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The Long Tail review

The Long Tail review

Review Online businesses can make a far wider range of products available than bricks-and-mortar ones, so long as they provide efficient search and can easily source the obscure stuff. This influential book describes the wider implications of this straightforward-sounding concept.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


LogMeIn Ignition: a first look

LogMeIn Ignition: a first look

Preview New software that resides on any USB drive allows direct browser-free access to the LogMeIn family of remote services.


Asigra Televaulting 6.2 review

Asigra Televaulting 6.2 review

Review This is a powerful suite for organisations requiring comprehensive backup technologies, continuous data protection and automated off-site storage capabilities.

Rating: 7.1 Editors' Rating


Windows Mobile 6 review

Windows Mobile 6 review

Review There are no earth-shattering new features and the interface remains less than perfect, but Windows Mobile 6 brings enough noteworthy improvements to make mobile devices easier to use and equip mobile professionals with more robust productivity tools.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


Outlook 2007 review

Outlook 2007 review

Review If you work with Microsoft Outlook on a daily basis, this upgrade can make scheduling simpler and emailing more interesting. Still, we wish Instant Search and email rendering were better.

Rating: 7.8 Editors' Rating


PowerPoint 2007 review

PowerPoint 2007 review

Review Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 makes prettier presentations, so an upgrade may be in order if your work is particularly image-focused and you don't mind relearning the application. If PowerPoint 2003 serves you well, however, it offers most of the same features, albeit with flatter-looking graphics.

Rating: 7.4 Editors' Rating


Inside Windows Mobile 6

Inside Windows Mobile 6

Photos Slightly earlier than expected, Microsoft has taken the wraps off its new mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6. We have pictures of some of the new features, so take a look at what could be on your next smartphone or handheld.


Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American review

Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American review

Review If you need a refresher course on the birth and development of the personal computer industry, then this book is a treasure-trove of information.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Word 2007 review

Word 2007 review

Review If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word and want to make sleeker-looking documents, Word 2007 is worth the upgrade. However, less expensive alternatives deliver its core features without the clutter.

Rating: 7.8 Editors' Rating


Brave New Ballot review

Brave New Ballot review

Review This book examines the security of electronic voting systems with reference to a specific incident. Although it has interesting things to say about the interface between science, politics and the media, the definitive book on e-voting has yet to be written.

Rating: 6.5 Editors' Rating


Windows Vista is in sync with your files

Windows Vista is in sync with your files

Tech Guide Need to synchronise files and folders with local mobile devices or remote servers? Our guide explains how Windows Vista users go about it.


Microsoft Office: Then and Now

Microsoft Office: Then and Now

Photos Help, where did Undo go? Here's where to find that and other must-have commands in the new Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007.


Inside Office 2007's files

Inside Office 2007's files

Tech Guide For the first time in a decade, Microsoft will introduce new file types for its Office software. Here's what you need to know to use the new files in older Office versions and how older Office files will work in the new Office 2007.


Microsoft Office Standard 2007 review

Microsoft Office Standard 2007 review

Review Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations to share with others, and Outlook is better than ever. However, you can stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.

Rating: 7.7 Editors' Rating


Windows Vista overview

Windows Vista overview

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Illustrator CS4: a first look

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Dreamweaver CS4: a first look

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Flash CS4 Professional: a first look

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Ten Top Tech Tomes

Ten Top Tech Tomes

Looking for an alternative kind of holiday reading? Why not brave the bafflement of fellow beach denizens and pack a tech tome in your luggage? At least you'll guarantee some space around you on the sand!

Can GIMP replace Photoshop?

Can GIMP replace Photoshop?

If you just want to do basic image editing, the free GIMP is a viable alternative to Adobe's expensive Photoshop. But professionals will find a number of key features absent from the open-source application, for the moment at least.

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