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- Master the grammar of NXT-G and build a ScanBot
- LEGO and National Instruments designed the computer language NXT-G to explicitly run on a toy, but that doesn't mean it's "just a toy" or that it can't be used to write "real" programs. There is a lot of power under the hood in NXT-G. In this chapter download...
- Tags: Chapter, LEGO Co., Lego Mindstorms, NXT-G, Chapter Coverage, Robots, Blogging, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-10-04
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- (Photos: Duel to the 'Kong' finish)
- Nuking "leet speak", maybe?First, welcome to TR.You may not be interested, but you'll get a lot more respect around here if you'll drop the abbreviated spelling in favor of accepted standard English spelling and grammar.Just a suggestion.o m gwow... thre's BORAT, and thena mov bout pplz playin legacy games?amazing, so...
- Tags: chromatic.purity@..., photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Hot techie toys for the holidays
- Have you started shopping for your tech-centric co-workers, friends, and family? Your kids might be especially interested in checking out the "Hot Dozen" list of must-have holiday toys released by Toy Wishes magazine. Take a look at the news story: "Wii, T.M.X. Elmo make 'Hot Dozen' toy list." The...
- Tags: Hasbro Inc., LEGO Co., Fisher-Price, Lego Mindstorms, Nintendo Wii, Robots, Games, Digital Cameras, Game Players, Digital Photography, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-10-05
- Software Maker Boosts Sales of Distribution Solution After Moving Product to Windows
- Customer feedback and product development issues led Distribution One to seek a new operating environment for its UNIX-based solution, which helps wholesale distributors manage enterprise tasks. At the suggestion of DTR Business Systems, a Microsoft NXT Delivery Partner, Distribution One migrated its solution to Windows. The result is a more...
- Tags: Solution, Microsoft Corp., Product Development, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Product Marketing, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Research & Development, Business Operations, Software, Sales, Marketing, Management
- Case studies
- Software Provider Moves From SCO UNIX to Windows, Doubles Rate of Business Growth
- Spruce Computer Systems saw the need to update its UNIX-based building-supply business software. With help from DTR Business Systems, a Microsoft NXT Delivery Partner, Spruce migrated to Windows Server and the Microsoft .NET Framework. It's doubled the rate of signed contracts and added customers it couldn't reach with its UNIX...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., SCO Unix, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, Software, Management
- Case studies
- Solution Provider Improves Enrollment Data Reporting Tool by Moving to Windows
- The company wanted to provide a more compelling product to customers, one that had more ways to present data and more flexibility in providing custom reporting solutions. This would require a different reporting engine. Proteans, a Microsoft NXT Delivery Partner, helped 422 Group to move its dashboard application entirely to...
- Tags: Reporting Tool, Dashboard, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Case studies
- ERP Provider Upgrades Solution for Contemporary Look, Easy Customization
- While Verticent has always been proud of its user-friendly Windows-based user interface, Verticent executives were conscious of the need to keep that interface up-to-date and consistent across the application in order to keep the application attractive to customers. But Verticent found limits to the visual appeal it could introduce with...
- Tags: User Interface, ERP, Microsoft Corp., Customization
- Case studies 2008-04-17
- Benefits Service Company Enhances Software and Services by Adopting Windows Environment
- The BeneSys software was originally written with PL/B, a programming language similar to COBOL that was developed in the 1970s. BeneSys marketed its "Green screen" command-line based software and also used it to serve fund beneficiaries who today total about 500,000 individuals. However, clients began requesting more visual and intuitive...
- Tags: Software, Environment, Benefit, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., BeneSys, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies
- SkDNS ActiveX Control (exe)
- SkDNS ActiveX Control is a DNS Domain Name Service ActiveX control that can be used for network diagnosing, troubleshooting, and monitoring. The Magneto Software DNS Domain Name Service ActiveX control (SkDNS.OCX) allows developers to integrate the DNS protocol message sending capability into their applications. It can request any of 41...
- Tags: DNS, Magneto Software, SkDNS ActiveX Control, Domain Names, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Networking, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-12-29
- Software-as-a-Service Provider Broadens Customer Base by Porting Solution to Windows
- RevCat initially designed its solution using Java and open-source development tools. But the company encountered problems marketing the solution to its target customer base. These included compatibility with existing enterprise systems, lack of client expertise in managing Java and open-source solutions, and difficulty integrating the service with popular business software...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- WiigoBot: Lego robot that aces Nintendo Wii bowling
- Check out the WiigoBot, a Lego NXT robot designed to bowl a perfect 300 game on Nintendo WiiSports (the Trivia Geek's personal best is a mere 220). To quote the Battlebricks Web site: "You are looking at a Wii Remote mounted on a robotically controlled swing. A second motor...
- Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Robot, LEGO Co., Button, Nintendo Wii, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Enable password policy on domain
- Hi,my current AD enviro is does not have a password policy in place. I intend to create a 60-day password GPO and link it to the domain container. But by doing so, all user accounts will face password expiration the next day as they have been using the same password...
- Tags: certboy21@..., GPO, password, windows
- Q&A 2005-12-13
- Protect against these critical Internet security threats
- If you're worried about viruses and DoS attacks to your clients' systems, check out the SANS Institute's list of the most critical Internet security threats to the enterprise.As much concern and fear that computer viruses and denial of service DoS attacks have generated recently, most such incidents can be blamed...
- Tags: Edwin Smith, Internet, security, immediate root, critical Internet security threat, Internet security
- Technical articles 2000-08-08
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