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Review: Six office suites
Insight How do alternative office software in the market stack up against Microsoft Office? A look at offerings from Evermore, Lotus, Sun, OpenOffice and Corel.
Tags: Personal applications, Office suites, Microsoft Office
Microsoft releases major Office update
News Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 is out. Will it prompt a new slew of upgrades?
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Personal applications
Microtek ScanMaker 4800
Reviews The ScanMaker 4800 offers nice colour scans and speedy greyscale performance at a bargain price, but its film and slide scans are sub-standard.
Google acquires EtherPad online collaboration tool
News Net colossus is bolstering Google Wave project by acquiring AppJet, a smaller rival with an online collaboration service. EtherPad will shut down next year.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., EtherPad, AppJet, Online Collaboration, Google Wave, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Web 2.0, Tool
Use cryptographic hashes for validation
Techguide You can use cryptographic hash functions to provide a little more security when exchanging files.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Ruby, Security, C, Algorithm, SHA-1, Unix, Password, word-processor
PCsync 3.0
Product Reviews PCsync 3.0
Microsoft Office Live
Product Reviews Microsoft Office Live
Understand basic Unix file permissions
Techguide The standard Unix file permissions system can be used to enhance basic security. Chad Perrin explains the basics of file-level security management in Unix-type systems.
Tags: Network security, UNIX, Directory, Owner, Binary 100, Binary 10, Binary 1, BSD Unix, Security, Operating System
Use VBA to find hidden Excel sheets
Techguide If you have hidden sheets in Excel, it might be helpful to programmatically manipulate those sheets.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Document, File, Backup, File System, ASCII, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Access
Firefox 2
Product Reviews Firefox 2
IBM Lotus Symphony (Windows)
Product Reviews IBM Lotus Symphony (Windows)
HP Officejet v40
Reviews Well worth considering if you're in a cramped office, or are working from home.
Apple Power Mac G5 (dual 2.7GHz)
Reviews Apple has upgraded the Power Mac G5 with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and faster parts, but our complaints about limited expandability still apply.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Product Reviews Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Google gearing for on-demand 'persistence'
Blogs The concept of software as a service has long appealed to me. This idea--which was referred to as the application se...
