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Acrobat 8: a first look review
Reviews The idea is to make the software more interactive, because Adobe wants more people in organisations to be involved in creating PDFs -- including the discussion and collaboration that's increasingly involved in PDF creation.
[September 19, 2006, 9:00]
OneNote 2003 Beta 2 review
Reviews You can also print copies of your notes complete with your idiosyncratic page structure -- discussion points, ideas, comments, sketches and doodles -- reproduced exactly as you positioned them. Later, by selecting that entry, the audio recording is...
[March 10, 2003, 16:17]
CODE: Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy review
Reviews But Marilyn Strathern's discussion of collective authorship in Papua New Guinea is new to me, as is Christopher Kelty's discussion of trust. This book is a good and different contribution to the discussion.
[July 1, 2005, 0:00]
Gmail: a first look review
Reviews Beyond archiving, you can send emails and discussion to the Trash folder/label (which you can view). Threading becomes apparent within your first few emails; instead of displaying every email by default, Gmail’s inbox view simply displays the first...
[April 22, 2004, 15:20]
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2: a first look review
Reviews Whether the lack of stable development tools for many of Vista's new features has affected the uptake of Microsoft's new desktop OS is a matter for discussion, but for now if you're interested in exploring what you can achieve with the new tools...
[October 5, 2007, 14:35]
High-Tech Crimes Revealed review
Reviews Some of the background of these cases is wholly American, such as the discussion of the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to crack down on identity theft. Branigan is a former manager for Bell Labs Computing and Network Research, and has a...
[November 17, 2004, 7:35]
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification review
Reviews From there, Shepard moves into a discussion of the uses of RFID and its prospective applications in streamlining domestic chores, managing hazardous waste, vehicle identification and, of course, supply chain management.
[June 15, 2005, 12:35]
The Google Way review
Reviews There is a brief discussion of privacy issues and trust, in which Girard notes the differing approaches to personal data of the US and Europe. Bernard Girard, a management consultant, author and lecturer, accordingly fills the beginning of The...
[May 19, 2009, 9:02]
Mobile devices: a buyer's guide review
Reviews Although we shouldn't get too hung up on classification, it is useful to have a broad taxonomy of mobile devices, around which to base a discussion of ergonomics, functionality and management issues. Work is no longer something that exclusively...
[September 26, 2007, 13:44]
Wikipedia review
Reviews Each hyperlink-laden article includes a discussion tab for comments and queries, a tab to edit the page, and a tab that displays the history of page edits. Installation & interface As a completely free online reference source, the non-profit...
[October 28, 2005, 15:40]
Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router review
Reviews The manual also provides a brief, clear discussion of DHCP versus fixed IP networks to help beginners make this crucial choice. Setup & ease of use Due to Linksys's huge consumer market share and no-nonsense software, the company's routers have set...
[March 6, 2003, 12:42]
Security and Usability review
Reviews A final contribution in this section is a discussion of Microsoft's user research. This book, subtitled Designing Secure Systems That People Can Use, is a collection of papers studying the question of how to build good -- that is, usable...
[December 12, 2005, 8:35]
Groove Workspace 2.0 review
Reviews And if you use Microsoft Outlook, try the Outlook Onramp wizard, which lets you turn an email discussion into a Groove group simply by pressing a button that Groove slaps on Outlook's interface. Think of Groove as a combined whiteboard, instant...
[May 24, 2002, 13:26]
IDF: a walk on the wild side review
Reviews After expressing great wonder at the mysteries of the flush toilet, Mr Shatner concluded the discussion with the unanswerable: "None of this shit works for me". Intel's Developer Form (IDF) has many faces, most of them devoted to the serious...
[September 13, 2002, 16:07]
The Digital Person review
Reviews British readers will find less to identify with in Solove's discussion of the American Fourth Amendment, however, and he spends little time considering the data protection regime that prevails throughout Europe.
[June 8, 2005, 12:05]
AutoCAD LT 2002 review
Reviews Should you run into trouble with this mass of tools, Autodesk provides an online support knowledge base that answers common questions, provides the latest product updates, drivers and utilities, and hosts product-specific discussion groups.
[July 4, 2002, 11:19]
Macromedia Breeze review
Reviews For instance, when you switch from Slides mode to Discussion mode, the Breeze windows slide across the screen, dynamically rearranging themselves for the task at hand. Macromedia Breeze, like its conferencing competitors, is easy to set up.
[March 9, 2005, 9:50]
Internet Forensics review
Reviews The final sections of Internet Forensics cover the use of activity patterns and signatures to trace the origins of fraudsters (aided by Google searches to find others investigating the same scams); a couple of detailed case studies showing how all...
[April 4, 2006, 10:10]
Philips 107B20 review
Reviews As the preceding technical discussion should have made clear, you don't want to use LightFrame with text, as all it produces is an ugly streaking effect. LightFrame is a combination of hardware and software that allows you to selectively brighten...
[December 11, 2000, 23:00]
Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition review
Reviews Workspace tools include a notepad, a threaded discussion area (meaning that you can comment in public on another person's message), plus file and photo storage. Installation & interface Downloading and installing Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File...
[February 23, 2005, 11:45]
