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Browser Alternatives: Beyond Internet Explorer
It was in late 1999 that Internet Explorer finally toppled Netscape, becoming the preferred web browser for over 60% of web surfers. In the five years since then, its market share only grew more, until it had over a 95% share. Five years of dominance may not seem like forever, but in the computer business…
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Veritas Backup Suite Finds Missing Links
Veritas Software Corp.’s Backup Exec Suite links the company’s popular Backup Exec software package to technologies that Veritas acquired in recent merger activity. Click here to read the full review of Backup Exec Suite. Veritas Software Corp.’s Backup Exec Suite links the company’s popular Backup Exec software package to technologies that Veritas acquired in recent…
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Microsoft IM Platform Bridges Gaps
With its new ability to extend collaboration to Office productivity applications and to bridge communications among organizations, Microsoft Corp.’s Live Communications Server 2005 is a good enterprise instant messaging platform choice for a wider variety of companies. Click here to read the full review of Live Communications Server 2005. With its new ability to extend…
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Six Dual-Layer DVD Burners
In 2004, the price per megabyte plummeted in all forms of storage. Hard drive prices headed south, and the price of flash memory of all form factors plunged, even as the thirst for more space to store the digital aspects of our lives skyrocketed. Hitachi Global Storage estimates that the modern house may have up…
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GeForce 6200: Nvidia’s New Budget Graphics
The GeForce 6 series has wasted no time moving from the initial high-end 6800 Ultra down to price points mere mortals can afford. The cheapest solution is the GeForce 6200, which comes it two distinct flavors. The first is a normal graphics card, with 128 or 256MB of on-board graphics memory. The 128MB version goes…
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Trigem’s Kloss KL-I915B Small-Form-Factor PC
Small-form-factor PCs have gone mainstream. The SFF revolution, led by motherboard and case maker Shuttle is now going full tilt, and these machines are beginning to show up everywhere from living rooms to corporate boardrooms. Another increasingly popular destination for SFF PCs is in entertainment centers, where they can act as DVR, HDTV tuner, DVD…
