More Software Opinion

  • 01 July 2010

  • Opinion: Time for a Windows XP amnesty?

    If you’re a tech lover, you probably downloaded the public beta for Windows 7 as soon as it was announced and upgraded to the full version when it launched late last year – the advent of Windows 7 was a fabulous excuse to go and get yourself a new PC. Millions did just that, much to the relief of Microsoft and the PC industry.

  • 26 May 2010

  • Opinion: Google TV proves one thing: TV needs a 'hide' button

    Google demonstrated its revolutionary new Google TV initiative this week but also revealed something we already knew: TV is rubbish.

  • 17 May 2010

  • Opinion: Three reasons to upgrade to Office 2010

    Microsoft Office 2010, the latest release of Microsoft's venerable and dominant office productivity suite, has a variety of new and updated features. But do any of them offer a compelling reason to upgrade?

  • 14 May 2010

  • Opinion: Does Adobe really "Love Choice"?

    Could you live without your iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, etc)? Or how about Apple’s iTunes? Microsoft’s Office apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc? Adobe InDesign? God forbid, Adobe Photoshop?

  • 30 April 2010

  • Opinion: Steve Jobs' comments won't silence the Flash mob

    Before Apple boss Steve Jobs sat down to write an angry letter about why Adobe Flash stinks, he should have realised that this war of words cannot be won.

  • 23 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple Flashes out at Adobe

    Adobe has flung plenty of mud at Apple for refusing to support Flash on the iPhone and iPad, and Apple's response has always been silence. Not anymore.

  • 09 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple iPhone OS 4: no threat to Google Android

    For fans of the Apple iPhone, the unveiling of the new iPhone OS 4.0 is a big deal. It's the first time, after all, iPhone users will be able to do basic things such as multitasking, setting their own wallpapers and placing folders on their home screens.

  • 31 March 2010

  • Opinion: Emergency IE patch fixes zero-day flaw

    A growing number of attacks against an Internet Explorer security flaw prompted Microsoft to publish an early fix that wasn't scheduled to come out until April.

  • 25 March 2010

  • Opinion: Fix 'Low Bit Rate' error in Windows Media Center

    I've made no secret of my love for Windows Media Center, but for months I've been tormented by a glitch that I call the 'Blue Screen of Signal-Death'. At random intervals, while watching live TV, the screen suddenly turns blue and displays a 'Low Bit Rate Error' message.

  • 17 March 2010

  • Opinion: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0: FAQs

    Microsoft has announced that you can test-drive a 'Platform Preview' of its Internet Explorer 9.0 browser. But how does the next-generation browser differ from IE8 and competitors such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Apple Safari?

  • 12 March 2010

  • Opinion: Election 2010: it was the web wot won it

    This year's General Election will be the first in which the web and social media play a big part: but can blogs and tweets materially affect the make up of the next Parliament?

  • 10 March 2010

  • Opinion: Rumours: Windows 7 SP1 on way?

    Windows 7 has been officially available for less than five months, and has sold more than 90 million copies. Despite this success, Microsoft needs to continue to evolve the platform, which is why speculation is already mounting regarding a Service Pack 1 (SP1) release.

  • Opinion: Microsoft admits IE 6 and 7 vulnerability

    A new security hole in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 can be targeted via code on a poisoned website, Microsoft has warned. A successful attacker could install malware on a victim PC or run any other remote command.

  • 12 February 2010

  • Opinion: Microsoft ends war on Mac with Office 2011

    The long war between Microsoft and Macintosh could be almost over, with Microsoft preparing to ship Office for Mac 2011, the release that ends the company's decade-long attack on Apple computers in business.

  • 02 February 2010

  • Opinion: Windows 7 RC users: prepare for shutdowns

    For users of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), the end is nigh. From February 15, anyone running Windows 7 RC, the free pre-release version of Microsoft's latest PC operating system, will receive a notification that their trial software is about to expire.

  • 07 January 2010

  • Opinion: Rogue rage

    Barely a day goes by without a PC-security scare story making the news. Attacks such as Conficker, Zeus and Koobface or social-engineering scams such as fake antivirus software provide a constant reminder of the various ways our computers can become compromised.

  • 06 January 2010

  • Opinion: Windows 7: upgrade too easy

    Yesterday was an extraordinary day, but not because of anything that happened. As days go, this day was relatively uneventful. Rather, it's what didn't happen - and hasn't happened in a while - that made the day so unusual.

  • 17 December 2009

  • Opinion: Mobile Defense: the Android app you need

    The Android explosion is well underway - and now, the platform's app market is starting to reflect the growth.

  • 15 December 2009

  • Opinion: Win 7 will prosper in 2010; Office 2010 will struggle

    It looks like 2010 will be another tough year for Microsoft, but less traumatic than 2009. Windows 7 will be a hit with business users, but Office 2010 still has a lot of convincing to do. Like Windows XP, Office 2007 is proving to be long-lived and hard to displace.

  • 11 December 2009

  • Opinion: How do you solve a problem like MS Office?

    Forget Windows. Office is Microsoft's sacred cash cow. The one-true king of the MS desktop. And the productivity suite's success, Windows and Mac, is astounding.

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