The crew that brought you the Arduino is always hard at work trying to bring the community closer together and to foster collaborative development. They recently rolled out a new feature on their site that is sure to be of interest to Arduino veterans and neophytes alike. Arduino Labs is a platform which the team [...]

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In his line of work, Hackaday reader [Pedantite] often has to monitor the build status of several continuous integration servers throughout the day. One afternoon, he got the idea to install a set of stop lights in the office in order to monitor the status of the servers, but filed it away as a “wouldn’t [...]

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We asked for responses to our last Development Board post, and you all followed through. We got comments, forum posts, and emails filled with your opinions. Like last time, there is no way we could cover every board, so here are a few more that seemed to be popular crowd choices. Feel free to keep [...]

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Here at Hackaday, we see microcontroller based projects in all states of completion. Sometimes it makes the most sense to design systems from the ground up, and other times when simplicity or a quick project completion is desired, pre-built system boards are a better choice. We have compiled a list of boards that we commonly [...]

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In this tutorial we are going to start finding out more about the toolbox we utilized in the previous tutorial.  The Controls available in the toolbox are quite extensive and allow users to simplify a variety of everyday tasks such as manually creating and instantiating a textbox on a windows form.  At the end of [...]

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Evil Mad Scientist posted a story about what went into developing the Bulbdial clock. We think the Bulbdial is one of the best pieces of kit out there for many reasons; using colored shadows for each hand is a brilliant idea, the design is clever and uses a low parts count, and the concentric rings [...]

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In this tutorial we are going to cover packaging one of our applications into an .apk file and getting it ready for the Android Market.  After we have completed this tutorial you should be able to use the tools provided in the AndroidSDK to sign your application, put the application on your phone and install [...]

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Classic Menu for Office 2010 – Show Classic Menus and Toolbars on the Ribbon of Microsoft Office 2010Frustrated by endless searches for features on the Ribbon? Download and install this software to bring back the familiar menus and toolbars to Microsoft® Office® 2010. The software allows you to work with Office 2010 as if it were Office 2003.You can use Office 2010 immediately without any

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PureBasic is a native 32 bit and 64 bit programming language based on established BASIC rules.The key features of PureBasic are portability (Windows, Linux, MacOS X and AmigaOS are currently supported), the production of very fast and highly optimized executables and, of course, the very simple BASIC syntax. PureBasic has been created for the beginner and expert alike. We have put a lot of effort

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WinDesign : a modular suite, based on a common repository, for the Information Systems analysis and designWinDesign is a modeling enterprise software suite providing 3 modules, that can be used independently or combined with the others, based on a scalable common repository, to conceive, model and specify your Information Systems.Database ModuleIntended for analysts and database managers, for

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Get all of Xceed’s components, including grids, themes, charts, UI, Zip, FTP, and encryption. 65+ controls and libraries.Platforms: .NET, .NET CF, WPF, Silverlight 3, ActiveXThe Xceed Ultimate Suite Enterprise Edition offers the industry’s most substantial licensing option for a component suite. It not only allows an unlimited number of developers to use the included components, but also

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PROMT Freelance 9.0 is a brand new product in the best-of-breed PROMT desktop product family.The new offering addresses the technology requirements of the freelance translator community. PROMT Freelance 9.0 is the ideal desktop solution for language industry professionals who are looking for ways to optimize the translation process using the most innovative Computer Assisted Translation (CAT),

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The KeepTool family gathers together three Oracle productivity tools, each addressing a specific purpose and available separately.But each of the three products – Hora, ER Diagrammer und PL/SQL Debugger – is also designed to work with the other two, and shares a common design philosophy.The goal is to make products easy and intuitive to use. KeepTool is updated many times each year to enhance

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Payroll software for payroll processors with multiple payroll clients.Designed for payroll processors with multiple payroll clients. It is a power payroll software designed to streamline your payroll processing needs. With free unlimited Program Support, updates throughout the year, and calendar year software we offer the best value in payroll software. Features:Tax tables for all 50

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Syncro SVN Client makes easier document and code sharing between content authors or developers.Syncro SVN Client is the best multiplatform SVN client that allows you to browse repositories, check for changes, commit changes, update your working copy and examine the revision history. The Syncro SVN Client has been designed to offer powerful actions while keeping the interface as clean and simple

