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The article discusses the Evernote self-data collection mobile device software application (app) and the company's chief executive officer Phil Libin as of November 2013, focusing on cloud computing, Internet company Google Inc., and Libin's keynote speech at Evernote's third annual user conference which was held in San Francisco, California. Other topics include start-up companies, the costs associated with Evernote's services, and the global popularity of Evernote.

The article reviews the Windows 7.0 operating system software from Microsoft. INSETS: Windows 7's Ten Best Features;Windows XP: Now and Forever?.

The article reviews several computer software tools from Microsoft including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. INSETS: Windows vs. Windows vs. Windows;7 Promising Features in Windows 7;7 Big Questions About Windows 7;Microsoft's New Google Fighters

The article reviews several browser-based image editors, including FotoFlexer, Photoshop Express, and 4Splashup.

Reviews Microsoft's Office XP suite software. Discussion of whether to upgrade an office suite with Office XP; Comparison of the versions and the applications, which includes Word 2002 with voice recognition technology; Features, including Disaster Recovery, smart tags, and product activation wizard; Price. INSET: How Office's Rivals Stack Up, ' by Harry McCracken.

Discusses computer security. Development of software to protect Internet users from computer fraud; Importance of antivirus programs; Ability of Web sites to track users' Internet use habits; Importance of firewalls; Evaluation of various computer security software packages. INSETS: Security Advice From a Pro, by Sean Captain;Portable Security Tool Kit;Your Next Virus Infection, by Sean Captain.

Provides information on the freeware that could be downloaded from Web portals. Aladdin Expander 5.0; Diskdata; Printkey; NetSonic; ICQ; Maplay 1.2+.

Evaluates Microsoft Office 2000 to determine whether businesses should consider upgrading from earlier versions of Microsoft Corp.'s productivity suite. Programs included in the suite including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Frontpage, Powerpoint, Publisher, Photodraw and Programming Tools; Features; Enhancements; Recommendations. INSETS: Passing Judgment;Compatibility Conundrum;Fight or Switch?;Teamwork Tools

Evaluates Microsoft's Windows NT Workstation 5 operating system. Microsoft positioning NT5 for business users; When the product will be shipped; Development of the software; Network version of NT5; Question of which version of Windows to use until the release of NT5; System requirements to run the operating system. INSETS: Just In;Novell's New NetWare, by Dan Miller;Feds vs. Microsoft: Is NT5 Next?, by Daniel S. Levine.

Previews changes being made to Microsoft Office 97. The likelihood that the new version will focus on some of the same areas as the next offerings from Lotus and Corel; The updated collaboration tools, including one for group discussion within Office files; The feature that will allow typical users to create content more easily for Internet or corporate intranet Web sites. INSET: Just in.

Compares the 1997 versions of Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite and Corel WordPerfect Suite Professional. Overall winner; Pros and cons of each; How the word processors stacked up against each other; How the spreadsheet applications compare; Database applications; Presentation applications; Personal information managers; Suite integration; Performance of each; Price; Recommendations; Contact information. INSET: Suites 98: What you can expect in the next..., by Cathy Kenny.

The article reviews the computer software Microsoft Windows 7.

Offers advice regarding personal computers and their software. How to keep a help a window and the application with which it is supposed to assist the user on the screen at the same time; Strategy to make any window float on top of all others, through using CloudNine Software's TopIt; Ways to use help systems efficiently, including entering keywords related to the problem; Others.

Discusses the software Outlook found in Microsoft Corp.'s Office 97. The use of the Outlook bar; The conversion of addresses from one program into Outlook; The inclusion of notes; Windows available for Outlook. INSET: Tips for Lotus SmartSuite 97..

Offers advice on using the Word, Excel, and Access features of Microsoft Office 97. The ability to map out features of each document; The ability to build a linked table of contents; Navigation of a document; Features to liven up documents; Excel features; Access features.

Introduces a series of articles which deal with Microsoft Office 97 computer software from Microsoft Corp. Cost of the package; Upgrading from previous versions; Improvements; The competition; Various editions.

The article reviews the 2007 version of the Powerpoint presentation graphics software from Microsoft Corp.

This article comments on the trend in personal computing as of June 2005. When Tracey Capen, this magazine's editor for reviews, went hunting for a new cmputer for his home network, he knew what he wanted: an affordable, secure, compact machine with enough hardware muscle and software savvy for demanding jobs like video editing. He found all of the above in a Mac Mini. And while some people might consider a Macintosh a counterintuitive choice for "PC World" reviews guy, the most startling thing about Tracey's decision was that it was not all that startling. Nor was I dumbstruck to learn that "PC World" Web producer David Lake's home office includes a Windows PC, a Linux system, and a machine that dual-boots between the two operating systems. Time was when it seemed like everything from file formats to user interfaces consipired to discourage folks from adopting more than one computing platform. But lately we are hearing from more and more readers who lead happy, productive multiplatform lives. Herewith, a few tips from Tracey and David on doing just that. Buy a KVM switch: Starting at around $50, these gizmos let you use one keyboard, display, and mouse combination with two or more personal computers. KVMs are invaluable, especially in crowded quarters. However, configuring them can be tricky, warns Tracey, who uses one with his Mini and with a Windows system. Try multimachine multitasking: Even a poten personal computer may sputter if you throw too many jobs at it at once. So Tracey often starts the Mini going on a single grueling task, and then switches to his Windows box for word processing, e-mail and other less demanding work.

