by their names, attributes, and keywords without ever having to think about their location.

At the first start VistaGlance quickly indexes your hard drive(s). After your drives are indexed, you are ready to start searching for files. The search itself can be performed with Deskbar (a VistaGlance panel with a search input box in the taskbar), Explorer's toolbar (a VistaGlance panel with a search input box in Explorer's toolbar) or Floating Bar (it can be opened with a hot key). Just input your query and press Enter. You will receive the results immediately. With Deskbar you search in all indexed folders and drives while with Explorer's toolbar you search only in currently opened folder and its subfolders. After the search is completed the Results window appears. From this window you can run found programs, open documents, and perform a lot of other operations as well.

Suppose, you want to open some document. Of course, you know its name or at least a part of its name, or something about its category or keywords. You simply type this little piece of information you know about this file or program (it is seldom more than several letters - and it takes less than a second to enter it) into a small field in your taskbar or into Explorer's toolbar and press Enter. You may even not have a slightest idea where this file is located. It is up to your computer to figure it out. Less than in a second you get exactly what you were looking for. Even if there are thousands of files with similar names, you will always find exactly what you need.

The core parts of VistaGlance are the powerful file indexing engine and the heuristic module based on fuzzy logic. Unlike other similar solutions, VistaGlance indexes average-capacity hard disk in several minutes. It needs to index your hard disk only once. After that, VistaGlance monitors and reflects all changes in your file system instantly. File indexing engine also works with removable media like USB-drives, CDs and DVDs, etc. The search itself commonly takes less then one second even on a large hard disk. The main task of heuristic module is to select the most appropriate files and take them at the top of the Results List. VistaGlance calculates the overall relevance of each result depending on the string relevance, date and time of last access, usage frequency of this very file and files of this type, and many secondary parameters. Consequently, you will find the needed file within first ten results in the most of queries.

Here are the main VistaGlance features:

- Quickly find the files you need as soon as you can think of their names or attributes
- Use Deskbar, Explorer's toolbar or Floating Bar query fields for fast access
- Receive any file you queried less than in a second after you hit Enter
- Quickly show and hide VistaGlance Deskbar with a single click on the system tray icon
- Search for all file types or pictures, videos, music and office documents only or use custom filters
- Obtain file details, cut, copy, delete, drag&drop found files
- Add your own keywords to files using handy Explorer context menu extension

Here is what Alex Udodov, the leader of Qwerty Studios beta-testing group, says about the program: "It is so natural to access files and programs by their names and keywords without even thinking about their location. Present-day operating systems make people ask "Where?" rather than "What?" when we want to open or run a particular file. However, file system or Start menu is not like your street or home town - there are much fewer reference points. One folder is very similar to other folders; one submenu is like many other submenus. There are no differing details that human's eye can catch and memory can keep. It is not surprising that even people who have been working with a computer for many years can't remember, where they've placed the file they've just downloaded or where they saved a very important document yesterday or where some program is installed. Standard search techniques can do nothing with it. They are annoyingly slow and just perform a silly search while we need a clever tool to instantly access files we need. VistaGlance is the kind of tool we need."

VistaGlance is available for Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003 free of charge. VistaGlance Pro with additional features is also available for $29.95.
You can download the fully functional version of the program at
http://www.vistaglance.com/download.php?dfile=0

About Qwerty Studios

Founded in 2002, Qwerty Studios mainly concentrates on developing new methods of computer human interaction and conducts researches in this area. The company has a team of psychologists and usability experts that try to take a fresh look at the computer interface design. Our ultimate mission is to turn computer into powerful and smart tool. Let's refute a saying that computer can solve only problems that hadn't existed before its invention altogether!

AMUST Software announces the release of AMUST 1-Defender 2.0

2006-04-13T08:59:00.000-05:00

AMUST Software announces the release of AMUST 1-Defender 2.0

Free security utility offers the first line of defense against spyware, keyloggers, rootkits, viruses and other malware.

Saint-Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 2006 -- AMUST Software today announced the release of AMUST 1-Defender 2.0, a free security utility that offers the first line of defense against malicious web sites and rogue emails which target user computers with spyware, keyloggers, rootkits, viruses and other malware.

AMUST 1-Defender 2.0 is an evolution of AMUST eCondom for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Due to numerous user feedbacks, who liked the product but hesitated about the name, especially in the enterprise environment, the name of the product was changed.

Version 2.0 extends the functionality to support Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows Messenger. In addition it offers some user interface improvements.

1-Defender reduces and eliminates the risks by allowing users to work with Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook and Windows Messenger in SafeInternet mode.

SafeInternet Mode protects user PC from malicious software by employing Least Privileged User Account (LUA) that does not reduce Windows usability and flexibility, and does not downgrade users' Internet experience while making Internet experience safer and much more secure.

AMUST 1-DefenderT 2.0 is designed to protect a Windows XP user from the latest, not yet patched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer as well as not yet discovered viruses. AMUST 1-DefenderT 2.0 is not a replacement for anti-spyware, anti-virus or personal firewall but rather provides the first level of defense.

"Most Windows XP users employ all powerful Admin account for everyday use, and most of them are not even aware about this fact. Any malicious code running under Admin account also becomes all powerful, and can track user behavior, steal personal information or even take over a computer." said Ratmir Timashev, AMUST Software president and CEO. "Using 1-Defender will dramatically reduce and eliminate the risks from malware because it limits Internet Explorer and Outlook with "User" privileges without reducing user experience".

Microsoft is planning to introduce a new feature called Internet Explorer "Protected Mode" in the next version of Windows - Windows Vista. In addition, Windows Vista will run most applications in a Least Privileged User Account by default to reduce security risks. 1-DefenderT 2.0 offers users the same SafeInternet mode functionality for Windows XP today!

The product is free, and intended for home and business users.

AMUST 1-Defender 2.0 is available as free download at: www.amustsoft.com/1-defender/download/

More information about AMUST 1-Defender 2.0 is available at: www.amustsoft.com/1-defender/

About AMUST Software

AMUST Software, founded in March 2005 by Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov, the founders of Aelita Software, one of the leading providers for systems management solutions to enterprise Windows environments. Aelita Software was acquired by Quest Software in March, 2004.

The strategic directions of AMUST Software include solutions for PC system & security management and Network management. AMUST Software has the long term plan to become the major software provider in these areas of IT industry.

Major Painkiller

2006-04-12T08:29:00.000-05:00

WTware PRO v.4.2.1 - Major Painkiller for Any System Administrator!

WTware PRO 4.2.1 is designed to let system administrators organize dedicated thin clients, old and new PCs into a corporate network, which is managed centrally from the terminal server. This reduces costs and efforts spent on hardware upgrades, administration and data security.

WTware today announces the release of version 4.2.1 of WTware PRO. This is a fully-fledged solution for the centralized deployment, configuration, and management of the so-called "thin clients," also known as Windows-based terminals, and NetPCs. A "thin client" is a computer that has no hard drives and fans. As distinct from traditional PCs, the so-called "fat clients," "thin clients" require a minimum processing power and rely on their terminal server to operate. Users work behind "thin clients" in much the same way as they would behind a traditional computer, but their application, for instance Microsoft Word, is executed on the server. A "thin client" may be any old computer converted to a "thin client," or a new dedicated "thin client."

Why Install WTware PRO?
"Thin client computing offers many benefits," says Andrey Kovalev, CEO of WTware. "A thin client is cheaper to buy and has an extended lifespan - on average six years instead of three for desktop PCs. Besides, you can extend the life of your old desktop PC by converting it to a thin client. And, of course, you won't have to fork out money to upgrade each computer for more resource-demanding software. Instead, you spend it only on the upgrade of the terminal server. Another benefit is a single point of administration, which lets you perform software upgrades, install new applications and virus updates solely on the terminal server without visiting each machine individually. This reduces administration costs and maintenance time. On top of all this is safety. Because all data is stored on the server and internet access can be restricted, your data is safe from virus attacks, data theft, and accidental loss due to hardware malfunction."

WTware PRO at a Glance
WTware gives system administrators all the tools needed to create a "thin client," including OS, a wide array of drivers for graphic cards, network services, and a Remote Desktop Protocol Client. It is easy to setup and configure and doesn't require any knowledge in network boot technologies. Using WTware, you can use any available "thin client" or convert old and new PCs to "thin clients" and manage them all from the terminal server through one consistent and open interface. Available connection types include Microsoft terminal services (RDP), and Windows XP with Winconnect or a similar add-on using RDP. WTware can be booted from a network (diskless) using Etherboot/PXE or from a local floppy, CD disk, hard disk drive, USB storage, or an IDE-flash disk, DOC DiskOnChip and DOM DiskOnModule. WTware supports client-side storage (floppy, hard disk drives, CDs and USB), printers, and bar code readers.

