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As security companies brushed off any immediate threat from Microsoft’s plan to give away anti-spyware tools, analysts noted that the software giant could yet become a force in the security market. On Wednesday, security business leaders responded to Microsoft’s announcement […]

Microsoft plans to announce next week that it is at last ready to ship Virtual Server, a product that allows a server to run multiple operating systems, or multiple copies of the same operating system at a single time. The […]

Microsoft is revving up the Windows Vista Beta 2 engine this week with a whole slew of announcements, white papers, tools, and of course the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) aimed at getting all of us back on the […]

In October of 2004, Microsoft very quietly released Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows, a free add-on pack for Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP that includes 11 applications from Microsoft and a select group of 3rd […]

This week’s challenge is a bit different. Instead of solving a problem, let’s have some PowerPoint fun. Take the following slide and improve it—do whatever you’d like to it. The audience is a mixed group of ordinary people, with no […]

In some ways, it might seem that I’m the wrong person to write this article. I’ve been working with Office 2010 every day since the early betas, and I like it a lot. In fact, way back before it was […]

If you are consultant, the phrase “high maintenance clients” probably sends you into a shivering, fetal coma or a beast-mode rage. These clients are at best hard to deal with and at worst insufferable. The problem is… they are your […]

In 2010 we saw the usual upgrades to popular distributions and applications, big steps forward for Ubuntu, and all sorts of tips and how-tos from our writers. Below are some of the top posts of the year, based on a […]

Check out TechRepublic’s top 10 software downloads of 2010. Featured topics include file recovery, registry cleaning and repair, antivirus, and maintenance software. (Notes: This list is based on number of downloads. Also, I link to the latest version of the […]

If you get impatient waiting for Windows to boot, you can take a few steps to speed things up. The changes I suggest are not momentous, but they will shorten the time required to boot. If that appeals to you, […]