Focuses on web sites and applications that allow Internet users to build customized web pages and browsers. Web site Quickbrowse.com; Octopus application at www.octopus.com; OnePage and DataBites, which are similar to Octopus; Description of the personal information management capabilities of Enfish's Onespace application.

Evaluates the beta version of Microsoft Office 10, the final product of which should be available in the summer of 2001. Key features and upgrades; Pros and cons; Recommendation.

Presents alternative Window-based presentation software. Software features; Applications; Costs; Contact information.

Evaluates the Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 and Deneba Systems' Canvas 7.0 graphics software packages. Pros and cons of each product; Prices; Features.

Previews the Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 software. Features, including CorelCentral and Paradox; Price; Company contact information; Shipments of products by Microsoft, Lotus and Corel.

Offers advice on ways for users to improve their use of Corel's WordPerfect Suite Version 8. The positioning of text; The control of document size; World Wide Web documents; Advice for Quattro Pro; Presentations 7; Volume control of audio clips.

Offers advice on handling files that are shared among users of Microsoft Office 95 and 97. Saving files in an older format; Being aware of what does not translate into Excel 97 and PowerPoint 97; The addition of converters to older versions; The Word 97 viewer; The conversion of WordBasic Macros. INSET: What doesn't translate in Word..

Evaluates Excel 97, computer spreadsheet software from Microsoft Corp. Features; Pros; Cons; The competition; Improvements over previous versions.

Evaluates Microsoft Word 97, a word processor from Microsoft Corp. Features; Pros; Cons; Improvements over Word 95; The competition.

Presents various software available for family use. Includes the WinFax Scanner software from Delrina Corp; Echo Lake CD-ROM from Delrina Corp; Automap Road Atlas and Automap Street software from Microsoft Corp; The Deer Hunter in CD-ROM drive from the Discovery Channel; On-Line Discovery from Global Village Communications; Passage to Vietnam from Against All Odds Productions.

The article discusses various ways in which retailers can use the Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities of the mobile applications on a consumer's iPhone or Android-powered smartphone device to directly market specific products to people who are in grocery stores, museums, and stadiums as of March 2014. According to the article, companies can use beacon transmitters such as computer company Apple Inc.'s iBeacon and Bluetooth technology to pinpoint the locations of customers in a venue.

The article evaluates the smartphone iPhone mobile device application Swell which streams audio news, podcast, and talk radio content by web application company Concept.io Inc.

The article presents a review of the Flipboard personalized-magazine software application for devices running the Windows 8.1 operating system.

The article presents reviews of several e-mail management software applications (apps) as of March 4, 2013, including the Mailbox app from developer Orchestra Inc., the Mailstrom service from software firm 410 Labs, and the Cloze app from mobile device application developer Cloze Inc.

The article discusses a trend in 2012 towards developing social media software applications which are aimed at bringing together strangers who share common interests, and it also provides a review of the Highlight mobile device application from developer Math Camp Inc. and co-founder Paul Davison for use with iPhone smartphones. Highlight reportedly gathers information from a user's Facebook social networking website and uses an iPhone's global positioning system (GPS) to locate other people who share the same interests.

The article reviews the computer software PDF Converter Enterprise 6 from Nuance.

The article reviews the Corel Painter version 11 software.

The article presents a discussion about Windows XP and Windows Vista. According to a survey conducted by "PCWorld," majority of respondents are against the plan of Microsoft to stop Windows XP so that the next personal computers will run using Vista. Some respondents who have used Vista spoke about problems they had, ranging from sluggish performance to software and hardware incompatibilities. According to the author, Vista, just like any other operating system (OS), remains a work in progress.

The article reviews the information-sharing software Zoho Notebook from AdventNet.

The author talks about the computer software. According to the author, computer applications today are service that exist in the Internet and not in the hard drive of a computer. The author stated that Web services allows Internet users to access their documents from any personal computer (PC). The author also talked about three innovative web applications including Remember the milk, a task manager.

The author comments on the virtualization of computer operating systems and discusses events that help virtualization. According to the author, both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have built support for new computers. He says that computer programs like Parallels and VMware run actively enough that makes one forget he/she is working in a virtual environment. The author also said that all Vista editions are capable of being virtualized from a technical standpoint. He mentions that Microsoft wants to discourage casual personal computer users from trying virtual computing, due to potential security risks with CPU-level virtual machines as implemented by Intel and AMD.

