Stories by: Preston Gralla

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10 great free digital photography downloads 23 February, 2010 16:18

With these free image editors, photo managers, and other utilities, you can take control of your photo collection.
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Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 (beta) 23 September, 2009 12:00

Take a quick glance at the just-released Norton Internet Security 2010, and you won't notice much of a difference from previous incarnations — the interface and feature set are so similar that it appears that only very minimal changes have been made to the suite.
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Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 beta 13 July, 2009 14:40

The just-released beta of Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2010 is more notable for what's under the hood than what you actually see.
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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 03 July, 2009 13:50

The Mozilla Firefox 3.5 web browser is a winner, offering significantly faster web browsing, better tab handling, a host of interface tweaks and, like just about every other browser on the planet, a "porn mode".
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The 10 biggest annoyances in Outlook 23 April, 2009 09:22

Microsoft's highly capable email client Outlook is glitchy and has too many features for its own good.
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Microsoft nearly admits: Wikipedia killed Encarta 31 March, 2009 13:17

Within the last few days Microsoft quietly announced it is killing its Encarta encyclopedia, with the actual date of death October, 2009. What it hinted at, but didn't quite say, was that Wikipedia killed it.
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5 great Microsoft Web services you probably don't use 10 March, 2009 11:15

Microsoft is so often the behemoth everyone loves to hate that people overlook the stuff it does right. We tried its newer Web services and found five gems.
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Microsoft layoffs: Netbooks sales are killing us 23 January, 2009 10:20

Overlooked in the Microsoft announcement about its layoffs of 5,000 people over the next 18 months is this startling revelation: The company's revenue decline is due, in large part, to the growth in the sales of netbooks.
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Which is best for netbooks: Windows 7 or Linux? 23 January, 2009 10:16

Microsoft is clearly positioning Windows 7 as Linux-killer for netbooks. Can it succeed? I've spent considerable time with both Windows 7 and Linux, and here are my conclusions about which operating system is better for netbooks.
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Bloggers sneak a peek at Windows 7 31 December, 2008 11:03

The first beta of Microsoft's next OS has been leaked online, and many bloggers already are detailing its new features.
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Review: Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 adds speed and privacy 12 December, 2008 12:48

Firefox 3.1 may only be a point release -- from 3.0 to 3.1 -- but its just-released Beta 2 version is a good indication that the final release will be a must-have upgrade for anyone using Firefox.