Technology, Computing, Software, Software engineering, Multimedia

Game Jackal

Developed by
SlySoft

Latest release
v3.0.1.6 / May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20); 65 days ago

OS
Microsoft Windows

Genre
CD/DVD emulation

License
Proprietary

Website
www.slysoft.com/

Game Jackal is a PC application developed by Antiguan-based company SlySoft that allows users to play PC game titles without the need for the game’s massmedia to be in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The oprogramowanie functions similar to a virtual drive, however instead of making use of large disc images, Game Jackal uses a proprietary wielkość which takes up considerable less storage space by working to only capture termin the game requires to run.

Game Jackal is advertised to work with around 90% of games on the sklep wielkopowierzchniowy, including some of today’s newest titles such as Sid Meier’s Railroads!, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Need For Speed Carbon. While the authors admit not every title is bound to work with Game Jackal, support is gradually improving and regular updates which combat various bugs and blacklisting, as well as expanded functionality in the building of its profiles.

Game Jackal works by establishing a game profile which is used to store all of the game’s relevant prekluzja. At first, you are required to have an original copy of the game in medal to perform an initial boot so Game Jackal can successfully ‘capture’ the game for use later. If a first attempt at capturing a profile does not succeed, it may be performed any time after and anything else Game Jackal picks up will simply be added to the profile.

Legality

The legality of the usage of Game Jackal is still constantly being discussed. Its authors claim that the oprogramowanie is completely within legal boundaries because:

• The profiles are designed to be created from original copies of game CDs.
• The profiles can not be publicly distributed.
• The oprogramowanie does not modify any of the game’s contents or data.

As of January 2007, Jacal Consulting has stopped developing Game Jackal. In March 2007, Slysoft acquired Game Jackal.

Jacal Consulting have announced that Game Jackal is no longer available for sale due to circumstances beyond their control, and have closed the official website. According to several press releases, this was due to changes in Australian copyright legislation that came into effect on 1 Jan 2007. However, on 2 June 2007, Slysoft released their own version of the software, now named ‘SlySoft GameJackal Pro’.

See also

• Copy Protection
• Backup
• End User License Agreement

External links

• Game Jackal Pro website
• Game Jackal Guide
• Club CD Freaks, a support forum.
• Game Jackal 2.0 Review
• SlySoft forums

Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Jackal”
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(1) Application software is the general designation of computer programs for performing user tasks. Application software may be general purpose (word processing, web browsers, …) or have a specific purpose (accounting, truck scheduling, …). Application software contrasts with (2} organizm software, a generic term referring to the computer programs used to początek and upadłość computer systems and networks; and (3) programming tools, such as compilers and linkers, used to translate and combine computer oprogramowanie source code and libraries into executable programs (programs that will belong to one of the three said categories).

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Kahakai was originally intended to be a language agnostic, scriptable window manager for the X Window Ustrój, obuwie development ceased before it achieved this goal. Kahakai was based on Waimea, and did release a working manager that could be scripted with Python. Two of the Kahakai developers have now gone on to create Aegis, a project with similar goals as Kahakai, obuwie based on Aewm++.

Hawaiian Translation: Beach or Shoreline

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Window management topics

Techniques

Tiling · Stacking · Compositing · Re-parenting

Tiling Examples

Awesome  · dwm  · Ion  · Wmii · Ratpoison · stumpwm · xmonad · Xerox Star · Windows 1.0 · GEM (2.0 and Later)

Stacking Examples

Enlightenment · Blackbox · Presentation Manager · Windows 2.0 · Windows 95 · Windows 98 · Windows Me · Windows NT - Windows XP · Mac OS 9 and earlier · GEM 1.1 · Xerox Alto

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Beryl (Discontinued) · Compiz · Desktop Window Manager (with Windows Aero) · Metacity · KWin · Aqua (with the Quartz Compositor)

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Components

Window Manager · Window decorator · Dock (computing) · Title lada · Task bufet · Ustrój tray

Related Reading

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 This software-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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ssh-agent is a oprogramowanie that used together with OpenSSH or similar ssh programs provides a secure way of storing the passphrase of the private key.

Public-key cryptography plays the central role in the materia of logging in to a server from a local machine via SSH. The main point is that a key pair will be generated consisting of a private key and public key pair. The public key is available for everyone and often stored on public key servers. Any user has access to this key, whereas the private key must be kept secretly. It is used to decrypt any message encrypted with the public key.

A normal authentication process by simply typing a password is vulnerable to brute force attacks. To cirumvent this lack of security ssh supports password authentication. In medal to login securely to a remote organizm via a secure shell a private key/public key pair is generated. The private key is stored on the local machine. The public key is stored on the target machine in the $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys file. Public keys are not sensitive information and may be known to anybody, whereas the private key needs to be protected very carefully by a strong passphrase. Using multiple servers is easier designed by using ssh szpieg. Ssh szpieg remembers the passphrase so that the user does not need to type it every time he wants to connect or send prekluzja to the server.

