Best and worst of Exchange 2010
Microsoft Exchange 2010 officially ships today, offering enterprises a bigger, better, faster messaging platform. In April, reviewer Joel Snyder tested the beta version of Exchange 2010. Read more...

Postini technology to spread across Google Apps

Microsoft rivals, consumer groups want browser offer changed

Microsoft rivals, trade groups want browser offer changed

Three-year-old Office patch stymies most attacks

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Protect Kids from Profanity-Laden YouTube Comments

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Best and worst of Exchange 2010
Microsoft Exchange 2010 officially ships today, offering enterprises a bigger, better, faster messaging platform. In April, reviewer Joel Snyder tested the beta version of Exchange 2010.

Microsoft rivals, consumer groups want browser offer changed
Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday.

Microsoft rivals, trade groups want browser offer changed
Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday.

Keep track of changes in Pages
Whether you can't afford Microsoft Word ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice , $180), don't like it, or just find yourself without it on one of your Macs, Apple's Pages ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice ); part of the $79 iWork suite) offers some similar features. For instance, if you want to work with others on a document, Word's track changes feature isn't the only game in town. Pages can't merge or compare documents. It's limited to marking changes, as well as recording notes and highlights. But this might be all you need. Better yet, you can share marked up Pages documents with Word users and vice versa, so you're always ready to collaborate.

Create pause-zoom-pause effects in iMovie stills
Although I typically use Final Cut Express for my video projects, I recently had a really short project to do for the family, so I thought I'd give iMovie another trial. Although I did get the project done, I found myself fighting iMovie's interface at nearly every step (I am not a fan of the "toss all the clips in a bin and scrub as you mouseover" setup).

Protect Kids from Profanity-Laden YouTube Comments
Warning! Warning! (Sorry, just watched a "Lost in Space" marathon. Picture my arms flailing wildly.) YouTube may be home to countless cutesy cats playing the piano, but the video-streaming service definitely has its seedy side.

Google Picasa 3.5
When it comes to organizing, editing, and sharing photos, most Mac users know iPhoto. But what happens when you don't feel like plunking down $79 for the latest iLife iteration just to get the snazzy Faces and Places features? Google offers an answer in Picasa, a free photo editing and sharing app that rivals iPhoto '09 ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice ), excelling in areas, though it's not without a few shortcomings.

Acorn 2.1
When I reviewed Acorn 1.0.2 ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice ) back in October of 2007, I was pleasantly surprised at its capabilities, but wanted a bit more from some of its features, such as better text tools and improved performance. While not designed as a professional-grade image editor, Acorn nonetheless offers an array of editing tools for photography hobbyists and bloggers. And, it's easy on the pocketbook.

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Many people of a certain age have--hidden away among a lifetime of possessions--a large carton brimming with VHS tapes. Like all taped-based media, these tapes are slowly deteriorating. If some of them hold memories that you'd like to continue to carry with you, you should digitize them and store copies on more reliable media.

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