credit by Annomtmous
Spyware Terminator is a FREE, easy-to-use and effective spyware remover that provides real-time protection against spyware, adware, trojan horses, keyloggers, browser hijackers and other malware threats. Spyware Terminator protects your computer through a powerful real-time protection shield, advanced system scanning and keeping found spyware in safe quarantine.
Spyware Terminator Features:
- Spyware Terminator monitors your computer for both known and unknown spyware. The known spyware can be detected and identified during the scan, the unknown spyware can be detected but it cannot be identified immediately. After you send it to Crawler Spyware Central for further analysis, it can be identified and correctly removed or moved to Quarantine.
- Spyware Terminator scans your entire computer using a regularly updated database of known spyware. You can scan your computer manually (on-demand scanning) as well as use the spyware scan scheduler to perform full system sweeps to locate and remove unwanted spyware threats. Spyware scans perform in-depth scans of your computer's hard drives, memory, process, registry and cookies to seek out and remove any and all known spyware threats.
- Spyware Terminator provides youReal-Time protection through Security Guards which protect yourcomputer, privacy, and personal information from hidden threats beforethey can run, stopping most spyware threats before they have the chanceto be installed. Internet, System, and Application Guards monitor over50 security checkpoints to verifying any unknown activity.
2007/07/28
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
credit by Anonymous
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (which is formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
These new technologies are Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace (formerly code named "Infocard"). Microsoft plans to ship .NET Framework 3.0 as part of the Windows Vista operating system. In addition, Microsoft is making these technologies available on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The following Community Technology Preview of .NET Framework 3.0 enables you to continue experimenting with early builds of these technologies, get acquainted with the development experience, and provide feedback to Microsoft.
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (which is formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
These new technologies are Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace (formerly code named "Infocard"). Microsoft plans to ship .NET Framework 3.0 as part of the Windows Vista operating system. In addition, Microsoft is making these technologies available on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The following Community Technology Preview of .NET Framework 3.0 enables you to continue experimenting with early builds of these technologies, get acquainted with the development experience, and provide feedback to Microsoft.
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0.2284.28
credit by Anonymous
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare is a comprehensive and integrated PC health service that helps protect and maintain your computer with antivirus, firewall, PC maintenance, and file backup and restore functionality. This new service is in beta testing.
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare is a comprehensive and integrated PC health service that helps protect and maintain your computer with antivirus, firewall, PC maintenance, and file backup and restore functionality. This new service is in beta testing.
IE7pro 1.0 Beta 3
credit by Anonymous
IE7pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier, more useful, more secure and more customizable.
Latest Changes:
- EasyHome added
- Hotkey full customizable now
- Single IE instance support
- Tab session restore function added
- Can use hotkey to dupliate tabs - Plugin system improved
- Plugin auto-install support
- DEP problem solved
- 9Inline search improved
- PRO_setValue/PRO_getValue problem solved
IE7pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier, more useful, more secure and more customizable.
Latest Changes:
- EasyHome added
- Hotkey full customizable now
- Single IE instance support
- Tab session restore function added
- Can use hotkey to dupliate tabs - Plugin system improved
- Plugin auto-install support
- DEP problem solved
- 9Inline search improved
- PRO_setValue/PRO_getValue problem solved
Internet Download Manager 5.11 Build 5
credit by Goofy
Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download accelerators and managers that segment files before downloading starts, Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process. Internet Download Manager reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve better acceleration performance.
Internet Download Manager supports proxy server, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, directories with authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing, and a large number of directory listing formats. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.
Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, built-in download accelerator, scheduler pro, sounds on events, HTTPS support, queue processor, pipelining of ftp commands, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), command line parameters, and many others.
Main Features:
- All popular browsers and applications are supported! Internet Download Manager supports all versions of popular browsers, and can be integrated into any 3rd party Internet applications.- Download with one click. When you click on a download link in a browser, IDM will take over the download and accelerate it. IDM supports HTTP, FTP and HTTPS protocols.
- Download Speed. Internet Download Manager can accelerate downloads by up to 5 times due to its intelligent dynamic file segmentation technology.
- Download Resume. Internet Download Manager will resume unfinished download from the place where they left off.
- Simple installation wizard. Quick and easy installation program will make necessary settings for you, and check your connection at the end to ensure trouble free installation of Internet Download Manager
- Automatic Antivirus checking. Antivirus checking makes your downloads free from viruses and trojans.
