Category Archives: Software

Firefox 4 shapes – Beta 1 available for download

Firefox 4 Beta 1 is now available for download. Developers of Mozilla have invested a lot of effort in the process of user interface design. The following video explains design decision to move tabs to the top of the window. … Continue reading

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AutoCAD 2011 runs on MacOS X

The latest version of AutoCAD codenamed Sledgehammer will be available for Macintosh as well. The following video shows the 64 bit Autodesk application running under Apples MacOS X. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash … Continue reading

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New delicious codenames for future Android versions

Google has decided to name different versions of Android according to sweet pastries. According to a recent interview by Erick Tseng Android’s next big interation will be known as FroYo. Froyo is the Short Term for “frozen yogurt” and another … Continue reading

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Apple’s Change in Software Development – MacOS 10.6

The first release of software products mainly starts slim and easy. But developers try to add functionality to make a 2.0 version of this product, and sell it again. Why should new versions of software products always have to be … Continue reading

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Market Share of mobile AppStores by number of Applications

I have tried out to compare mobile application stores by their number of available applications. Starting with Apple mobile application stores have become very popular to download programs and games directly to the users smartphone. Now nearly every big player … Continue reading

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ArcGIS Explorer with Ribbon Interface

A quick preview of the upcoming ArcGIS Explorer 900 release from ESRI. This version will include the ribbon interface, which is known from Office 2007. On the ESRI homepage ist can be read that this version will be available Q2 … Continue reading

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Some infos on the ESRI DevSummit 2009

In 2009 ESRI holds their 4th developer summit in Palm Springs, CA. Between March 23-26 various sessions covering the whole product line of ArcGIS will be covered. Of course news about the version 9.3.1 will be demonstrated and an outlook … Continue reading

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Is it Windows 7 or Linux?

Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4? ZDNet Australia asks this question to people on the streets. They say: What do your think about the new Windows version. In Fact they showed Linux and KDE 4. But most people perceive … Continue reading

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Google Earth for iPhone

It was only a question of time since Google Earth will be available on the iPhone. Now it is available as free download form the iTunes App Store. Even if Google is promoting their own handset platform (Android) the is … Continue reading

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SiliconAlps.tv presents Carinthian High Tech Start-Ups

Georg Holzer has started his newest project called SiliconAlps.tv. It is a web based video channel, which introduces Carinthian start up companies. Many companies, which were shown so far are coming from the Lakeside Park Klagenfurt, a habitat for small … Continue reading

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