Tiffany Maleshefski

Ever since Microsoft launched Office 2004 for Mac, users have loudly demanded full Exchange support from the suite’s e-mail client, Entourage-a reasonable request considering that the suite’s reason for being boils down to enabling users of Apple’s computers to interface as seamlessly as possible with the wider Windows world. And yet, after four years of […]

eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Office 2008 for Mac No Ribbons Office 2008 for Mac uses tabs–not the ribbon that debuted in Office 2007–to organize functions. The suite also keeps the bulk of its functions accessible by drop-down menus, such as File, Edit and View. eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Office 2008 for Mac – ‘Save to PDF’ Office […]

For $899, the Fujitsu LifeBook S7211 is a reliable machine that manages to pack a few high-end features into its 5.2-pound chassis. However, it scrimps in one important place-system memory. The dual-core Intel Pentium-powered system-which offers a widescreen display, CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive and integrated Webcam-could serve well for mainstream business computing. However, it provides only 1GB […]

Low-cost notebook computers can be a boon to IT managers charged with slimming down their capital expense budgets, and Toshiba’s Satellite Pro A210, which boasts 2GB of RAM, a dual-core processor and a widescreen display, demonstrates that doing more with less doesn’t have to mean making do with underpowered hardware. For $899, the AMD Turion […]

10 Things You Should Know About Laptops IT managers have a lot of choices when it comes to outfitting their end users with notebook PCs. Rather than locking into one type of laptop for uniformity’s sake, however, why not ascertain a department’s or employees’ specific needs and build from there 10 Things You Should Know […]

OpenOffice .org 2.3 Impresses”> The release of OpenOffice.org 2.3 brings several significant improvements to the open-source office productivity suite, including easier upgrade paths for existing Microsoft Office users, improved measures to prevent security breaches, and an array of snazzy new features introduced in the suites word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database applications. Meanwhile, all-around improvements […]

10 Things You Should Know About MS Office Alternatives Believe it or not, there are many choices available to IT managers considering switching from Microsoft Office to an alternative office productivity suite. A simple Google search will prove just how many competing suites are in the marketplace. StarOffice 10 Things You Should Know About MS […]

The greening of the technology industry is a trend thats developing with impressive velocity, and with good reason. According to the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, e-waste is the fastest-growing part of the waste stream, and the Environmental Protection Agency estimates e-waste accounts for 2 percent of the municipal solid waste stream in the United States. […]

The debut of Apples iWork 08 includes across-the-board improvements, such as new templates and text effects, and a few snazzy bells and whistles to its presentation program, Keynote. As with the rest of the iWork 08 suite, Apple is stressing Keynotes ease of use, billing the application as a means for anyone to create “cinema-quality […]