- Advanced Browser Integration. When enabled, the feature can be used to catch any download from any application. None of download managers have this feature.
- Built-in Scheduler. Internet Download Manager can connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want, disconnect, or shut down your computer when it's done.
- IDM supports many types of proxy servers. For example, IDM works with Microsoft ISA, and FTP proxy servers.
- IDM supports main authentication protocols: Basic, Negotiate, NTLM, and Keberos. Thus IDM can access many Internet and proxy servers using login name and password.
- Download All feature. IDM can add all downloads linked to the current page. It's easy to download multiple files with this feature.
- Customizable Interface. You may choose the order, and what buttons and columns appear on the main IDM window.- Download Categories. Internet Download Manager can be used to organize downloads automatically using defined download categories.
- Quick Update Feature. Quick update may check for new versions of IDM and update IDM once per week.
- Download limits. Progressive downloading with quotas feature. The feature is useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy (or FAP) like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.
- Drag and Drop. You may simply drag and drop links to IDM, and drag and drop complete files out of Internet Download Manager.IDM is multilingual. IDM is translated to Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai languages.
Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download accelerators and managers that segment files before downloading starts, Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process. Internet Download Manager reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve better acceleration performance.
Internet Download Manager supports proxy server, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, directories with authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing, and a large number of directory listing formats. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.
Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, built-in download accelerator, scheduler pro, sounds on events, HTTPS support, queue processor, pipelining of ftp commands, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), command line parameters, and many others.
Main Features:
- All popular browsers and applications are supported! Internet Download Manager supports all versions of popular browsers, and can be integrated into any 3rd party Internet applications.- Download with one click. When you click on a download link in a browser, IDM will take over the download and accelerate it. IDM supports HTTP, FTP and HTTPS protocols.
- Download Speed. Internet Download Manager can accelerate downloads by up to 5 times due to its intelligent dynamic file segmentation technology.
- Download Resume. Internet Download Manager will resume unfinished download from the place where they left off.
- Simple installation wizard. Quick and easy installation program will make necessary settings for you, and check your connection at the end to ensure trouble free installation of Internet Download Manager
- Automatic Antivirus checking. Antivirus checking makes your downloads free from viruses and trojans.
- Advanced Browser Integration. When enabled, the feature can be used to catch any download from any application. None of download managers have this feature.
- Built-in Scheduler. Internet Download Manager can connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want, disconnect, or shut down your computer when it's done.
- IDM supports many types of proxy servers. For example, IDM works with Microsoft ISA, and FTP proxy servers.
- IDM supports main authentication protocols: Basic, Negotiate, NTLM, and Keberos. Thus IDM can access many Internet and proxy servers using login name and password.
- Download All feature. IDM can add all downloads linked to the current page. It's easy to download multiple files with this feature.
- Customizable Interface. You may choose the order, and what buttons and columns appear on the main IDM window.- Download Categories. Internet Download Manager can be used to organize downloads automatically using defined download categories.
- Quick Update Feature. Quick update may check for new versions of IDM and update IDM once per week.
- Download limits. Progressive downloading with quotas feature. The feature is useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy (or FAP) like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.
- Drag and Drop. You may simply drag and drop links to IDM, and drag and drop complete files out of Internet Download Manager.IDM is multilingual. IDM is translated to Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai languages.
2007/07/21
ATI Catalyst 7.7 WHQL Display Driver for Windows XP/ Vista
credit by russ1
This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
The Catalyst™ software suite 7.7 contains the following:
* Radeon™ display driver 8.391
* Multimedia Center™ 9.16* HydraVision™* HydraVision™ Basic Edition
* Remote Wonder 3.04* WDM Driver Install Bundle* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst™ Control Center Version 7.7
The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
- Windows XP Professional - Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)
The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following AMD desktop products:
- ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series- ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series
- ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series- Radeon® X1950 series
- Radeon® X1900 series - Radeon® X1800 series
- Radeon® X1600 series - Radeon® X1300 series
- Radeon® X850 series - Radeon® X800 series
- Radeon® X700 series - Radeon® X600 series
- Radeon® X550 series - Radeon® X300 series
- Radeon® 9800 series - Radeon® 9700 series
- Radeon® 9600 series - Radeon® 9500 series
This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
The Catalyst™ software suite 7.7 contains the following:
* Radeon™ display driver 8.391
* Multimedia Center™ 9.16* HydraVision™* HydraVision™ Basic Edition
* Remote Wonder 3.04* WDM Driver Install Bundle* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst™ Control Center Version 7.7
The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
- Windows XP Professional - Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)
The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following AMD desktop products:
- ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series- ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series
- ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series- Radeon® X1950 series
- Radeon® X1900 series - Radeon® X1800 series
- Radeon® X1600 series - Radeon® X1300 series
- Radeon® X850 series - Radeon® X800 series
- Radeon® X700 series - Radeon® X600 series
- Radeon® X550 series - Radeon® X300 series
- Radeon® 9800 series - Radeon® 9700 series
- Radeon® 9600 series - Radeon® 9500 series
Trillian Pro 3.1.7.0
credit by hranol
Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.
