PreviousGoogle Apps Premier Edition review
Review Does the arrival of Google Apps Premier Edition signal the death of desktop software dinosaurs like Microsoft Office? Although the idea is compelling, the answer is 'no'. Not yet, at least. There are many reasons to get excited about Google’s hosted office suite, but there are just as many reasons to proceed with caution.
7.7 Editors' Rating
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.
8.0 Editors' Rating
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.
7.8 Editors' Rating
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.
7.4 Editors' Rating
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.
8.0 Editors' Rating
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.
7.8 Editors' Rating
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.
6.5 Editors' Rating
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
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
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.
7.7 Editors' Rating
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Tough Choices: A Memoir review
Review Carly Fiorina is best known for her tenure as Hewlett-Packard's CEO, a post from which she was ousted in 2005. This book, which is a better read than you might expect, covers the HP ground and the path that led there.
7.5 Editors' Rating
Office 2008 for Mac: a first look
Preview Mac users are getting a new version of Microsoft Office, but not until the second half of this year. Check out our preview.
Screenshots of elusive Gmail feature
Photos Google recently announced a new Gmail feature that promises to give you the option to check email from other POP accounts through your Gmail interface. Although Mail Fetcher has not yet been rolled out, we have some screenshots.
Firefox 3 (Gran Paradiso) Alpha 1
Preview An alpha version of Firefox 3 (Gran Paradiso) is available for download, but this release is not meant for public consumption — it's only for testing.
