• Forrester: Microsoft Opens Virtual Desktop Options

  
  Licensing remains expensive and complicated for enterprises, but Microsoft is allowing new usage scenarios

• Create a Photo Collage in Any Shape

  
  Use your image editor or a free utility to artfully arrange a collection of digital photos.
• Great Pencil-and-Paper Pastimes Online
• Microsoft Office 2007 Update Due
• Smarts, Not Big Bucks, Helps Stave off Malware
• Warning: Virtualization Has 'Dark Side'
• Open Source Gains Momentum in Business
• Microsoft Set Records for Bug Fixes in 2008
• Advanced Photo Recovery Utility Released
• Conficker Awakens, Starts Scamming

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

• Advanced Photo Recovery Utility Released Disk Doctors on Monday announced the release of Advanced Photo Recovery, a US$69 utility for Mac OS X. A demo version is...
• Forrester: Microsoft Opens Virtual Desktop Options Licensing remains expensive and complicated for enterprises, but Microsoft is allowing new usage scenarios
• Get Efficient With the Finder's Sidebar Whenever you've got a Finder window open, the sidebar can give you one-click access to the items you use most. Items here are...
• Great Pencil-and-Paper Pastimes Online Crossword puzzles, Boggle, Jumble, logic problems, and more: If you enjoyed tackling it with pencil and paper, you can find it online. Here are some of the best.
• Smarts, Not Big Bucks, Helps Stave off Malware Defeating malware doesn't have to be expensive, cybersecurity expert advises.

Software Playing in PCW Video

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  RIM Opens App World for BlackBerrys Research in Motion has opened App World, an on-device application store for its BlackBerry smartphones. Many of the apps are free, while most cost less than $10.
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  What's Great About Microsoft Internet Explorer 8? With all the back and forth about the recent release of Internet Explorer 8, it's easy to miss why it's a great improvement over its predecessor. Assistant Editor Nick Mediati explains.
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  New Nintendo Games: Zelda for the DSi System, Punch-Out for the Wii Nintendo announces a new version of the game Zelda for the upcoming DSi, as well as Punch-Out for the Wii system.

Software Slideshows

• Great Pencil-and-Paper Pastimes Online Crossword puzzles, Boggle, Jumble, logic problems, and more: If you enjoyed tackling it with pencil and paper, you can find it online. Here are some of the best.
• Gadget Autopsy: The Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo’s classic gaming handheld turns 20 years old this month. To celebrate its birthday, we took one apart on the workbench to see what makes this gaming legend tick.
• Strangest Sights in Google Street Views With the unblinking eye of Google's Street Views, anyone can be a virtual rubbernecker. And some of the things you can spot using the service are downright unexplainable.
• 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?"

Software How-Tos

• Create a Photo Collage in Any Shape Use your image editor or a free utility to artfully arrange a collection of digital photos.
• Turn Your Caps-Lock Key Into a Mute Button No Mute button on your keyboard? Here's a simple way to transform your Caps-Lock key into something more useful.
• Miraplacid Publisher Converts PDFs Every Which Way Print any file to an image or PDF with this handy, but pricey, utility.
• Tweak Windows Folders With Hassle-Free PC PC World blogger Rick Broida shows you how to get folders to open and display as you wish, and automatically restore folders when rebooting.
• Protect Your Privacy When Uploading Photos Know what's in your photo file's metadata before you share it with the world.