Category: Software
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Wireless 9 – walk and dictate to your PC
Software that converts the spoken word to text has steadily improved over the years, with Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 now offering conversion of 160 words per minute with 99 per cent accuracy. And it is now available wireless.
RealPlayer 11 – now with YouTube video downloading
RealNetworks has unveiled RealPlayer 11 – the first media player able to download online videos with one-click. By that, they obviously mean YouTube. It also offers burning to DVD or CD – and it’s all for free later this month.
DecideIT software helps you make better decisions
If you don’t have a mentor to teach you about risk management the alternative is DecideIT, the software that helps you figure out if you’re doing the rational thing. “It is based on unique algorithms that make it possible to deal with and analyze complex decision-making situations, even in cases where precise information is not available. It is often sufficient to use probabilities, utility values, and weighting in the form of comparisons or intervals, but the tool also informs the user where more resources should be used to obtain a better basis for making a decision.” [GT]
DecideIT [via Gizmag]
Shiny Video Review: Reallusion Crazy Talk 4 Image Manipulation Software
Alex distorts herself in the name of software testing when she attempts to turn a still image into a video…
iGadget makes your iPod double as a PDA
iGadget lets you load up your iPod with all your data from MS Outlook (email, appointments, contacts), localized weather forecasts, your RSS feeds, movie showtimes, and even your daily horoscope. Requires Windows 98, 2000, XP or Vista and any iPod from 1G to shuffle (though unclear how reading works on the shuffle). Normally $20, but on sale for $15. [GT]
iGadget [via Chip Chick]
Linux creator responds to Microsoft's patent claims
Linus Torvalds, who created the Linux, has responded to Microsoft’s claims that the open source operating system violates 235 of its patents. “It’s certainly a lot more likely that Microsoft violates patents than Linux does,” Torvalds told InformationWeek. Torvalds argued…
IPPA: Just thinking of infringing copyright could be a crime…
Will Head writes… Given the carey, sharey internet world we live in, some are arguing that the copyright legislation that we currently have isn’t working. That it’s preventing creativity and stifling innovation. Then there are those that seek to strengthen…
Global piracy rate unchanged since 2003
The overall amount of illegal software used by businesses around the world hasn’t changed since 2003, according to the Business Software Alliance. The group claims that more than a third of business software is being used without a licence. However,…
Microsoft called – it wants its patents back
Will Head writes… Free software? Brilliant thought all big corporations. We can get all those lovely programs, without having to pay a penny for them and we even get the source code to mull over and tweak here and there….
Mcape. It’s all about innovation, baby
Mscape. HP are pretty chuffed with themselves that they’ve come up with this. It’s in Beta at the moment, but the idea is you can use any Windows Mobile PDA with GPS, to collect relevant information about your surroundings….
