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1.Compuserve

History

Compuserve browser

CompuServe introduced the GIF format in 1987 to provide a color image format for their file downloading areas, replacing their earlier run-length encoding(RLE) format, which was black and white only. GIF became popular because it used LZW data compression, which was more efficient than the run-length encoding that formats such as PCX and MacPaint used, and fairly large images could therefore be downloaded in a reasonably short time, even with very slow modems.The original version of the GIF format was called 87a. In 1989, CompuServe devised an enhanced version, called 89a, which added support for animation delays (multiple images in a stream were already supported in 87a), transparent background colors, and storage of application-specific metadata. The 89a specification also supports incorporating text labels as text (not embedding them in the graphical data), but as there is little control over display fonts, this feature is not widely used. The two versions can be distinguished by looking at the first six bytes of the file (the "magic number" or "signature"), which, when interpreted as ASCII, read "GIF87a" and "GIF89a", respectively.

GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black and white XBM.^{[citation neede} JPEG came later with the Mosaic browser.

Developer/Creator and Date

The creators of the format pronounced GIF with a soft "G" /ˈdʒɪf/ as in "gin". An alternative pronunciation uses a hard "G" /ˈɡɪf/ as in "graphics", reflecting the expanded acronym. Both pronunciations are given as correct by the Oxford English Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary.

According to Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF format, the original pronunciation deliberately echoes the American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials.This pronunciation was also identified by CompuServe in their documentation of a graphics display program called CompuShow.

The GIF graphics file format was invented by CompuServe in 1987. In the years since, a debate has been raging as to the correct way to pronounce "GIF": like "jif", or with a hard 'g' as in "gift" as a majority of Mac users seem to prefer. With this page I intend to clear this up once and for all...

Platform

CompuServe is an older platform for email and web browsing. CompuServe was purchased by America Online (AOL), but users of the older platform still connect to the CompuServe servers for email messaging. As long as you have the right email server addresses, any email platform is configurable for CompuServe. Windows Live Mail is a free product that comes with the Windows operating system. This email client is used to connect to CompuServe's servers.

Features

Compuserve Feature

The feature of storing multiple images in one file, accompanied by control data, is used extensively on the Web to produce simple animations. The optional interlacing feature, which stores image scan lines out of order in such a fashion that even a partially downloaded image was somewhat recognizable, also helped GIF's popularity,^{[citation needed]} as a user could abort the download if it was not what was required.

2. Arcweb
  History
     ArcWeb Services was a GIS product offered by ESRI to provide Web-oriented spatial data services. ArcWeb Services is a Hosted GIS that provides geographic web services (W3C/SOAP and others) to web browsers and other Internet-enabled technology.
ArcWeb Services addresses the needs of organizations that wish to use geographic data and GIS functionality on a services basis, that is, without necessarily creating an extensive in-house GIS infrastructure. ArcWeb Services is composed of APIs, geographic services accessed through the APIs, and hosted data.

Developer/Creator and Date
   ArcWeb Services is a set of GIS Web services, such as mapping, routing, and geocoding, hosted by ESRI. It gives you access to content and capabilities without installing software or maintaining data. Access ArcWeb Services through Web browsers, desktop applications, mobile devices, or APIs.

Platform

Robust GIS Utility Computing Platform

- High Capacity: - 5,000,000 Maps per Day

- High availability: - 99.9%

Redundant System at Remote Site(s)

- Mirrored System at ISP in Mesa, AZ

- New System Coming Online in Q2 2005

- Sun Hardware, Java Software, Oracle & DB2 DBMS

- ArcIMS, ArcSDE, ArcGIS Engine, Network Analyst

- WebSphere Portal Server.

Arcweb Feature

Feature
ArcWeb for ArcGIS is an extension for ArcMap that demonstrates some of the features of ESRI's ArcWeb web services. Included in this release are tools to display the various map image services such as GDT Streets and Census Density, as well as the Place Finder, Address Finder and Route Finder ArcWeb services.

3. Bionex

History
Along with the growth and development of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) during the mid 1980s came a need to bolster (and eventually replace) the existing fleet of M113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). This prompted the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) to source for a fleet of armored vehicles to operate in tandem with the current fleet of AMX-13 SM1 light tanks.

Bionex Platform

With the participation of the SAF, the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), MINDEF's systems acquisition house, was appointed to conduct a technology study and recommend the direction for the project. A market survey was conducted in which various armored vehicles including the Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle, the M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and the Schützenpanzer Marder were evaluated. The findings from the market survey showed that none of the off-the-shelf vehicles met the specific requirements of the SAF. Therefore, the decision was made to develop a vehicle locally. Local development was necessary not only because of a lack of suitable off-the-shelf designs, but also as an opportunity to build up the capability of the local defense industry. Known as "BIONIX", the IFV was the product of a tripartite team of engineers and technical staff from Singapore Technologies Automotive, DMO and G5 Army, working jointly with HQ Armour to produce a fighting machine tailored to the specific operational requirements of the Army. Key considerations during the design process included high mobility and agility, low weight, amphibious capability, and adequate protection and firepower.