WTware PRO Pricing and Availability
WTware PRO 4.2.1 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 Sever/2003 Server/XP and costs $20 (USD) for one terminal. License is bound to the terminal hardware network card address (MAC-address). To get 2 FREE testing licenses on WTware PRO, please, visit http://wtware.com/download.html. Discounts for volume buyers are available. Additional information on WTware PRO, a complete set of technical documentation, a first steps guide, as well as its free evaluation copy is available from http://wtware.com.

Life Beats in Your Notebook

2006-04-12T08:28:00.000-05:00

Find Out How Much Life Beats in Your Notebook

HDDlife for Notebooks is a monitor of general state and health for notebook hard drives. It features exclusive monitoring technologies and understands the specifics of portable hardware. The program informs the user of pending problems in hard drive work and suggests a solution.

The release of HDDlife for Notebooks is announced today in the headquarters of BinarySense Ltd. For many users it comes as a relief knowing that now HDDlife, one of the best hard drive monitoring utilities on the market, extends its protection to their notebooks too. When HDDlife watches over a system, users can be sure that no overheating or drop in productivity escape their attention. The program checks hard drive health, temperature and evaluates performance at user-set intervals. The indicators of health status, performance and temperature manifest themselves in the system tray. In the main program window users can also find more specific information on their hard drive, such as overall work time and partition structure. HDDlife will keep you informed about the state of you portable hardware at all times.

"Accurate and informative indicators are at the heart of efficient monitoring," says Alexander Ivanov, CEO of BinarySense Ltd. "Users should know at a glance when their hard drive malfunctions to have time for backup and replacement. What is the use of an indicator, if the user can make neither head nor tail of it? Experience and studies made us limit hard drive indicators to just three key ones: health status, performance, and temperature. We applied a unique technology of instant drive checkup which we called JustNow™. It shows the state of their drive as a per cent to its original state immediately after the start of the program. To make indicators informative yet unobtrusive, HDDlife employs coloured diagrams and XP-style shields. Another proprietary technology, AnywhereView ™, makes sure that the small diagram shows over the hard drive icon in every application across the user system. Both this technologies ensure accurate and clear indication of the drive's current state."

Besides indicating the drive's current state, the program suggests actions that can help solve the problem of drive performance. In severe cases it can advice immediate backup and drive replacement. The program can switch the system to a standby or hibernation mode when the drive overheats. The feature comes in handy when the system works autonomously. When the system is under remote supervision, HDDlife can send a network notification or an e-mail with a report on disk's current status. The program will work in the background, run regular checkups and send the reports to a remote computer. HDDlife is a proactive solution that prolongs the life of you hard drive and protects your valuable data against loss.

HDDlife v2.8 for Notebooks Features at a Glance
- Indication of HDD health, performance, temperature, lifespan and free space;
- Highly customizable alert system (pop-up notifications, emails and network messages);
- Noise reduction for hard drives with AAM support;
- Proprietary technologies for drive checkups and indication (JustNow!™ and AnywhereView™);
- User-set check points for temperature, lifespan and free space;
- Automated stand-by or hibernation at critical points;
- Intuitive user interface.

Pricing and Availability
HDDlife v2.8 for Notebooks runs under Windows 2000/2003/XP and costs $49.90 (USD) for a single user license. Upgrade from usual HDDlife Pro is available for $19.96 (USD). A fully-functional evaluation version is available at http://www.hddlife.com/HDDlife_Notebooks_2e.exe

Web Malware Scanner 2.0

2006-04-07T08:18:00.000-05:00

a-squared Web Malware Scanner 2.0 now available!

Put an end to all types of Malware, at no cost: The a-squared Web Malware Scanner 2.0 hunts undesired Spyware modules and dangerous Trojans, Backdoors, Keyloggers, Worms, Dialers, Rootkits, Hacking Tools, Riskware and TrackingCookies, all from within the Web browser. No software must be installed.

Emsi Software GmbH makes short work of all Web dangers and presents a new technological achievement in the battle against all types of Malware. The a-squared Web Malware Scanner 2.0 is the latest product in the well-known a-squared series of products. All users having Internet Explorer and a fast Internet connection, such as DSL, can make optimum use of the scanner.

The a-squared Web Malware Scanner 2.0 uses over 350,000 signatures and an ingenious heuristic algorithm for detecting pests on the local computer. Christian Mairoll from Emsi Software says: "The big advantage is that nobody needs to install software on their computer in order to detect new threats. The a-squared Web Malware Scanner can be used directly from the Web browser."

Free, Reliable Security

The a-squared Web Malware Scanner is ideal for a "quick scan in the lunch break". It is always up to date and offers all the important functions, free of charge. Functions that must be paid for when using other Malware scanners.

The user can choose from four different scan functions, depending on the time available for a scan. The quick test provides rapid results, while a detailed analysis of the entire computer can take a while. As with the other a-squared security programs, a Riskware recognition system can also be enabled. This informs the user of programs that are usually harmless but which are often used by Malware for specific tasks.

Convenient and Easy to Operate

Even inexperienced users will have no problem operating the a-squared Web Malware Scanner. In addition to the self-explanatory functions and a modern design, a detailed help system provides answers and solutions to any questions or problems that may surface. As well as the pure scan function, the a-squared Web Malware Scanner now also offers a quarantine station for any pests that may be found. Once banned to this area, the detected Malware no longer presents any danger to your computer system. If software that is actually required is accidentally placed in quarantine, then it can be easily restored at any time.

Just go to this Web address to use the scanner: http://malwarescan.emsisoft.com

Upgrade Tip: a-squared Anti-Malware

The Web Malware Scanner reliably frees your PC from dangerous Malware. It recognizes and removes Malware already existing on your system, and which may even be active in some cases.

However, a scanner alone cannot replace a long-term Malware protection system. For optimum real-time protection, we recommend the use of a-squared Anti-Malware Personal Edition. The Malware-IDS (Intrusion Detection System) contained in this system begins where conventional scanners and removers end: With new exploits and attacks by modified Trojans, Backdoors, Worms and Rootkits. The main point: Thanks to the latest behavior analysis technology, it operates completely independently of signatures and heuristics. Malware is detected on the basis of the way it behaves in the operating system and no longer on the basis of a digital fingerprint. The use of the software costs US$ 2,50 per month. Christian Mairoll: "The safety of your data is surely worth this much!" A 30-day trial version of Anti-Malware Personal Edition is available in the Internet for downloading.

About Emsisoft:

"Everyone should be able to surf the Web without danger". This motto is the mission statement of Emsi Software GmbH, founded in Salzburg/Austria, in 2003. The software products have been developed using unconventional methods in the battle against Malware. The main focus of the software lies in the development of effective protection mechanisms offering true safety for every user.

Software to manage your small business

2006-04-06T08:28:00.000-05:00

AvailSuite 2.0: Software to manage your small business.

MS Team LLC has released AvailSuite 2.0, a new version of its small business management software with features specifically meeting the complex needs of small service companies.

AvailSuite 2.0 enables automation of all every day tasks a small business faces: customer management, order entry, job scheduling and routing, time tracking, billing, managing inventory, purchases and receivables.

Designed to be used by service companies, like computer service consultants, equipment installation and repair shops, lawn care services, and the likes, AvailSuite 2.0 delivers something that has never been accessible to the small business world before - simple CRM & ERP system, affordable even to the smallest companies. This segment of small- and micro-companies has always been underserved by major software developers.

Flexibility and Ease of Use
AvailSuite 2.0 meets the demands of service professionals who don't have time to learn complex computer systems and who need to be flexible every day to stay competitive in their fast-paced business. Unlike other business management software, AvailSuite does not enforce users to do things in a specific order, enter mandatory fields on every form (there are no mandatory fields), or follow any rigid procedure. Any piece of data can be saved as a draft and picked up for completion later. Despite exceptional ease of use, AvailSuite 2.0 provides extensive security control over sensitive functions and confidential information.

Because of its simplicity, AvailSuite can be used by the people who have never worked with business management software before. However, the majority of new customers are the users of legacy business management applications. MS Team provides migration and customization services to these customers.

What's new in AvailSuite 2.0: this recently released application is a major upgrade over previous version. The most important additions are:
- Vendor and Purchase Order management;
- Ability to track Service Contracts;
- Project Budget control capability;
- Dispatch Routes management.

More information is available at: http://www.availsuite.com

System Requirements: AvailSuite 2.0 is built using the latest technology and is adaptable to serve the specific needs of a wide variety of service companies with 1-100+ employees. AvailSuite uses free database engine Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition, which can be replaced with SQL Server for bigger organizations.

AvailSuite 2.0 runs on Windows XP, 2000 and 2003. It will also seamlessly run on Windows Vista, since it is based on .NET framework.

