Productivity Reviews

Ask Jeeves Toolbar review

Review The Ask Jeeves Toolbar has plenty of specific search options for news, images, video and MP3/audio, and the toolbar lets you zoom Web pages in and out. But its too-big search box and annoying frames around search result pages wore on our nerves.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Beyond Fear review

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

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.

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.

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.