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Microsoft Project

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office Project gives you robust project management tools with the right blend of usability, power, and flexibility, so you can manage projects more efficiently and effectively. You can stay informed and control project work, schedules, and finances, keep project teams aligned, and be more productive through integration with familiar Microsoft Office system programs, powerful reporting, guided planning, and flexible tools.

Visual FoxPro

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Visual FoxPro

Visual FoxPro is a data-centric object-oriented and procedural programming language by Microsoft. It is derived from FoxPro (originally known as FoxBASE) which was developed by Fox Software beginning in 1984; Fox Software merged with Microsoft in 1992 and the software acquired further features and the prefix "Visual". The last version of FoxPro (2.6) worked under the Mac OS, DOS, Windows, and Unix: Visual FoxPro 3.0, the first "Visual" version, dropped the platform support to only Mac and Windows, and later versions were Windows-only.

Visual FoxPro, also known as VFP, is mainly used to write desktop database applications running on Windows but it can also be used to write fat client, middleware, and web applications.

In late 2002, it was demonstrated that Visual FoxPro can run on Linux under the Windows emulator Wine. In 2003, this led to complaints by Microsoft: it was claimed that the deployment of FoxPro code on non-Windows machines violates the End User License Agreement.

Rumors suggesting that Microsoft intends to end support for FoxPro have been common since Microsoft's acquisition of the product, despite the product having one of the longest support timeframes for a Microsoft product (extended support until 2014). VFP 9 was released to manufacturing on December 17, 2004, and the Fox team is currently working on a project codenamed Sedna which will be built on top of the VFP9 codebase.

GPS Pathfinder Office

Company / developer:
  Trimble

The Trimble® GPS Pathfinder® Office software adds value to your GIS data collection and data maintenance projects. It supports all aspects of GIS data collection and data maintenance for Trimble GPS Pathfinder receivers and GeoExplorer® series handhelds.

The GPS Pathfinder Office software enables you to pre-plan your field sessions for more productive field work. The data dictionary editor creates custom pick-lists, automatic repeat feature, and numeric values so that collecting many features and attributes is easy and accurate. In the field, the data dictionary prompts the field crew to enter specific information-ensuring data integrity and compatibility with your GIS or database.

With GPS Pathfinder Office, files can be imported from a number of GIS and database formats so your GIS data can be taken back to the field for verification and update. You can review your data in map form to confirm it is exactly what you require before transferring it to your enterprise GIS.

The differential correction process can improve the accuracy of your GPS positions from around 10 meters to submeter and better, depending on the environment and your GPS receiver. With Trimble's new H-Star™ technology you can achieve accuracies of subfoot (30 cm) and even 8 inches (20 cm) with the GeoXH™ handheld and GPS Pathfinder ProXH™ receiver. And you can be sure your data is differentially corrected using the best quality base data available using Trimble's unique Integrity Index grading system.

To maximize productivity, GPS Pathfinder Office software offers a Batch Processing utility that automatically downloads the data, differentially corrects data to increase the accuracy, and exports it to a GIS database or mapping program—all in one step.

Key features:

• Differentially correct for improved GPS position accuracy including Trimble H-Star processing for subfoot accuracy with the GeoXH handheld and GPS Pathfinder ProXH receiver
• Unique Base Provider Integrity Index can automatically select and download the best quality base data available for differential correction
• Download and display raster imagery from Internet Map Servers (including ArcIMS and Open GIS formats, and MrSID, ECW and JPEG 2000 formats)
• Flexible map symbology so you can tailor your data display to your GIS
• Create and manage waypoint files
• Create sophisticated data dictionaries that mirror your GIS database
• Import data from Shapefile (SHP), MapInfo (MIF), AutoCAD (DXF), dBase (DBF), and Microsoft® Access (MDB) file formats for maintenance and verification of data in the field
• Review and edit GPS data before transferring it to a GIS
• Automate routine tasks such as data transfer, differential correction, and data export
• Supports Microsoft® Windows 2000, XP and Vista™ 32- and 64-bit operating systems

Grade Busters Teacher Tools

Company / developer:
  J. Klein Productions Inc.

Grade Busters Teacher Tools - the ultimate electronic gradebook system

MeterReading

Company / developer:
  Dataconomy

Using this program it is possible to enter and visualize storage or meter oriented consumption data in structured form.

Based on the entered data a prediction for all consumers could be created and then storage and meter readings for a given time span could be estimated. On the one hand this makes it possible to check new entered data (e.g. meter malfunction, reading mistake, ...), on the other hand a consumption oriented statement could be generated.

The determination of consumption ratios, for example the energy consumption ratio within the energy technology, is possible.

MultiEx Commander

Company / developer:
  XeNTaX

MultiEx Commander makes it possible to extract files from and import into hundreds of game resource archives. Most games use large files in which they save all necessary files. This usually includes sounds, music, graphics, scripts and code. With MultiEx Commander you can open them using an easy to use interface. The number of supported formats is ever increasing!

Firefox

Company / developer:
  Mozilla Foundation

Firefox 3

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance.

Mozilla Firefox (abbreviated officially as Fx, but also commonly as FF) is a free web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 19.03% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of June 2008, making it the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide, after Internet Explorer.

Firefox uses the free Gecko layout engine, which implements some current web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Functions can be added through around 2,000 add-ons created by third-party developers,the most popular of which include NoScript (script blocker), Tab Mix Plus (adds many customizable options to tabs), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools).

Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 3.0, released on June 17, 2008.Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL.

CRiSP Harvest

Company / developer:
  School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

CRiSP Harvest

CRiSP Harvest Model is a user-friendly computer model that simulates the harvest of 30 chinook salmon stocks by 25 fisheries over an extended time horizon. The geographic range covered by the model extends from Southeast Alaska to the Oregon coast. Ten stocks and two fisheries from the Columbia River basin are included in the model. This is freely distributed software.

ArcView

Company / developer:
  ESRI

ArcView

ArcView is full-featured geographic information system (GIS) software for visualizing, managing, creating, and analyzing geographic data. Using ArcView, you can understand the geographic context of your data, allowing you to see relationships and identify patterns in new ways.

Key features:

Quality Mapping

• Author maps using simple wizards and an extensive suite of map elements.
• Use predefined map templates that save you time and make it easy to create a consistent style in your maps.
• Create interactive maps from file, database, and online sources.
• Create interactive maps that link nonspatial data to specific locations.
• Create interactive maps that allow you to access a wide variety of digital data.
• Create street-level maps that incorporate GPS locations.
• View CAD data or satellite images.
• Generate reports and charts.
• Save, print, export, or embed completed maps in other documents or applications.

Spatial Analysis

• Analyze spatial data and derive answers from data of a location-dependent nature.
• Visually model and spatially analyze a process or workflow.
• Use a geoprocessing framework that includes ready-to-use analysis tools as well as the ability to build process models, scripts, and complete workflows.

Data Use and Integration

• Create and manage geographic data, tabular data, and metadata.
• Use a wide variety of data types including demographics, facilities, CAD drawings, imagery, Web services, and multimedia.
• Directly read or import more than 70 different formats in ArcView.

Ready-to-Use Datasets

Begin your visualization and analysis right away with the included ESRI Data & Maps Media Kit, which is updated annually and preconfigured to work specifically with ESRI software. The ESRI Data & Maps Media Kit contains more than 24 GB of data including:

• Basemap and thematic MXDs for Canada, Europe, Mexico, the United States, and the world
• Commercial data from Tele Atlas, AND Mapping, DMTI Spatial, WorldSat, EarthSat, EuroGeographics, Michael Bauer Research, World Wildlife Fund, SIGSA, and ESRI
• Ninety-meter Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) dataset
• All levels of U.S. Census geography and ZIP Codes
• TIGER 2000-based StreetMap USA data

ArcGIS Online includes optimized, ready-to-use content and capabilities such as 2D maps, 3D globes, and reference layers. ArcGIS Online services are always available on the Web so that users with Internet access can use these services at any time.

GIS Deployment

• View, navigate, and print published ArcGIS maps using ArcReader (.pmf files).
• Deploy your GIS data—share and deliver interactive maps based on dynamic content.
• Offer novices and professionals alike a way to view and query your published maps

Map Viewing and Navigation

• Perform basic map navigation such as zooming and panning and switching between map and page layout view.
• Communicate more efficiently with the ability to graphically mark up maps.
• Utilize ArcWeb Services in ArcReader including route, nearby place, and address finding.

Data Query and Exploration

• Use ArcReader tools such as Find and Identify to explore a variety of geographic data including raster and vector data.
• Use tools such as Identify, Find, Measure, Hyperlink, and Magnifier Window to discover information not available when working with static paper maps.

Map Printing

• Print published map documents and published globe documents including all layer symbology and cartographic map elements on any supported printer.

Unix

Company / developer:
  The Open Group

Unix

Unix operating systems are widely used in both servers and workstations. The Unix environment and the client-server program model were essential elements in the development of the Internet and the reshaping of computing as centered in networks rather than in individual computers.

Both Unix and the C programming language were developed by AT&T and distributed to government and academic institutions, causing both to be ported to a wider variety of machine families than any other operating system. As a result, Unix became synonymous with "open systems".

Unix was designed to be portable, multi-tasking and multi-user in a time-sharing configuration. Unix systems are characterized by various concepts: the use of plain text for storing data; a hierarchical file system; treating devices and certain types of inter-process communication (IPC) as files; and the use of a large number of software tools, small programs that can be strung together through a command line interpreter using pipes, as opposed to using a single monolithic program that includes all of the same functionality. These concepts are known as the Unix philosophy.

Under Unix, the "operating system" consists of many of these utilities along with the master control program, the kernel. The kernel provides services to start and stop programs, handle the file system and other common "low level" tasks that most programs share, and, perhaps most importantly, schedules access to hardware to avoid conflicts if two programs try to access the same resource or device simultaneously. To mediate such access, the kernel was given special rights on the system, leading to the division between user-space and kernel-space.

The microkernel concept was introduced in an effort to reverse the trend towards larger kernels and return to a system in which most tasks were completed by smaller utilities. In an era when a "normal" computer consisted of a hard disk for storage and a data terminal for input and output (I/O), the Unix file model worked quite well as most I/O was "linear". However, modern systems include networking and other new devices. As graphical user interfaces developed, the file model proved inadequate to the task of handling asynchronous events such as those generated by a mouse, and in the 1980s non-blocking I/O and the set of inter-process communication mechanisms was augmented (sockets, shared memory, message queues, semaphores), and functionalities such as network protocols were moved out of the kernel.