Saturday, April 08, 2006

Veign - Pixeur

Veign - Pixeur Homepage: v2.7.0.3


Click to enlargeNever be curious about any color you see on your screen. With Pixeur you can easily view the color, RGB, Hex, and Long value of any color you see. Pixeur will also keep a history of all colors you have selected, so going back is as simple as choosing the color from the Color History list. The new Color Selector, Color Scheme, Advanced Color History tools, makes Pixeur a top in its class.

Features:
Select any color on the screen
Go back to any color with the Color History
Advanced Color Selector
Easily copy values to the clipboard
Conveniently located in the System Try
Support for Hue, Saturation, and Brightness
Added support for CMYK
Enhanced History
Color History can be exported and saved and then recalled later "

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Heatsoft Clone Cleaner

Heatsoft Clone Cleaner - Welcome
- Identify and recover wasted disk space
- Reduce backup time and media used for backups
- Reduce file searching time
- Minimize time used to unneeded virus scanning
- Obtain more free space on "limited" resources, like notebooks
- Remove duplicate files to eliminate synchronization problem
- Clean up hard disks

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0 review by PC Magazine

Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0 review by PC Magazine: "Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0
REVIEW DATE: 03.23.06

Altiris - http://www.altiris.com

A program installed under Altiris SVS is supremely flexible. You can completely uninstall it in an instant, then bring it right back to full function. If it gets corrupted, one click restores it to a just-installed state. And you can easily copy the installation to other computers. Best of all, you can download it for free here on pcmag.com.

Virtualizes software installations, allowing instant deactivation/reactivation. Can reset a corrupted program to its just-installed state. Exports installations and imports to computers with different configuration or operating systems.

No option to merge a virtualized application into the base computer. Security programs may report rootkit-like behavior. Active/inactive status not obvious in user interface.

By Neil J. Rubenking
Where virtual machine utilities like VMware Workstation manage entire virtual computers, Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0 virtualizes individual software installations. In the latest PC Magazine Technical Excellence Awards, we recognized the product based on a beta version. The utility can instantly wipe out a problem program, allow alternating use of incompatible applications, and make transferring software between computers a breeze. SVS is free for personal use on up to ten computers; Follow the link at the end of this review to pcmag.com-hosted download. At the enterprise level, it sells for $29 per node (list) and integrates with the Notification Server and Deployment Solution products from Altiris.

Full review here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1941830,00.asp

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Konvertor 3.48.2

Konvertor is a multimedia viewer/converter supporting conversion among 1145 image, animation, audio, video and text formats quickly and easily.
Konvertor is able to convert among nearly all formats conceivable.
With Konvertor you have the power to organize all your pictures, graphics, videos and music with personalized descriptions, so you can find them quickly.
It gives you intuitive, professional-quality imaging tools to get, view, modify, organize, enhance and print your images quickly.
Enjoy a flexible and efficient user interface, and get fast operation with superior quality image display.
It allows the conversion between many file formats. Just select the files to convert, choose a format.

FastStone

http://www.faststone.org/ - free software: Image Viewer, MaxView, Screen Capture, Photo Resizer and more

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Super Cool Stuff

Monday, December 19, 2005

language of the sexes (from another blog...)

DICTIONARY FOR DECODING WOMEN'S PERSONAL ADS:

40-ish................................49.

Adventurous.....................Slept with everyone.

Athletic...............................No breasts.

Average looking....................Moooo.

Beautiful............................Pathological liar.

Emotionally Secure................On medication.

Feminist................................Fat.

Free spirit............................Junkie.

Friendship first......................Former slut.

New-Age............................Body hair in the wrong places.

Open-minded.......................Desperate.

Outgoing............................Loud and Embarrassing.

Professional..........................Bitch.

Voluptuous..........................Very Fat.

Large frame.........................Hugely Fat.

Wants Soul mate..................Stalker.



WOMEN'S ENGLISH:

1. Yes = No

2. No = Yes

3. Maybe = No

4. We need = I want

5. I am sorry = You'll be sorry

6. We need to talk = You're in trouble

7. Sure, go ahead = You better not

8. Do what you want = You will pay for this later

9. I am not upset = Of course, I am upset, you moron!

10. You're certainly attentive tonight = Is sex all you ever think about?



MEN'S ENGLISH:

1. I am hungry = I am hungry

2. I am sleepy = I am sleepy

3. I am tired = I am tired

4. Nice dress = Nice cleavage!

5. I love you = Let's have sex now

6. I am bored = Do you want to have sex?

7. May I have this dance? = I'd like to have sex with you.

8. Can I call you sometime? = I'd like to have sex with you.

9. Do you want to go to a movie? = I'd like to have sex with you.

10. Can I take you out to dinner? = I'd like to have sex with you.

11. I don't think those shoes go with that outfit = I'm gay

Sunday, December 18, 2005

CNN.com - Sending the future you e-mails - Dec 18, 2005

CNN.com - Sending the future you e-mails: Web site sends reminders into the future"

...FutureMe is one of a handful of Web sites that let people send e-mails to themselves and others for delivery years in the future. They are technology's answer to time capsules, trading on people's sense of curiosity, accountability and nostalgia...