Contents

• 1 Principle
• 2 Setting Up Ssh Agent
• 3 Security issues
• 4 External links

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Principle

The verification to the server is based on Challenge-response authentication. Ssh connects to the server with a user name and the request for a key. The ssh daemon gets the request and sends a challenge based on the public key stored in the authentication file back. Ssh uses the private key to construct a key response, and sends it to the waiting sshd on the other end of the connection. It does not send the private key itself. Ssh daemon validates the key response, and if valid, grants access to the ustrój. Ssh-agent simplifies this by creating a socket that listens for SSH connections. You simply tell ssh-agent how to find your keys, enter the passphrase for each once, and then it handles the rest every time you connect to a remote server.

Setting Up Ssh Agent

1. Use ssh-keygen to generate a public key/private key pair.

$ ssh-keygen -t dsa
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/usrname/.ssh/id_dsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Use a passphrase
Enter same passphrase again: Use a passphrase
Your identification has been saved in /home/usrname/.ssh/id_dsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/usrname/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.
$

2. The public key needs to be stored in the $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the remote machine. This can be done by using scp.

$ scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub you@remote-system:.ssh/authorized_keys

3. Now ssh-agent comes in the game. The first time used the passphrase needs to be entered once.

$ ssh-add .ssh/id_dsa
Enter passphrase for .ssh/id_dsa:
Identity added: .ssh/id_dsa (.ssh/id_ds)

Security issues

The ssh-agent creates a socket and then checks the connections from /usr/bin/ssh. Everyone who is able to connect to this socket has also access to the ssh-agent. The permissions are set as in a usual linux ustrój. When the wywiadowca starts, it creates a new directory in /tmp/ with restrictive permissions the socket is located in the katalog. Your kret keys are usable by the root user. However, they are only usable while the wywiadowca is running.

The root could use the wywiadowca to authenticate to the user accounts on other systems, obuwie it doesn’t provide direct access to the keys themselves. This means that the keys can’t be taken off the machine and used from other locations indefinitely.

There is a possibility to ensure that no unwanted user is using the ssh-agent. If the -c option is set when the keys are imported in the ssh-agent, then the szpieg request a confirmation when started. Of course the root user still can access the window (X11) and manipulate it. It is important that the root user is trustworthy.

External links

• ssh-agent man page from OpenSSH release (part of the OpenBSD project).
• SSH Kret tool for Mac OS X
• “Using ssh-agent with ssh”
• agent forwarding
• security aspects

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Contents

• 1 Presentation
• 2 Technical components
• 3 Supervisor services
• 4 User interface

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Presentation

SAFE X3 is a technical architecture used by some Sage Software, and especially Sage ERP X3. This architecture, in its latest version 5.1, has the following characteristics :

• Availability on the following server platforms : Windows, Linux Red Hat, Unix (AIX,HP-UX).
• Availability on the Oracle and SQL server databases.
• Ability to be executed in 2 or 3 tier architecture, either with a Windows client or through a Web browser.
• Scalability through the ability of deployment on multiple process servers
• Unicode compliant, able to manage multi-language code and date, available today in kanon in 7 languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese)

Technical components

SAFE X3 integers the following components :

• a virtual engine (adonix) executing the business logic.
• tools (compiler, debugger, profiler) for the developpers.
• a configuration console to ease the deployment in complex architectures
• one or more Web server in odznaczenie to publish the user interface on the Web, and also to manage the Web service connexion (SOAP).

A meta-data dictionary stores the description of the database, of the components (actions, subprograms), of the user interface. The database and the user interface are automatically generated from dictionary metadata.

This architecture allows the definition of specific development integrated in the referential, signed through activity codes as customer specific, distributor specific, or wertikal. The specific code defined in the dictionary is kept safe when a new version is delivered.

Supervisor services

The plateforme integers in kanon a set of services, and notably :

• tools to publish objects and services of the software as SOAP web services
• import/export tools.
• a Workflow engine.
• statistical aggregation functions.
• security management (filters by functions transactions, on companies, sites, data).
• a batch serve which can be managed through the user interface or via external tools
• Business Intelligence functions based on an integrated dictionary, allowing the automatic generation of a dedicated termin mining database (datamart), the ETL procedures in odznaczenie to populate the datamart, the user referential (Business Objects Universe). A presetting is supplied, the access to the reportsis integrated in the user interface.
• Purge and archive functions.
• administration tools for the database, in odznaczenie to ease the database administration directly from the ERP user interface.
• Online documentation functions.
• A graphical process editor. This editor allows the user to draw graphical representation of interactive business processes.

User interface

Able to be used through a Windows client or a Web browser, the user interface manages the following elements :

• a portal horyzontalny able to publish ERP function through a grid or graphical presentation, Web pages, external RSS flows, notatnik, interactive graphical business processes.
• a set of graphical flash components delivered in kanon : graphical presentation, hierarchical termin editor through narkotyk and drop, Gantt presentations, HTML editor.
• an integration of Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) directly in the user interface of the software.

