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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75058996118711737022011-07-30T20:03:19.907-04:00shaunthorpe.blogspot.comSoftware,Hardware and Firmware; News and ReviewsShaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-68211915029836512502008-09-05T18:48:00.011-04:002008-09-05T21:05:52.555-04:00Handle all your instant messaging in one program

I was looking to start instant messaging again and I downloaded AIM and after I was using aim for a while I wanted to get in contact with people from each of the instant messengers. But I did not want all that memory being taken up on my machine so I began searching for an alternate way of doing so, and that was when I found Trillian.After a fairly easy install I came to a screen where I entered

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Cyc (pronounced psyche)The Cyc project was founded in 1984, by Dr. Douglas Lenat at Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC). It was a lead project there with goal to create true artificial intelligence. They set out to create AI with a large amount of human knowledge, facts, commonsense and problem solving skills.CYC started out a as a dream when Alan Kay was at Atari’s

Shaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-46822055445129469042008-09-03T09:47:00.007-04:002008-09-03T22:40:57.797-04:00Kompozer Free Web Authoring Tool

Kompozer has a very stable version of their WYSIWYG out. It does not come as an .exe file, it comes as .zip binary file. Just extract the file and your ready to being making your site in HTML,XML,CSS and Java Script. The Kompozer website claims it is "The easiest-to-use, most powerful Web Authoring System available for Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh users. "Kompozer has a

Shaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-1626327152302584912008-09-02T23:48:00.003-04:002008-09-02T23:56:24.976-04:00Google Chrome Is Here and Beta

Google launched Google Chrome today, a new open source browser intended to create a better web expierence for users. Google Chrome has a really simple and basic layout taking out all the the things that the average user may not need. It is available in BETA version in 40 different languages.“We think of the browser as the window to the web – it’s a tool for users to interact with the web sites

Shaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-51084280208980061892008-09-01T16:51:00.041-04:002008-09-04T20:16:54.262-04:00Maxthon, Great Web Browser With Many Features

Maxthon 2.1.2 Well I have tried Internet Explorer,Mozilla FireFox, and Opera, but I have never tried Maxthon until today. Upon starting the application after a quick and simple install and account setup. I entered into tabbed , highly customizable, multi language, tabbed beauty. (as Eric Griffith and PC Magazine Staff said in their March 2008 issue.) The highly customizable part was right on

Shaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-75080917304828811412008-09-01T06:32:00.006-04:002008-09-04T20:20:08.048-04:00AMD Releases Worlds Fastest Video Card 2008

AMD anounced on August 12,2008 that the worlds fastest video card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, is getting close to eye-definition computing gaming and cinimatic expierences. The card boosts 2.4 teraflops of processing power. The card is also being set at acceptable price point.Combining two ATI radeon HD 4800 series GPUS, based on the PCIe 2.0 standard,plus two gigabytes of memory. The most in any

Shaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-14853779489740000712008-08-31T14:44:00.007-04:002008-09-04T20:18:48.399-04:00Microsoft Video Editing For The Future

Microsoft is developing a new application called Unwrap Mosaics. The new video editing software sounds as if it will revolutionize special effects for the masses. Using the application you will be able to edit an entire clip simply by making changes to just one frame. For example if you were to draw a scar on someones face it would be there the whole way through the video. Videos are made up of

Shaun Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306040630836620998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505899611871173702.post-30329198189683363762008-08-31T10:09:00.010-04:002008-08-31T12:00:55.269-04:00Free Microsoft Office Replacement

Openoffice.org is a really nice program that has almost all of the features that Microsoft Office has. I learned about it whenever a friend of mine was almost late turning in his report and needed to type his report up and it had to be in Microsoft Word format. The school he was attending did not provide any software for him to use. They just told him it had to be in word format. I looked around

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