Doubleclick in Discussions to Settle Privacy Dispute - 3/26/2000 Ad giant DoubleClick is in talks with the state of Michigan in an effort to ward off a threatened lawsuit over the company's privacy practices.
DoubleClick Takes Initiative on Privacy - 2/14/2000 Leading advertising firm DoubleClick, recently under increasing pressure from privacy advocates, on Monday tried to turn things around in the controversy, unveiling a major initiative that involves a 50 million banner ad campaign and a Web site to educate consumers on privacy.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 Professional Solutions Review - 2/13/2002 Usually, the white knight slays, not rescues, the dragon. But ScanSoft -- whose OmniPage Pro OCR software knows a thing or two about freeing users from typing -- has rescued Dragon NaturallySpeaking from the bankrupt Lernout & Hauspie, releasing an upgrade with impressively enhanced features and accuracy. Does version 6 finally fulfill the promise of PC dictation?
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 Preferred Review - 4/28/2003 Do you think upgrading your office suite will improve your productivity? Consider keeping your existing suite, but give it a good talking-to: A new edition of the leading speech-recognition package resets the standard for PC dictation. We say which new features are fizzles -- and which are remarkable advances in touchless typing.
DragStrip 3.8 Makes Windows XP More Efficient - 11/9/2001 If you find yourself sprinkling document icons all over the desktop and favorite programs all over the Start menu, remember that Windows XP's interface is supposed to be simple. Aladdin Systems' pop-up utility offers fast relief -- and faster access to files, folders, and e-mail messages.
Dreamweaver MX 2004 Review - 11/10/2003 Macromedia's Dreamweaver is the definitive example of a superpowered site designer in intuitive, WYSIWYG clothing. Intranet Journal's Troy Dreier says this year's edition is even better on two levels -- an everyday one of easier image touch-up and Word and Excel import, and the far-reaching one of finally bringing sophisticated CSS technology to mere mortal Webmasters.
DU Meter - 4/8/2004 An inexpensive diagnostic tool that tracks download and upload speeds
Earjam.com, Listen.com Co-Brand Music Site - 4/27/2000 A strategic alliance Wednesday has opened the doors for users of Internet music software developer Earjam.com to access legally available music from more than 1,000 Websites through partner Listen.com.
Early-Warning Utility Lets You Dodge Hard Disk Crashes - 5/6/2002 The sky is falling! Actually, it isn’t, but your PC’s hard disk is crashing -- or rather, it's going to crash someday, guaranteed. Executive Software’s new DiskAlert 2.0 gives Windows NT, 2000, and XP systems and servers the reassurance of always-on, invisible monitoring and early disk-failure warning, with plenty of time to back up data and replace the aging drive.
eBay Launches Canadian Site - 4/10/2000 eBay Monday launched a new specifically targeted Canadian site, designed to encourage domestic and trans-border transactions.
Email Ferret - 4/8/2004 An essential search tool for finding people's e-mail addresses
E-Mail Notify - 4/8/2004 A freeware background mail checker for Windows
Emissary - 4/8/2004 Cool Internet suite that unfortunately is no longer being developed
ESET Smart Security: Ultra-Efficient PC Protection with Minimal Overhead - 11/20/2007 The European firm ESET, well known for its popular NOD32 anti-virus app, offers an alternative to the common "bloatware" seen in many of today's Internet security suites. The company's new ESET Smart Security product is a relatively compact security tool that provides broad and effective protection against Internet-borne malevolence with minimal overhead.
E-Shopping Maintains Record Pace - 12/25/1999 Holiday shoppers continued to crowd the online stores as the number of visitors from home and work to e-commerce sites increased 37 percent for the week ending Dec. 19, versus the week ending Dec. 20 last year, according to new figures.
Essential PIM: A Simple Yet Capable Personal Information Manager - 10/5/2005 Essential PIM isn't designed to provide the detailed contact management you'd find in a comprehensive PIM like ACT!, but it is a simple and capable personal information manager that can serve as a useful alternative to tools like Microsoft Outlook.
Eudora - 4/8/2004 The consummate exemplar of e-mail clients — nothing else comes close
Eudora Light - 4/8/2004 The dated, discontinued, feature-limited sibling of Eudora
EverNote: Capture Every Note and More with Ease - 12/8/2005 EverNote is an ambitious attempt to categorize the uncategorizable. The tool makes it easy to quickly store and later access typed and handwritten memos, images, website excerpts, e-mails, phone messages, document snippets, and much, much more.
EWAN - 4/8/2004 A good Emulator Without A good Name
Excellence in Technology Awards: Make Your Nominations - 10/20/2004 What hardware was hot, what software sizzled, and which services reigned supreme? Break away from your balance sheet and nominate your favorites in the Small Business Computing 2005 Excellence in Technology Awards.
