Applications

Fri, February 10, 2012 - The big game is on -- and by that, we don't mean football, basketball, baseball or Angry Birds. We're talking about the biggest pastime in the U.S.: Watching (and taking part in) the current Republican primaries and the upcoming presidential elections.

Wed, February 01, 2012 - MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls

Mon, January 23, 2012 - The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals.

Mon, January 09, 2012 - Was it the philosopher George Santayana who said, "Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it?" Did he offer any hints for those of us who want to repeat the past, especially the successes? We're beyond the teary elegies of 2011 and deep into making resolutions for 2012. If we're going to stand half a chance of creating something great this year, it only makes sense to pause and celebrate what went right in 2011.

Fri, December 23, 2011 - At the end of another year, PCWorld reviewers name downloads and Web programs we liked so much we just kept on using them.

Mon, December 19, 2011 - Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot.

Mon, November 07, 2011 - Companies that can't meet Microsoft's price for its SharePoint content management package might want to try Alfresco.

Tue, October 18, 2011 - Integrate Facebook and LinkedIn into Outlook with this free add-on from Microsoft.

Wed, September 14, 2011 - Need to build a high-end website? We test three of the top free site-building applications.

Tue, August 30, 2011 - Now that Microsoft has launched Office 365, it is officially "game on" for online office productivity suites. Microsoft may enjoy a near-monopoly in the desktop office suite market, but online it faces established rivals in the form of Google Apps and Zoho Docs.