GOOGLE TOOLBAR 2.0

Jun 26, 2003 | Google, IE, software

The Google toolbar is one of the only utilities I allow on my computers. It’s so handy that I’m willing to let it take up a bit of valuable screen real estate. Google will be announcing a new version of the toolbar, with one extraordinary feature: a built-in free...

EARTHLINK TOTAL ACCESS

Jun 26, 2003 | software

Earthlink is promoting a software bundle called “Total Access.” It includes features that sound tempting – including a popup blocker, something more and more people are looking for as popup ads get more intrusive. “Total Access” is a bad thing. Stay far away!...

TIME MATTERS 5.0

Jun 9, 2003 | law, software

Time Matters and Amicus are the market leaders for law office case management. Time Matters just rolled out its first new version in two years, version 5.0, along with a new companion product for billing, Billing Matters. It appears that Time Matters is positioning...

HISTORY LESSON

May 30, 2003 | Microsoft, software

Mark Minasi occasionally writes a column for a newsletter from Windows & .NET Magazine. Today he makes an interesting point to support his contention that Windows NT 4.0 should not be considered obsolete. Minasi notes that the hardware in personal computers has...

WORDPERFECT 11

May 21, 2003 | software

There’s a new release of WordPerfect, so I went through the Corel support newsgroups to get an idea of what people think. The reports are pretty good. It’s reasonably stable for most people, and Corel has taken out some of the most troublesome parts of the previous...

NEW VERSION OF MEDIA JUKEBOX

May 1, 2003 | audio, software

In the background I’m downloading the new version of Media Jukebox, renamed Media Center 9. Here’s the page with all the details. Media Jukebox has long been my favorite program for managing my mp3 library. The new version adds an improved interface, some new tricks...