Developer/Creator and Date

Development of the Bionix began in 1988. It took several years before leaving the prototyping phase in 1995 and finally being commissioned on 26 March 1997. ST Automotive was awarded a S$2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) contract in March 1997 to supply several hundred Bionix IFVs to the Singapore Armed Forces. The first production vehicles were inducted by the 42nd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment in July 1999.The Bionix IFV has since been succeeded by the Bionix II, which entered service with the Singapore Armed Forces in October 2006.
Platform

The unique design of the Hive automation platform allows the use of the entire workspace, including above-and below-deck spaces. It provides a compact system integration of our instruments and/or third-party devices without compromising performance. Most devices face the front of the platform for easy offline use and serviceability. When additional space is required to integrate many devices or larger devices, the automated system can be easily expanded — not limited to a specific size.

Feature

This wallpaper manager has a "don't disturb user" mode (through "automatic shut down" option): images will be changed automatically when Windows starts, then the program will close without user intervention.
Like Winamp, Bionix Wallpaper gives you the posibility to gather images from all over the hardisk in one playlist, without changing their physical location.
Also, like Winamp, BioniX Wallpaper cycler has playlist navigation, which permits you to go back and next through the images.

4. Chibrow

History

Chibrow.com

Designed to give parents complete control over their children's Internet use, thereby allowing the child to safely explore and benefit from the Net's educational content. Parent's password allows for management of allowable URLs in the encrypted database. Simple to Manage and Simply Safe. Comes Preconfigured with Safe Sites. Free Safe Site Updates are emailed to Registered owners on an ongoing basis.

Developer/Creator and Date

ChiBrow - The Children's Browser 5.0 File & Disk Management software developed by ChildrenBrowsercom - eCapital Group, Inc. The license of this file & disk management software is freeware, the price is free, you can free download and get a fully functional freeware version of ChiBrow - The Children's Browser. Do not use warez version, crack, serial numbers, registration codes, pirate key for this file & disk management freeware ChiBrow - The Children's Browser. Always use genuine version that is released by original publisher ChildrenBrowser.com - eCapital Group, Inc..

Platform

ProfLT is an excellent choice if you want to draw surface profiles and cross sections in AutoCAD or other CAD software. The program allows easy generation of profiles, including the possibility to use the 3D model made with TopoLT and can be configured for many situations.

Feature
The competitive matrix feature comparison chart help you to create a matrix to compare product features. This can be used internally for product planning or externally for sales purposes. Also includes "Top 10 Product Launch Mistakes" White Paper.. Free download of Competitive Matrix Feature Chart 1.0, size 1.02 Kb.

5. Contiki

Contiki

History

     In 1961, a young New Zealander named John Anderson arrived in London to embark on a journey to Europe. He didn’t want to travel alone and he didn’t have a lot of money, so he came up with a plan. He put a deposit on a minibus and gathered a group of people to travel with. They spent twelve weeks exploring Europe together and had a wonderful time. In the Spring of 1962 he decided to advertise his Europe trip again. This time, he was able to fit two trips into the Summer season, therefore doubling his business, and Contiki Holidays was ‘born’. The first tours were all booked by 19-29 year olds so right from the start Contiki was all about youth travel. Contiki’s reputation for great vacations continued to grow and ten years later there were over 50 Contiki buses on the roads of Europe as tours began in Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Built on word of mouth and the strength of our reputation, ‘Contiki’ quickly became a household name among young travelers from Australia and New Zealand while the company’s success spawned a series of imitators. During the 1970s almost 30 companies were based on Contiki’s style of touring, but as time went on, most fell by the wayside as Contiki began to thrive and prove itself to be the worlds leading tour operator for young people.

Developer/Creator and Date
   Contiki was the first tour operator for young people to move from the traditional camping style of tour to the Concept (Budget) style, staying in camping villages as well as pioneering the now popular Time Out (Superior) hotel tour style. As a result business doubled and over 20,000 people a year chose to travel with Contiki in the late 70’s with that number now roughly tripling to around 60,000 people a year. In 1989 John Anderson decided to sell Contiki to Trafalgar Tours, thus creating what eventually would become The Travel Corporation, a world wide combination of tour operators, travel and tourism companies that now carry over 1 million people a year.

Platform
   Contiki runs on a variety of platforms ranging from embedded microcontrollers such as the TI MSP430 and the Atmel AVR to old home computers. Code footprint is on the order of kilobytes and memory usage can be configured to be as low as tens of bytes.

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Feature
Contiki supports per-process optional preemptive multi-threading, inter-process communication using message passing through events, as well as an optional GUI subsystem with either direct graphic support for locally connected terminals or networked virtual display with VNC or over Telnet.

A full installation of Contiki includes the following features: