My Contact Station is an all-in-one contact form for any web site, providing integrated contact, feedback, tell-a-friend and mailing list signup form in one easy-to-install secure java program. My Contact Station provides an all-in-one safe and secure website contact system for any kind of site. Read more »

The long awaited launch of Microsoft's new Vista operating system might not result in an instant boost to the PC retail market but, in less than a week since Bill Gates delivered his new baby to the world of business and home computing, retailers and manufacturers were already gearing themselves up to cash in on what seems likely to lead to an inevitable increase in PC sales and upgrades. Read more »

KeepYouSafe.com, a Web-based personal information security company, today announced the beta launch of a free service which enables consumers and businesses to easily send and receive sensitive files and protect those files with one of the strongest encryption technologies available. Read more »

IntelliAdmin, LLC has released Profile Generator 2.0. It configures Microsoft Outlook automatically so no help desk support is needed when a user logs in for the first time. Read more »

The only home networking software to work with all major operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac. New features include the ability to protect your children by monitoring their whereabouts online with a daily activity report and access to intuitive updates and tips on relevant product information. Read more »

LinuxQuestions.org is proud to announce that voting for the 2006 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now open. The Members Choice Awards allow the Linux community to select their favorite products in a variety of categories. Read more »

Computer programmers often struggle with the challenges of data sorting due to the shortage of appropriate software and tools, and as a result must often dedicate hours to developing their own programs built for specific functions. Alain Amiouni, an independent software developer, has developed and launched Spirit of Quicksort as an effective solution for a broad range of programmers' data sorting needs. Read more »

lynda.com, the company specializing in self-paced career and computer training in digital media and design, today announced the availability of free online video tutorials, titled Photoshop CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview, with best-selling Photoshop One-on-One book author Deke McClelland. Read more »

The OpenOffice.org Community announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.1, the latest version of the leading open-source office suite. With upgrades to its word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and database software, the free software package provides a real alternative to Microsoft's recently-released Office 2007 product. Read more »

Application area of software components based on OLAP technology is quite wide: from creation of financial and sales reporting systems to opinion surveys and web statistics analysis. It puts the OLAP software vendors in the intricate situation since the produced components should meet a wide spectrum of requirements of both developers and end users. Taking into account a variety of potential tasks to be completed with OLAP components, Perpetuum Software LLC offers a universal solution - a new version 2.1 of the OLAP ModelKit. This use-proven software component combines ease of use, rich functionality, high speed and flexibility - everything needed for effective work. Read more »

The sudden loss of data can be catastrophic. With O&O DiskImage Professional Edition such disasters are now a thing of the past. This new product from O&O Software creates preventative images of complete disks and partitions for safe keeping. Should disaster strike, O&O DiskImage allows for the simple restoration of those images directly from a CD, DVD or hard drive, resetting the system to its original pre-disaster condition with all of its data intact. No previous installation is required. Read more »

Packt Publishing today announced the winner of the 2006 Open Source Content Management System Award as Joomla!, with Drupal and Plone coming second and third respectively. The winning CMS was selected by a panel of judges, and 16,000 votes from users on www.PacktPub.com. Read more »

In spite of dynamic development of modern technologies the problem of monitoring real-time data not only remains topical but it becomes more and more critical. This is connected to the fact that increasingly more information appears and it should be processed and represented in the way facilitating its perception and understanding. Data visualization is a difficult task because information is received in real time mode and should be immediately represented in the clear and precise form. Read more »

Lava Software is now shipping PasswordVault v5.0, a simple and practical password manager for Windows, MacOS X (Universal Binary), MacOS Classic and Linux(i86). This new version offers auto-filling of Web forms, detailed reports after portable/desktop synchronization, first letter filtering on service names, improved propagation of removed services when synchronizing, a larger font size for better readability, larger buttons for easier mouse clicking, and greatly reduced CPU utilization. Read more »

ASP.NET and SQL hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET announces the Open Control Panel Initiative. To support this initiative, DiscountASP.NET beta launches a control panel ASP.NET web service API that enables customers to develop their own applications that interact with their hosting account management. Read more »

Privacy View Software, LLC, announces the release of Privacy View 2.10, a new version of the company’s award-winning privacy software for adults. By combining content management techniques with privacy software, Privacy View is secure content management software for adult surfers. Read more »

Pangean Technologies, experts in instant communications solutions for the enterprise market, today launched the beta version of Y-Talk, Pangean’s VoIP mobility solution for internal instant communications. Read more »

Anfibia Software announces the new Desktop Orbiter 4.2, the most comprehensive yet simple security administration solution for Windows XP.
Desktop Orbiter is much more than a security application: it is also a powerful administration solution, and a remote monitoring tool. An all-in-one solution, easy to use, and stable. Read more »

A group of international compiler experts on Intel® Itanium® processors, including representatives from HP, Intel, Red Hat, Novell®/SUSE®, the Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org), and the GCC community, recently came together to plan Itanium processor-specific improvements to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) -- a multi-platform set of compilers for C, C++, Fortran, Objective-C, and the Java™ programming language as well as others. The workshop, hosted by Gelato Member the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP-RAS) and sponsored by Intel and HP, was held August 7-8 in Moscow, Russia. The group discussed specific GCC optimizations to improve the performance of compiled code running on Itanium-based systems. Read more »

The second annual Global Security Week, a worldwide security awareness initiative, starts next Monday. Identity theft is this year's theme. Free security awareness materials are available to download from the GlobalSecurityWeek.com website. Read more »

CyberDefender™ Corporation, the developer with the Internet’s most advanced early detection security, has identified the following extremely dangerous category 9.9 very high risk computer virus for August 14, 2006. Read more »

The long awaited ALSong live lyrics MP3 player software for Windows is now available from ESTsoft. Over 1 million song lyrics synchronizations are available for users to view and listen to. Read more »

The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Ark Linux 2006.1 and Ark Linux Live 2006.1. Both releases can be downloaded at arklinux.org Read more »

CyberDefender(tm) Corporation, the developer with the industry's most advanced early detection security, has identified the following very dangerous category 7.4 computer virus for August 4, 2006:
CyberDefender
Threat Level: 7.4 VERY HIGH
Virus Filename: 0bac533.exe.u~
Date Discovered: 08-03-2006 00:43:00
Currently one of the Internet’s top risks includes a category 7.4 virus with the file name 0bac533.exe.u~. This type of computer virus is highly dangerous and difficult to contain or remove. CyberDefender issues its CyberDefender Virus Alert regularly. This report highlights the most recent viruses plaguing Internet users and exposing them to Internet security dangers. Read more »

Vista Software fills hole in Microsoft's database strategy for .NET by releasing a preview of the world's first fully managed embedded SQL database engine for building WinForms and ASP.NET applications based on the Microsoft .NET Framework and Compact Framework Read more »