Pricing and Availability: The 30-day trial version with full set of features: http://www.availsuite.com/files/AvailSuiteSetup.exe. AvailSuite is priced at $295 (USD) per license. This includes one year worth of free upgrades. Volume discounts are available. Free technical support is provided by e-mail (support@availsuite.com).

Publisher & Editorial Information: IT reviewers are encouraged to use this press release and any other related materials. We will be pleased to grant you a free registration key. CD editors are authorized to include the 30-day trial version of AvailSuite in their CD-ROMs.

Digital Entertainment World

2006-04-06T08:27:00.000-05:00

Make Your Own Digital Entertainment World with AVS Video Tools 5.1

05.04.2006, London, UK - Online Media Technologies Ltd. presents AVS Video Tools 5.1, the brand new version of its top-market complete solution for home video production. Now ultimate all-in-one suite of six fully featured, wizard-driven applications for capturing, multi-format cross converting, video editing, mobile content management, DVD burning and ripping handles all key user requirements for home video processing. AVS Video Tools 5.1 keeps all the advantages of its predecessor, AVS Video Converter and adds new tools and features for more enhanced yet maximum simplified work with your video and audio.

AVS Video Tools 5.1 is the update to AVS Video Converter 4.3, the company's time-proved product, highly popular among today's international users. With time we beefed up AVS Video Converter with some major innovations making it useful for a wide range of tasks such as all key file formats converting, transferring DVDs and video files to Apple iPod, Sony PSP, media portable players and mobiles, fast and direct ads removal from MPEGs without re-encoding and many others. As a result, the software turned into the complete tool for home video handling that encouraged us to give the software a more appropriate name - AVS Video Tools 5.1.

The new version offers a new added tool - AVS Video Cutter, the video processing application intended for fast removing the unwanted parts or commercials from your videos recorded with various PVR or DVD camcorders. Specifically designed algorithm ensures the automatic, exact and time-saving scene detection by scanning and splitting your video into episodes. And on top of that, AVS Video Cutter allows you to directly save your already edited videos without their re-conversion, which eliminates the problem of quality loss.

Based on our user's feedback we made some corrections for more powerful and efficient work with DVD movies. Now due to the supported customizable aspect ratio feature you can select, adjust or just learn the aspect ratio of your video. As a result, the update provides you with more flexibility in controlling your video processing. Choose 16:9 (widescreen format) or 4:3 (fullscreen format) aspect ratio according to your liking and enjoy every minute of movie watching.

AVS Video Tools 5.1 features a wider set of capturing options. Now it supports MPEG2 capturing encoding that means that owners of MPEG2 TV-Tuners or funs of satellite TV can easily and trouble-free capture most favorite movies or memorable moments of popular programs.

Pricing and Availability

AVS Video Tools runs under Windows 2000/XP/2003 for a single-user license and costs $29.95(US). Discounts for volume buyers are also available. Registered users of AVS Video Converter 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 versions are entitled to free minor updates and lifetime technical support and can obtain the software update - AVS Video Tools 5.1. free of charge. A fully functional demo version is available as a free download from the company's website: http://www.avsmedia.com, the only limitation of the trial version is a watermark logo that is put on output files.

About Online Media Technologies Ltd.

Founded in 2004, Online Media Technologies Ltd. is an IT company that specializes in developing innovative video and audio solutions for end-users. As a member of BDA (Blu-ray disc Association) Online Media Technologies Ltd. advocates promoting and establishing Blu-ray Disc standards and implements the upcoming Blu-ray technologies in its software delivering tomorrow's high-tech multimedia. Standing by our overall commitment to deliver high-end products and services, we create software tools that can enable our customers to simplify and enhance their work with audio and video data as well as to manage their computer environment more efficiently. For more information about us and our products, please visit http://www.avsmedia.com

Simple Money 2006 for the Windows PC

2006-04-06T08:26:00.000-05:00

Bellflower, CA - April 5, 2006 -- Simple Money Systems proudly announces the release of Simple Money 2006 for the Windows PC. Simple Money 2006 is a personal finance manager with a unique blend of simplicity and power, making it a great alternative for people who don't need all of the "bells and whistles" of the other more expensive and more complex PFMs available. Simple Money 2006 was designed with ease-of-use in mind, and even computer beginners will enjoy the benefits of managing personal finances on the computer within a matter of minutes of installing the product.

Simple Money 2006 helps people easily manage all personal finance-related tasks, such as balancing the checkbook, keeping track of credit cards, managing bills and recurring deposits, keeping track of loans and loan payments, keeping track of a budget and day-to-day expenses, and generating reports to see where the money is going. And Simple Money 2006 has additional advanced features, such as the ability to import data from online banking services, and the ability to export data to spreadsheet programs.

Simple Money 2006 is compatible with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003. Simple Money 2006 costs only $19.99 USD, and purchasing information is available at http://www.simplemny.com . A free 21-day trial download is also available at the same web address.

About Simple Money Systems
Simple Money Systems, a privately-held company based in Bellflower, California, develops and publishes personal finance management software for the personal computer. Its products' unique blend of simplicity and power make them a great choice for all people, beginners and advanced users alike.

Oxygen Phone Manager II

2006-04-06T08:25:00.000-05:00

A New Version of Oxygen Phone Manager II widens the List of the Lucky Ones

Oxygen Phone Manager II Is Still the Best but Even Better with More Than 20 New Models

Oxygen Software, a company well-known for its achievements in the field of developing software for mobile phones, today announces the release of Oxygen Phone Manager II 2.9, the newest version of the popular communication software tool for Nokia mobile phones, offering support for more than 20 new mobile phone models. With Oxygen Phone Manager II you can manage the content and settings of your mobile phone from a personal computer in the most pleasant, if not to say joyful, way. You can organize your phonebook, events, tasks and notes, gallery, profiles, FM radio, GPRS and WAP options, call lists and voice records.

"For Oxygen Software the needs of our clients have always been in the first place," says Nike Golubev, a public relations officer at Oxygen Software. "The content of your mobile phone often becomes an essential part of your every day life. And it doesn't really matter whether you use your phone as a means for work or entertainment. Everything is important, so we, too, don't make any difference between work information and multimedia. Every part of the content of your phone gets equal attention. Besides, any operation is available, so to say, "on the run". You can upload new wallpapers and ringing tones, send and receive SMS, create and view MMS messages, backup and restore all information, synch your phone with Microsoft Outlook - and all that literally in seconds. It is our job to make sure your data is safe and available any moment you need it."

Oxygen Phone Manager II allows you to edit your phone data easily from PC and see what you've got in the phone immediately on your PC display. Easy ad-hoc editing of your data is provided in case you need to add or modify a couple of contacts without total synchronization. It takes only a few minutes to transfer your personal information and settings from your old phone to a new one. All your contacts, events, tasks, SMS and MMS messages, images and melodies, profiles, FM stations, WAP and GPRS settings will migrate to your new phone with several mouse clicks. Even if your new phone model differs from the old one, Oxygen Phone Manager knows how to transfer all the data correctly. A copy of mobile phone information and settings on your local hard disk guarantees that, even if your phone was stolen or damaged, its data is still available and can be easily transferred to a new phone. Today Oxygen Phone Manager II offers support for almost 200 Nokia models and the list is rapidly growing as the developers of the company make sure that every new model appears on it.

Pricing and Availability
Oxygen Phone Manager II runs under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server and costs 35 Euro for an Individual license. The company also offers Oxygen Phone Manager II Lite version at 14.95 Euro for entertainment phone features management. Registered customers are entitled to free technical support and one year maintenance updates. Additional information on Oxygen Phone Manager II, its pricing and discounts is available at
http://www.oxygensoftware.com/en/products/opm2/.

An evaluation version of the product is available at http://www.oxygensoftware.com/download/opm2.zip (9.44Mb).

About Oxygen Software
Oxygen Software is a software company, founded in 2001, that focuses on the software development for managing information, data and settings of mobile phones and smartphones. Oxygen Phone Manager, the headline product covers the majority of Nokia phones, Mobiado and Samsung phones and smartphones produced by BenQ, Motorola, Panasonic, Sendo, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, and Vodafone. To software developers Oxygen Software offers various ActiveX Controls as well as components for Borland Delphi. For more information about the company and its line of products, visit http://www.oxygensoftware.com/en/.

Free DVD Player

2006-04-06T08:24:00.000-05:00

Discover new movie world with free AVS DVD Player 1.5

06.04.2006, London, UK - Online Media Technologies Ltd. today releases AVS DVD Player 1.5, the next update to the free solution for playing back DVDs and various video files. Apart from most key formats support such as DVD (PAL, NTSC, VCD, SVCD), AVI, MPEG (including Xvid, DviX), MPEG 1, MPEG 2, QT, 3GP, WMV, the update now handles the playback of audio files that makes the AVS DVD Player 1.5 a truly universal player combining the full set of features for comfortable movie watching with the an easy-to-navigate interface through the context menu.

