More Software Opinion

  • 10 October 2012

  • Opinion: Syncing all books to Kindle apps and devices

    Brian Hamilton, a reader who reads, is frustrated by what he perceives to be a Kindle limitation. He writes:

  • 09 October 2012

  • Opinion: FailBetter Games' Alexis Kennedy is trying to make browser games that don't suck

    A smoggy cityscape. A single lampost cocooned by shadowy tentacles. An introduction that promises the ability to cavort with devils, converse with cats, wrestle tigers and navigate resolutions. A sly greeting, "Welcome, Delicious Friend."

  • Opinion: How to organize, showcase, and share your out-of-control photo collection

    I’ve amassed more than 30,000 digital photos over the years. I shot most of them; others I scanned from prints gleaned from photo albums and family archives. I’d wager that 95 percent of them are junk—poorly composed, badly lit, over- or underexposed, people with their eyes closed, you name it.

  • 04 October 2012

  • Opinion: Toyota going all in with Microsoft's Office 365

    Microsoft has been fairly open in its push to the cloud. The pricing model for Office 2013 compared with Office 365 is clearly an effort to make Office 365 the more cost effective, no-brainer option. The plan seems to be working, too, as Microsoft announced this week that Toyota is making Office 365 available to it's 200,000 plus employees around the world.

  • 03 October 2012

  • Opinion: Resizing a Boot Camp partition

    Reader Richard Lanier has a Windows issue—no, not that issue, but rather one involving size. He writes:

  • Opinion: Why you probably shouldn't buy a Windows 8 ultrabook

    The clock is quickly winding down to the official launch of Windows 8. Along with a completely redesigned interface and Windows experience, hardware partners are lined up, ready to offer Windows 8 ultrabooks. The question businesses and consumers will need to answer, though, is whether or not a Windows 8 ultrabook makes sense.

  • 02 October 2012

  • Opinion: Four key new features in Linux 3.6

    Just a little more than two months after the release of version 3.5, Linux creator Linus Torvalds on Sunday unleashed the next new version of the Linux kernel.

  • Opinion: Microsoft bakes data protection into Exchange Server

    The world of Microsoft messaging recently took over Orlando, Florida, for the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012. MEC 2012 was the first conference Microsoft has hosted that's completely dedicated to Exchange in 10 years, and it brought a lot of big news--especially around protecting and managing the sensitive data that passes through Exchange.

  • 01 October 2012

  • Opinion: Deleting Music app tracks under iOS 6

    Reader Lee Westland is confounded by iOS 6's Music app. She writes:

  • 28 September 2012

  • Opinion: The Week in iOS Apps: Albert Einstein's brain

    This week’s roundup of iOS apps is all about the multimedia entertainment: We’ve got video, we’ve got music, we’ve got games, and we’ve got the brain of Albert Einstein.

  • Opinion: Solve the mystery of lost System Restore points

    Earlier this week I received a terrific letter from reader George, who was having a problem with Windows' System Restore on his Dell Desktop.

  • 27 September 2012

  • Opinion: Is Windows running too many processes?

    Concerned about a slow PC, Davis13 asked the Laptops forum about all the processes that Windows runs.

  • 26 September 2012

  • Opinion: Automator workflow of the month: One-touch tidiness

    There exists in this world, two very broad categories of individuals--those who have taken to heart "A place for everything, and everything in its place" and then the other 97 percent of us. And while this majority may know in their heart-of-hearts that storing files on the desktop is a poor idea--because it creates clutter and can slow down your Mac--we do it anyway. And for good reasons. There is no more convenient place to put files you've dragged from an application or web site. And pressing Command-D within a Save window to point the application at the desktop is just so easy.

  • Opinion: Need to tune up your browser? Firefox Health Report can help

    It's no secret that browser performance can vary dramatically across installations thanks to differences in configuration and customization, among numerous other factors.

  • 25 September 2012

  • Opinion: Need to tune up your browser? Firefox Health Report can help

    It's no secret that browser performance can vary dramatically across installations thanks to differences in configuration and customization, among numerous other factors.

  • 24 September 2012

  • Opinion: Now in Ubuntu Linux 12.10: integrated Amazon search results

    News about Ubuntu Linux 12.10 is coming fast and furious as the software's October release date approaches, but it seems fair to say that not even the project's Secure Boot plans have been as controversial as a new feature that came to light late last week.

  • Opinion: Turn email into reminders

    Reader Cynthia Nakano needs a more streamlined way to create reminders. She writes:

  • Opinion: Deal with email annoyances

    Despite the world's rapid move to other means of communication—text, instant messaging, and social networking services—we still rely on email. Given email's importance and how long the technology has been around, it’s surprising to see the problems many people continue to have with sending, receiving, and filtering email. Let’s clear up some of those problems now.

  • Opinion: Nero 12 Platinum: Affordable, highly capable multimedia creation and disc burning

    Newly released Nero 12 Platinum offers some minor usability improvements over version 11 of the venerable multimedia production and optical burning suite, but for the most part it's a technology upgrade. New to the features party are support for AVCHD 2.0, video stabilization (to calm shaky video) and for larger-capacity (greater than 2.2TB) drives when backing up, commercial Blu-ray playback, ripping of noncommercial Blu-ray discs, and streaming of videos across your home network.

  • Opinion: App Spotlight: CrowdCall sets up free conference calls in seconds

    Love 'em or hate 'em, conference calls are a part of business life.

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