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- Microsoft ranks Windows 7 features most likely to affect app-compatibility
- Microsoft ranks Windows 7 features most likely to affect app-compatibilityTesting is always the keyWe began testing Vista well over a year ago, and began a slow roll out last December. We did see a few issues, mostly anticipated from our testing. Now, about 20% of our users are...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vista Business, Microsoft Corp., Testing, app-compatibility, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft ranks Windows 7, Microsoft Ranks, 64-bit
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
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- Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons
- Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...
- Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Apple ranks 3rd in smartphones, nipping at RIMs heels
- What's more surprising......is Apple failed to dislodge RIM in the quarter the 3GS was launched whilst RIM launched nothing new of note (a new Curve and... err... hmm).Why don't we see what happens over the year and then form an opinion?RE: Apple ranks 3rd in smartphones, nipping at RIMs heelsI...
- Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Handhelds, Cellular phones, smart phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Privatefirewall 7.0.20.31 (Windows)
- Privatefirewall is a Personal Firewall and Host Intrusion Prevention application designed to help individuals and businesses protect Windows desktops and servers from malware and unauthorized use. Privatefirewall addresses the operating system and application level vulnerabilities and intrusion techniques that hackers exploit to gain access and cause damage to private systems...
- Tags: Desktop, Operating System, Personal Firewall, Privacyware, Privatefirewall, Microsoft Windows, Firewalls, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- The best netbook ever?
- LOL![i]and all components work out of the box with Ubuntu Netbook Remix (of course I immediately shrank the Windows XP Home partition down to 20 gigs and installed NBR in the remaining 140; I don?t think I?ll be booting Windows very often, although I will install 7 on it to...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Engineering, netbook, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Back to school goes cheap: Here comes another round of Mac vs PC
- Market research firm NPD Group said today that 44 percent of consumers will spend less this back-to-school season. And electronics, despite falling below school supplies and clothing on the priority list, still ranks high on the chart as consumers go cheap and start looking for bargains to keep costs down....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc., Machine, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps
- In February, I asked ZDNet readers for the free, lightweight applications they simply can't live without. After tallying the suggestions in the comments and via e-mail -- and there were an awful lot of good suggestions, believe me -- here are the 25 most popular. ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open Source, Site, Evernote, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?
- Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Lotus SymphonyWhat about Lotus Symphony? It's multiplatform, free and based in OpenOffice. Altough I'm a happy MS Office 2007 user and haven't used Symphony, it looks like an option in case OO "dies". http://symphony.lotus.comRE: Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Sun and Oracle...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
- 10 things you should look for in a netbook
- Guest post: When you’re evaluating netbooks, you have to weigh the convenience of their small form factor against a variety of limitations. TechRepublic's Erik Eckel explains several key considerations that will help you find a suitable middle ground. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. ...
- Tags: CPU, Netbook, CPU Detail, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Music industry blames PirateBay for losses
- Music industry blames PirateBay for lossesTruly spoken like an entrepreneur & gentlemen."I want Pirate Bay to close down. I want some compensation and I want it to be clear people cannot steal other people?s property without there being consequences. I don?t think it can be eradicated any more than any...
- Tags: PirateBay, music, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- News to know: FCC oks white spaces; Firefox; Dell; Adobe patch
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Obama wins: CBS News: Election Webcast Techmeme: FCC approves plan to approve white spaces for broadband use Joe Brockmeier: Vote Firefox! Mozilla passes 20%...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., FCC, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Microsoft ranks Windows 7 features most likely to affect app-compatibility
- While Microsoft officials have said that applications that work with Vista should work with Windows 7, there are exceptions. The 45-page "Windows Application Quality Cookbook" (Version 0.9 of which Microsoft released for download on November 3 on its Microsoft Developer Network site) itemizes some of these potential gotchas. by Mary...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Trend Micro Internet Security 2009
- Trend Micro Internet Security has made significant gains since last year, although most are under the hood. Trend Micro Internet Security 2009 is a bare-bones, just the essentials, basic Internet Security suite offering antivirus, antispam, antiphishing, and a two-way firewall. Parental Controls are built-in, not optional. In terms of performance,...
- Tags: INTERNET, Phishing, Network security, SECURITY, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Home Network Feature, Pro Version, Trend Micro Internet Security, Trend Micro Inc., Trend Micro Internet Security 2009, Internet security
- Product reviews 2008-09-25
- ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2009
- The improvements within Check Point ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2009 are mostly under the hood, but they are nonetheless significant. Optimizing the resources for desktop and laptop Windows users is important within a suite of tools, and long-time ZoneAlarm users will notice the benefits almost immediately. There's a new user interface,...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Internet Security, ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2009
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
- Despite winning our Editors' Choice award two years in a row, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 did not impress us enough to extend that run another year. Granted, there are significant improvements to the anti-malicious-software engine in KAV 2009; it is faster, although we only saw evidence of that during the file...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, KAV 2009, Kaspersky
- Product reviews 2008-08-01
- Students and the browser war
- Students and the browser warI switched, rather than foughtYou don't mention Opera, which although has very little market share, so does Lamborghini in the auto market, yet few would dispute the pedigree and quality of those cars.I used Firefox until the updates for the extensions came more slowly and fewer....
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, IE Tab, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-07-06
- ESET NOD32 3.0 Antivirus System (Windows) DVD
- Wow. Eset NOD32 3.0 delivers a easy-to-use version of its award-winning antivirus engine. Finally, ease of use meets best-in-class protection. A second product, Eset NOD32 Smart Security, includes personal firewall, antispam, and antispyware in addition to antivirus protection. Although our performance testing was mixed, NOD32 continues to rank among the...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, DVD, NOD32, antivirus, Eset
- Product reviews 2008-04-28
- Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh
- Microsoft took the wraps off Live Mesh at 9 p.m. PDT on April 22, just ahead of the service's official debut at the Web 2.0 Expo this week. (Here's a bunch of screen shots of what testers can expect to see when Microsoft kicks off its...
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Steve Jobs named
- Steve Jobs namedI agree, The only thing he is shaping the futureof is "corporate acquisitions".Agreed...Don't hardly ever hear his name these days.Totally AgreeLarry's name probably shouldn't even be on the list and if it must be, then it should be the last one. All Oracle has done is acquire...
- Tags: Linux, Strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Steve Jobs, Microsoft Corp., Larry Ellison, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Microsoft's open-source strategy: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Microsoft's open-source strategy: A picture is worth a thousand wordsWell, I can say one thing for sure....It looks like MS is a little worried that Linux has managed to grow despite their best efforts....or they wouldn't be making the effort.Gates don't do anything for free......and neither does any other for...
- Tags: open-source strategy, WISN, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
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