Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

The Most Popular Film Editing Software

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

The most popular film editing software that is on the market today include: Sony Vegas, Avid, Media 100, Adobe Premiere, Lightworks, ULead Video Studio as well as Apples Final Cut Pro. Most television programs and films are edited by using the same exact film editing software but these different types of software are also available for use at home and personal use. There are also other programs that are considered to be excellent choices for beginners, these include: Nero7 Ultra, Pinnacle Systems MediaSuite, and Gear Video put out by Gear Software.

Download Free Yahoo Virus Software

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

We all want something for nothing right? Well When you’re looking for anti virus software you will not be surprised that very often, you get what you pay for. But every now and again you find a little gem. There are some free anti-virus downloads that will really make a difference to the security of your computer and the information held within it. But it is important to take great care before installing these free downloads as there are some unscrupulous companies that will give you software designed to actually infect your system, Then they will charge you for the pleasure of removing it. I suggest you have a look at free yahoo virus software downloads as they are now among the top performers for free anti virus software but check out the features before you download as they may not be suitable for everybody.

Why Crystal Reports are Useful

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application which can be made use of to design and generate reports from a variety of data sources. Crystal Reports is a powerful and versatile reporting package which allows users to design professional-looking, interactive reports, change features of the report and run them from within the report designer itself .Originally created by Crystal Services the latest versions of Crystal Reports are being produced by Business Objects which is soon to be acquired by SAP.

Digital audio books: The fast way to learn something

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Digital audiobooks are ebooks that can be downloaded from the Internet, and listened to afterwards. Although their size is usually in megabytes, they can easily fit into any of today’s modern flash gadgets, with their gigabyte disk capacities. So, they are relatively small and very portable - once downloaded onto a suitable medium.

The people most likely to benefit from digital audiobooks are those who are not really inclined to learn via visual mode. They would rather listen to a book being read out aloud to them, while they engage in other activities like driving, or washing the dishes, or prior to sleep.

Digital audiobooks are usually recorded in mp3 format, which compresses the sound, allowing for small, manageable sizes. Realizing the potential of audio, many e-learning websites now provide audiofiles for easy downloading by their registered members. Audio files are definitely smaller than video files, thus they are perfectly suited for online learning or motivational courses. For further info, check out this page on digital audiobooks.

Mac Spyware Removal Available for Mac Users

Friday, November 9th, 2007

So you own a Mac and are tired of hearing about all the spyware removal programs for other operating systems?  Don’t despair.  There are some very high-quality Mac spyware removal programs available for Mac users.  MAC-NET is one of the most popular programs for removing spyware from MAC systems.  It has many user-friendly features that make it a snap to use and to provide additional security for your MAC.  There are also some MAC programs that are available online and others that are even free to download to use on your system.  Take advantage of one of these programs to keep your MAC system free of spyware.

MS Access, PHP, and mySQL Working Together

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Are there times when you would love to enter data into an MS Access database on a local machine, and then pass that data to a MySQL database on a web site? The only problem being that firewall rules prevent you from accessing the mySQL database from outside the network where the respective server machines are located.

How can you get around this?

In researching this question, one reasonably simple answer is to have a small slave program on the website that hosts the mySQL database. Your MS Access database then passes the data to this slave, which then adds the data to the database on the internet.

Specifically, the approach I took is this.

  • enter data into an MS Access database on a local machine
  • Access exports the data to a text file (or you could get fancy and do XML output)
  • Access initiates an FTP command which transfers the text file to the website
  • Access initiates the slave program on the website
  • slave program reads the uploaded text file and inserts data into the MySQL database
  • text file is deleted from the website

You could create the slave program using PHP.

Software Engineering Studies

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

If you study software engineering at college, there is an abundance of opportunities open to you. Ranging from private companies to jobs with major I.T. corporations or companies that have I.T. departments developing software solutions, there are always job and career opportunities for people that have gone on to obtain software engineering degrees.  These companies are actively recruiting graduates that have achieved this level of academic qualification.