In addition to DVD movies and various video files support for the playback AVS DVDPlayer 1.5 now allows you also to play your audio files. You can also choose now one of AVS DVD Player 18 presets for displaying audio data to make audio listening more dynamic and impressive.

Thanks to the implementation of the customizable aspect ratio feature the new version provides you with more flexibility in adjusting aspect ratio of the movie watched. Now you can select 16:9, 3:4 or apply your own original, unique settings.

The free package also features more presets that enable you to set your audio for listening it in your particular powerful multichannel audio system. AVS DVDPlayer 1.5 now supports a wider range of various speaker configurations.

For more your comfortable movie viewing we made it possible for you to stretch and position the screen window, hide or activate control panel and playlist window as you wish.

Another convenient change in AVS DVD Player 1.5 is the ability to create .pls or .m3u playlists. Once you organized your favorite songs in a playlist, you needn't look for them in different folders any more that is handy and time-saving.

Pricing and Availability:

AVS DVD Player is a region free software that allows you to play all region DVDs on all DVD drives even if you changed region code several times. AVS DVD Player 1.5 runs under Windows 2000/XP/2003. AVS DVD Player is distributed completely free of charge and has no trial periods, feature, time or other limitations. Adware and spyware free. The software is available to download from the company's website: www.avsmedia.com

About Online Media Technologies Ltd.

Founded in 2004, Online Media Technologies Ltd. is an IT company that specializes
in developing innovative video and audio solutions for end-users. As a member of BDA
(Blu-ray disc Association) Online Media Technologies Ltd. advocates promoting and
establishing Blu-ray Disc standards and implements the upcoming Blu-ray technologies
in its software delivering tomorrow's high-tech multimedia. Standing by our overall
commitment to deliver high-end products and services, we create software tools that
can enable our customers to simplify and enhance their work with audio and video data
as well as to manage their computer environment more efficiently. For more information about us and our products, please visit http://www.avsmedia.com

Extension for Clipboard

2006-04-04T07:26:00.001-05:00

Slick Extension for Clipboard Capabilities

Global Clipboard is a utility that dramatically extends cut'n'paste capabilities of user systems. It can store and manage multiple fragments of textual, image and binary data. Clear display of data properties and built-in editing make work with several applications faster and more comfortable.

The major update of Global Clipboard, a multifunctional clipboard manager, has been announced today. Following the course of an ongoing improvement, the program developers reinforced Global Clipboard v2.0 with a new operation mode and extended details for each data type. The second program version features Text Accumulator, an operation mode that adds all copied text to the same fragment to paste it all together into a document. Users can set text separators and save the fragment into a file. Along with it, the program also offers more traditional Single Clipboard and Multiple Clipboard modes. The other feature that distinguishes Global Clipboard v2.0 is detailed description of each copied fragment. Now for each data format the program displays a different set of details. The details are customizable and are easy to adapt to user preferences. Thanks to the improvements made, Global Clipboard v2.0 makes the management of multiple fragments easier and, as a result, improves user productivity.

Global Clipboard extends the existing clipboard functionality without substituting it completely. It allows multiple fragments to be copied and pasted into documents and other files. The program can save all current fragments at the system shut down to make them available after the system restart. When at the end of another busy day in the office you turn off the system, you will lose neither names of precious seniors which you pasted all day into spreadsheets nor screenshots waiting to be processed. Global Clipboard will store them for you to start a new day from the same spot where you left it.

Besides copying and managing fragments, the program allows editing and previewing them. For each of its five main data types Global Clipboard shows a menu of available options. For a text it allows converting the case; for an image - rotation, flipping and colour inversion are available. In addition, the program offers management of fragments of all types, including files, sounds and binary data. Users can preview copied images and bits of text in the main window or a zoomed window invoked with a mouse click. For other data types they can see details on size and format. Fast on-the-go preview and editing helps easily manage multiple fragments and raise the efficiency of work.

Global Clipboard v2.0 presents its extensive functionality to the user in a comfortable and unobtrusive way. It resides in the system tray and communicates through balloon hints and pop-up windows. The main window, however, is easily fixed on top of others with just one click on the toolbar. All operations on clipboard items are performed with hotkey combinations, so that advanced users can cut and paste entirely from the keyboard. From the program settings users can easily change existing hotkeys and add new ones. Here you can also automate some of the clipboard operations. For example, when detecting a hyperlink or an e-mail address, Global Clipboard can launch the appropriate application. Now when you find a non-clickable link in the text, your clipboard manager will automatically recognize it and launch a web browser or an email program. Work with Global Clipboard for assistance is easy and pleasant. Its functional riches are just a click away, waiting to help.

Global Clipboard v2.0 Features at a Glance
- Three operation modes: Single Clipboard, Multiple Clipboard and Text Accumulator;
- Detailed information of each clipboard item (size, type, string length, words, characters);
- Support for five main data types: text (plain and rich text formats), image (bitmap and metafile), file, binary, and sound;
- Customizable thumbnail and zoomed preview for text and images;
- In-built editing for text and images;
- Ability to save and reload separate slots and whole sessions;
- Automatic application launch for links and email addresses;
- Extensive hotkey support;
- Highly customizable interface.

Work With FAXes and TIFFs

2006-04-04T07:26:00.000-05:00

Able Fax Tif View: Your Work With FAXes and TIFFs Becomes Remarkably Simple!

Able Fax Tif View offers a complete set of means to work with multipage
FAXes and TIFF files

GraphicRegion.com, the author of Able Graphic Manager, announces today the
release of Able Fax Tif View. This is an entire workshop for viewing,
editing, printing, drawing, saving and converting FAXes and TIFFs. Working
with your documents will turn into a pleasant and time-saving process,
though it used to be bulky and rather tiring. The structure and menu of Able
Fax Tif View are neatly organized, so that it will not require a scientist
to make out how the program works. It goes without saying Able Fax Tif View
supports all kinds of FAX images, multipage FAX and multipage TIFF images
(rev.6.0, Packbits, LZW, CCITT G.3 and G.4) with RGB, CMYK, B/W, animated
GIF and Multipage PCX (DCX). Besides, FAX (CCITT3), G3F and G3N (Zetafax)
formats are supported for loading.

Able Fax Tif View is fitted out with various instruments for detailed
documents processing. It offers you zooming and navigating options, broad
rotating opportunities (including horizontal and vertical flip). In addition
to these essential options, you have a great number of graphic tools at your
service: image clearing (removing noise and isolated pixels), image
deskewing (correcting images that were skewed from fax transmission,
scanning, etc), image converting (to 24 bit, to gray, to black and white),
color adjust, special effects, negative image, etc. Apart from this, special
attention should be paid to annotation tools, which provide for date/time
annotation, rubber stamp annotation, stamp annotation properties manager,
measurement units, annotation search in your documents.

Able Fax Tif View allows you to open a multitude of formats: JPG, PCX, BMP,
ICO, CUR, PNG, WMF, EMF, TGA, PXM, WBMP, JP2, J2K, DCX and CRW. These
formats can be easily converted by the program into dozens of others. The
benefits of Able Fax Tif View extend further, and include a batch processing
and thumbnail size editing.

".I highly recommend this excellent product to anybody who creates a lot of
.Tif documents," says Roy Wegen, one of the customers. "It really saves
considerable time when you don't have to constantly process the same batch
of document to get a complete scan without skipped pages or jams."

Able Fax Tif View Features at a Glance:
- A variety of input/output image file formats;
- Handy print functions;
- Wide opportunities for image processing;
- A complete set of annotation tools;
- Full customer support.

Pricing and Availability
Able Fax Tif View runs under Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP and costs $29.95 (USD)
- personal license, $49.95 (USD) - business license and $499.95 (USD) - site
license. A 30-day fully functional evaluation version of the program is
available as a free download at
http://www.graphicregion.com/faxtifview.zip (3.13 Mb)

About GraphicRegion.com
GraphicRegion.com is an information technology company based in Vancouver,
Canada. Founded in 1997, the company specializes in the development of
graphics managing software for the Windows platforms. Among its top sellers
are Able Graphic Manager and Able Photo Slide, which are highly praised by
customers for quality and superior technologies. For more information about
the company and products, visit http://www.graphicregion.com

Open-source DVD Shrinker

2006-04-03T17:21:00.001-05:00

ShrinkTo5 Is Storming the Market with A Radically Enhanced Version of Their Open-source DVD Shrinker - SnrinkTo5 GUI 2.02

RATINGEN, Germany. - April 3, 2006: ShrinkTo5 today announces the release of version 2.02 of ShrinkTo5 GUI, a new cross-platform DVD copying engine distributed at no cost to anyone. This application lets you copy and shrink your favorite DVD disks in brilliant quality, which is complemented with a surprisingly high processing speed. You can copy an entire DVD, copy the main movie only, or copy its content elements selectively. The output can be saved to the hard disk drive as an ISO image or compressed and burned onto one DVD disk. The best thing in copying DVD disks with ShrinkTo5 is that it no longer involves tedious and sometimes confusing configuration. ShrinkTo5's AI chooses the perfect balance automatically.

