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While I must confess I've never been a fan of online backup solutions, there was something about Mozy that tempted me to use it. Mozy is one of those new breed applications mushrooming under the umbrella Web 2.0, or the New Web. What's Web 2.0? Best I can tell, it's, in part, about creating a deskto...
While I must confess I've never been a fan of online backup solutions, there was something about Mozy that tempted me to use it. Mozy is one of those new breed applications mushrooming under the umbrella Web 2.0, or the New Web. What's Web 2.0? Best I can tell, it's, in part, about creating a deskto...
Microsoft made the most of this month's regular Patch Tuesday, putting out a dozen patches highlighted by a fix for the serious, zero-day Word vulnerability that has been the basis for targeted attacks since it was uncovered last month. Microsoft also patched seven other "critical" vulnerabilities, ...
AOL bolstered its Open AIM initiative by adding new features and functionality to the instant message (IM) technology, and supporting new platforms Mac OS X, Linux, Pocket PC and Java. The Dulles, Va.-based company, which launched the Open AIM initiative last spring to spur development and use, said...
Microsoft's scheduled monthly Patch Tuesday is rolling around again on June 13. This round will include updates to the Windows operating system and the controversial ActiveX. The release will feature nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows, at least one of which is critical. An...
In an unfortunate turn of events, Adobe has threatened an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in Europe. That two American companies may have their fate decided by European bureaucrats is bad enough, but the underlying assumptions make it even worse. The dispute centers on two issues. First, Micros...
Debate is swirling around Google's soon-to-be-released spreadsheet program as consumers and industry analysts consider how it could impact allegiance to Microsoft Excel. Google Spreadsheet is a Web-based application that offers simple functionality in two common spreadsheet and data formats, Excel a...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled Windows Vista Beta 2. The software giant is inviting comments in advance of Vista's scheduled launch date of January 2007. The new operating system comes with a plethora of new features, amid high expectations and plenty of skepticism. "Vista has undergone so many cha...
A big new wave of Microsoft security products began rolling in this week as the software giant announced the Antigen security line for e-mail and messaging servers. Aimed primarily at Exchange Server and other Windows Server customers, the new software suite is stirring controversy in the security s...
Google is getting ready to launch a test version of an online spreadsheet similar to Microsoft's Excel program. Google Spreadsheets is a Web-based application that is still in the early stages of development, offering simple functionality in two common spreadsheet and data formats, Excel and C.S.V.
As Windows computers get long in the tooth, they require special attention to keep running at an optimal level. Hard disks and registries need to be cleaned and defragmented. Settings need to be tweaked. All those things can be done manually, or individual programs can be obtained to make the tasks ...
Enterprise server software heavy VMware unveiled its latest virtualization software this week, promising wider infrastructure capabilities in its third-generation VMware Infrastructure 3 software suite. The VMware release -- featuring four new virtualization tools for distributed files, scheduling, ...
In what looks to become a fiery security service brawl, Microsoft and Symantec are launching competing products. While Symantec plans to debut its Norton 360 later this summer, Microsoft beat the security firm to the punch with its Wednesday release of Windows Live OneCare. OneCare is the software ...
E-mail systems such as Microsoft's Exchange had been considered moribund technology, but recently they have been revitalized. "Because corporations are now using e-mail to streamline a variety of communications, including instant messaging and Web conferencing, they are moving away from simple Web b...
Microsoft this week unveiled a new photo format to compete with an old industry standard. The software giant claims its Windows Media Photo (WMP) will provide better quality at half the size of a JPEG image. "One of the biggest drivers for upgrading computers is digital photography, so anything we d...
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