Without stealing your home page and with no other included software, pop-ups, or spyware, Trillian provides unique functionality such as contact message history, a powerful skinning language, tabbed messaging, global status changes (set all networks away at once), Instant Lookup (automatic Wikipedia integration), contact alerts, an advanced automation system to trigger events based on anything happening in the client, docking, hundreds of emoticons, emotisounds, shell extensions for file transfers, and systray notifications.
What`s New for 3.1:- Improved speed
- Bug fixes - Biography (AIM Profiles)
- Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)
- On the fly link/emoticons
- Font face support in IMs - Undo in edit area
- Orphaned contacts (no more merging)
- Many IRC enhancements - Better Yahoo file transfers
- Identities (per section Biography/Icons)
Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.
Without stealing your home page and with no other included software, pop-ups, or spyware, Trillian provides unique functionality such as contact message history, a powerful skinning language, tabbed messaging, global status changes (set all networks away at once), Instant Lookup (automatic Wikipedia integration), contact alerts, an advanced automation system to trigger events based on anything happening in the client, docking, hundreds of emoticons, emotisounds, shell extensions for file transfers, and systray notifications.
What`s New for 3.1:- Improved speed
- Bug fixes - Biography (AIM Profiles)
- Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)
- On the fly link/emoticons
- Font face support in IMs - Undo in edit area
- Orphaned contacts (no more merging)
- Many IRC enhancements - Better Yahoo file transfers
- Identities (per section Biography/Icons)
DVDFab Platinum 3.1.5.0 Final
credit by hranol
DVDFab Platinum is all you need to backup DVDs. DVDFab Platinum 3 is brand new, is completely rewritten, is based on 5 years of DVD copy software development.
DVDFab is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie. Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start. Your entire movie - including menus, trailers and special features - is copied to a single DVD with just one click, and everything happens automatically.
Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - onto one or multiple discs.
FEATURES:
A. DVD to DVD
1. 5 DVD to DVD copy mode available: Full Disc, Main Movie, Split, Customize and Clone.
2. Full Disc: All movies, menus and trailers, is copied to a DVD with just one click.
3. Main Movie: Just copy the movie, with specific audio/subpicture.
4. Split: Copy a DVD-9 onto two DVD-5 discs with 100% quality, and preserve original menus on both discs. Ideal for episodic/season DVD movies, TV series, etc.
5. Customize: Personalize your DVDs! Want to make a DVD with only your favorite titles? How about cutting out those annoying commercials? Or selecting specific audio/subpicture? No problem! You can select just your favorite titles, specify the title playback order, with or without original menus, to create a DVD with only the stuff you want!
6. Clone: Make perfect 1:1 bit-to-bit copy of DVDs: --- Make perfect dual layer DVD copy by using the original layer break position.--- Copy data DVD disc, like PS2 DVD.
7. Very fast copying speed, normally it's about 10 - 20 minutes.
8. Burn to any blank DVD Disc (DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL).
B. DVD to Mobile
1. 3 DVD to Mobile copy mode available: Generic, iPod and PSP. More devices support can be added manually.
2. Generic: Convert DVD title to PC MPEG-4/DivX/XVID/H.264 AVI/MP4 file.
3. iPod: Convert DVD title to Apple iPod MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.4. PSP: Convert DVD title to Sony PSP MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.
C. Benefits
1. Remove all DVD copy protections, like CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc.
2. Constantly updated to support latest DVD copy protections.
3. Backup scratched/dirty disc:--- Even if some information (IFO) cannot be read, you can still copy Main Movie or Customize.--- Recovery from DVD reading (VOB) error.
4. Constantly updated to support latest DVD burners and blank DVD discs.
5. Constantly updated to support more mobile devices.
6. FREE lifetime upgrade.7. FREE lifetime support via e-mail, worldwide.Works on Windows Vista/XP/2000/98/ME.
Changes in DVDFab Platinum 3.1.5.0 (Jul 20, 2007):
*New: Added support for CPPM protection, which is used on DVD-Audio disc.
