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(Reviews) Make your mouse mighty, tweak Windows massively, and crush cosmic creepy-crawlies.
(News) Check out a handful of the Geek's favorite productivity-boosting applications, plug-ins, and Web services.
(How To) Launch apps faster, find the right program to open orphaned files, and learn how to sell your old software for fun and profit.
(News) Microsoft Research unveiled the new operating system, Singularity, as a prototype aimed at academics and researchers.
(How To) Give your browser, office apps, and multimedia programs new life with these 50-plus add-ons, tips, and tweaks.
(News) A European meeting next week focuses on revising the specifications for Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML), which the company hopes will become an ISO standard.
(News) The DreamSpark program will provide programming tools to high school and college students worldwide.
(News) Google on Monday announced a widely expected open-development platform for mobile devices backed by industry heavyweights like T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm and Motorola that could shake the wireless market to its core by simplifying and reducing the cost of developing mobile applications.
(News) Hewlett-Packard Co., which had some well publicized legal troubles of its own not long ago, has unveiled a data back-up system to help other companies when they are hit with a lawsuit or regulatory audit.
(News) Virtualization software is ideal for trying out new software--and keeping your real PC clean.
(News) This month's betas: Penelope, Animoto, and Diigo.
(News) Microsoft Corp. Thursday released its first software designed specifically to manage virtual machines on a network, and tweaked licensing for its system-management products to take into account virtualization.
(News) Don't expect much to be added to Ruby On Rails this year. When David Heinemeier Hansson gives an update on version 2.0 of his Web application framework at its user conference in September he's as likely to talk about what's coming out as what's going in.
(How To) A foundation of relevant customer data can help you establish effective loyalty programs.
(How To) Business success isn't just about getting new customers--it's about holding onto the ones you've got. Technology can help.
(Reviews) This solid tool efficiently controls two PCs from one keyboard, but file and folder copying costs extra.
(News) A Danish security vendor is offering a free tool designed to inform users when their applications need patching.
(Reviews) A powerful tool for creating, collecting, and sharing information; the beta version is rough around the edges.
(News) IBM Corp.'s India Research Laboratory has developed the Resiliency Maturity Index (RMI), a framework that quantitatively assesses the ability of an organization to recover from a variety of disasters such as floods, power outages, software glitches, epidemics, and terrorist attacks.
(News) Sun has released the final version of its Open Document Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office, designed to allow the ODF standard to better compete with Microsoft's dominant Office formats.
(News) Forty students from around the world got to pitch their software projects to Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday as part of a worldwide software development challenge.
(News) BEA Systems Inc. will lock down the code for Workshop 10.1 this Friday in preparation for the Java development tool's release next month.
(News) More than a month after Symantec Corp. knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it's only good for a couple of weeks.
(News) The leader of one of the oldest and most widely recognized Internet software piracy groups was sentenced Friday to 51 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
(Reviews) This cleanly designed, easy-to-use Web-based program is cost effective only for less-demanding org-charting needs.
(News) The Internet's growing band of plagiarists are about to meet their worst nightmare -- a program that claims to be able to detect copy theft in any text document.
(News) Microsoft Corp. has appointed an executive to lead its controversial efforts to make its software more interoperable with Novell Inc.'s Suse Linux.
(News) Third-party software developers can create Web 2.0 applications to run on Apple Inc.'s forthcoming iPhone, company CEO Steve Jobs said Monday.
(News) IT managers in search of software for managing their computer systems, especially those from Lenovo Group Ltd., might want to check out a trial version of LANDesk Management Suite for ThinkVantage.
(News) Google 3D Warehouse is a repository of 3D models of all shapes and sizes for use with the company's SketchUp 3D application -- everything from cityscapes to human forms, building products, automobiles, architectural designs and more. Now Photoshop CS3 Extended users can tap into it using Adobe Labs' new Photoshop CS3 Extended Plug-In for Google 3D Warehouse.
(Reviews) Total Network Inventory helps you manage your company's computer hardware and software assets.
(News) Microsoft Corp. will work with the Clinton Foundation to develop free Web-based software and services that cities around the world can use to monitor their carbon emissions and share ideas about environmental protection.
(News) Efforts to curb software piracy in China are bearing fruit although the piracy rate remains high, costing vendors billions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a survey paid for by large vendors, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
(News) Red Hat has announced a joint program with Intel to deliver Red Hat-branded software that supports fully-managed desktop PCs using Intel's vPro technology.
(News) Microsoft Corp. is integrating the .Net framework into its new Silverlight browser technology for running multimedia applications on the Web, the company revealed Monday. The move is part of an expanded effort to build a significant developer base so Microsoft can catch up to Adobe Systems Inc. in providing a revenue-generating business in the rich Internet applications (RIAs) market.
