Online Extras

April 27, 2009

Windows expert Preston Gralla was challenged to work with Apple's OS X for two weeks. Will he ever go back to a PC after the Mac Air?

Why the labels you use to identify your users matter.

There are a lot of places online that can make it easier to sell, recycle or give away those old monitors, computers, phones and cameras.

These personal financial management sites will help you manage your finances, set a budget and get out of debt.

Oracle, certainly, and to an extent, Sun. Users? Not so much.

April 20, 2009

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols names 10 real stinkers.

Testing out the Windows 7 beta? We've got a handful of ways to get around the interface and make it act the way you want.

Partitioning your hard drive can be useful for trying out a new OS or managing several terabytes of data.

Users want to use their shiny new smartphones with your network. Work with them, says Michael Gartenberg, but set strict criteria.

IT shops can save at least half of the costs of buying new -- but customers need to be careful about technology obsolescence, warranties, lack of documentation and the ability to get replacement parts.

April 13, 2009

Windows Home Server makes light work of sharing files, streaming media and performing automatic backups from multiple PCs. Here's how to build your own home server with WHS.

Public-sector positions are more stable than corporate jobs, but they require patience and diplomacy. And then there's the pay problem.

Scoring a sender's reputation is already working for anti-spam services. Now the idea is to use that technique in the firewall and other perimeter devices.

Automating the delivery of high-volume documents such as invoices, financial statements, letters and reports can yield high, and immediate, paybacks.

Acquisition due diligence should include an in-depth IT assessment as a matter of course. So, what were we thinking when we left IT on the sidelines as we set about acquiring a technology-based company?

April 6, 2009

Not surprisingly, much of the research at Hewlett-Packard's labs is tied to printing, imaging and server technology. On tap: a color thesaurus, photonics and a way to eliminate red eye from photos of pets.

These open-source browsers, development tools, mobile apps and more promise that 'Oooh, cool!' sense of discovery.

From CP/M to OS/2, AmigaOS to NextStep, we honor 10 operating systems that made a big splash but went the way of the dodo. Or did they?

It's your best choice for a practical business desktop replacement OS.

We look at four of them.

A hands-on examination of two Linux-based 'instant-on' environments that live side by side with Windows.

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