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A free tool from VKernel for tracking VMs
Blog The virtualisation software supplier, VKernel announced the free tool last week. The tool is available from the company's website at no charge. SnapshotMyVM is intended as a tool to automate the process and so make it easier to identify, document...
[April 2, 2009, 15:12]
A tool
Blog It is easy to forget that the computer is just a tool, a means to an end. But the computer is just a tool. It might be fun, it might be interesting, heck, you might even scrape a living out of it. Over the years I have helped numerous family...
[August 25, 2008, 16:03]
The iPod as a business tool
Blog But think of all this stuff that's going around about the iPhone becoming a business tool - now realise that all of that applies to the iPod Touch as well. Last night I took in the latest Jobstravaganza, aka the iPod refresh conference, via some...
[September 6, 2007, 9:48]
CloudMade Betas New Map Editing Tool
Blog Today, CloudMade is talking about the recent Beta launch of it Mapzen web-based map editing tool and the POI Collector iPhone application, which it claims will reduce the complexity of editing and adding Points of Interest (POIs) to OpenStreetMap.
[December 2, 2009, 14:26]
Internet The Most Important Tool For Small Business Survival
Blog It had barely been invented when the UK was last in recession, but less than 20 years later, the Internet is providing a life line to small businesses fighting the recession; 45% of small businesses surveyed by Easynet Connect believe the Internet...
[July 17, 2009, 20:03]
Very handy PDF tool
Blog A friend of mine had to email a multi-page document that they had scanned in. Rather than send it as separate files, they were trying to create one PDF file to attach to the email. But Adobe charge a lot of money (currently £316.25 inc.
[October 27, 2009, 7:26]
Mind mapping software as a lifecycle management tool
Blog Mind mapping is the kind of term that would normally make me switch off immediately. It’s right up there with ‘blue sky thinking’ and ‘call to action’ as some of the most unnecessary management-speak I’ve heard in a while.
[October 21, 2009, 15:44]
Work Wise Week Worries
Blog Are online work management tool companies going to start trying to ply me with their wares? Let alone be able to handle an online scheduling tool. It’s personal productivity-themed "Work Wise Week" this week and this immediately makes me sceptical.
[May 14, 2009, 8:13]
Ubiquity for Firefox
Blog A very interesting tool that wraps Web 2.0 functionality up and houses it within the firefox browser. At first the thought of a command line driven tool in this interactive/Drag & Drop era is one that is set to generate a good ammount of interest.
[August 27, 2008, 15:27]
Test your ISP's net neutrality!
Blog The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a tool, dubbed 'Switzerland' (net neutrality - geddit? The tool (get it here) is open-source, cross-platform and billed as "general purpose ISP testing".
[August 5, 2008, 17:31]
Did Microsoft violate the GPL?
Blog Over on ZDNet.com, Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft has pulled a Windows migration tool from its site after evidence was found that it used code released under the GNU General Public License without complying with its terms.
[November 11, 2009, 12:38]
A Tailored Fix For The Downadup Worm
Blog A useful tool for fixing downadup can be taken from here. It's also worth manually running the malicious software removal tool from microsoft.com. This is an auto command line scan designed to hunt down and root out downadup.
[January 27, 2009, 7:56]
Google Apps gets more contact sync features
Blog Google has announced further enhancements to its Google Apps Directory Sync tool. However, a tool that Google promised in May - for synchronisation between Google Apps and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server - has been delayed without explanation.
[July 30, 2009, 14:31]
Grappling Tectonic Decisions with Thinking Rock
Blog After reading Adrians blog post Mind mapping software as a lifecycle management tool, I thought about how much of a mess my life is. You then use the tool of your choice (paper, index cards, software) to process the ideas into actions which you do...
[November 17, 2009, 17:03]
These are a few of my favourite things...
Blog Alternatively, you can call it an Intelligent Launcher Tool. Freemind: Very easy to use brain-storming tool which I use for creating and exporting site maps. And all free, of course. Gnome Do: Miraculous quick app starter, a la QuickSilver.
[December 29, 2008, 10:48]
Microsoft Terminal Services Compatibility Analyser
Blog I will review the TSCA over the next week, but am delighted with some of the points raised by the developers of this tool. A few quick references to another posting, a link to a Microsoft release and a quick surmise of a potentially helpful tool.
[October 19, 2009, 9:10]
Joomled! HTML entities not displaying
Blog As everyone knows, HTML validation is an invaluable tool, not because I'm a pernickity pedant who likes to be right (? This is also why the HTML Validator Firefox extension is such an invaluable tool.
[January 9, 2009, 16:17]
OpenSolaris adds more developer goodies
Blog While Crossbow will help during testing — having your entire application infrastructure replicated on your desktop is always useful — it's infrastructure rather than a productivity tool. If you're not familiar with DTrace, it's a debugging and...
[June 2, 2009, 16:26]
Novell’s Mono Tools tunes up for stereophonic Linux, UNIX & OS X
Blog The company says that this is the first commercial development tool for the rapid creation of .NET applications for Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X within Visual Studio. A note of caution on that statement, the “industry first” element of Novell’s...
[November 12, 2009, 17:57]
Is Windows Easy Transfer in Windows 7 a bit difficult?
Blog This tool, which I understand has been around since Vista if not before, is said to allow the user to transfer personal files, e-mail, data, files, media and settings from an old computer to a new one.
[November 3, 2009, 8:34]