*New: Copy DVD-Audio disc in "Full Disc" and "Clone" modes. To burn DVD-Audio backup disc, please use "Clone" mode for now.
*New: Copy Non-DVD files, like "JACKET_P" folder.
*New: Added options "Copy DVD-Video", "Copy DVD-Audio" and "Copy Non-DVD Files" in "Full Disc" mode.
*New: Added profile for Archos 504/604, for "DVD to Mobile".
*Fix: A crash problem when previewing in certain cases.
*Fix: A crash problem when converting if subpicture is selected in certain cases, for "DVD to Mobile".
*Fix: A crash problem when using VOB passthrough without subpicture, for "DVD to Mobile".
DVDFab Platinum is all you need to backup DVDs. DVDFab Platinum 3 is brand new, is completely rewritten, is based on 5 years of DVD copy software development.
DVDFab is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie. Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start. Your entire movie - including menus, trailers and special features - is copied to a single DVD with just one click, and everything happens automatically.
Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - onto one or multiple discs.
FEATURES:
A. DVD to DVD
1. 5 DVD to DVD copy mode available: Full Disc, Main Movie, Split, Customize and Clone.
2. Full Disc: All movies, menus and trailers, is copied to a DVD with just one click.
3. Main Movie: Just copy the movie, with specific audio/subpicture.
4. Split: Copy a DVD-9 onto two DVD-5 discs with 100% quality, and preserve original menus on both discs. Ideal for episodic/season DVD movies, TV series, etc.
5. Customize: Personalize your DVDs! Want to make a DVD with only your favorite titles? How about cutting out those annoying commercials? Or selecting specific audio/subpicture? No problem! You can select just your favorite titles, specify the title playback order, with or without original menus, to create a DVD with only the stuff you want!
6. Clone: Make perfect 1:1 bit-to-bit copy of DVDs: --- Make perfect dual layer DVD copy by using the original layer break position.--- Copy data DVD disc, like PS2 DVD.
7. Very fast copying speed, normally it's about 10 - 20 minutes.
8. Burn to any blank DVD Disc (DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL).
B. DVD to Mobile
1. 3 DVD to Mobile copy mode available: Generic, iPod and PSP. More devices support can be added manually.
2. Generic: Convert DVD title to PC MPEG-4/DivX/XVID/H.264 AVI/MP4 file.
3. iPod: Convert DVD title to Apple iPod MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.4. PSP: Convert DVD title to Sony PSP MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.
C. Benefits
1. Remove all DVD copy protections, like CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc.
2. Constantly updated to support latest DVD copy protections.
3. Backup scratched/dirty disc:--- Even if some information (IFO) cannot be read, you can still copy Main Movie or Customize.--- Recovery from DVD reading (VOB) error.
4. Constantly updated to support latest DVD burners and blank DVD discs.
5. Constantly updated to support more mobile devices.
6. FREE lifetime upgrade.7. FREE lifetime support via e-mail, worldwide.Works on Windows Vista/XP/2000/98/ME.
Changes in DVDFab Platinum 3.1.5.0 (Jul 20, 2007):
*New: Added support for CPPM protection, which is used on DVD-Audio disc.
*New: Copy DVD-Audio disc in "Full Disc" and "Clone" modes. To burn DVD-Audio backup disc, please use "Clone" mode for now.
*New: Copy Non-DVD files, like "JACKET_P" folder.
*New: Added options "Copy DVD-Video", "Copy DVD-Audio" and "Copy Non-DVD Files" in "Full Disc" mode.
*New: Added profile for Archos 504/604, for "DVD to Mobile".
*Fix: A crash problem when previewing in certain cases.
*Fix: A crash problem when converting if subpicture is selected in certain cases, for "DVD to Mobile".
*Fix: A crash problem when using VOB passthrough without subpicture, for "DVD to Mobile".
2007/07/07
MIT Technology Review Article
Junly 7th, 2007 credit by Charles Simonyi
We are delighted to be the cover feature of the current issue of MIT Technology Review. It was fun for me to spend time with Scott Rosenberg, and to show him what we are doing here at Intentional Software.
The article discusses our ambitious goals. We are working on a very tough and very technical problem and we understand the skepticism. We have early users, they are very supportive of our goals and their feedback is vital during this critical stage of development.
