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I am not really sure how this one got by me yesterday, but given I tend to obsessively follow ebook reader news and still missed it, I figured someone else may benefit from the news. With that, Amazon has released the promised Kindle for PC app. Which means that Kindle… Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s retail and online stores will be selling a line of signature PCs. When you usually buy a PC, you have to spend time removing all of the pre-installed applications on the computer.  These can include 30 day music trials, limited anti-virus protection software and photo editing tools you probably… Continue Reading »

Retina-X Studios has announced the immediate release of their software, Mobile Spy.  Mobile Spy will now be usable on RIM BlackBerry devices, after previously being launched for iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones.  Features of Mobile Spy include the ability to monitor GPS locations, text message history and call logs… Continue Reading »

With the ebook reader market getting bigger and bigger, Amazon is trying to keep relevant.  You could access Kindle books on your Kindle and on the iPhone app—now there is the Kindle reader for Windows so you can read on your laptop.  Sure a computer screen is usually hardly optimal… Continue Reading »

A public beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is being released next month.  This is another way to build momentum for the release of the productivity software after July’s limited preview of the programs.  Features of the new MS Office include screenshot captures, background removal tools, Jump Lists, numerous templates… Continue Reading »

New software that is being released through the company Cataphora can analyze whether an employee is a productive worker or not.  The way that the software will work is that it analyzes electronic footprints left behind by each employee.  This includes monitoring emails sent, calls made, and documents worked on. … Continue Reading »

There’s a new version of Google Picasa for Windows and Mac.  There are plenty of new features - the biggest one is face scanning.  When you load up the new version of Picasa, the software scans your pics and looks for faces.  Underneath the faces is a spot for a… Continue Reading »

For many people, Adobe Photoshop is very pricey and has features that they will never use.  That’s why Adobe has its Photoshop Elements software.  Today, Adobe announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for both OS X and Windows.  Elements 8 will cost $99 for either platform, but Adobe is running a… Continue Reading »

PacketVideo has launched TwonkyBeam as part of its TwonkyMedia suite of media-sharing software.  TwonkyBeam is a free, downloadble browser plug-in that allows you to stream photos, video, and music from media websites to other devices in your home.  After installing the plug-in to your browser, you can stream content by… Continue Reading »

A lot of us have a strange relationship with software.  We want software to get easier and easier, but we don’t want anything to change because we do not want to relearn things.  Windows 7 is about one month away, but there are some changes to the Start menu that… Continue Reading »