Exploring Office 2007: Keeping Important Spreadsheet Information in Sight - 7/3/2008 The latest article in our Exploring Office 2007 series reveals how with a little imagination and skill you can have your cake and eat it too -- work on one part of a worksheet and see data in other areas of the spreadsheet at the same time.
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.
Exploring Office 2007: PowerPoint 2007 Tips and Tricks - 6/27/2007 PowerPoint 2007 delivers a wealth of new features and enhancements that make it easier to create attractive, professional-looking presentations. Our Exploring Office 2007 series continues with a list of the top tips for getting the most out of the new PowerPoint 2007 release.
Exploring Office 2007: Working Collaboratively in Word 2007 - 11/6/2007 Microsoft Word 2007 is a great editing tool to use when you're working with others on a project. Our latest Exploring Office 2007 article explores the features in Word 2007 that allow you to manage workgroup changes and contributions to documents.
FBI Probes Report of Widespread Hacker Infiltration - 6/12/2000 The FBI met Friday morning with representatives of a security company that said it had discovered a widespread, malicious Internet program embedded on home computers.
FeedForAll: Address All Your RSS Needs With One Tool - 3/24/2005 RSS technology is really taking off. As the demand has increased, Web developers have discovered that they need to add RSS feeds to their sites. In the past, this was usually done manually or through the use of Perl scripts, but now you can choose a software program like FeedForAll to do the job.
Feel the Web - 1/16/2001 If you don't think there's enough flash on your web site, soon you'll be able to do more than add visuals.
Fetch Files and Stay Secure with LapLink Gold 11.5 - 6/30/2003 How would you like your remote control of, and access to files on, your PC back at the office -- over a Web-based subscription service, a fast USB-cable connection to your laptop, or even via software that comes preinstalled on a pocket-sized USB flash pen? The latest version of LapLink's file-transfer and remote-control utility gives PC-shufflers maximum flexibility.
FileHawk: Taking Desktop Search Beyond Your Desktop - 12/19/2006 FileHawk goes beyond simply searching your PC's hard drive by extending its search capabilities to CD/DVD drives, external hard drives, and flash memory drives, but does this new desktop search tool have enough to make up for its price tag and somewhat limited interface?
FileMaker Urges Excel Addicts To Try a Real Database - 12/15/2003 Microsoft Excel is the ace of spreadsheets -- but it's still a spreadsheet, so its flexibility suffers when you try to pour contacts, products, or other non-numeric info into its number-crunching columns. That plus a $50 rebate are the arguments FileMaker hopes will persuade Excel jockeys to consider managing data with, well, a database.
FileZilla: The Feature-Rich and Fancy Free FTP Client - 3/13/2008 Any time we see online user reviews that include phrases like "thunder god" we are at once both skeptical and curious. Can an FTP client really be that good? Adam Stone puts the freeware FileZilla to the test.
Final Claims Made in Microsoft Case - 9/10/1999 Microsoft Corp. used its final written legal brief Friday to attack the government's broad antitrust case against it, arguing its widely used Windows software doesn't afford it monopoly power over the high-tech industry.
Find the Perfect Freeware, Feature-Rich Image Editing App for You - 10/4/2006 There's no need to pay for an application to fix or enhance photos you need for your Web site or marketing materials. We explore three fine choices that get the job done no matter what your skill level — and they're all available for free.
Fireball CyberProtection Suite 2.0 Review - 10/27/2003 Need a firewall? Throw a Fireball -- RedCannon Security's new hacker, spyware, pop-up, and porn blocker -- at online bad guys. SmallBusinessComputing.com's Wayne Kawamoto says this $50 package earns points for telecommuters' virtual private network (VPN) support and keeps track of Microsoft's endless flow of security patches for you.
Firehand Ember - 4/8/2004 An outstanding, easy to use, lightning-quick graphics file manager
Firewall Vendor Tiny Software Adds Trojan/Worm Protection - 12/10/2001 Worms, Trojans, and malicious scripts are everywhere on the Internet. Tiny Software says its new Trojan Trap seals off suspicious programs so they can't get at your Windows Registry or file system, spawn processes, or do other mischief.
First Hi-speed Rural Wireless - 11/28/2000 1 Mbps service through the unlicenced 900 MHz band has come to rural Alberta. After being turned down by cable and telco providers, local businessmen put together a service which looks ready to spread its wings.
Fractal Viewer - 11/1/1997 Fractal Viewer Plus is designed for viewing Fractal Image Format (FIF) graphics in either standalone mode or directly from your Web browser as a plug-in module using Netscape (Fractal Imager) or as an ActiveX Control using Internet Explorer (Fractal ViewerX).
Free Agent - 4/8/2004 Feature for feature, the best freeware newsreader available
Free Bonus Pack Boosts Windows XP Media Player - 12/13/2001 Impressed with Windows Media Player XP? Microsoft says you ain't seen nothing yet -- check out the MP3-to-WMA music converter, extra player controls and media management, and Windows Movie Maker goodies now available as a free download.
Free OpenOffice.org 1.0 Suite Available, Though Server's Swamped - 5/1/2002 You might want to wait a day or two to try the download, but you can now try the official 1.0 release of the OpenOffice suite -- the open-source, completely free (albeit database- and formal-tech-support-free) version of Sun's StarOffice 6.0 alternative to Microsoft Office, which promises to read and write Office file formats as smoothly as its own XML.
Free Pop-Up Ad Blocker Updated for IE 6, Netscape 4.x - 11/19/2001 Adding support for Netscape 4.x and Internet Explorer 6 browsers, Panicware's free Pop-Up Stopper lets surfers control or abolish unwanted pop-up ads without hindering real links or additional browser windows.
Fresh UI: A Fresh (and Free) Approach to Windows Customization and Management - 3/25/2006 When it comes to diagnosing and customizing your PC, the right set of tools can make the difference between optimal performance and an unexpected disaster. Fresh Devices offers a pair of tools just right for the job, and even better, they're both free.
F-Secure Anti-Virus - 4/8/2004 A very fast, very effective anti-virus program with CounterSign Techonology
F-Secure Internet Security 2005: New Competition for Norton and McAfee - 1/5/2005 F-Secure's new Internet suite presents an enticing collection of security components, including firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, spam filtering, and parental control capabilities, but how does it fare against the hugely popular competition?
FTP Explorer - 4/8/2004 A vintage FTP app that sports the same great features as Window Explorer
FTP Icon Connection - 4/8/2004 A FTP client that's all beauty and no brains?
FTP OutBox - 4/8/2004 An ultra-efficient transfer agent for uploading files to remote sites
FTP Voyager - 4/8/2004 A Windows Explorer-like FTP client with an unrivaled set of features
FTPEditor Pro: Easing the Pain of Routine Web Edits - 4/6/2005 Small edits of Web pages can be a cumbersome task, especially if all you need to do is correct a grammar or spelling mistake. Usually, you have to open the file in an editing program, correct the mistake, save the file, and then upload it to the remote FTP server. FTPEditor presents an efficient means for bypassing much of this work.
ftpNetDrive - 4/8/2004 An indispensable transfer agent that mapped FTP sites to network drive letters — now included as part of Internet Neighborhood Pro