...Matt Sly came up with the concept for FutureMe.org about four years ago after recalling how, during his education, he had been given assignments to write letters to himself...

...Recently, Forbes.com jumped on the idea, offering an "e-mail time capsule" promotion. More than 140,000 letters were collected over about six weeks. Nearly 20 percent are supposed to land in the sender's inbox in 20 years but others requested shorter time frames. Forbes.com is partnering with Yahoo! and Codefix Consulting on the project...

...Another type of future message service can be found at sites such as myLastEmail.com or LastWishes.com, which promise to send messages to loved ones (or less-than-loved ones) after the writer's death...

..."Part of the value of time capsules are that they are thought processes in the present," said Hudson, a historian who teaches at Georgia Perimeter College. "You define yourself when you do a time capsule. It might be a good exercise in introspection."...

...etc...

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Corriere della Sera - Un milione e 400 orari: l'auto dei record

Un milione e 400 orari: l'auto dei record: Negli Usa l'ultima «follia» a quattro ruote: la Bugatti Veyron
Il marchio nato in Italia è ora proprietà della Volkswagen. E rinasce con una vettura-gioiello per collezionisti: 45 esemplari già ordinati

NEW YORK – «Ecco l’automobile più cara e veloce del mondo», esulta in prima pagina il Wall Street Journal. Dopo innumerevoli test e rinvii, l’attesissima Bugatti Veyron sarà in vendita negli Stati Uniti all’inizio del 2006. Ma sarà disponibile solamente a chi riesce a pagare l’astronomico prezzo: un milione di dollari.

UNA A SETTIMANA - La Bugatti Veyron non rompe solamente record monetari, ma anche di velocità. Infatti la potentissima macchina riesce a superare i 400 km/h e raggiunge i 100 km/h con partenza da fermo in soli 2.5 secondi (i 200 in 7.3 secondi e i 300 orari in 16.7 secondi) rendendo la supersportiva tedesca una delle auto più veloci al mondo. La Veyron ha un motore di 16 cilindri e 1001 cavalli, con una carrozzeria moderna e futuristica composta di fibra di carbonio, una serie di appendici aerodinamiche e pannelli d’alluminio per contenere il peso (che è di circa 1900 kg; la vettura è lunga 4,4 metri e larga 2).

La bibbia della finanza Usa parla di «rinascita del marchio Bugatti», fondato da Ettore Bugatti all’inizio del ‘900, ma questa volta sotto le ali (ed il capitale) del Gruppo Volkswagen. Il colosso tedesco non ha deciso per quanto tempo terrà la macchina in produzione (adesso è a ritmo di una ogni settimana). «La maggior parte delle persone che compreranno la Veyron, molto probabilmente non la guideranno mai - profetizza il Journal - e comunque non potranno di certo raggiungere la sua velocità massima, per motivi di sicurezza e limiti di velocità sulle autostrade”.

PARERI DISCORDI - Un’altra particolarità è che gli acquirenti potranno scegliere uno schema bicolore per la carrozzeria. «E’ considerata più un’opera d’arte che una macchina vera e propria», dice Dave Mast, portavoce della Bugatti negli Usa. Ma c’è chi la vede diversamente. «E’ una completa perdita di tempo e di soldi», punta il dito Georg Sturzer, un’analista del mercato automobilistico e dirigente della HVB Corporates Markets Research. La macchina fu inizialmente sviluppata dall’ex-direttore della Volkswagen, Ferdinand Piech, nipote del leggendario Ferdinand Porche, patriarca dell’impero Porche. Nel 2002 Piech si dimise ed il suo successore, Bernd Pischetsrieder, chiese la collaborazione del pilota Thomas Bscher per perfezionare e portare a termine il progetto. Ma il prodotto finale ha creato divergenze tra gli appassionati collezionisti del marchio Bugatti. «E’ eccessiva in tutti i sensi - dice Sandy Leith, una collezionista del Massachusetts - costa troppo, è troppo potente, ed è troppo sgargiante». Eppure la Volkswagen ha ricevuto già 45 ordinazioni da parte di miliardari e collezionisti appassionati, tra cui anche Piech che la comprerà per sua moglie, Ursula.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

FinePrint Software

FinePrint Software: "FinePrint saves ink, paper, time and money by controlling and enhancing printed output."

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Secrets to Success

My golden rule
49 leaders, from Buffett to Spitzer, share their secrets to success.

metacritic.com

Metacritic® compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music, television and games.

Ugly Charts

Beauty is in the eye of the shareholder
6 or More Up Days

Description

This list shows which stocks have gone up for more than 5 consecutive days. This is based strictly on the closing price of the stock each day.
The symbol with the longest winning streak are on top. After that they are sorted by volume.

The New York Times: Business Navigator

"Business Navigator: by The New York Times"