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Fourteen views of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

Fourteen views of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

Photos Here's a preview of what we know about the upcoming operating system release from Apple.


Dreaming in Code review

Dreaming in Code review

Review This book examines the software development process by following the progress of Chandler, a (still unfinished) Web 2.0/open source personal information manager dreamed up by Lotus founder Mitch Kapor.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


Inside Safari 3.0 for Windows (beta)

Inside Safari 3.0 for Windows (beta)

Photos Apple ports its Safari browser over to the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems, adding a few new features.


Photos: Firefox 3 Alpha 5 (Gran Paradiso)

Photos: Firefox 3 Alpha 5 (Gran Paradiso)

Photos Developers can run the latest iteration of Firefox now, although casual users should wait until the final release later this year.


Play Money review

Play Money review

Review In this book, the author recounts his experiences trying to make more money in Second Life than he did in his real-life job as a journalist, along with musings on virtual worlds and the convergence of work and play.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


Safari 3.0 for Windows (Public Beta)

Safari 3.0 for Windows (Public Beta)

Preview Apple's Safari browser is now available for Windows. How is it likely to fare against Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera? We take a first look at the public beta version.


Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (Public Beta)

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (Public Beta)

Preview Microsoft's upcoming Office Communications Server 2007 promises to deliver unified messaging to businesses. We take a preliminary look at the public beta.


Editors Choice Award LANsurveyor for Windows 10.0 review

LANsurveyor for Windows 10.0 review

Review LANsurveyor is an easy-to-use network discovery and documentation application. It automatically creates a true and accurate network topology diagram using multiple discovery methods, and integrates the information into a network topology database.

Rating: 8.3 Editors' Rating


Microsoft Expression Web review

Microsoft Expression Web review

Review Microsoft Expression Web is a solid web site layout program that replaces FrontPage and offers tools for dynamic designs. However, we'd like more help for newcomers.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


Windows Server 2008: preview, part 1

Windows Server 2008: preview, part 1

Preview Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn Server, is due in the second half of this year. In the first instalment of a two-part preview, we take a look at some of the key functionality in Beta 3.


Illustrator CS3 review

Illustrator CS3 review

Review Although it remains an excellent vector drawing tool, there's not a lot in Adobe's Illustrator CS3 to compel CS2 users to upgrade.

Rating: 7.7 Editors' Rating


WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition v11 review

WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition v11 review

Review WhatsUp Gold provides valuable network and application monitoring capabilities. Its agent-less design, support for WMI and multi-user capabilities make it a good choice for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Rating: 7.7 Editors' Rating


Linux Fundamentals review

Linux Fundamentals review

Review This is a solid first training course for newcomers to corporate Linux.

Rating: 6.5 Editors' Rating


Photoshop CS3 Extended review

Photoshop CS3 Extended review

Review The professional's choice for image editing spawns Photoshop CS3 Extended to appeal to select vertical markets, but it delivers mixed results.

Rating: 8.3 Editors' Rating


Editors Choice Award Photoshop CS3 review

Photoshop CS3 review

Review With its streamlined tools, enhanced nondestructive editing capabilities and better performance, Adobe's Photoshop CS3 will look very attractive to almost any user.

Rating: 8.3 Editors' Rating



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Internet Explorer 8 beta 2: a first look

Internet Explorer 8 beta 2: a first look

IE8 (beta 2) should satisfy Microsoft's loyal browser base, but it's unlikely to lure committed Firefox users back to the fold.

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

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Ten Top Tech Tomes

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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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