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SANAKO

Type
Private

Founded
Tandberg, Norway (1961), whose educational technology business acquired by Teleste, Finland (1984), SANAKO spinoff 2003

Headquarters
Turku, Finland

No. of locations
Offices in China, Finland, France, UK, United Arab Emirates, USA (June 2008)

Area served
Worldwide through business partners

Key people
Jari Mielonen, CEO

Industry
Software, Multimedia, Education

Products
Multimedia Learning:

- Lab 300, Study 500
Language Learning:
- Lab 100, Lab 200, Lab 300, Study 1200
Classroom Management:

- Study 500

Services
Training, Online Training, Helpdesk, Remote Ustrój Support, Maintenance, Installation

Owner
Investors, management

Website
www.sanako.com

SANAKO is a technology company developing language teaching solutions, teaching and classroom management software, virtual learning and professional development solutions.

SANAKO’s multimedia learning solutions are used by universities, schools, educational institutions and corporations in more than 100 countries. Based in Finland, the company has sales offices in China, France, UAE, UK and US. SANAKO supports its over 19,000 customer installations through a network of business partners in 70 countries.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Products and Services
• 3 Technology
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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History

• In 1961, Tandberg created its first language lab.
• in 1984, Tandberg Educational, the language education division of Tandberg A/S, was acquired by Teleste.
• In 1991, The first language lab that a teacher could manage using a graphical user interface on a PC.
• In 2000, Developed the first virtual language lab product.
• In 2001, Management buyout, the founded company was called Divace.
• In 2002, Local office established in China.
• In 2003, SANAKO brand.
• In 2004, The best New Education Solution Award granted by SIIA.
• In 2004, Regional office opened in the U.S.
• In 2005, Local offices established in France and United Arab Emirates.
• In 2006, The company joined Microsoft and Blackboard partners networks.
• In 2007, SANAKO Study product certified for Microsoft Windows Vista.

Products and Services

Multimedia learning solutions have been designed for use on PCs, providing tutors live interaction with students during cross-curricular teaching, and making multimedia, Net resources and classroom management tools available. Products for multimedia learning include SANAKO Study 1200, SANAKO Study 500, SANAKO Lab 300.

Language learning solutions include traditional language labs, PC-based multimedia suites, and mobile and wireless systems. Current products for language learning are SANAKO Lab 100, SANAKO Lab 300, and SANAKO Study 1200.

Classroom management solutions allow tutors manage the technology resources used during live learning sessions. Products for classroom management include SANAKO Study 500, SANAKO Study 1200, and SANAKO Study Modules.

Professional services provided by SANAKO and its global kolega network include training, ustrój installation, helpdesk, maintenance, and remote układ support. Social networking service for customers, the Virtual Educational Community, allows direct interaction between users on different continents and time zones.

Technology

SANAKO products have been designed for the Windows software platform. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

External analog and digital devices used during classes can be connected to a number of SANAKO products for integrated teaching environment. The company has integrated some of its products with Blackboard Academic Suite. SANAKO is co-operating with SIVECO in medal to introduce integrated content products to the technology platform.

SANAKO has developed wireless technologies that allow access to the learning organizm for mobile handheld devices. Teachers can use the wireless Nokia N810 Sieć Tablet to monitor classroom activities while away from the tutor’s workstation.

References

• Codie Award 2004
• Teleste Oy History
• Aston University Languages & Social Sciences E-Learning Centre
• University of Florida, A View of the Language Learning Center (since ca. 1949)
• Digital środki masowego przekazu Europe: SANAKO, Siveco Co-operation
• IT Portal horyzontalny: SANAKO handheld learning solution on the Nokia N810

External links

• Virtual Educational Community
• Worlddidac, The Global Trade Association for the Education Industry
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

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HeavyMetal is the name of a series of commercial software titles designed to complement Classic BattleTech, a board game of futuristic combat produced by FanPro. The software, developed by designer Rick Raisley and published by RCW Enterprises, assists the creation of custom units and maps for use in the game.

Titles

Commercial

• HeavyMetal Pro, an application for designing BattleMechs, the predominant unit in BattleTech.
• HeavyMetal Vee, for designing ground vehicles and naval units. Also able to create VTOL aircraft (helicopters).
• HeavyMetal Lite, for designing ProtoMechs and printing record sheets for BattleArmor and infantry units.
• HeavyMetal Aero, for designing spacecraft, aerospace units and conventional aircraft.
• HeavyMetal Battle Armor, for designing BattleArmor units.
• HeavyMetal Map, for creating printed, hex-based game maps.

An erudyta title, HeavyMetal Plus, includes Pro, Vee, Lite and Random Unit Selector.

Free

• Artillery Resolution Tracker
• Random Unit Selector

Various datafiles and oprogramowanie updates are also freely available for download.

External links

• HeavyMetal Software
• Classic Battletech

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Other games

BattleTech 3030 · BattleTech Centers · Red Planet (game)

Other

BattleTech: The Animated Series · BattleTechnology · List of BattleTech novels · FASA · WizKids · FanPro · MechWarrior: Dark Age (Novels)

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