The article reviews the computer graphics software Painter X from Corel.

The article presents the author's views on the evolution of browsers. He offers background on an article about the review of Internet Explorer and Firefox add-ons. At present, many browers are compatible with various Web sites. A browser does not have to be the right one for all users in order to thrive.

In this article, the author explores the trends on the World Wide Web in 2007. The author highlights the increasing usefulness of the Web due to upstart services for everything from crunching numbers to seeking advice on technical matters. He observes that services such as Zoho's productivity tools can act so much like traditional productivity programs despite living in a Web browser. However, the author concludes that technology may not be the biggest obstacle preventing the Net reaching its Maximum Usefulness Quotient.

The author reflects on the effectiveness of the new beta 2 editions of Microsoft's Vista and Office 2007 software products. Clarity, Microsoft says, is a key Vista goal. But if consistency is a component of clarity, Vistabeta 2 still skews fuzzy. Everything from Computer to Windows Photo Gallery to Internet Explorer 7 does away with traditional menus, but each replaces them with something slightly different and it is not always clear what was objectionable about menus in the first place. Office 2007 is a different story. With dozens of toolbars, hundreds of menu items and thousands of features, its interface buckled long ago under the sheer weight of the suite's features. Office 2007 replaced most standard menus and toolbars with the tabbed, visual Ribbon.

The article ponders on the implications of developments in the computer industry. Some of these developments include the delay in the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista until January 2007 and the unveiling of Boot Camp, a utility for Intel-based Macintosh computer by Apple. One big question about Vista is whether it will be a big deal. Much of what the system offers is already available in the form of downloadable third-party enhancements. A reason behind Vista not being bolder is that the business model behind it remains the same because of the changes in Windows over the past two decades.

The article reviews the graphics software Graphics Suite X3 from CorelDraw.

The article reflects on the security problems associated with personal computers usage in the U.S. Various initiatives have been launched to deal with identity crime and cybercrime. Information on a proposed bill that will monitor multiple standard malware techniques is also provided here. This bill aims to halt the spread of spyware software. Although the computer industry has not rallied behind the bill, representatives are very eager to deal with electronic spying.

The article presents requests on the features of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. The world needs a better way to wrangle today's profusion of programs, files, and settings than the Start menu, which dates from an era when hard drives were measured in mere megabytes. The Vista Start menu's default mode opens folders in place, rather than splaying menus and submenus. Vista should prevent a program from depositing anything in a user's system tray without explicit permission. If all Vista did was organize tools rationally and eradicate instances where the same function works differently in different parts of the operating system, it would be a giant leap for Windows.

Reviews graphics software Painter IX from Corel. Information on the software's natural media art implements; Quality of digital images processed through Painter IX; Cost of the software.

This articles points out the features of Firefox that are not found in Internet Explorer and other browsers as of February 2005. According to the author, Firefox was born of bloat: It descends from Netscape Communicator. Firefox focuses on doing ordinary tasks uncommonly well. Its Find in This Page tool, for example, sits below the browser window, where it is both convenient and unobtrusive. In contrast, the Find features of Internet Explorer and other browsers float on top of the page and may hide the word a user is looking for. Equally important are the things Firefox does not do at all--such as support Internet Explorer's ActiveX controls. These downloadable applets, which give Internet Explorer new capabilities on the fly, introduce security risks that Firefox users do not incur. Nor does Firefox hook deeply into Windows itself, another aspect of Internet Explorer that has proved to be a mixed blessing at best. Firefox is not the only keep-it-simple tool that rose from Communicator's ashes. Sharing its origins are Thunderbird, an e-mail program; and Nvu, a Web-authoring application that is still in beta. All three programs have streamlined designs; run on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X; and are absolutely free.

The article looks at new computer and related technology products previewed at PC World in the past. Back in January 2004, we previewed Iomega's DCT, which crammed 1.5-gigabyte of storage into $10 microdiscs for use in portable products such as MP3 players. Then Iomega decided not to bring DCT to market. Meanwhile, DataPlay, a DCT-like disc, is back for another try. But with memory cards such as SD still growing in capacity and shrinking in price, I suspect that the future of small storage will be solid state. Lilliputian Windows XP machines: Speaking of small, ultraportable personal computers have been stuck in vaporware mode, until now. Scansoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking software remains a lifesaver for folks who cannot or should not use a keyboard. However, as with handwriting recognition, it seems that voice input will not matter for most of us until it gets close to perfect. After years of overpromising and underdelivering, this personal networking technology is finally the real deal. In the personal computer domain, its biggest accomplishment has been to make wireless keyboards and mice pricier and flakier. And now Ultra Wideband, a standard for wire-free communications, is gunning to kill off Bluetooth on the desktop.