Executive Software Offers Free Upgrade for Diskeeper 7.0 - 11/18/2002 Legions of LAN managers know that Diskeeper 7.0 offers quick, invisible, automatic background defragmentation and optimization of hard disks. Now vendor Executive Software shows its holiday spirit by offering users a free Second Edition upgrade that gives a choice of maximum-speed, maximum-free-space, and best-combination modes.
Exploring Office 2007: All the Makings of a Spelling Maven - 2/19/2008 There's a lot more to Office 2007's spell-checking options than first meet the eye. Our Exploring Office 2007 series continues with a look at the new spell-checking enhancements in Word 2007 and explores how you can adjust Word's built-in spell-checking capabilities for maximum productivity ... not to mention accuracy.
Exploring Office 2007: Analyzing with Excel - 9/14/2007 Excel makes comparing business decisions a bit easier with its Scenario Manager tool. Discover how you can use the spreadsheet to set up different scenarios whether it's comparing products or budget numbers.
Exploring Office 2007: Building Word Docs Using Building Blocks - 4/24/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series reveals a handy new tool in Word 2007 that makes it easy to quickly add professional formatting options such as cover pages and headers and footers into your documents.
Exploring Office 2007: Error-Free Worksheets in Excel 2007 - 2/5/2008 While a mistake in a Word document may amount to no more than an embarrassing typo, a mistake in an Excel worksheet could result in a financial loss to the business. As the latest article in our
Exploring Office 2007 series shows, it's critical to understand the problems that might occur in your Excel worksheets and to take precautions to ensure that your worksheets are as error free as possible.
Exploring Office 2007: Experimenting with Excel's Pivot Tables and Charts - 3/3/2008 Our Exploring Office 2007 series continues with a handy guide to working with the powerful new Pivot Table and Pivot Chart tools in Excel 2007. While all too often overlooked because they appear to be complicated to use, these tools can summarize vast quantities of data in a meaningful way with only a minute or two of effort.
Exploring Office 2007: Hand-Drawn Charts in PowerPoint 2007 - 1/14/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series takes a look at some handy new features in PowerPoint 2007 for creating attractive hand-drawn charts that can give a visual boost to your presentations while still getting your message across to your audience.
Exploring Office 2007: Outlook 2007 Tips and Tricks - 6/6/2007 While Outlook 2007 may look a lot like older releases, there's a great deal to like about the upgrade and plenty of new tools to help you be more productive. Our Exploring Office 2007 series continues with a list of ten top tips for using Outlook 2007.
Exploring Office 2007: Quick and Efficient Data Entry in Excel - 12/26/2007 There are many times in Excel when you find yourself entering the same data over and over again. In many cases, you can spare your fingers the work of typing and fast-track repetitive data entry. As the latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series shows, it's all about working smarter and more effectively.
Exploring Office 2007: Take Charge with Office 2007 Themes - 8/16/2007 One of the new features in Microsoft Office 2007 that has everyone talking is Themes. Discover how this new feature can improve your everyday productivity and efficiency while helping you create attractive, professional-looking documents and presentations with minimal effort.
Exploring Office 2007: Taming Word 2007 Styles - 10/15/2007 Styles are a key tool in any word processing program and Word 2007 is no exception. Styles allow you to quickly format your text and tables in a consistent way. Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article reveals how the new Style options in Word 2007 can help you work more efficiently and effectively to create attractive, professional-looking documents.
Exploring Office 2007: Using SmartArt Graphics - 5/17/2007 Office 2007 delivers an abundance of new features and enhancements, many of which aren't exactly obvious at first glance. The first article in our new Exploring Office 2007 series takes a closer look at working with the SmartArt tool to easily create everything from simple diagrams to cutting-edge business graphics.
Exploring Office 2007: Working with Shapes in Office 2007 - 3/19/2008 Our Exploring Office 2007 series continues with a look at how you can utilize the power of Shapes to create quite sophisticated effects that can be applied in Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 as well as (to a lesser degree) Word 2007.
Exploring Office 2007: A Perfect Print Everytime in Excel 2007 - 9/20/2007 With a little pre-planning and some knowledge of the print options that can be configured to your advantage in Excel, you can turn your next Excel print job from an exercise in frustration to an effortlessly simple and successful procedure.
Exploring Office 2007: Discovering Dashboards in Excel 2007 - 5/21/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series steps through the process of creating a Dashboard chart and data display in Excel 2007 for more efficient analysis of and quick access to your critical information.
Exploring Office 2007: Excel 2007 Tips for Creating Functional and Attractive Charts - 7/26/2007 Excel charts have been given a makeover in Excel 2007 and the Chart Wizard of earlier versions is now gone. Our Exploring Office 2007 series continues with a list of the top tips for creating functional and attractive charts in the new Excel 2007 release.
Exploring Office 2007: Learning About Lists in Excel - 11/29/2007 Excel offers a simple way to manage lists of data without resorting to the complexity of a database. Our latest article in the Exploring Office 2007 series shows you how working with lists functions in both Excel 2007 and Excel 2003.
