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REVIEW: Outlook 2010 Catches Up with Office Suite In Office 2007, the Outlook mail client looked a lot like its previous iteration, lacking even a full implementation of the productivity suite's ribbon interface. With Outlook 2010, however, Microsoft has caught the mail client up with the rest of the Office suite. eWEEK Labs' tests of the Outlook 2010 beta show some significant improvements, but also some room for confusion.		802.11n: The Wi-Fi Revolution Nobody Noticed The 802.11n standard's performance and compatibility with older gear make it a no-brainer upgrade. Windows 7 Was My Idea? Microsoft's "Windows 7 Is My Idea" billboard campaign reminds eWEEK Labs' Andrew Garcia that annoying things about Windows are still present in Version 7--and that new annoyances have been added to the list. Here's what Garcia would add to the OS to make Windows truly his idea. REVIEW: Office 2010 Beta Performs with Striking Stability and Polish Office has an unenviable task: getting organizations and individuals excited about undertaking a major upgrade of a platform whose previous versions have been handling users' productivity chores just fine for going on 10 years now. The beta of Office 2010 shows extended Web and mobile reach, as well as a number of useful enhancements across the suite's apps. Is Virtualization Becoming the Turducken of the IT World? VMs-within-VMs-within-VMs raise new virtualization promises and concerns.


A Shift to Web Apps and 'Windows as a Runtime' Opens New OS Doors REVIEW: Windows 7 Support Boosts VMware Workstation 7 REVIEW: OpenSUSE 11.2 Exposes, Integrates Community-Packaged Software REVIEW: Shavlik Netchk Protect 7 Provides Patch Management, Anti-Malware in a Single Tool REVIEW: Parallels Desktop 5 Runs Neck-and-Neck with Windows-on-Mac Rivals REVIEW: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Is a Typically Excellent E-Mail, Contact and Calendaring Device REVIEW: Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome 4.0 Betas Show Modest Advances eWEEK at 25: Virtualization's Impact Spans Decades eWEEK at 25: Wi-Fi Has Gone from Extravagance to Mission-Critical Enabler eWEEK at 25: The Web Changed Everything eWEEK at 25: Open Source Has Proven a Remarkably Fertile Platform REVIEW: SeaMonkey Retains Mozilla Look and Feel While Incorporating Firefox 3.5 Performance REVIEW: BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Bests Predecessor on Performance, Touch Screen REVIEW: VMware Fusion 3 Holds Slight Edge in 'PC Switch to Mac' Space REVIEW: Liaise Beta Falls Short on Attempt to Boost Outlook Productivity REVIEW: Red Hat Fedora 12 Beta Makes Progress on System Privilege, Virtualization Fronts REVIEW: Dell R710 PowerEdge Raises Server Bar REVIEW: Ext JS 3.0 Eases Web App Development REVIEW: Novatel MiFi 2200 Makes Effective Mobile Internet Connection How to Green Your Data Center Without a Forklift REVIEW: Crossbeam X-Series Platform Consolidates Security Functions REVIEW: Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Promises to Strengthen Distro's Position as Desktop Favorite REVIEW: Cisco Unified Computing System Is a Robust Platform for Physical, Virtual Data Center Ops REVIEW: The Time Is Right for 8x8 Virtual Office REVIEW: Windows Mobile 6.5 Improvements Leave Much to Be Desired REVIEW: Windows 7 DirectAccess Replaces VPN with Secure, Always-On Connection Databases: The Next Big Virtualization Thing Will Friction Between Microsoft and Open-Source Community Cause Flames? 802.11n Makes Official Debut, Keeps Compatibility Promises A Bank's Mistake and Gmail Lockout Conjure Cloud Cautions REVIEW: Talend Open Studio Makes Quick ETL Work of Large Data Sets REVIEW: Snow Leopard Server Provides Powerful Feature Updates REVIEW: Eclipse Gets Palm WebOS Mojo REVIEW: Panda Managed Office Protection Service Reduces Endpoint Security Costs REVIEW: Parallels Desktop 4.0 Makes It Easy to Make the Switch from PCs to Macs REVIEW: Office Web Apps Will Pose Strong Counterattack Against Google Apps, Zoho REVIEW: Lenovo T400s Touch-Screen Is Responsive and Smudge-Resistant REVIEW: SocialPET Lures End Users into Exposing Security Ignorance Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It REVIEW: Dell E4300 Maintains Thin and Light Status Quo REVIEW: T-Mobile MyTouch 3G with Google Disappoints REVIEW: iPhone OS 3.1 and iTunes 9 Update Is Compelling, Despite Relative New-Feature Paucity REVIEW: Easy-to-Configure TZO-HA DNS Services Offer Peace of Mind REVIEW: Opera 10 Continues to Innovate, But Its Lead over Other Browsers Is Shrinking 64-Bit Upgrade by Way of Open Source Isn't Bump-Free

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