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Software Helps Design Energy Stingy Buildings

Software Helps Design Energy Stingy Buildings (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new quick, easy to use and free software tool created by NREL developers seamlessly combines the building energy simulation of EnergyPlus with the popular drawing interface of Google's SketchUp, ...


Skype's founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold Skype to eBay for 2.6 billion dollars in 2005

Skype founders looking to buy back company

Technology / Internet

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The two founders of Skype are seeking to buy back the hugely popular Internet telephone service that they sold to online auction giant eBay in 2005, according to US media reports.


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Skype comes to iPhones on Tuesday

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Skype has confirmed that a free software application enabling iPhone owners to use its Internet telephone service will be available in Apple's online App Store beginning Tuesday.


Free software gets an education

Technology / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Companies, organisations and citizens spend billions a year on licensing fees for proprietary software. Could that money not be put to better use developing free software alternatives and local expertise?





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Smart phones are making Wi-Fi hotspots hot again

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lisa Helminiak, who uses her iPhone as a computer as much as to talk, has declared her independence from the slow cell phone network. Instead of using AT&T's network, she's using her phone's Wi-Fi capability to connect to ...


The Wall Street Journal reported that Iraqis had used software programs to capture live video footage from US drones

US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon

Technology / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.


Microsoft, Google in battle to win over students

Technology / Business

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As they plunged into a project on ancient Egypt this fall, Jay Martino's Cupertino (Calif.) Middle School students probably didn't realize they were on the front lines of a high stakes battle between Google and Microsoft.


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Raytheon turns iPhones into battlefield tools

Technology / Software

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

US defense contractor Raytheon on Wednesday unveiled the first of what it said will be a series of software applications to make iPhones or iPod touch devices into battlefield tools.


Launch of first operating system for smart grid home automation

Technology / Energy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fraunhofer IWES (Germany) presents the OGEMA Alliance, which will offer an open software platform for energy management.


Bing application has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival's online App Store

Bing app for iPhones hits App Store

Technology / Software

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft announced that a Bing application tailored for Apple's beloved iPhones has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival's online App Store.


Australian government to introduce Internet filter (AP)

Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 8

(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.


EU regulators softening stance on Oracle-Sun

Technology / Business

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- European Union regulators appear to be softening their opposition to Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., a shift that has resurrected some investors' hopes that one of the year's ...


Nine gaming predictions for 2010

Technology / Software

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The end of the year offers a chance to look back on all that's come and gone in the past 12 months. It also offers a chance to use that knowledge of the past to bet on the outcome of the next 12 months for fun and profit.


Gadgets: iP1 iPod/iPhone dock

Gadgets: iP1 iPod/iPhone dock, Gboard keyboard

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The iP1 iPod/iPhone dock from iHome is part of the company's Studio Series launched earlier this year.



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