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Article | 29/10/2008 10 best features in Windows 7 for IT professionals

Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled its work on Windows 7, the successor to Vista, to a crowd at the Professional Developers Conference that was salivating fo...

Article | 28/10/2008 The challenge of managing mixed virtualized Linux, Windows networks

The sprawl of management consoles, the proliferation of data they provide and the rising use of virtualization are adding challenges to corporations l...

Article | 28/10/2008 Open source: How e-voting should be done

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everythi...

Article | 24/10/2008 Freedom from iTunes

Love your iPod, but hate iTunes? It's a common feeling among Windows-using iPod owners.

Article | 15/10/2008 Washington uses Google Apps to power new intranet

When it came time for Washington, D.C., to create a new intranet for city employees, spending US$4 million on a site based on proprietary portal softw...

Article | 7/10/2008 Google Goggles: no more inebriated e-mailing

We all know a wild night can impede your better judgement -- and in the age of electronics, it's all too easy to hit the "Send" button after hitting t...

Article | 7/10/2008 Worst Windows flaws of the past decade

June 25, 1998, and June 30, 2008, marked two important milestones in Microsoft's evolution of the Windows OS -- the passing of the torch from Windows ...

Article | 3/10/2008 Five programs you can afford in a financial meltdown

It's the afternoon of September 30th and for reasons beyond my understanding the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) is up more than 3.5 percent after yest...

Article | 24/09/2008 Windows 7: Seven developments you should know about

One stone-cold fact about Windows 7 is that we need more stone-cold facts in order to understand the new operating system that is likely to arrive in ...

Article | 17/09/2008 Will Apple ever fully liberalize Mac OS X virtualization?

Over the past two years, running Windows and Windows apps virtually on Apple hardware has become a popular way for consumers to dump their PCs in favo...

Article | 11/09/2008 Get Leopard and Windows to play nice

One of the major selling points for Macs and Mac OS X Leopard these days is their ability to work well in a largely Windows world. Apple offers two wa...

Article | 8/09/2008 FAQ: Google Chrome Tips and Pointers

Where's the search history button?

Article | 5/09/2008 Fifteen must-have Firefox add-ons

Firefox 3 was released just this June, and many Firefox fans believe the new version is clearly the best browser you can get. You can make it even bet...

Article | 5/09/2008 Twelve unnecessary Vista features to disable

Vista, thy name is bloat!

Article | 27/08/2008 10 Firefox add-ons for better browsing

If you love Firefox, you'll love these extensions!

Article | 27/06/2008 History lesson: The origins of wiki, blog and other high-tech lingo

Though sometimes it's hard to pin down exactly who deserves the credit — or blame — here's a shot a some of the more familiar terms.

Article | 7/04/2008 The top 25 overlooked and underrated features in Leopard

About five months ago, Macintosh lovers finally got their hands on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard," which boasts more than 300 new features spread across its ...

Article | 16/02/2007 How to run a legal copy of Vista for 120 days without activation

Microsoft's Windows Vista can be used for as long as 120 days without agreeing to its product activation antipiracy software, the company confirmed Fr...