Get Your Free On: 65 Free Apps for Your iPhone - 2/19/2009 Get your iPhone download on and take your pick from the very best free iPhone apps: tools, games, search apps, Facebook, music, and more.
Office Suite Round-up: iWork '09 vs. Office 2008 vs. Google Docs - 2/11/2009 Which of these three major office suites will work best for your needs? We take a hard look at the features and functionality in the office suites from Apple, Microsoft, and Google to help you decide.
Windows 7 Early Looks: Win7 Security - Good, Bad or Ugly? - 2/5/2009 Unlike Vista, the IT community seems to be rolling out the red carpet for Windows 7. We offer an early look at whether the new security enhancements in Windows 7 will provide a solid footing or the potential to trip up adoption.
Exploring Office 2007: Outlining a Worksheet in Excel 2007 - 2/2/2009 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article illustrates how you can summarize important data in your Excel 2007 worksheets and reduce the data to more manageable levels with the ultra-efficient outline tool.
FileZilla: The Feature-Rich and Fancy Free FTP Client - 1/20/2009 Any time we see online user reviews that include phrases like "thunder god" we are at once both skeptical and curious. Can an FTP client really be that good? Adam Stone puts the freeware FileZilla to the test.
Exploring Office 2007: Teamwork Tools in Microsoft Word 2007 - 12/17/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article discusses the options in Microsoft Word 2007 for tracking changes in documents. When working on documents with others, the ability to track changes has the potential to save time in your workday while also helping to keep others well informed and on the same page.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 4 - 12/8/2008 Our OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series of hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office continues by highlighting OOo Options you may want to consider changing, discussing the PDF exporting feature, and illustrating how to overcome two issues you may encounter when working with images in OOo.
7-Zip: The Digital Equivalent of a Sledgehammer and Crowbar - 12/1/2008 A good compression tool like the freeware 7-Zip can be a helpful friend that saves storage space and reduces upload and download file transfer times. The real question is how 7-Zip stacks up against its well-entrenched competition, WinZip and PKZip.
Windows Vista Tips & Tricks: Keyboard and Desktop Shortcuts - 11/26/2008
Our popular Windows Vista Tips & Tricks series continues with a handy cheat sheet for some common quick-access keyboard and desktop functions and tasks in Windows Vista.
iPod Touch 2nd Generation: The Funnest iPod Ever? - 11/19/2008 The newest version of the Wi-Fi-enabled iPod touch is billed as "the funnest iPod ever." And who couldn't use a bit of fun right about now?
Exploring Office 2007: Crafting Eye-Catching Charts in PowerPoint 2007 - 11/12/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article illustrates how PowerPoint 2007's new charting features can help you create charts that are much more sophisticated and attractive than you could create in earlier versions of PowerPoint using the MS Chart tool.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 3 - 11/6/2008 Our OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series of hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office continues with a look at how to insert WordArt (actually called Fontwork), diagrams, and page numbering in OOo documents.
Top 10 Open Source Productivity Apps - 10/30/2008 Our open source guru offers up a quick look at OrangeHRM, Task Coach, Inforama, Onepoint Project, Collabtive, GroupOffice, and other open source applications designed to help you boost your business.
Network Magic Pro: Your Key to Network Nirvana? - 10/23/2008 Need an easier way to connect, secure, share, and troubleshoot your network than the tools Windows provides? Look no further than the handy Network Magic from Pure Networks, an easy-to-use app that (in most cases) adeptly handles many of the most complicated and potentially frustrating network management tasks.
Exploring Office 2007: Filtering Data in Excel 2007 - 10/15/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article covers tips and tricks for using Excel's Filter tool as well as some of the new filtering features available in Excel 2007.
WordTracker: The Key(word) to Effective SEO? - 10/8/2008 WordTracker is a handy service that helps you identify effective keywords and phrases while studying the competition in order to help optimize your Website for search engines.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 2 - 10/1/2008 Our OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series of hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office continues with tips on how to import the MS Office custom dictionary, save docs in the MS Office format, and use MS Office templates in OOo.
