Microsoft Windows – Anthrocode

Personally experiencing the nightmare of health IT

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Linguistic Search, Network Science, Social Business

Robots, iPhones, and Windows XP—a personal journey through hospital IT
Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com

On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I rushed my wife to the emergency room at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital. What she thought was just the stomach bug du jour turned out to be a life-threatening condition that would take her to nearly every corn…

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Set Your Watches For the End of Windows XP (tech.slashdot.org)

Windows 8 is another UX fiasco

December 13, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Metadata Masterdata, Social Business

Nielsen Norman Group: UX Research, Training, and Consulting
nngroup.com

Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users

Summary: Hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environments, and reduced power from a single-window UI and low informatio…

http://flip.it/XhVs9

Are you a Designer? – Windows 8 UX Design Camp in Finland 2.-3.4-2013 (jukkawallasvaara.wordpress.com)
It’s Jumped The Shark: Windows 8 Mobile Team Harlem Shake (usabilitycounts.com)
Theo Mandel – “Designing Object-Oriented User Experiences” IUE2013 Conference (slideshare.net)

How the Tablet Will Change the World | Magazine

April 16, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Design UX Interface, Sharing Economy, Social Business

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www.wired.com

Great article on the new iPad which argues it represents a major shift in communication away from the conventional computer towards an always on, always connected, keyboard-less, mouse-less, cloud based, multi-sensory, gesture based social networking device.

Kindle Fire HD: 10 Critical Specs and Review of Amazon Kindle Fire 2 Revealed by Tablet XRay (prweb.com)
Tablets buying guide (reviews.cnet.com)
Protect Your Bubble Announces its Valentine’s Day Gadget Gift Guide (prweb.com)
7 Uses for Your Outdated iPad (gizmodo.com)
Making the Switch from Laptop to Tablet (technologytell.com)

Apple Mac Remote Surveillance: Yes, it is possible and easier than PC

April 19, 2009 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Social Business

Despite all the grumblings about security vendor’s lack of support for the Mac times are changing and there are now more and more solutions available.

Best Security Camera Solutions for Apple Mac Remote Surveillance.

http://prmac.com/release-id-15360.htm

Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/Crisis Is Commercial Malware (legitreviews.com)
Internet Explorer on the Apple Mac | Blog (rackspace.com)
Apple claims iMac display issues are fixed (reviews.cnet.com)
Apple’s new Mac ads are embarrassing (theverge.com)
Apple withdraws Mac line from EPEAT certification (geeky-gadgets.com)
Apple decides that Macs aren’t immune to viruses (neowin.net)

Download of the Day: PodTube (Mac) and iTube (Windows)

August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Design UX Interface, Digital Transformation, Metadata Masterdata, Sharing Economy, Social Business

Fred's YouTube Channel — Fred’s YouTube Channel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Download of the Day: PodTube (Mac) and iTube (Windows).

MacX YouTube Downloader Enhances YouTube Downloading More Smoothly (themactrack.com)
Ask Andru: How do I prepare my Mac for Mountain Lion? (geekwire.com)
Apple Airs Several New Mac Ads During The Olympics [Video] (cultofmac.com)
Zamzar Replacement (fusionfinds.wordpress.com)
Apple Pulls ‘Genius’ TV Ads from YouTube and Apple.com (macrumors.com)
New on the Market: Haute & Naughty Lash Mascara by MAC Cosmetics (bellasugar.com)
Apple Has Killed The Mac Guy “Genius” Ads For Good (cultofmac.com)
Direct YouTube Downloader: Download Any Video, Playlist Or Channel [Windows] (makeuseof.com)
Apple’s new Mac ads feature a helpful Genius (tuaw.com)
Apple removes highly criticized Genius ads from its website and YouTube channel (imore.com)

Blacktree: best recent documents, files program

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Transformation, Metadata Masterdata, Sharing Economy, Social Business

Blacktree.

RTW best recent documents, files programs. Built into OSX, windows users can get this in RecentX.

TextMate 2, OS X, and Open Source (ostatic.com)
Hypercritical 82: The Opposite of Comprehensive (5by5.tv)
Cross-platform ‘Crisis’ malware infects Windows, OSX, VMWare (electronista.com)
OSX 10.8 broke network access: Apple Support Communities (chimac.net)
Malware can take ugly leap forward to virtual machines (phys.org)
Using Neatline with historical maps :: Part 2 – Transparency (scholarslab.org)
This Little Tip Will Change The Way You Use Fonts In OS X Forever [Image] (cultofmac.com)
How To Get Windows 8 For The Lowest Possible Price (makeuseof.com)
OSX/NetWeirdRC malware targets multiple platforms (electronista.com)
Tackling Launch Service woes in OS X (reviews.cnet.com)

BillP Studios – WinPatrol 2012

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Identity Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Social Business

BillP Studios – WinPatrol 2012.

This is the high rated disk cleanup utility on Rule the Web along with disk medic, cCleaner for PC. Be sure to remove fax software, AOL, old restore points, and other crap, plus language support files and printer drivers.

[Product Review] WinPatrol 2012 Takes Aim at New Malware (pcworld.in)
How to Run Disk Cleanup in Windows 8 (helpdeskgeek.com)
Cleaning the disk completely ….. (slientpoison.wordpress.com)
How to clear space on your laptop hard drive (howto.techworld.com)
[Asparagus Jumpsuit] THE KAIJU PATROL (asparagusjumpsuit.wordpress.com)
Why Windows 8 Might Not Need Printer Drivers (lifehacker.com.au)
Spring cleaning with a technology twist (lenovo.com)
Disk Cleanup Is Missing On Windows Server 2008 R2 (richardstk.wordpress.com)
Agencies step up DUI checkpoints, patrols this weekend (blogs.sacbee.com)
Re: [ 02/70] floppy: Cleanup disk->queue before caling put_disk() … (lkml.org)

Free software downloads and software reviews – CNET Download.com

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Identity Management, Information visualization, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Sharing Economy, Social Business

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Free software downloads and software reviews – CNET Download.com.

Version Tracker is among the most popular resources out there for Windows, Mac, and Palm software upgrades, patches, and updates.

This week in awesome: Twelve 4-star gadgets and apps (news.cnet.com)
Google goes private in new Firefox | The Download Blog – CNET Download.com (89lp63.wordpress.com)
DevilRobber Trojan now disguised as PixelMator (reviews.cnet.com)
Latest Adobe Flash Trojan for OS X gets revised (reviews.cnet.com)
How to Spot Fake Antivirus Software (fortinet.com)
Sparrow for Mac – CNET Download.com (lennyesq.wordpress.com)
CNET Targeted By the RIAA Over Software that Could be Used to Infringe (zeropaid.com)
RIAA Goes After CNET For Media-Conversion Software (yro.slashdot.org)
How To Remove Spyware For Free (answers.com)
RIAA: YouTube Audio Rippers Are New Pirating Threat (usnews.com)

ProcessLibrary.com – The Online Resource For Process Information!

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Identity Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Sharing Economy, Social Business

ProcessLibrary.com – The Online Resource For Process Information!.

What the heck is crss.exe? pmmon.exe? isass.exe? You’re computer-savvy enough to know they’re executable files, but if you check them out on ProcessLibrary.com, you’ll see that they’re extremely dangerous.