With this week's release of the 13th version of Corel WordPerfect, Corel has opted for an evolutionary product that resembles Microsoft Word as much as possible and avoids more dramatic changes such as support for the Open Document Format (ODF). Will Corel's selective interpretation of "compatibility" resound with customers? Or is it too late for a contest in this market? Read more
As Intel continues to move from plain processors and chipsets to complete platforms with unique features - one of them being Active Management Technology (AMT) - competitors and partners are lining up support for an open standard manageability platform called ASF 2.0. Positioned as an option for AMT, network administrators should count on working with not one but two smart network management standards in the future. Read more
TG Daily Feature - A decade ago, Iridium promised a nearly perfect scenario of global wireless connectivity based on satellite telephony. Read more
Seagate demonstrated for the first time the interoperability between multiple Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) disc drives running within the same storage array. Read more
This is our third RAM scaling story in a series that will conclude next week. In this piece, we're comparing a number of different DDR3 memory speeds using both tight and relaxed timings. Which memory setting is best for your Core 2 Quad setup? Read more
Cyberpower sent us a factory-overclocked Phenom II X4 955 system wielding two Radeon HD 4890 cards in CrossFire. We pit the formidable rig against our previous System Builder Marathon Core i7 machine to see if AMD can deliver a viable gaming alternative. Read more
The latest 2 TB hard drives are still expensive, but 1.5 TB disks provide low power consumption at a better cost-to-capacity ratio. We look at offerings from Samsung and Western Digital to determine the value of taking a step down from the flagships. Read more
When a new paradigm like cloud computing or a new platform like Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) comes along, it’s smart to ask tough questions. Read more