What's New in ShrinkTo5 2.02?
The new release builds on the success of the first version that has seen over 1 million downloads since its official release in September 2005. "The large amount of enthusiastic feedback from end users that followed that release has been a great inspiration to all of us here at ShrinkTo5," says Ocrana, the leading developer at ShrinkTo5. "Their ideas and suggestions have driven the development of version 2.02, which is now reflected in the carefully redesigned user interface, new additions and enhancements, including bad sector detection and repair, a Machinist2.dll support, a new Skin component, a built-in burning component, among others. We hope these new extras will make the great product even more appealing to users."

- Support for Machinist2.dll. The program has been modified to support new Machinist2.dll. Now, ShrinkTo5 has a unique ability to make DVD backups that cannot be handled by other DVD copying software like DVDShrink. Please, note that Machinist2.dll cannot be downloaded from the ShrinkTo5 website since it is not legal in our country. But you can find it via any search engine and download it for free.
- Free burner plugin. The ShrinkTo5 GUI package comes with FoxBurner, a shell plugin that allows you to burn directly from the Windows Explorer. Now, you don't have to donate or download a burner separately.
- ISO Image. Along with burning onto DVD disks, copied images can now be saved as ISO images on the hard disk drive and burned onto disks later if the need arises.
- Auto-Repair. New ShrinkTo5 lets you automatically restore scratched and defective DVD disks so that their content can be accessed and copied. This doesn't affect the picture quality, which remains to be as good as on any new original DVD disk.
- Dynamic Compression. The code of the dynamic compression rate has been enhanced, which now allows users to get an even sharper picture.
- Build-in Player. New ShrinkTo5 features a built-in player that allows the user to view selected video tracks. This gives you more control over the copying process.

Read more information about new ShrinkTo5 GUI at http://www.shrinkto5.com/software.asp
Watch the online tutorial demo at http://www.shrinkto5.com/gTour.asp

ShrinkTo5 GUI Availability
ShrinkTo5 is available as Basic and Professional. Both versions run under Windows 2000/XP. The Basic version is available as a free download from http://www.shrinkto5.com/software.asp.
The Professional is available as a three day trial. The price of the Professional version is 39.95 USD. Both version are compiled without DeCSS. To enable ShrinkTo5 to decrypt CSS, users should download "Machinist2.dll" from the internet.

Leave Spyware No Place to Hide!

2006-04-03T17:21:00.000-05:00

Leave Spyware No Place to Hide!

System Spyware Interrogator 3.0 (Tech Edition) enhances spyware elimination with new ADS Stream scanning, File Hash Generation, Intelligent Hijackthis technology and Log analyzer.

BONITA SPRINGS, FL. - April 3, 2006: TRISNAP TECHNOLOGIES, a world innovator in spyware detection technologies, announces the release of System Spyware Interrogator 3.0 Tech Edition.

System Spyware Interrogator (SSI) is a free tool that detects and removes malicious software from clients' computers. Its uses Trisnap's unique Predator technology to compare applications running on a client's computer with an online database of spyware definitions to immediately reveal all suspicious applications. Costly and time consuming updates off malware definitions on user's computers are not required

System Spyware Interrogator 3.0 Tech Edition is the newest version of Spywaredata's popular scanner. The Tech Edition was been designed for technicians who deal with spyware on a regular basis. The consumer edition of System Spyware Interrogator offers monthly, quarterly and annual priority fee-based automatic removal options. The Tech Edition also offers Alternate Directory Scans, File Hash Generation, Intelligent Hijackthis log parser, and a memory process killer. SSI is linked directly to one of the largest malware databases in the world at www.spywaredata.com. The SSI Tech Edition is intended for technicians and users who would like to better expedite their search, detection and elimination of spyware.

Learn more about Tech Edition at http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/download.php.
Download and try it in action from http://www.spywaredata.com/download/ssisetup.exe

System Spyware Interrogator at a Glance
SSI is a standalone scanner designed to provide its user with real-time spyware information to assist in the identification, detection and elimination of spyware. The scanner connects to centrally located real-time databases which provide immediate feedback on the files found on client's systems. If the system can't determine whether the file is malware, you can optionally upload information about the unknown file to the company's research center for further identification. Client scan results continually enrich the SSI database with the latest spyware variances and safe files. The database is open and free, so everyone can educate themselves about spyware.

SSI Tech Edition Availability
SSI 3.0 Tech Edition runs under Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003. Additional information on the product, as well as its free version is available from http://www.spywaredata.com

About Trisnap Technologies
Trisnap Technologies is a software development company based in Bonita Springs, Florida. It was founded in 2003 by Ken Lloyd, an independent software engineer and consultant. Mr. Lloyd has a solid expertise in anti-spyware technologies. He developed and coded AOL's first Anti-Spyware program, Aluria's Anti-Spyware program and provided both with support on signature files and updates. From early 2004, Mr. Lloyd created an advanced spyware research tool known as System Spyware Interrogator (SSI), and designed Spywaredata.com, an educational tool for all levels of spyware research and information. For more information, please visit http://www.spywaredata.com.

Aurora Password Manager

2006-04-03T17:20:00.000-05:00

Aurora Password Manager: Leave Keeping of Your Passwords to a Professional!

Animabilis Software gives you a brilliant assistant that is able to bear total responsibility for your confidential data. Besides, this piece of software is absolutely free!

A recognized specialist in privacy technologies, Animabilis Software, today announces the release of Aurora Password Manager, a tool to protect your passwords. Not only does it take care of your private information, but it also features a number of remarkable functions, which are especially significant, since Aurora Password Manager is free of charge. A clear and simple style of the customizable interface is the very first feature you are certain to like. Secondly, it is worth to note that the program uses a strong encryption mechanism, which prevents unauthorized access (256-bit AES - Advanced Encryption Standard).

Apart from this, we need to dwell on the way your private information is kept. First of all, every user can create a file of his/her own (the program is virtually an SQL database, featuring simultaneous work of several users). In this file every user has a hierarchically structured list of folders (you can create the new ones, delete, rename, etc.). Each password record you add to one of these folders contains the following fields: subject, user name, password, URL, file path, comments. The user has an ability to create the unlimited number of extra fields to store data. In addition to this, you can set an expiration date for you password.

We often use very simple passwords and by doing so, we pose a serious threat to our security, but now you can feel relaxed: Aurora Password Manager has a built-in password generator, which chooses arbitrary combinations of symbols and generates passwords, which are impossible to guess. Advantages of the tool go further and another option to be mentioned is a special toolbar for MS Internet Explorer. This toolbar allows you to save and then automatically fill out web forms with data. This becomes very convenient as day by day you need to fill in your e-mail passwords, log-in forms and the like.

Aurora Password Manager has a built-in backup system, which allows you to set a number of copies you need to store. In practice this means that your data is certain to be safe and sound. Aurora Password Manager provides for a multitude of commonly used templates for storing such kind of data, as web site accounts, pin-codes or e-mail passwords, so you can go over to adding data right after you have installed the manager onto your computer.

Aurora Password Manager Features at a Glance:
- Provides strong 256 bit AES encryption;
- Features one multi-user database for all employees;
- Has a built-in toolbar for filling web forms in IE;
- Generates passwords, which are very hard to guess;
- Provides for advanced backup and restore options;
- Features data search and categorization options;
- Aurora Password Manager is free of charge.

Availability
Aurora Password Manager runs under Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. You can download it at http://www.animabilis.com/password-manager/download/Password-Manager-Installer.exe (2.13 Mb)

About Animabilis Software
Founded in 2003, Animabilis Software specializes in the development of advanced solutions for confidential data storage. Among our bestsellers we can mention File Encryption XP (encryption of files) and MY Password Manager (a password keeper). For more information about our products, please visit our website at http://www.animabilis.com

Icon Lover 4.10

2006-04-03T17:16:00.000-05:00

Your PDA Is Deprived of Vivid Icons? Icon Lover Will Spice Up Your Interface!

Aha-Soft Announces Icon Lover 4.10

The new version allows you to customize your desktop and folder icons
even in your PDA.

Today we announce the release of Icon Lover 4.10, a new step made by
the programmers from Aha-Soft. This graphic editor now supports the
TGA format, which allows you to create icons and toolbars for your
Personal Digital Assistants. Icon Lover is armed with a variety of
flexible tools, which are able to turn the faint glimmer of your
interface into a festival of colors. Icons processing tools, which are
standard for Icon Lover, include color picker, eraser, color replacer,
pencil, paintbrush, flood fill, airbrush, line, curved line, arc, text
insertion, rectangle, ellipse, etc. Functionality of a good modern
icon editor implies that it is certain to support such essential
components as layers, channels, image transparency control and the
like.