Is Windows 7 Really Mojave? - 10/1/2008 Will the upcoming Windows 7 release be little more than just a dressed up version of Vista?
ACT by Sage 2009: Making a Great Contact Manager Better - 9/18/2008 ACT by Sage 2009 helps you make sense of and track your vital contacts. The newest version offers a variety of new features as well as much better integration with Microsoft Outlook, which alone makes it a worthwhile upgrade.
Exploring Office 2007: Cutting Long Documents Down to Size - 9/11/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article reveals some of the new tools in Word 2007 designed to help you work more efficiently and painlessly with long documents.
MaxiVista Pro: Expanding Your PC Display's Horizons - 9/4/2008 Looking to save some dough on network utilities? MaxiVista Pro is a simple alternative to graphics cards, switch boxes, and the like. It is not, however, without its limitations.
OpenOffice Tips and Tricks, Part 1 - 9/2/2008 Our new OpenOffice.org Tips & Tricks series starts with several helpful recommendations for replicating some of the MS Office functionality and features that OpenOffice.org lacks in its base install. Soon you'll be more comfortable using OpenOffice for just about all of your desktop publishing needs.
Exploring Office 2007: Conditional Formatting in Excel 2007 - 8/21/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article explores some of Excel 2007's useful new conditional formatting features for drawing attention to specific data in large worksheets.
Trustware BufferZone: Can You Ever Have Too Much Protection for Your PC? - 8/14/2008 Although it takes some getting used to, Trustware BufferZone creates a virtual area of protection on your PC where you can safely surf the Web, run applications, or open files without running the risk of infecting your computer.
Exploring Officing 2007: Creating Custom Headers and Footers in Word 2007 - 8/4/2008 Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article builds on Word's Building Blocks capabilities by tapping into the document properties and content controls new to Word 2007 to generate some very sharp-looking professional building blocks.
Windows Live FolderShare 2008: File Sharing and Syncing Made Simple ... and Free - 7/24/2008 Now in beta release, Microsoft's Windows Live FolderShare 2008 makes sharing and synchronizing files across multiple systems an exercise in simplicity no matter where they are. It also lets you share files with others outside your network and provides remote access to your own files while on the road.
Online Services: Storage and Collaboration Meet in the Cloud - 7/16/2008 Looking for a quick and painless -- not to mention, inexpensive -- way to share, edit, and store your documents and other files? If so, your solution might be found in the cloud.
Exploring Office 2007: Keeping Important Spreadsheet Information in Sight - 7/7/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series reveals how with a little imagination and skill you can have your cake and eat it too -- work on one part of a worksheet and see data in other areas of the spreadsheet at the same time.
Windows Vista Tips & Tricks, Part 3 - 7/1/2008
As we officially enter the Vista SP1 era, it's time to revisit our popular Windows Vista Tips & Tricks series with thirteen new Vista tips and secrets for getting the most out of Microsoft's latest operating system.
Adobe Media Player: Entering a New Dimension in the Realm of Multimedia - 6/19/2008 Better late than never, Adobe has leapt into the media-player field. Discover how the recently released Adobe Media Player stacks up against - and sets itself apart from - Windows Media Player and the long-time industry standard RealPlayer.
Exploring Office 2007: Finding Your Way with Word 2007 Fields - 6/12/2008 Our Exploring Office 2007 series reveals a handy new time-saving tool in Word 2007 that can perform repetitive tasks such as automatically inserting and formating data or marking the place someone needs to type into a template.
Three Things You Need to Know About Windows 7 - 6/5/2008 The next couple of years will usher in the next generation of user interface from Microsoft, Apple, and the Linux community, and it's going to be really, really cool.
Windows in a Box: Improving on Windows XP for Free - 6/2/2008 It's not often that you come across that one killer app or one great utility to make your job or life that much easier, but the freeware Windows in a Box is one app that certainly stands out as a little bit of bliss in a very busy world.
Exploring Office 2007: Discovering Dashboards in Excel 2007 - 5/23/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series steps through the process of creating a Dashboard chart and data display in Excel 2007 for more efficient analysis of and quick access to your critical information.
