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Work Goes Mobile: Nokia's Lessons from the Leading Edge review

Work Goes Mobile: Nokia's Lessons from the Leading Edge review

Review This book talks about Nokia's own corporate experience -- benefits and pitfalls -- of adding mobility to its business processes, and includes a lot of useful advice.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


AutoRoute 2006 with GPS locator review

AutoRoute 2006 with GPS locator review

Review AutoRoute 2006 delivers good-quality output on-screen and in the form of verbal directions, but is perhaps best used for researching your journeys in advance.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Skype 2 (beta) review

Skype 2 (beta) review

Review Although Skype 2 suffers from middling voice quality when calling landline phones, it's still one of the best free VoIP services around, and its new Skype Video feature makes it even better.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


Security and Usability review

Security and Usability review

Review Despite more than a decade of research into computer usability, most security products remain resolutely user-unfriendly. This book examines how the situation can be improved.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


OpenOffice.org 2.0 review

OpenOffice.org 2.0 review

Review OpenOffice.org 2.0, the freeware version of Sun's StarOffice 8, is a great deal for small-business users who don't mind browsing online forums for technical support. But enterprises are better served by StarOffice 8.

Rating: 6.0 Editors' Rating


ThinkFree Office 3 review

ThinkFree Office 3 review

Review ThinkFree Office 3 is a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office that lacks advanced tools but offers a free online component that's a handy work-in-progress for frequent travellers. Still, we'll wait for improvements to the suite before relying on it for staple office tasks.

Rating: 5.3 Editors' Rating


Firefox 1.5 review

Firefox 1.5 review

Review Although Firefox 1.5 isn't too different from the original release, what's new should attract even more Firefox users -- and that's ultimately good for the Internet.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Preview The next generation of the Microsoft Office system offers a new look and feel across its applications, with dynamic formatting tools and nimbler files.


Word 12 (beta 1)

Word 12 (beta 1)

Preview The next generation of Word drops its menu-based interface in favour of a system that hopes to read your mind, adding jazzed-up graphics and shrinking file sizes.


PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

Preview PowerPoint 12 reorganises its interface and dresses up presentations with a vast library of templates.


Excel 12 (beta 1)

Excel 12 (beta 1)

Preview This overhaul to Excel provides new charts to visually analyse complex data; its tools also respond to your behaviour.


Inside Word 12 (beta 1)

Inside Word 12 (beta 1)

Photos The next edition of Microsoft Word comes with pictures, too.


Inside Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Inside Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Photos The next release of Office reveals sweeping changes to the interface, graphics and tools within this productivity suite.


Inside Excel 12 (beta 1)

Inside Excel 12 (beta 1)

Photos Excel 12 is getting a drastic makeover, with XML-based files to boot.


Inside PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

Inside PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

Photos PowerPoint gets enhanced graphics and a beefed-up library of templates to spice up presentations.



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