A multitude of special effects are at your disposal. You can rotate,
flip, roll, drop shadow, smooth\sharpen, apply hue\saturation, and use
brightness. Thus, step-by-step and stroke-by-stroke new graphic images
can arise on your screen: new icons, animated icons, cursors and the
like. Having launched the program, you come across a navigation menu,
where you can select an action you need to perform: create a new icon,
create an icon from an image file, open an existing file, find icons
in folders, extract icons from your computer and even more. Another
important feature in Icon Lover is its ability to download icons right
from the Internet.

The benefits of the program go far beyond the bounds of what is
mentioned above. Icon Lover supports a multitude of graphic formats,
including ICO, CUR, ANI, BMP, JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD, PDD, TGA, TIF,
TIFF, WMF, EMF, WBMP, XMP, etc. The program ensures that icon
management is pure pleasure, which requires no special skills. This is
the reason, why working with icon libraries is so easy here. The
merits of this icon editor can be comprehensively assessed by
everybody, who wants to find, extract, create and edit icons, cursors,
manage icon libraries and image lists.

Icon Lover Features at a Glance:
- Edits icons, static and animated cursors, icon libraries, image lists;
- Creates new icons for Personal Digital Assistants;
- Creates and edits smooth semi-transparent icons, static and animated cursors for XP;
- Features standard and custom icon sizes, with color depth up to 32-bit True Color;
- Paints images with gradient and chess fill;
- Creates multi-layer images;
- Modifies images with a variety of special effects;
- Imports and exports a multitude of graphic formats;
- Manages icon libraries for better and more efficient image storage;
- Extracts icons from files;
- Downloads icons from the Internet;
- Searches for icons in folders;
- Modifies icons contained inside executables;
- Converts or applies effects to multiple icons at once;
- Customizes your desktop and folder icons

Pricing and Availability
Icon Lover runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003 and costs $49.95.
Registered customers are entitled to free upgrades and technical
support. A 30-day evaluation version of is available as a free download
at http://aha-soft.com/iconlover/iconlove.exe.

About Aha-Soft
Aha-Soft is a privately-held information technology company
headquartered in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The company was founded in 2000.
We specialize in image processing software for professionals and home
enthusiasts. The Aha-Soft's family of icon and cursor tools is
consistently recognized in the professional communities and receives
high praise from online and print media, including Editor's Picks from
ZDNet, WebAttack and SoftMag.

How to build links the easy way with pyramid linking

2006-04-02T10:51:00.000-05:00

A new free to use website threatens to make link building easy again. Large numbers of relevant static, one way plain html links can be built totally for free.

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Solar Dark Energy

2006-03-31T12:23:00.000-06:00

Solar Dark Energy Explorer on Your Desktop

In cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy whichpermeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. According tothe theory of relativity, the effect of such a negative pressure isqualitatively similar to a force acting in opposition to gravity atlarge scales. Invoking such an effect is currently the most popularmethod for explaining recent observations that the universe appears tobe expanding at an accelerating rate, as well as accounting for asignificant portion of the missing mass in the universe.

Two proposed forms for dark energy are the cosmological constant, aconstant energy density filling space homogeneously, and quintessence,a dynamic field whose energy density can vary in time and space.Distinguishing between the alternatives requires high-precisionmeasurements of the expansion of the universe to understand how thespeed of the expansion changes over time. The rate of expansion isparameterized by the cosmological equation of state. Measuring theequation of state of dark energy is one of the biggest efforts inobservational cosmology today.
Adding a cosmological constant to the standard theory of cosmology(i.e. the FLRW metric) has led to a model for cosmology known as theLambda-CDM model. This model agrees closely with establishedcosmological observations.

As NASA reports indicate, 70 percent or more of the universe consistsof dark energy, about which we know next to nothing.

At the beginning of March, 2006 the satellite of China National SpaceAdministration, DARKSTAR started operations, observing in neutrino thesolar corona.
It results a sensational information that our system also containsdark energy. This substance is located within the solar surface.

More info about Chinese DARKSTAR project is here:http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/zhbd/show.asp?id=2514760

Dark Solar System is a new 3d screensaver for Windows. Thisscreensaver shows all planets of our solar system, uncluding Saturn'srings. It makes you able to know about dark matter and dark energy inour planet system.

We have placed above cosmological information into our screensaver and youcan view allocation of dark matter in our Solar system!

Google AdWords Return On Investment

2006-03-31T07:45:00.000-06:00

AdwordsReporter 1.1 - software to improve your Google AdWords Return On Investment

Wuerzburg, Germany, March 31, 2006. Wisco have released AdwordsReporter, a reporting tool for Google Adwords, for Windows 2000and Windows XP.

AdwordsReporter is a windows-based utility that fills the gap left byGoogle's report centre. The software allows users to quickly andvisually analyze the performance of their Google Adwords account.

The impressions, clicks, click through rates, costs per click and allother data are visually displayed within the software, allowing theuser to detect and identify long term behavioural trends of campaigns, adgroups and even of individual keywords.
Any user of Google AdWords will find this to be a timesaving anduseful tool for improving the performance of their account.

Aside from patterns, trends and opportunities, the software maypotentially be useful in helping to identify the ever-growing menaceof click fraud, simply by selecting the number of impressions and thecorresponding click-through-rates. Reports may be generated on the flyfrom within the software, and may also be exported as html or printedout for future reference.

AdwordsReporter is available as two editions. The Professional Edition(149 USD) is for the standard single account user, and the EnterpriseEdition (299 USD) is aimed at Adwords Professionals, or anyonehandling a variety of different accounts.

Bandwidth Usage on Your Local Machine

2006-03-30T08:16:00.000-06:00

Make Bandwidth Usage on Your Local Machine Transparent!

New IP Traffic Monitor lets you capture and view the content of TCP/IP packets for any selected connection on your local machine and visualize all connections statistics as a pie chart
Skyward Software, today announces the release of version 2.2 of TCP/IP Traffic Monitor. This is a real-time TCP/IP monitor that tracks and analyzes all network connections on the local machine and provides you with the detailed information on each connection, including traffic direction and traffic volume in both directions. This information can help you detect spyware, adware, viruses and other suspicious activities before they compromise your system's security.

What's new in IP Traffic Monitor 2.2?

"With viruses and spyware causing havoc in homes and offices on a daily basis, there is a need for a simple, yet reliable tool to control bandwidth consumption on a local machine. IP Traffic Monitor delivers this competitive edge," says John Douglas, CEO of Skyward Software. "In version 2.2 we have introduced two additional features - Traffic Spy and Traffic Bar. As a real-time sniffer, Traffic Spy captures the data stream in real time, decodes packets and shows their content for any selected connection or all connections simultaneously. You can also filter packets by their content so that only packets that contain specified text are captured. Traffic Bar is another useful novelty. Instead of struggling through the digits, this feature lets you visualize connections statistics as a pie to easily estimate bandwidth distribution over hosts."

IP Traffic Monitor at a glance
IP Traffic Monitor has a simplistic interface, which shows the list of all currently available connections between your machine and a remote host. Statistics is updated in real time, so changes are immediately displayed. Information on each connection is detailed and includes remote IP: port, remote host, downloaded and uploaded bytes, local source (PID): port (process name, process identifier, and local port number), first activity and last activity time, and a full path to an executable file. For your convenience, IP Traffic Monitor lets you sort connections by any column, copy interesting statistics to clipboard and save it to a log file that can be analyzed in the built-in log viewer at any convenient time in the future. The program supports Proxy servers and works with ADSL, ISDN, Dial-Up, cable modem, and Ethernet cards.
Pricing and Availability

IP Traffic Monitor runs under Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 and costs $20 (USD) for a single-user license. Licensed customers are entitled to the unlocked version of the program, free upgrades, and priority technical support. Additional information on IP Traffic Monitor, as well as its functionally limited evaluation version is available from http://www.skyward-soft.com.

About Skyward Software
Skyward Software is a privately-held technology company that specializes in network utilities for personal and business use. The company was founded in 2004 by software engineer John Douglas. Among Skyward's products there is NetSearcher, a file search tool; FtpSearcher, an FTP search tool; SessionsMonitor; a tool for shared folders monitoring, and YourFolder, a backup and synchronize tool. For more information, visit http://www.skyward-soft.com/.

Excel Password Recovery

2006-03-30T08:15:00.000-06:00

3S Algorithm for Excel Password Recovery: Swift, Simple, Secure

Excel Password Recovery Master presents a breakthrough in existing technologies of password recovery. The application of selective strategies to Excel versions and protection types results in the astonishing efficiency of password recovery. The program resolves password problems in a blink and does it gracefully.

