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Dos and Donts for Vista and Office 2007 Written by Peter Coffee; Designed by Brian Moore Dos and Donts for Vista and Office 2007 – Dont Hype Dont talk about the products. Ninety-eight percent of PC users who are asked what they use will say Windows. Not Windows 98, not Windows 2000, not Windows XP. […]

The Geeks Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving written by eWEEK Labs; designed by Brian Moore The Geeks Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving – 1. Humanscale Freedom Chair Humanscale Freedom Chair, starts at $849: Automatically adjusting support mechanisms provide maximum ergonomic benefit with minimum effort. ‘For seated comfort while planted in The Geeks Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving – […]

Reasons to Run to—and from—Vista written by Jason Brooks; illustrated by Brian Moore Reasons to Run to—and from—Vista – Reasons to Run Windows Vista Reasons to Run Windows Vista Reasons to Run to—and from—Vista – UAC Makes You Safer UAC (User Account Control) makes you safer, whether or not you choose to run as admin. […]

The Wearing of the IT Green Next week, Intel will begin shipping a new lineup of low-power quad-core Xeon processors. The new chips will consume just 50-watts each, a 35 to 60 percent reduction from Intels existing 80W and 120W quad-core server processors. AMD’s quad-core competito The Wearing of the IT Green – VIA Slims […]

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … Written and illustrated by Brian Moore You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Fewer Blinking Lights, More RAM … Your current system can run Vista … (do all those blinking lights do anything?) … You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – The Price Is Right … […]

eWEEKs Technology in Film Awards Edited by Deb Donston eWEEKs Technology in Film Awards – Best Use of Technology as a Metaphor for Chaos Under Bureaucratic Control eWEEK’s award for the best use of technology as a metaphor for chaos under bureaucratic control goes to Terry Gilliam’s 1985 classic ‘Brazil.’ Both Orwellian in nature and […]

Subverting RFID Chips in ID Docs Written by Renee Ferguson; Illustrated by Stephen Anderson Subverting RFID Chips in ID Docs – Introduction Now that RFID-chipped passports are being widely distributed by the U.S. State Department and other chipped ID documents are under discussion, the question remains: How do you disable the damn thing if you […]

eWeek Labs Walk-Through: Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet Lenovos latest tablet PC, the ThinkPad X60 Tablet, features Intels low-voltage Core Duo and Core Solo dual core processors, and has a starting price of $1,799. eWeek Labs Walk-Through: Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet – Touch-Screen Display The ThinkPad X60 Tablet, which starts shipping in early December, features a […]

The Seven Deadly IT Sins To achieve a higher IT calling, avoid these transgressions at all costs. The Seven Deadly IT Sins – Pride Share the love. Its not about You. No matter how good you are, Me is out and We is in. The Seven Deadly IT Sins – Greed Dont be a gimme […]

Ten Gifts Your IT Department Doesnt Want You to Get This Holiday Small, easy-to-use digital cameras are great for travel and taking photos while on the go. They can also be useful for surreptitiously copying sensitive corporate information and taking it off company grounds. Ten Gifts Your IT Department Doesnt Want You to Get This […]