Microsoft Liquid Motion - 7/6/1998 Microsoft's Liquid Motion makes it possible to create and publish animations on the Web with full sound and interactivity
Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe Review - 6/2/2003 The newest edition of Microsoft's easy-to-use, Web-friendly personal finance manager adds a promised $160 worth of services, such as a free year of online bill-paying, plus extra investment-management power. How does it stack up to Intuit's class-leading Quicken, and can the small-business version really substitute for an accounting package? This SmallBusinessComputing.com test drive has the answers.
Microsoft Money 2004 - 11/1/2003 An impressive financial suite and inexpensive alternative to Quicken
Microsoft Money 2004 Review - 8/11/2003 The annual upgrade to Microsoft's personal-finance manager polishes an already pearly interface and adds valuable credit-management and capital-gains help, but can it really stretch from checkbook balancing to company bookkeeping? SmallBusinessComputing.com's Wayne Kawamoto finds out.
Microsoft NetMeeting - 4/8/2004 Microsoft's entry into the Internet phone and conferencing battle
Microsoft Office 2007 Preview: Worthy of an Upgrade? - 7/5/2006 The long-awaited Microsoft Office 2007 is now available in a pre-release beta. A look at the preliminary version indicates some well thought-out changes, but will a largely evolutionary update ultimately prove worthy of an upgrade?
Microsoft Office 2007: Wrap a Ribbon Around This Shiny New Office Suite - 3/21/2007 If improved productivity is your goal, Microsoft promises the world with the new Office 2007 suite. Still, while the stronger chart graphics, new and intuitive interface, PDF file conversions, and efficient Outlook scheduling are welcome, are there enough enhancements and additions to appeal to the legions of casual users who mostly write documents and dabble in Excel and PowerPoint?
Microsoft Outlook 2000 - 7/17/1999 All the components have seen extensive changes in the latest release of Office 2000. Read what Microsoft has done with Outlook 2000, their office e-mail and personal information manager component of this office suite.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: Presenting a Strong Case - 10/1/2007 Our Office 2007 Apps in Depth series continues with a review of PowerPoint 2007, which boasts a new user interface and a slew of useful new features.
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007: Discover Virtualization the Free Way - 8/22/2007 Once the primary domain of ubergeeks and IT admins, virtualization has become quite the rage of late for mainstream PC users. Find out how Microsoft's free Virtual PC 2007 release stacks up against the competition in terms of capably running multiple operating systems on a single physical computer.
Microsoft Windows 98 - 5/29/1999 There’s no argument that Windows 98 is a better Operating System than Windows 95. Whether Windows 98 is an essential upgrade to Windows 95 is another question and this analysis will answer that question.
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware: MS Escalates the Fight Against Malware - 11/28/2005 Microsoft has made a quick turnaround on its acquisition of GIANT Software with the beta release of its first anti-malware product. The software offers impressive real-time protection for your PC from spyware and other potentially unwanted software.
Microsoft Windows Home Server: Serving Up a Network for Your Home - 12/17/2007 Microsoft's new Windows Home Server offers features that are essential for anyone looking to run a home network: quick and easy file sharing, remote access, PC internet protection, easy-to-use image-based backup capabilities, and more. The best news is that WHS is so simple to use that even if you have no clue how to find your own IP address you can use this home server.
Microsoft Word 2007: A Word of Caution - 6/1/2007 Our new Office 2007 Apps In Depth series of reviews for the major applications featured in Office 2007 commences with a closer look at Word 2007. New features and enhancements abound, but is it worth the upgrade?
Microsoft Works Suite 2003 - 1/13/2003 It seems like heresy, but let's admit it: Most home PC users and families don't need the muscle and bulk of Microsoft Office. In this first of a three-part series, we look at the software giant's more affordable alternative, Works Suite 2003 — and find lots to like, one lopsided negative, and the best program that Microsoft refuses to market.
Microsoft Works Suite 2004 - 5/5/2004 Even Microsoft admits that not every PC user needs the sumo-sized Office suite: Though it keeps an ultra-low profile, the company continues to refine its bargain-priced home/school/party-projects bundle. But with neither Works 7.0 nor Word 2002 changed from Works Suite 2003, does this year's edition have enough to catch consumers' attention?
Microsoft's Other Office is Worth a Look - 3/29/2006 Microsoft Office Live lets small businesses get on the Web quickly — and for free. The offering (currently in beta) still needs some work, but it could be the answer to your online presence and collaboration needs.
MidiGate - 4/8/2001 A full-scale MIDI player that also functions as a web helper app
MidPoint - 4/8/2004 Share multiple Internet connections over LANs for incredible 'net speeds
Miranda IM: Fast, Functional, and Free — No Tradeoffs Here - 7/13/2005 Miranda IM delivers a trim, fast-moving instant messaging tool that is easy to install, takes up little room, and packages only the basic, must-have features. Plus, with more than 300 readily available plug-ins, Miranda can be customized to perform any number of sophisticated IM tasks, thus offering the best of both worlds.
mIRC - 4/8/2004 An outstanding and extremely popular shareware IRC client
mIRC 5.31 - 5/29/1999 This is the latest version of the world-wide used IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client. People from all over the world use this software to meet and talk privately, or in groups, over various multi-user chat networks.
Modem Media Spends $64 Million for E-Commerce Firm - 12/20/1999 Modem Media.Poppe Tyson Monday acquired e-commerce developer vivid studios for $64 million in cash and stock as part of a strategy to increase its business services.
MojoPac: Making Your Personal PC Portable - 11/1/2006 When is a Windows PC not really a Windows PC? Perhaps the best way to describe the new MojoPac app is as an "external user profile" that's portable and exists outside the confines of a specific computer.
More Eyes on Win 2000 Source Code - 3/12/2001 Microsoft is allowing a greater number of its clients access to the source code for Windows 2000.
More Spam For Hotmail Users? - 3/8/2001 New Hotmail users may unwittingly expose themselves to more spam when they sign up.
Movement to Develop XML Standards - 3/11/2000 Ever faxed an advertising insertion order or received one in an overnight delivery? If so, it's no surprise. Even though Internet advertising revolves around bits and bytes, the most crucial transactions are still often made on paper.
MovieShop Deluxe 6 Review - 8/28/2002 Editing home videos takes another step toward consumer simplicity with this new $90 import, special-effects, and export (including CD- and DVD-burning) package -- but MovieShop's versatile, layered interface takes a step toward power-user complexity. Has Broderbund found the right balance of Hollywood and hometown?
Moving Beyond PC-cillin: Trend Micro Internet Security 2007 Plus TrendSecure - 11/9/2006 Beyond scratching the old "PC-cillin" name, Trend Micro has created an impressive new security suite that
incorporates its predecessor's antivirus engine while offering new features to root out rootkits, spyware, phishing schemes, spam, hackers, WiFi attacks, smartphone threats, and more.
Mozilla 1.0 Steps Onto the Browser Stage - 6/10/2002 Suddenly, Opera seems a lot less lonely as an alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer: Hard on the heels of its close relative Netscape 7.0, the open-source Mozilla browser, e-mail, and chat client reaches the official 1.0 release milestone, with features ranging from Opera-like tabbed browsing to pop-up blocking and customizable bookmark shortcuts.
Mozilla Firefox 1.0: Microsoft Alternative Comes of Age - 11/9/2004 If you're looking to explore the internet without being tied to IE or if you yearn for a new "Outlook" on e-mail, the officially released Mozilla Firefox and pre-release Mozilla Thunderbird serve as solid alternatives with some intriguing extras. And the price is right — both are available for free.