Rixler Software announces the release of Excel Password Recovery Master, a dedicated tool to unlock Excel files and decrypt their content. It extends the family of recovery tools the company has to offer with yet another effective solution to the problem of lost passwords. The newborn to the family demonstrates prodigious skills of guess. It gracefully removes all types of protection in Excel documents. Its ability to recover "open" passwords, however, is the skill that raises Excel Password Recovery Master above others. The program does it instantly and infallibly.

"Technologies of password recovery traditionally develop along three directions," says Felix Kosolapov, PRO of Rixler Software. "Online services run decryption of protected files on company servers. Here, the user is required to upload their protected file to a decryption server. Since the files mostly carry sensitive information, many reasonably think it undesirable. The other way is to apply an attack method to try possible combinations of symbols. For strong passwords it can take days without guaranteed success. Password removal is another alternative that can be effective but consumes time and resources on the user side. Our solution is a breakthrough in technologies of password recovery. It combines the benefits of each method without inheriting their respective weaknesses. The search for a decryption key is done on our powerful specialized server, while the actual decryption is performed on the user's computer. The process takes only a few seconds. All sensitive data r! emains on the user's machine. This way ensures perfect security."

Sophistication of the new technology doesn't affect the user interface, which remains clear and simple. It takes just one click to recover an "open", "write", workbook or worksheet password. The program does all the work in the background and presents a recovered password almost instantly. The strength of the password has no effect on the speed of recovery. With Excel Password Recovery Master, users can be sure that the trifle of password loss won't interfere into their course of work.

Excel Password Recovery Master v1.0 Features at a Glance
- Support for MS Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 with default protection;
- Ability to reset or recover "open", "write", workbook, shared workbook, worksheet passwords;
- Online password recovery service with guaranteed privacy;
- Instant recovery of passwords of any length and complexity;
- Support for multilingual passwords;
- Password protection against unauthorized program access;
- Friendly user interface.

Pricing and Availability
Excel Password Recovery Master 1.0 runs under Windows 95/98/2000/2003/ME/NT/XP and costs $29.95 (USD) for a single-user license. The license includes the online decryption support for a single "open" password and the unlimited use for other protection types. The company offers flexible discounts for the purchase of two and more licences. Registered users are entitled to free technical support. An evaluation version with limited functionality is available at http://www.rixler.com/download/epasrec.zip.

About Rixler Software
Rixler Software was established in 2003. The creative development team at the heart of the company ensures the rapid expansion of its product line. The line of Rixler products embraces ten powerful tools to recover passwords in MS Office and Internet applications. For more information, visit http://www.rixler.com.

Reminder Integrates With Microsoft Outlook

2006-03-30T08:13:00.000-06:00

Cute Reminder Integrates With Microsoft Outlook To Synchronize Reminders

CuteReminder Labs has released Version 2.2 of Cute Reminder, a Windows 2000/XP personal information manager and teamwork organizer software. The new version adds synchronization capabilities with Microsoft Outlook, supports removable storage devices and improves the user interface.

The Cute Reminder family of software products consists of the Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions. The application allows you to create notes and reminders, store ideas and manage your schedule with just a couple of mouse clicks. Cute Reminder with its unobtrusive user interface is always at hand without cluttering your desktop. The Enterprise edition is aimed for teamwork and supports instant messaging and task management.

Version 2.2 upgrades the Professional and Enterprise editions of Cute Reminder to allow mobile users to transfer the data stored in Cute Reminder to their mobile devices such as PDA and mobile phones through Microsoft Outlook. Synchronization feature enables Outlook users moving their current reminders and notes to and from Cute Reminder. The support for removable storage devices added to the new version makes the transfer of information between two or more computers much easier. Cute Reminder can store users' data on a removable device such as USB flash drive, which allows users to easily transport the data from an office computer to your laptop or a home computer and vice versa. Among new features is the ability to minimize the application to the system tray and hide active reminders to free space on the desktop.

Cute Reminder Professional Edition costs $39.95(US). The Enterprise Edition costs $59.95(US). For more information please visit the developer's website http://www.CuteReminder.com

Create Online Surveys

2006-03-29T08:17:00.000-06:00

Create Online Surveys in Minutes at www.group-surveys.com!

Infacta Ltd. has released GroupSurveys – a versatile and easy-to-use application for conducting online surveys. At group-surveys.com, you can create online surveys in minutes using custom designs and multiple question and answer types. A link to your survey can be placed in your website, blog or e-mail, making distribution simple and flexible.

GroupSurveys makes it easy to get the feedback that you need from your employees, customers and prospects. Responses to your questions can be monitored individually and in real-time for immediate insights into what your audience thinks. The application automatically generates clear and comprehensive reports for each survey conducted, making analysis for business decisions easy.

GroupSurveys is designed to make online communication more effective and affordable for everyone. By offering this powerful service on a pay-per-response model, group-surveys.com empowers small, medium and large businesses to compete successfully online.

About Infacta Ltd.:

At Infacta Ltd, we have been developing award-winning group email marketing software since 1996. Located in Ireland, our products and services are used in more than 130 countries around the world by individuals and industries of all types and sizes.

Our customer-centered approach to software development ensures that the focus stays on customer needs. With a unique product development process; a passionate, intelligent and dedicated team and a strong relationship with our customers; we are able to consistently deliver high-quality, practical and affordable online communications solutions for individuals, small-to-medium sized businesses, and large corporations around the world.

Infacta's GroupMail, GroupMetrics and GroupSurveys provide all the tools you need to effectively communicate with your audience online. We continually research, develop and adapt our products and services to meet the needs of our customers and yours. Communicate with us.
GroupSurveys, GroupMail and GroupMetrics are registered trademarks of Infacta Ltd.

Mini-Microsoft: Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now!

2006-03-26T08:44:00.000-06:00

Mini-Microsoft: Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now!

Microsoft's Who da' Punk Investigated

2006-03-26T08:37:00.000-06:00

An anonymous Microsoft Employee posts in his blog. -- Mini-Microsoft: Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now!

How long do you think this will last :-)

Management and Protection of System Registry

2006-03-24T07:42:00.000-06:00

Dexterous Tool for Management and Protection of System Registry

Reg Organizer is a powerful registry manager that offers rich editing and tweaking capabilities.

Its robust search engine scans different areas of the system registry and presents all application traces. A snapshot compare and a smart merger of REG files make registry optimization safer

ChemTable Software today announces the release of Reg Organizer v3.2. The program, known to many for skilful scrubbing and tweaking of the system registry has undergone a series of improvements. Besides fixing minor bugs, the latest update improves program uninstall features and presents installed software and registry keys in a better, more informative way. It now easily handles sizable applications and provides a wider support for MSI packages.On the whole, users will find Reg Organizer v3.2 faster and more supportive in various optimization needs.

"Reg Organizer is a multifunctional manager that aims at users of different levels of competence," says Konstantin Polyakov, CEO of ChemTable Software."It offers both automated and manual modes of work. With Reg Organizer you can easily clean the registry of invalid or hidden references. Moreover, you gain quick access to undocumented Windows settings. The program offers tweak options, which cover everything from system security to the design and services. Advanced users can also search, replace or edit specific keys and values, work with configuration files, preview and merge REG files and much more. Reg Organizer is a whole set of cleaning, editing and tweaking tools.Its wide functionality and the ease of use were honoured with top ratings, including five cows at TuCows, four stars at CNET, as well as favourable reviews in PC Magazine".

In Reg Organizer v3.2 equal attention is paid to optimization, repair and safety of work with the registry. Besides registry snapshots that can serve as a backup copy or help discover application traces, the program offers the preview of effects of a REG file merger and the undo of any change made by the user. The REG file appears in Windows Explorer as a tree of expandable entries. The program can undo the merger and restore the registry to its previous state. To make sure that registry optimization doesn't affect the system negatively, the user can rely on automated cleaning. Reg Organizer will find and remove all invalid references to files, folders, and DLLs, obsolete file extensions and more. Users can also safely remove applications that are automatically launched at the system startup or uninstall programs that have no uninstall support. Reg Organizer is a safe way to remove obsolete or hidden references from the registry and improve the performance of your system.

Reg Organizer v3.2 Features at a Glance
- Ability to search, replace and edit keys and values in the system registry;
- Cleaning of registry errors, including invalid references to files, folders, DLLs, obsolete file extensions and more;
- Ability to change undocumented Windows settings (system tweaker);
- Import and export of REG files with preview;
- Disabling of automatic application launch at the system startup;
- Software uninstaller with support for hidden references;
- Support for configuration file management;
- Disk cleanup support.

