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Submission + - David Harris giving up Pegasus Mail (PMail)

Submitted by

Daniel

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @05:56AM

Daniel writes: "David Harris of Pegasus Mail (PMail) has announced that he is giving up development of his famous Mail Client that has accompanied so many from Netware times to now. He has spoken out in favour of Open Source in the past but has not dared to take that route because he wanted to continue make a living out of selling Pegasus mail support (and manuals in former times). So, what do we conclude? Freeware is being killed by Open Source? Is Thunderbird the villain here?"

Submission + - OpenID - or shall we call it OpenYahoo?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 04, 2007 @04:52AM

An anonymous reader writes: This ReadWriteWeb article takes OpenID under the microscope from the point of view of a newbie. The article resembles OpenID to "OpenYahoo" — a single sign-on platform that is uniquely open to anyone who wants to participate. Also mentions that its true advantage for the developers is to drop the sign up threshold in order to attract more and more users to the site. It is arguable though if anyone would really like to dispose the biggest asset of its web site, the user base, to another organization. This is also a question that comes into the mind with RapLeaf — the portable trust system. What do you think? Would you transfer your assets to another provider, or shall we call this granular web 2.0?

Submission + - Process Library goes interactive

Submitted by

LocalCooling

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @04:41AM

LocalCooling writes: "The world's leading and most definitive process listing available for Windows users — http://www.processlibrary.com/ has now launched Process Scanner, which searches for and identifies all the processes running on the user's PC. The deep scan is fast, completely free and brings interactivity to processlibrary.com; within seconds supplying a list of currently running processes, .dlls and other items running at present or in other instances. The list provides clear, at-a-glance, categorized information on the task functions of each item, color-coded information on the threat risk from safe to dangerous, and advises the user on the type of action to be taken. The user can also share the list with others as it is saved on the server for a few days, or they can click to create a log which generates a CSV file. The process list is checked against all known processes, and an alert is raised when any unrecognized variants or processes not covered by the Library are found. Uniblue's proprietary RePLACE technology matches the PC's data list with all existing entries, constantly updating the Library. Using the internal checking system, the Uniblue Lab's team of specialists edits the existing data. Because this happens continuously, it means that the Process Library is updated and improved on a daily basis, making the comprehensive service even more valuable for millions of PC users worldwide. Process Scanner was developed by the Uniblue Labs team, who incorporated open-source technology into the project. http://www.processlibrary.com/processscan"

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