A new lawsuit has accused Pixar, Lucasfilm, Intuit, Adobe, Intel, Google, and Apple of conspiring to suppress and fix compensation of their employees. It was launched yesterday by Siddhart Hariharan, a former software engineer at Lucasfilm and it is focusing on the agreements of ‘no solicitation’ that companies in question have agreed between the year 2005 and 2009. It is claiming that the tech companies have violated the California antitrust statues but it isn’t seeking relief under U.S. Clayton Act of 1914 which is quite interesting. This assures that the case is dealing only with California law instead of the federal statues of antitrust. These accusations might sound familiar and it is because Pixar, Intuit, Intel, Google, Adobe, and Apple settled with Department of Justice last  [...]

Features of the app are made for improving the ways a doctor interacts with his patients. For instance, the app can be used by doctors for scheduling their appointments, paperless billing, writing e-prescriptions (this can be sent to any pharmacy in the U.S.), note taking, drug interaction tests, and medical speech-to-text transcription. Users can upload, lab results, X-rays and EKGs on the app for tagging and viewing them later. Also, the makers of Drchrono say that this app can be used by physician in any exam room. As compared to this, a non-web app or web based computer software needs the physician to be in front of the computer. The records get updated in real time and the makers of the app are adding new features constantly. The storage of data is HIPAA compliant. Doctors can use the app for free on 1 iPad  [...]

Mozilla Firefox 4 is finally out now and unlike the latest browser from Microsoft, it is compatible with Windows XP too. This will easily attract attention of people who haven’t upgraded yet to Windows 7 and want a browser that is more capable than the clunky and sluggish Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. Also, don’t mistake this for the earlier version of Mozilla Firefox 4 which was an open source Web browser. The user interface on Mozilla Firefox 4 has been dramatically redesigned and this is a far cry from the design of the previous iterations. Also, it is a lot similar to Google Chrome. Tabs are now located above address bar and combined with the absence of menu bar, you get extra real estate to view the Web content. The menu in Mozilla Firefox 4 is styled on the lines of Windows Start menu and you will see most common menu commands with Bookmarks menu that are accessible from Bookmarks toolbar. You can also go back to a more traditional appearance  [...]

Those who thought that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is dead check this out. Microsoft released the latest version of their Internet browser and in the first twenty four hours, it was downloaded about 2.35 million times. Beta version was downloaded just one million times in the first day after it was released. For IE9 final version, there were 27 downloads every second or 98,000 downloads every hour. Internet Explorer senior director, Ryan Gavin, thanked everyone around the world for such enthusiastic reception on IE blog. The numbers of IE9 aren’t really as impressive as compared to the other browsers. For instance, Mozilla Firefox 3.5 version was downloaded a million times within a few hours when it was released in 2009. Also, the earlier version, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 was downloaded eight million times within the first 24 hours of its release. The new and updated version of Internet  [...]

Djay, which is a groundbreaking app for Mac is now available on the iOS platform. It is from Algoriddim and there is also an update for the iPad version of the app. The cellular version is available on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 and it turns your handset into a pair of mixing decks. Just load songs from the iTunes music library and you will be able to scratch, transition and sync between the songs like professional DJs. The content can also be recorded and you can then export it in AIFF high quality file. Both the iPad and iPhone versions of this software are quite similar to the desktop version which costs $49.99. The mobile versions are available $9.99 which is significantly less expensive than the desktop one which is used by both amateur and professional DJs. This software has got rave reviews from a lot of sources. An important feature that you won’t find on the iOS version is the ability to lock in song key. Match the song BPMs at different tempos and the track  [...]

When I first saw the Nikon Camera Control Pro 2, I wasn’t really sure about it. I am into portraiture photography and have tried some similar applications like Canon’s Remote capture and Leaf Capture. The big advantage here that made me drool was that I could see the photos on my computer immediately. Also, I got the ability to verify 100% if the exposure, focus, lighting and composition were up to my expectations. This in turn meant great shots every time and I could ditch the bad ones immediately. Also, there won’t be any time wasted in post processing. The Leaf and Canon application which I have previously used was pretty fast and this is really important. It would have been useless if I was shooting with my device tethered to my computer and the PC froze all of a sudden. So I first downloaded the trial version of  [...]

Bonecruncher Soccer is a game quite similar to the popular Backbreaker Football; the 3D gameplay mechanic in both the games have a lot in common but with the soccer game, you have to dribble the ball down the field and then score goals by flicking your finger. The players are directed by using tilt controls, just like BackBreaker football. However, instead of the onscreen buttons for dodges and moves, you have to swipe the finger on the display for the special moves. Each of them is described when you start playing the game. Once you have dodged and dribbled your own way downfield, the game play freezes and it lets you flick the ball in to the goal. Some of the levels have targets through which you can earn bonus points and hence controlled flicks are really necessary in this game. Bonecruncher Soccer is a really good game overall but it doesn’t have the polish of the more-refined and older Backbreaker franchise. Different developers  [...]

You might have heard of a lot of registry cleaners out there but System Mechanic is a lot different from them. This software is selling like hot cakes all over and it has the most complete and safest suite of performance tools that I have ever seen to date. Using the System Mechanic registry cleaners, you can improve the startup time for Windows and infections in the computer are removed. This will give you faster Internet browsing and download speed. System Mechanic registry cleaners come with three level registry optimization speed and it speeds up the computer beyond what ordinary cleaners can give you. There is also something called ActiveCare 2.0 which will run in the background for optimizing and fixing when the PC is inactive. It doesn’t interferes with messages or schedulers and automatically stops as soon as your computer wants resources for other applications. System  [...]

This code is derived from LimeWire Pro which is a paid version of the client but I bet none of you know about the paid version because everyone is using the free one. FrostWire interface hasn’t changed much apart from a few basic color changes. There are tabs having rounded corners and also connections which monitor the incoming and outgoing connections by the host name. Apart from that, it gives you the details of the bandwidth connection and version and vendor that are currently in use. Another cool addition is the chat feature which is now built in to FrostWire. So you see, apart from the basics, both LimeWire and FrostWire have a lot in common which isn’t surprising since both of them come from the same stable. These two applications are written in Java and offer support for a lot of platforms. FrostWire has one advantage over the  [...]

I am a huge fan of Netflix and have been looking for something on the internet for managing my Netflix queue. Netflix doesn’t have their own native application so if you wish to do this on the iPhone, it can be done only through a third party app. I have tried a lot of apps out there but the MovieFlick is the best for managing Netflix queue. I must also admit that all Netflix queue managers come with their own set of drawbacks and not all of them are perfect. Each one has its own pros and cons. Typically speaking, a Netflix app needs to have few things that I will be using all the time. These things need to be there even before I start consider getting it. Firstly, the search has to be fast and good. The previews of movie are pretty quick so I should be able to find the movie fast and then add it to the queue.  [...]