Latest Software Opinion

• 13 February 2013

• Opinion: Mac troubleshooting: How to handle freezes and crashes

  Crashes and freezes in OS X are mercifully rare, but they do occur. Fortunately, most of them can be resolved readily; and even though a crash or freeze may have any of numerous causes or symptoms, the same procedure works for troubleshooting most of them.

• 12 February 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: A wristed development

  Apple is likely watching the wearable devices market, Tim Cook may have been soft on Samsung, and Bill Gates is all about the Apple products. The remainders for Monday, February 11, 2013, will watch and learn.

• 11 February 2013

• Opinion: How to synchronize email signatures

  Reader Ned Chessman is curious about a Mail feature. He writes:

• 09 February 2013

• Opinion: Would Microsoft really bring Office to Linux?

  There's been a rumor floating around over the past few days that Microsoft is considering making a Linux version of its Office productivity software.

• 08 February 2013

• Opinion: Discuss and organize team projects with Dispatch

  If there's one thing the Web probably doesn't need, it's another project-management tool aimed at teams. I mean, hello? Basecamp? Bitrix24? Yammer? How the heck does start-up Dispatch hope to compete?

• Opinion: Smart playlists, buggy play counts, and iTunes Match

  This week's column looks at some common problems with iTunes, some quirks with iTunes Match, and explains how to update smart playlists, among other subjects.

• 07 February 2013

• Opinion: Setting up email on your Mac

  If you're new to the Mac but something of an iOS veteran, this lesson will be a snap. And it should be, because Apple modeled Mountain Lion's Mail, Contacts & Calendars system preference on the setting of the same name found on today's iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

• Opinion: Configure Windows Explorer's (or File Explorer's) Navigation pane

  Windows Explorer's Navigation pane provides easy movement between the folders on your hard drive. Bevaau asked the Windows forum about configuring this handy tool.

• Opinion: How Cloud Computing Is Driven by Mobile, Media and Marketing

  Defenders of enterprise computing are in for a rude awakening. Mobile, media and marketing applications are poised to flock to the cloud, which is far better suited to handle load variability, latency and change management. As end users and executives demand more flexibly business applications, they will soon follow suit.

• Opinion: KDE 4.10 delivers key updates across the board

  Hard on the heels of news earlier this week that KDE has been named the best desktop environment in a recent Linux user survey, the team behind the popular project on Wednesday launched a fresh new version of the software.

• Opinion: Free Microsoft quick-start guides teach you the Office 2013 basics

  The other day I offered four reasons you don't need Microsoft Office 2013. However, if you fall into the camp that does need it, or you just decided not to follow my advice (it's been known to happen), Microsoft wants to help you get started using the new suite.

• 06 February 2013

• Opinion: Solving the mystery of the empty PDF form

  I love filling out forms--they're like tests where I know all the answers. Starting in Mountain Lion, entering data in PDF forms got even easier; Preview can now automatically detect where form fields are, so blanks automatically become text fields where you can type and checkboxes can simply be clicked.

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Radio buttons

  iOS may have some radio features up its sleeves, Apple's pimping self-made ebook authors, and if you work in mapping and software, there are plenty of jobs in Cupertino. The remainders for Tuesday, February 5, 2013 are radioactive. Get it?

• 05 February 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Small change

  More "information"--if it can be called such--about the iPad mini's rumored Retina display, Mac OS X 10.9 may soon roar onto the scene, and Apple's shrinking yet another of its products (sort of). The remainders for Monday, February 4, 2013 are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

• Opinion: Four reasons you don't need the new Microsoft Office

  As you've no doubt heard by now, Microsoft Office 2013 has arrived. So has Microsoft Office 365. Some would argue that the latter is the better deal, but I'm here to tell you don't need either one.

• Opinion: The one keyboard key you should be using in your browser--but aren't

  Every so often I like to revisit topics I haven't covered for a few years, the idea being that new readers might have missed them the first time around.

• 04 February 2013

• Opinion: Can a BSoD hurt my computer?

  zyrrahXD asked the Windows forum if a Blue Screen of Death can severely damage a PC.

• Opinion: Bugs & Fixes: PDFs saved from the web fail to open

  Recently, I tried something that had always worked before. This time, it didn't.

• 01 February 2013

• Opinion: App Spotlight: FineReader Touch brings multi-lingual OCR scanning to iOS

  There are plenty of apps that can turn your phone into the equivalent of a mobile scanner, using the camera to take snapshots of various documents, then letting you file and/or share those documents.

• Opinion: How to get Google Voice Search on your PC

  If you own an Android-powered smartphone or use the Google app on your iOS device, it's a good bet you've fallen in love with Google's voice-powered search. It works freakishly well.

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