Whether you've been sent a simple ZIP archive, you need to create and share your own compressed files, or you're staring down the barrel of some obscure archive format you've never seen before, having the right file compression application in your corner is a must. Users go for IZArc for its attractive interface and its low pricetag. MORE >>

How do you ‘can’ a Jedi master? How do you store the collective learnings of the organization? Why did we win that sale? What have we built somewhere else before? What did that design look like? We can take a relational database, slice it, dice it, and cut it, rotate those cubes, and do data mining. Xerox researcher Venkatesh G. MORE >>

Earlier in the month I wrote a post on Micro-blogging in the enterprise: an idea whose time has come? mentioned a number of the current corporate initiatives in the space, including those of Janssen-Cilag, which in February implemented an internal version of Twitter it called Jitter. and new communications technologies. • Whoo-hoo! Does it? MORE >>

Many people in knowledge management and social media have expressed frustration in defining return-on-investment or payback for implementing one of these projects. Some people ( Luis ) suggest that there is no point in defining the ROI -- at least not in the way it is traditionally done. It is the nature of default ROI calculations. Thus ROI = Y/Z." MORE >>

Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Free, open-source image processing app Qtpfsgui takes in groups of standard digital camera shots of the same scene or object and runs them through a high dynamic range imaging filter, creating striking images with more depth of color. Qtfsgui is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. MORE >>