Windows

Nuance PDF Converter 5

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Couple days ago I installed PDF Converter Pro 5 from Nuance. They called me last week to offer me a deal, since I already own OmniPage and PaperPort. Everyth…

Everything went fine until I actually tried to launch the PDF Converter application. I was presented with your typical Vista's Application as stopped working dialog, which also pointed to a brief html crash report about…
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Environment

The Kroger Co.'s Green Report

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The Kroger Co. (QFC, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, Smith's, etc.) has published a "Green Report" (PDF) outlining what they are doing, as well as what their customers c…

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Energy

CBS Sunday Morning's Report on Electric Cars

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David Pogue reports on the current state of electric cars. He talks to Vijay Vaitheeswaran (author of Zoom), Martin Eberhard (co-founder of Tesla Motors) and…

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Internet

Cable companies facing big bandwidth crunch

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"The increasing bandwidth demands on cable operators will soon reach crisis stage, yet this is a 'dirty little industry secret' that no one talks about," sai…

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Technology

FBI's Secret Spyware

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FBI agents trying to track the source of e-mailed bomb threats against a Washington high school last month sent the suspect a secret surveillance program des…

secret surveillance program designed to surreptitiously monitor him and report back…
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Technology

Adobe's Interactive Wall

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See Adobe's Interactive Wall, featured in the New York Times.

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Java

Erik's Pulse: 2007-04-17

3 min read

Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

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