WORDPERFECT: CAN A CORPSE BE REANIMATED?

Oct 17, 2004 | business, software

Corel is planning a comeback for WordPerfect! Here’s an article with details. It’s interesting to read this stuff, but don’t get too worked up. This marks, if memory serves, the 47th time that WordPerfect’s various owners have rededicated...

GOOGLE DESKTOP

Oct 14, 2004 | Google, search, software

The Google Desktop is a free program that indexes and searches your Outlook folders and the documents on your computer. This will have more of an impact on your world than you suspect. From an icon down by the clock, you can instantly search every incoming and...

QUICKBOOKS SIMPLE START

Sep 27, 2004 | software

Intuit will release Quickbooks Simple Start next week, a simplified $100 version of Quickbooks aimed at sole proprietors and very small businesses currently keeping paper records. It will use the same database format as the more complex Quickbooks programs, making it...

INTERNET BROWSING WITH OPERA

Aug 18, 2004 | IE, Internet, software

Perhaps you recall the furor a few weeks ago when a couple of new holes were discovered in Internet Explorer, causing security experts to squeal in dismay about its weaknesses. A few experts got their name in the news by recommending that consumers use an alternative...

KAREN’S REPLICATOR

Jul 26, 2004 | software

The last thing you want to do is install a bunch of free utilities from unknown sources. It’s almost never necessary and frequently causes problems. Everybody is with me on this, right?   Every rule has an exception or two. I ran across a utility that might be...

MEDIA CENTER 10

Apr 9, 2004 | audio, software

Media Center 10 is the new version of the program formerly known as Media Jukebox – software for playing and organizing your music files. It is a long-time favorite among power users, but the improvements in the interface on the new version make it far easier to...