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Google Enterprise Search gets social

Google Enterprise Search gets social

Preview Google's Enterprise Search Appliance customers are to get a free upgrade that adds new features to the buttoned-down, behind-the-firewall search appliance designed for large companies and their IT departments.


Inside Firefox 3 Alpha 8

Inside Firefox 3 Alpha 8

Photos The latest build of Firefox 3, Alpha 8, makes bookmarking easier and boasts enhanced security features.


Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2: a first look

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2: a first look

Preview If you're keen to create applications specifically for Windows Vista, you need to check out Beta 2 of Microsoft's forthcoming Visual Studio 2008. Otherwise, wait for the release version.


Photos: installing Vista SP1 beta

Photos: installing Vista SP1 beta

Photos We've downloaded the standalone installer for Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and installed it on a few systems. Here are some of the most significant changes.


Buzzword: a first look at Adobe's new word processor

Buzzword: a first look at Adobe's new word processor

Preview Adobe looks set to enter the online office suite market, following the acquisition of a web-based Flash word processor.


Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Buyer's Guide In the world of productivity suites, you don't need to pay a lot to get the basic tools for reading, writing and arithmetic. Read our reviews and previews to discover what's in each bundle, from the freebies to the full-featured suites.


Lotus Symphony: a first look

Lotus Symphony: a first look

Preview Although it's still in beta testing, IBM's Lotus Symphony offers strong alternatives to Word, PowerPoint and Excel with more features and nicer interfaces than most other free software.


Open-Xchange Express Edition review

Open-Xchange Express Edition review

Review Open-Xchange Express is an excellent substitute for Microsoft Exchange for small or medium-sized businesses that don't need a big-company feature set.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Double-Take for VMware Infrastructure review

Double-Take for VMware Infrastructure review

Review This is an excellent tool for replicating virtual machines (VMs) running on VMware ESX Server 3.x and VirtualCenter 2.x. Although the suite is relatively new, impressive usability features hint at Double-Take’s long history in replication.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


Inside iWork '08

Inside iWork '08

Photos Apple's office productivity suite now handles spreadsheets in addition to word processing and presentations. Check out our screenshot gallery.


iWork '08 review

iWork '08 review

Review Although Microsoft Office 2007 offers deeper features, particularly for number-crunchers, Apple's iWork '08 is a strong Mac productivity package and a pleasure to use.

Rating: 7.3 Editors' Rating


Vizioncore esxEssentials review

Vizioncore esxEssentials review

Review Vizioncore esxEssentials is a software bundle for companies using VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 server virtualisation tools. It comes with excellent backup/restore, resource utilisation and VM replication tools.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


10 ways to increase Vista's performance

10 ways to increase Vista's performance

Tech Guide Windows Vista has some great new security and functionality features, as well as a host of graphical tricks. However, if you find Vista's performance lagging, take heart: here's how to make Vista run faster.


Editors Choice Award Final Cut Studio 2 review

Final Cut Studio 2 review

Review Final Cut Studio 2 gives solid value for money and is a worthy upgrade for serious film editors who work on Macs. However, non-professionals should consider simpler software.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Ten Top Tech Tomes

Ten Top Tech Tomes

Buyer's Guide 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!



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Windows Small Business Server 2008: a first look

Windows Small Business Server 2008: a first look

Microsoft's 2008 bundle of server OS, applications and services for small businesses will ship on 12 November. Here are our impressions of the public preview release, which shows some big changes from the previous version.

Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: a first look

Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: a first look

Adobe's Acrobat 9 document-creation software is adding dynamic features such as animation integration, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption and improved forms.

What we know about Windows 7

What we know about Windows 7

Microsoft is remaining tight-lipped about the next version of Windows, due in late 2009 or early 2010: ZDNet.com's Redmond-watcher Mary Jo Foley summarises what we do know.

SQL Server 2008: a first look

SQL Server 2008: a first look

Microsoft has made some big promises for SQL Server 2008, a major update of its enterprise database product. Here's an outline of the key new features.

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What to Buy

Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Alternatives to Microsoft Office

In the world of productivity suites, you don't need to pay a lot to get the basic tools for reading, writing and arithmetic. Read our reviews and previews to discover what's in each bundle, from the freebies to the full-featured suites.

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.

Roll your own creative suite

Roll your own creative suite

Adobe's powerhouse Creative Suite 3 isn't for everyone, not least because of the cost. This guide shows how you can put together your own creative package with open-source or free software.

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