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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum review

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum review

Review New technology is great, but why does it have to be so user-hostile? In this book, Alan Cooper examines the business and technical cultures that create such impenetrable products, and offers a remedy.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


iZito review

iZito review

Review iZito is a meta search tool with added extras, notably the ability to 'park' relevant results for easy retrieval and to customise the way they are displayed.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


High-Tech Crimes Revealed review

High-Tech Crimes Revealed review

Review What do high-tech criminals get up to, and how do the forces of law and order catch them? Steven Branigan investigates in this fascinating -- if US-biased -- book.

Rating: 7.8 Editors' Rating


Internet Explorer 6 (with Windows XP SP2) review

Internet Explorer 6 (with Windows XP SP2) review

Review Unless your business has specific ActiveX technology needs, you are much more secure running Firefox than Internet Explorer.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


Editors Choice Award Mozilla Firefox 1.0 review

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 review

Review Firefox's tabbed browsing, RSS support, security features and overall cool factor make it more attractive than Internet Explorer.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


GoToMeeting review

GoToMeeting review

Review Citrix's GoToMeeting is a first-rate basic Web conferencing program that's priced right for small to large businesses hoping to minimise travel costs.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


Digital Retro review

Digital Retro review

Review Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer is a stunningly addictive book for anyone who ever lusted after the eccentric, engaging and short-lived systems that graced the pages of computer magazines in the 1980s.

Rating: 9.0 Editors' Rating


Succeeding with Open Source review

Succeeding with Open Source review

Review If open-source software seems to you like a foreign land with strange customs, Bernard Golden's Succeeding With Open Source is a good guide.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking review

Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking review

Review Although not for the technically faint-hearted, Wi-Foo does a good job of explaining the vulnerabilities of wireless networks, and how administrators can marshal and maintain their defences.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Editors Choice Award ACT! Professional review

ACT! Professional review

Review Sage’s excellent ACT! Professional is an entry-level customer relationship management (CRM) solution that helps small sales teams become more productive by simplifying the process of sharing customer/client information.

Rating: 8.4 Editors' Rating


Beyond Fear review

Beyond Fear review

Review In Beyond Fear, Bruce Schneier argues that successful security requires the continuous assessment of risks and trade-offs.

Rating: 9.0 Editors' Rating


Free Culture review

Free Culture review

Review Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand today's copyright wars and their background.

Rating: 9.0 Editors' Rating


Blinkx review

Blinkx review

Review Blinkx doesn't index your entire hard drive, and the files it misses are the image files most people want to find. We'll wait for the next release of this desktop search tool.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


X1 Search 04.08 review

X1 Search 04.08 review

Review This standalone desktop search tool, X1 Search, is blazingly fast but costs about $75 (~£42) more than its nearest competitor. In our opinion, the free programs perform just as well.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Lookout 1.2 review

Lookout 1.2 review

Review Regular Outlook fans will find this desktop search tool easy to use, but the rest of us may be frustrated.

Rating: 7.6 Editors' Rating



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