(News) Antipiracy tools vendor V.I. Laboratories Inc. has joined forces with Internet Crimes Group Inc. (ICG) to offer software developers and enterprise IT shops a way to keep track of criminals who are illegally publishing their software.
(News) A man from Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for selling more than US$700,000 worth of counterfeit computer software on eBay.com, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
(News) Get ready to rumble: the fight for enterprise applications customers is going to heat up as Microsoft Corp. this week confirmed its intention to more aggressively compete with the dominant high-end ERP and CRM players Oracle Corp. and SAP AG.
(News) Software DVR offers streamlined, highly customizable interface.
(Reviews) PC World editors fondly remember some of their technology favorites from
bygone eras.
(howto) Back Up Your Files and Tame Devilish Data
(news) Microsoft: Services, Software Will Coexist
(news) A Smart New Office
(news) New Ways to Access Your Files Anywhere
(reviews) Ready to ditch Microsoft Office and Outlook? OpenOffice and Thunderbird have plenty to offer.
(reviews) Welcome Improvements to Gmail, Your Desktop, Video IM
(news) U3: Portable Programs on a USB Drive
(news) Software Surprises
(reviews) No Frills, All Thrills: Software That Just Works
(reviews) First Look: Forte's Overly Complex Newsgroup Reader
(news) Microsoft Releases BizTalk Server 2006 Beta
(reviews) VideoStudio 9 Brings Video Editing to the Masses
(reviews) A Fun Freebie for Tablet PCs
(news) PC Packages Streamline Living Will Creation
(howto) Super-Duper Tools for Your Toolbox
(news) Microsoft Delays Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
(howto) Smart Software: It's Still Stupid
(news) Microsoft Delays CRM Update, Again
(news) HP Sends Its Software Over the Air
(news) XP Goes to 64 Bits
(reviews) Live a Little! Remove the 'Irk' From Work
(downloads) Buy inexpensive presents and avoid the holiday crowds with this auction bidding software.
(downloads) Block cookie files, or choose to accept them, before they reach your hard drive.
(howto) We've filled this special issue with a host of tricks and tools for eradicating the worst computing irritations.
(news) Portable Media Center devices, MSN Music store, and Windows Media Player 10 launched.
(reviews) Learn about your PC's inner life, cease needless clicking, and solve life's great puzzles--repeatedly.
(reviews) Surf safely, shed system-slowing symbols, and stroll among the stars.
(reviews) 94 tools and sites that help you work smarter, communicate better, and have more fun--all great, and all gratis.
(reviews) Speed up downloads with the power of sharing, do more in one browser, and bring stick figures to life.
(reviews) FormArtist has extensive templates and a suite of powerful features.
(reviews) Store your passwords, sing with confidence, and forget your worries with a fast-paced puzzle game.
(news) New software helps you manage and share information you find online.
(reviews) Stomp invasive PC slime, run with rats, and know what you're getting yourself into weather-wise.
(reviews) 42 ways to get out of the (Microsoft) Office and make the most of your PC, from underappreciated system enhancers and business tools to graphics and audio editors.
(reviews) Check out our selection of first-rate packages to keep your home office humming.
(reviews) Expertcity's popular remote-control software now works with Pocket PCs.
(howto) Origami boulders and products, products, products.
(reviews) The gear of the year: your complete guide to 50+ hardware, software, and service winners--including today's number one product.
(reviews) Upgrade to business-card software keeps your contact info fresh.
(news) Trek ThumbDrive Touch, RealOne PlayerPlus, EarthViewer 3D, and the month's top downloads.
(news) Seller hopes to make big bucks on a single online auction of seriously outdated applications.
(reviews) Microsoft's updated project management software adds wizards to walk you through the steps involved in creating the right plan.
(news) Most shareware is great, but bad apps can hurt a PC. Here's what readers say--and what to do.
(howto) We've packed this download with the best tips and tricks from PC World magazine.
(reviews) Do you get what you pay for? We pit the leading free applications against for-a-price alternatives.
(reviews) Bargain hunters, rejoice: The Web is still full of great free and low-price programs. We pick 20-plus winners.
(resource) Our industry-standard benchmarking application upgrades apps and adds support for Windows XP.
(downloads) Recipes for mixed drinks, easy-roasted BBQ ribs, and more.
(news) Migration software adds Music Mover, Web access functions to synchronization toolbox.
(news) Software company's bold small-business initiative and Kodak's hot new camera are crowd pleasers.
