• Search for 'Conficker' Could Lure Virus

  
  Antivirus vendors warn that entering terms in a search engine could retrieve infected sites instead.

• Acer Sued for Vista's Poor Performance

  
  Couple Sues Acer Over Sluggish Vista Performance
• To Improve Your Eyesight, Fire Up the Shoot-'em-up
• Once-Secret 'Cloud Manifesto' Sees Light of Day
• Frequently Asked Photo Questions for March
• The Best (and Worst) of GDC 2009
• Firefox Patches Zero-day, Hacking Contest Bugs
• Google Plays Down Security Concerns Over Docs
• The Omni Group Unveils OmniGraphSketcher 1.0
• GraphicDesignerToolbox 1.0 Released

Software Reviews

• NEO Find 1.0 E-Mail Software NEO Find will likely help you dig up e-mail more quickly, but you have to use a separate program window for its searches.
• Postbox E-Mail Client Software Postbox adds nice features to Thunderbird e-mail, but it may also add a price tag, too.
• FileMaker Pro 10 Database Software FileMaker's ease of use and powerful features are an unbeatable combination for home-office and small-business users.
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware Pro 8.0.2 Anniversary Edition Security Software Ad-Aware's new antivirus engine offers some extra protection, but you may be better off with just a solid antivirus program.
• Avira Premium Security Suite 8.2 Security Software Avira's security suite is a good choice for more-technical users who want the best detection but don't need phone support or parental controls.

Software News

• The Omni Group Unveils OmniGraphSketcher 1.0 Long time Mac developers, the Omni Group, on Wednesday introduced the newest in its line of productivity applications...
• Acer Sued for Vista's Poor Performance Couple Sues Acer Over Sluggish Vista Performance
• Once-Secret 'Cloud Manifesto' Sees Light of Day UPDATE: The document pushing cooperative clouds is officially released after Microsoft spills the beans.
• To Improve Your Eyesight, Fire Up the Shoot-'em-up A new medical study finds playing action-based video games improved the contrast sensitivity function (CSF) in test subjects.
• Latest IMovie Update Adds Stealthy Features, Fixes Whenever Apple releases minor updates to its software offerings, you'll find us poking lighthearted jabs at the company for...

Software Playing in PCW Video

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  GDC 2009: OnLive in Action and Xbox Games on your Cell Phone Want to play a high-end PC game on your TV without having to pay for the hardware? How about high-quality racing games on your cell phone?
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  World Tech Update: New IE8, Google's GMail Unsend Function, and Dell SmartPhone Rumors Dell hints at a possible smartphone, Microsoft intros IE8, a robot graces the catwalk, and more...
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  A Sneak Peek at The Sims 3 With the imminent worldwide release of The Sims 3, EA invited us to their offices for a preview of the game.

Software Slideshows

• The Best (and Worst) of GDC 2009 Learn about what you'll be playing (or avoiding) this year, as we look at some of the best bets--and the weirdest tech--to come out of the 2009 Game Developer's Conference.
• PowerPoint Hell: Don't Let This Happen to Your Next Presentation In the "so bad it's good" category, we honor eight PowerPoint slides that will make you say, "Holy $#@%, What were they thinking?"
• Top 10 IPhone Apps that Could Land You in Hot Water iPhone applications are proliferating like rabbits, but not all of them are great. In fact some can get you into trouble.
• DEMO 09: 11 Hot Products from the Launchpad for Emerging Technology Among this year's highlights: touch-screen computers, iPhone apps, and wireless cameras that stream video to the Web.
• The Hottest -- and Most Hideous -- Video Game Box Art Ever Why haven't video game boxes ever gotten much respect? Because most are seriously ugly.

Software How-Tos

• Frequently Asked Photo Questions for March Dave answers reader questions about how to photograph a TV screen, save full-size photos from Facebook, photograph lightning, and more.
• Tools for Your Virtual Office From Hassle-Free PC PC World blogger Rick Broida tells you how to add highlighter effects to screen shots, get digital scans of paper documents, and send and receive faxes without a fax machine.
• Restore 'Classic' Menus to Office 2007 Not a fan of the Office 2007 Ribbon? A tiny plug-in brings back the pull-down menus you loved so dear.
• How to Recreate 13 iPhone 3.0 Features Right Now! Can't stand waiting until the summer to get all the latest iPhone 3.0 improvements? We've tracked down 13 features that you can get right now using both third-party and Apple-sanctioned applications!
• Customize Office 2007 Apps With Hassle-Free PC PC World blogger Rick Broida tells you how to access your favorite Word features quickly, get rid of annoying toolbar, and make Outlook check your spelling.