Because the content is so technical, readers might have some additional questions on the details. We have addressed some of these topics such as Degrees of Freedom which addresses the concept of the “Law of Leaky Abstractions”, or what is the role of the Generator, or on Hungarian Notation.
Thank you again to Scott for taking the time to delve into Intentional Software, and congratulations for the publication of your new book, “Dreaming in Code”!And, lastly, thanks to all of you who are following us on this journey.
We will continue to keep you informed of our progress. By the way, I’m posting this from Star City in Russia where my space mission training is continuing for the April launch. Charles Simonyips. We are always looking for talented programmers. Please send us your resume if you want to join
We are delighted to be the cover feature of the current issue of MIT Technology Review. It was fun for me to spend time with Scott Rosenberg, and to show him what we are doing here at Intentional Software.
The article discusses our ambitious goals. We are working on a very tough and very technical problem and we understand the skepticism. We have early users, they are very supportive of our goals and their feedback is vital during this critical stage of development.
Because the content is so technical, readers might have some additional questions on the details. We have addressed some of these topics such as Degrees of Freedom which addresses the concept of the “Law of Leaky Abstractions”, or what is the role of the Generator, or on Hungarian Notation.
Thank you again to Scott for taking the time to delve into Intentional Software, and congratulations for the publication of your new book, “Dreaming in Code”!And, lastly, thanks to all of you who are following us on this journey.
We will continue to keep you informed of our progress. By the way, I’m posting this from Star City in Russia where my space mission training is continuing for the April launch. Charles Simonyips. We are always looking for talented programmers. Please send us your resume if you want to join
We Couldn’t Have Done it Without You!
Junly 7th, 2007 credit by Julie
Our big tenth anniversary party is over now, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate. I know I had a lot of fun with the contests on this blog, and I hope you guys did too.
Speaking of blog contests, there’s still one more contest to announce the winners to. We spent some time and voted on our favorite five haikus, and the winners are: spmwinkel, Dave, Tim Heimerl, doog, and Mark Jones. Congrats to everyone! All of the submitted haikus were really creative, and you can read them in the comments to this post. The winners should see an email from me shortly requesting their info so I can ship out their swag packets.
Thanks once more to everyone, and we’ll do it again next year!
Our big tenth anniversary party is over now, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate. I know I had a lot of fun with the contests on this blog, and I hope you guys did too.
Speaking of blog contests, there’s still one more contest to announce the winners to. We spent some time and voted on our favorite five haikus, and the winners are: spmwinkel, Dave, Tim Heimerl, doog, and Mark Jones. Congrats to everyone! All of the submitted haikus were really creative, and you can read them in the comments to this post. The winners should see an email from me shortly requesting their info so I can ship out their swag packets.
Thanks once more to everyone, and we’ll do it again next year!
Ode to a Pocket PC
July 7th, 2007 credit by Julie
It’s time for another contest, and since you guys did so well making up captions for our anniversary picture, we decided to see if we could squeeze any more creativity out of you!
For this contest, all you need to do is write seventeen syllables about mobile devices. Or about Ilium Software. That’s it! Of course, the technicality is that they need to be in the form of a haiku. Before you rush out and dust off your old textbooks - let me remind you what haiku is all about, and the rules for this contest:
1. Haiku is a quick little poem, three lines long, consisting of 17 syllables
2. The first line is 5 syllables, the second is 7, and the third line is 5 again
3. Your haiku entry must be related to mobile devices or software in general
4. If you want to earn some extra points from the judges, write a haiku related to Ilium Software!
3. Your haiku entry must be related to mobile devices or software in general
4. If you want to earn some extra points from the judges, write a haiku related to Ilium Software!
Want some examples? This site defines haiku for you, and has some sample poems. And check out this page too for some pretty humorous haikus. Oh, and our judges are a little lenient, too. If you think of something really, REALLY cool to write, but it’s one or two syllables too long, go ahead and submit it anyway! We’re not sticklers; just don’t write an entire sonnet! Keep them as short and sweet as possible.
Because sometimes you can’t rush creativity, I’m going to let this contest run until Monday, at 8:00 a.m. EST. Then we’ll choose our five favorite haikus. The winners will get an Ilium Software swag pack - 2 click-pen styluses, one stick stylus, and one luggage tag, and the chance to have your haiku read at the next Ilium Software Annual Poetry Slam. Oh, and as mentioned in the blog title, here is Ode to a Pocket PC, my example for the contest:
I grow impatient
As you sit in your cradle
Recharging for me
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