April 27, 2009 Living on AirWindows 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? Customers and Clients and Consumers, Oh My!Why the labels you use to identify your users matter. Recycle Your Tech Gear: It's Easier Than You ThinkThere are a lot of places online that can make it easier to sell, recycle or give away those old monitors, computers, phones and cameras. Review: Free Sites Help You Manage Your MoneyThese personal financial management sites will help you manage your finances, set a budget and get out of debt. Who Wins, Who Loses in an Oracle-Sun Deal?Oracle, certainly, and to an extent, Sun. Users? Not so much. April 20, 2009 The Worst OSs of All TimeSteven J. Vaughan-Nichols names 10 real stinkers. Windows 7 Tips, Tricks and TweaksTesting 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. Review: 3 Partition Managers Take On Vista's Built-in ToolsPartitioning your hard drive can be useful for trying out a new OS or managing several terabytes of data. Beyond 'Just Say No'Users want to use their shiny new smartphones with your network. Work with them, says Michael Gartenberg, but set strict criteria. Used IT Gear: Good Stuff Cheap -- Just Not AlwaysIT 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 How to build your own Windows Home Server rigWindows 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. Is Uncle Sam your next boss? Making the move to government ITPublic-sector positions are more stable than corporate jobs, but they require patience and diplomacy. And then there's the pay problem. Reputation scoring as security game-changerScoring 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. The ROI of e-document deliveryAutomating the delivery of high-volume documents such as invoices, financial statements, letters and reports can yield high, and immediate, paybacks. Merry Widow in the land of milk and honey: An acquisition disasterAcquisition 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 Inside HP Labs: 8 Cool ProjectsNot 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. 25 Highly Anticipated Open-Source Releases Coming This YearThese open-source browsers, development tools, mobile apps and more promise that 'Oooh, cool!' sense of discovery. 10 OSes the World Left BehindFrom 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? Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: A True Windows ReplacementIt's your best choice for a practical business desktop replacement OS. Premium Netbooks: Good Value or Oxymoron?We look at four of them. Tired of Waiting for Windows to Boot? HyperSpace and Splashtop Can HelpA hands-on examination of two Linux-based 'instant-on' environments that live side by side with Windows. |
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