Will Windows 8 Extend the Life of Your Netbook?

By Jamison Cush | 9/16/2011

Microsoft touts Windows 8 as having a light footprint, light enough in fact, to run well on a last-generation netbook. Can that be possible? Will Windows 8 run on a netbook and perhaps squeeze some life out of an under-powered machine?

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Microsoft Gives Sneak Peek at Windows 8 Browsing, Photo Sharing, Tools

By Jacqueline Emigh | 9/13/2011

Beyond the tile-based user interface (UI) already demoed in past months, Microsoft is leveraging its Build developers conference this week to give a sneak peek at new features that now comes as surprises.

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Corel Intros Digital PaintShop Pro X4, For Photo Editing By Everyone

By Jacqueline Emigh | 9/7/2011

Corel's latest digital photo editing app for Windows is designed with both newbies and pros in mind.

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Norton Launches NIS 2012 and NAV 2012 for PC Security and More

By Jacqueline Emigh | 9/7/2011

As a big piece of a larger set of Norton product announcements, Symantec on Wednesday launched Norton Internet Security (NIS) 2012, an update to its PC software with new mobile gadget protections.

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Browser Wars: Microsoft's IE Rises on Win 7, Falls Overall

By Jacqueline Emigh | 8/2/2011

While Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) is gaining use against other browsers on Windows 7, IE and Mozilla Firefox are both losing ground to Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari in the broader browser wars, according to the latest numbers from Net Applications.

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Facebook Fights Google+ on Face Recognition and Business Fronts

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/30/2011

Up against new rivalry from Google+(Plus), Facebook took steps this week to calm user disenchantment with its facial recognition and to beam a bigger smile toward business members.

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Is Google Peeping into Too Many Places?

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/27/2011

Some people fret that Google is growing far too nosy, in light of the search engine maven's buyout of face recognition specialist PittPatt, its insistence on "real names" in Google Plus, and its disclosure of the locations of notebook PCs and cell phones worldwide in 'Street View'.

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Back to School: Video Chat Makes the Grade from PCs to Smartphones

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/26/2011

Video chat is no longer just the stuff of Dick Tracy fiction. With options for face-to-face communications from PCs, Macs, iPhones, and Android smartphones, which video chat options are your best bet?

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As XP Dies, Will Users Step to Windows 7, 8 or Something Else?

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/12/2011

As CEO Steve Ballmer crows about Windows 7 sales, another exec, Stephen Rose, blogged warnings about the final death knell of Windows XP. This all flies in the face of recent Windows 8 sneak peaks, an OS Ballmer calls their "riskiest move yet."

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Google+ Battles Facebook & Microsoft

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/11/2011

Google is planning further integration between Google+ and Gmail, along with a business edition of its emerging social networking service, two moves that could give Google's lineup a big leg-up against Facebook, Twitter, and even cloud-based office suites such as Microsoft's Office 365.

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IBM's Cloud To Offer Gold, Silver and Bronze Data Recovery to SMBs

By Jacqueline Emigh | 7/8/2011

For SMBs and enterprises alike, IBM plans to launch new cloud-based data recovery services later this summer, at gold, silver and bronze service levels and price points. In an interview with NBR, an IBM exec divulged details of the realtime recovery and restoral service, while also talking up a forthcoming data archive in the cloud.

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Microsoft Launches Office 365, SMBs Tout Productivity & Mobility

By Jacqueline Emigh | 6/29/2011

"To compete, SMBs need an edge," contended Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, at an Office 365 launch event which revolved around how SMBs are starting to use cloud-based online editions of Exchange, SharePoint and Lync for productivity and mobility features that make them look and feel more like big businesses.

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