Stories by: Preston Gralla

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10 great digital photography downloads 15 September, 2010 13:33:00

Have a digital camera and plenty of photos? Want some help with editing and managing them all? We've rounded up ten downloads that will let you take control of your photos. Whether you're looking for a top-of-the-line photo editor, a great photo manager, or nifty utilities to handle tasks such as finding duplicates, we have just the thing. And every program is free--not only to download but also to use.
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10 downloads to power up your printer 09 April, 2010 15:23:00

What's the most underused productivity tool in your home or office? Your printer. Confined within that unassuming box, however, is a lot of power--far more than you might imagine.
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10 great free digital photography downloads 23 February, 2010 16:18:00

With these free image editors, photo managers, and other utilities, you can take control of your photo collection.
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Desktop Linux: Why you shouldn’t care 27 May, 2009 15:34:00

Recently, website analytics company, Net Applications, came out with figures that showed the percentage of “client devices” used to surf the Web that were running Linux crossed the 1 per cent level for the first time ever – 1.02 per cent in April, to be exact.
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Downloads to dress up your PC 07 May, 2009 17:29:00

Give your desktop and other parts of Windows a makeover with these 10 free and low-cost downloads
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Microsoft nearly admits: Wikipedia killed Encarta 31 March, 2009 13:17:00

Within the last few days Microsoft quietly announced it is killing its Encarta encyclopedia, with the actual date of death October, 2009. What it hinted at, but didn't quite say, was that Wikipedia killed it.
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5 great Microsoft Web services you probably don't use 10 March, 2009 11:15:00

Microsoft is so often the behemoth everyone loves to hate that people overlook the stuff it does right. We tried its newer Web services and found five gems.
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Microsoft layoffs: Netbooks sales are killing us 23 January, 2009 10:20:00

Overlooked in the Microsoft announcement about its layoffs of 5,000 people over the next 18 months is this startling revelation: The company's revenue decline is due, in large part, to the growth in the sales of netbooks.
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Which is best for netbooks: Windows 7 or Linux? 23 January, 2009 10:16:00

Microsoft is clearly positioning Windows 7 as Linux-killer for netbooks. Can it succeed? I've spent considerable time with both Windows 7 and Linux, and here are my conclusions about which operating system is better for netbooks.
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Bloggers sneak a peek at Windows 7 31 December, 2008 11:03:00

The first beta of Microsoft's next OS has been leaked online, and many bloggers already are detailing its new features.
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Review: Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 adds speed and privacy 12 December, 2008 12:48:00

Firefox 3.1 may only be a point release -- from 3.0 to 3.1 -- but its just-released Beta 2 version is a good indication that the final release will be a must-have upgrade for anyone using Firefox.