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Market Leading Driver Development Toolkit For the Development of High Performance, High Quality User-Mode Device Drivers.WinDriver is a development toolkit that dramatically simplifies the difficult task of creating device drivers and hardware access applications. WinDriver includes a wizard and code generation features that automatically detect your hardware and generate the driver to access it

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World’s Best Selling Digital Media SuiteAdvanced video editing and HD movie creationReliable backup and easy recoveryIndustry leading CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc burning and copyingNero Multimedia Suite 10 excels your multimedia power with a collection of three products bundled into one powerful suite. It’s loaded with advanced video editing features, media organizer and player, superior burning

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In this tutorial we will be pivoting from our last tutorial on Graphical Elements to start focusing on databases in Android development. The android platform uses SQLite databases in its applications and is one of five data storage options in android development. We will only be focusing on SQLite development in android because it is [...]

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Preserve Your Memories & Share Your StoriesOne-click fixes to preserve videos & photos for generationsSmart workflow to tag & search faces in archived photosCombine videos & photos to create memorable slideshowsConvert videos up to 10X faster for iTunes and portable playersShare your stories on Facebook, YouTube, and burn to discCyberLink MediaShow is a fast and easy way to preserve and share

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In this tutorial, we will be continuing from where we left off with the “hello world” application.  This time adding a graphical user interface (GUI) and a “toast”. The GUI will consist of a button, textbox and a label. The “toast” will be issued onto the screen when the button is pressed. Some may wonder [...]

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This article will focus on developing a simple hello world program for android using Java. Google has recently released a “cute and fuzzy” programming environment for beginners to get into but I haven’t had the chance to try it, so we will be focusing on the Eclipse IDE here, which you should have set up [...]

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Android is the prime OS for developing applications in today for many reasons. The main reasons being that it is Open Source and Intuitive. In addition it uses Java for development, which is quite an easy language to get used to and develop in. This being said, a lot of you have great ideas for [...]

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With the CHM Editor you will be able to tackle several tasks simultaneously:This is a powerful tool for editing CHM, you can change and save chm file without downloading any additional tools or editors.It allows you translate any chm-file using one of available translation servicesThe most amazing thing is that the translation will be complied saving all html-tags and structure of the document –

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Sonne DVD Burner is an almighty DVD burner designed to meet all your needs in burning video, ISO Image file and VIDEO_TS to DVD disc and burning all files to data disc; creating DVD from other video files. For the more, it can capture videos to burn or create to DVD.It’s necessary to add an intact capture function to meet users need. Users can easily capture video or image from other devices, DV

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The Must-Have Productivity Tool for .NET DevelopersReSharper provides solution-wide error highlighting on the fly, instant solutions for found errors, over 30 advanced code refactorings, superior unit testing tools, handy navigation and search features, single-click code formatting and cleanup, automatic code generation and templates, and a lot more productivity features for C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET,

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Develop professional eLearning content with just one integrated toolsetAdobe® eLearning Suite 2 software is the complete toolbox for creating professional eLearning courseware end to end. Accelerate development with the smart aggregation capabilities of Adobe Captivate® 5, new roundtripping features, value-added functionalities, and improved collaboration workflows.Adobe eLearning Suite includes

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Rapidly create, smoothly deliver, and easily maintain rich eLearning contentAdd software demonstrations, interactive simulations, branching scenarios, and quizzes to your courseware without programming using Adobe® Captivate® 5 software. Go beyond screen capture and achieve superior results in fewer steps thanks to an intuitive user interface, collaboration workflows, and a multitude of

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There’s No Other Timeline Tool Like Timeline Maker!If you’ve been struggling to create timeline charts manually or wrestling with ordinary office software like Excel, Visio or MS Project, then you will really appreciate how easy it can be with Timeline Maker Professional.If you’ve been creating timeline charts on a regular basis then you already know what an intricate, time consuming process it

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EasyFit – Distribution Fitting Made EasyEasyFit helps you deal with uncertainty and make informed decisions by analyzing your probability data and selecting the best fitting distribution. EasyFit allows to easily fit a large number of distributions to your data in seconds, saves time and prevents analysis errors.Selecting an appropriate distribution can be a critical success factor for your

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FME Desktop is a flexible and powerful spatial ETL toolset that makes it easy for you to translate, transform and integrate spatial data in any format or application. Here are the top ten features, capabilities and components available in FME Desktop:Support for 225+ FormatsRead and write data in over 225 formats with a single toolset. FME Desktop format support is unrivalled in the industry and

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