Pricing and Availability
Reg Organizer v3.2 runs under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 and costs $29.95

Optimize Windows Vista

2006-03-22T13:13:00.000-06:00

Optimize Your Windows Vista and Watch It Work Miracles

new, well structured and easy to follow step-by-step guide for WindowsVista that will help you boost your system's performance

OptimizeVista.NET today announces a new optimization guide. It includes 7steps, elaborately developed, so that any user willing to improve theirWindows Vista (Code name: Longhorn) system performance can do it in a simpleand easy way. The instructions that are given are structured in a clear andunderstandable manner and can be easily followed even by non-technicallyminded people.

"Windows Vista eats much more resource than any previous version of Windows.Your computer running Windows XP fast will possibly be sluggish underWindows Vista. So we decided it was high time a professional and at the sametime easily understandable guide to Windows Vista optimization was written,"says David D., CEO of OptimizeVista.NET. "We have great experience in thisfield as we have already written such favorites among Windows users asOptimize Windows XP and 2000 - A Free Step-by-Step Guide and Repair Windows
- A Free Step-by-Step Guide. All you need with Optimize Windows XP and 2000
- A Free Step-by-Step Guide is simply read and follow the instructions carefully."

The Guide takes you through all the stages starting with diagnostics of yoursystem, where the main question: "Will my PC run Windows Vista?" is answeredand some tips for hardware and software optimization are offered. Then youmove to the part dealing with virus, spyware and adware protection of yourWindows system. A nice addition here is a small but informative glossarythat gives a beginner a clear understanding of what viruses, worms andadware really are. (Such glossaries appear along the whole guide and will beof great help to PC starters). Next two steps provide you with informationon how to install the latest Windows updates and hardware drivers to keepyour Windows up-to-date and how to clean up your system, in case you want toreduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up diskspace and help your computer run faster. What follows is the speeding upyour hard disk part. Hard drives are without a doubt the slowest sub systemin your PC, and quite often the bottleneck in PC performance, so the adviceyou receive here is of crucial importance. Next comes a thorough descriptionof startup management, which is something you should never take lightly asthe more programs are started automatically, the more your computer'svaluable resources are drained, thus making your computer start to operateslow. Coming last but surely in no way the least is "Tweak Windows Vista"step where you will find useful tips on how to customize your system foryour needs.

As Windows Vista is still in Beta versions and there are few softwareproducts for it, the main focus of the Guide are the built-in programs ofWindows Vista. There also are some recommendations for freeware andcommercial software, which have been evaluated and tested independently. TheGuide also provides well-chosen links for advanced information aimed at ITprofessionals. The authors of the Guide promise their readers periodicalupdates, so the more often you visit http://www.optimizevista.net the moreinformation on the ways of making your computer work in the best possibleway you will get. One more good idea would be joining the newsletter serviceoffered by OptimizeVista.NET.

"viewTunes Jukebox 1.0" Software for PC and Mac

2006-03-22T13:12:00.001-06:00

Amphonic Designs Releases "viewTunes Jukebox 1.0" Software for PC and Mac

Pittsburgh, PA, March 22, 2006 / Amphonic Designs today announces theimmediate availability of viewTunes Jukebox 1.0 for both PC and Mac atwww.viewtunes.com. The new software product is a powerful music player thatoffers a better way to enjoy your music library. The intuitive userinterface allows you to visually browse your music collection by album coverwith a mouse, remote, or touch screen.

viewTunes Jukebox offers integrated Remote Control support and can easily benavigated from across the room. The unique user interface uses largerbuttons and a clean design ideal for a touch screen.

Access artist information, concert schedules, and music videos from theInternet by clicking on any album cover. viewTunes Jukebox links directly tocontent from the popular websites Wikipedia.org, Pollstar.com, andYouTube.com.

No need to maintain multiple music libraries. viewTunes Jukebox uses theiTunes Music Library to determine what music is available, so any musicadded to iTunes is automatically available to viewTunes Jukebox. viewTunesJukebox is not meant as a replacement for iTunes. Instead, it complimentsiTunes ability to manage a great amount of information by offering a betteruser interface that is focused on the music itself.

viewTunes Jukebox is a QuickTime based music player, so in addition to allthe popular music formats supported by QuickTime, you can listen to musicpurchased at the iTunes Music Store.
Available for Windows XP and Mac OS X, Amphonic Designs is offeringviewTunes Jukebox 1.0 as a free download from www.viewtunes.com. The fullversion can be unlocked from within viewTunes or at our online store for 12USD. There is no added Spyware or Adware.

About Amphonic Designs
Amphonic Designs is a software design company based out of Pittsburgh, PA,USA. Through creative thinking we provide a more analog view of digitalmedia. Our first product "Album Cover Finder" has been featured in severalbooks and magazines around the world.

Elegant Protection for Private Correspondence

2006-03-22T13:12:00.000-06:00

Elegant Protection for Private Correspondence

AsMask is a unique way to protect your correspondence against prying eyes.The program uses image files as elegant receptacles for messages and otherdata. Robust 256-bit encryption and password protection ensure absoluteprivacy of your post. A wizard-style interface relieves the user oftechnical complexities, making protection but a snap!

The release of an enhanced version of AsMask, a sophisticated encryptiontool, is announced today. The program allows hiding text and files insideimages of various types. The version extends its support to new data typesand image extensions. Whether it is an Office document, a PDF file, a movieor an audio file, your valuable data can be easily hidden inside an image.The image becomes a receptacle for a message and attachments, whileretaining all its visible qualities. The only way to access its hiddencontent, however, is through the password in the program interface. AsMaskis an ideal solution for the transfer of protected content over globalnetworks. It is also helpful when storing private data in public systems.AsMask v2.6 ensures absolute protection of private information.

"AsMask offers an industrial level of protection for private information,"says Zhen Ma, CEO of AsMask.com. "We have applied a strong 256-bitencryption and a number of proprietary technologies, which makes AsMaskprotection virtually impregnable to attacks. At the same time its userinterface is kept deliberately simple and transparent. Following the programprompts, every user can easily hide and extract data. Both home and businessusers can benefit from AsMask protection."

The program has a friendly double pane interface. The left pane presents theimage of choice along with its detailed properties. Here you can also seethe changes to an image size after hiding your encrypted files. The rightpane presents a wizard that guides you through all steps of data hiding andextracting. Here you can choose an image, enter or set a password, read ortype a hidden message. The intuitive clarity of the user interface makesworking with AsMask truly enjoyable. AsMask v2.6 is a solution that takescare of your comfort and security.

AsMask v2.6 Features at a Glance
- Ability to hide and extract files and messages from images;
- Strong 256-bit encryption and password protection;
- Support for various types of appended files (Word, Excel, and Power Pointdocuments; PDF files; movies; audio files, etc.);
- Support for images of any format, including GIF, JPG, PCX, BMP, PNG, TGA,WMF, EMF, JPEG2000, WBMP, ICO, ANI;
- Intuitive user interface.

Pricing and Availability
AsMask v2.6 runs under Windows 98/2000/2003/XP and costs $29.98 (USD) for asingle-user license. On-line registration entitles all users to freetechnical support and program updates for one year. Moreover, the companyoffers a 30-day money-back guarantee for all orders.

RSS Scripts Directory Launched

2006-03-22T13:11:00.000-06:00

New RSS Scripts Directory Launched

NotePage, Inc. is pleased to announce a new RSS Scripts Directory. The RSSScripts Directory contains helpful scripts for managing, manipulating andconverting RSS feeds.

The intent of the the RSS Scripts Directory is to help users fully realizethe potential and functionality of the RSS specification.

RSS is a popular new format used to syndicate information on the Internet.NotePage's FeedForAll division has developed a collection of tools to assistpublishers interested in syndication. Current scripts contained in thedirectory include RSS Cache, FutureRSS, and RSSmesh. The RSS Cache scriptmodule expedites the retrieval and conversion of RSS feeds into html webpages. The FutureRSS script enables webmasters to prepare content for theirRSS feeds in advance, and have it automatically appear at the desired dateand time. The RSSmesh script allows for multiple RSS feeds to be merged intoa single RSS feed. All of the scripts dynamically manipulate the RSS feeds,so all management occurs in realtime.

Access to the RSS Scripts directory is available at no cost to allregistered users of FeedForAll or FeedForAll Mac. All others can purchase anannual subscription to the directory for $29.95. Additional scripts will beadded to the directory in the future.

About NotePage, Inc.
NotePage, Inc. is a Hanover, Massachusetts company specializing incommunication software solutions. They market (1) FeedForAll, a windowsdesktop RSS feed and podcast editing tool (2) FeedForAll Mac, a Mac desktopRSS feed and podcast creation tool (3) rss2html.php a script for convertingRSS feeds to html web pages. (4) FeedForDev, a development component thatintegrates RSS into software applications (5) PageGate, a network paging andSMS gateway that allows for text or SMS messages to be sent via a number ofinterfaces, and (6) NotePager Pro, a desktop application that sends messagesto pagers, cellular phones, and PIMs.