software
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Trouble-Shooting Browser Problems with PDF Files
A number of factors can affect a browser’s ability to display a PDF (Portable Document Format) file within its window.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Turning On Windows Update
Where to check to make sure Windows 7 is set to automatically download and install new software updates from Microsoft.
News Analysis: The Internet Gets Physical
Consumer-based Internet technologies are morphing into new uses in energy conservation, transportation, health care, traffic management and food distribution.
Salesforce, a Leader in Cloud Computing, Draws Big Rivals
Cloud computing, which Salesforce.com has been marketing for years, is now seen as such a good idea that I.B.M., SAP, Oracle and others are acquiring their own players.
RIM Changes Name of New Operating System
Less than two months after Research in Motion announced that the new operating system to revive the BlackBerry brand would be called BBX, the company was ordered by a court not to use the name.
Novelties: Lie-Detection Software Is a Research Quest
Researchers are teaching computers how to spot deception in people’s speech — using cues like loudness, changes in pitch, nervous laughs and ums and ahs.
Emoji in iPhones Signals a Shot at Mainstream Success
Emoji, the more elaborate cousins of emoticons, are available to in-the-know smartphone owners via apps, but Apple’s update to its iPhone software paves the way for them to go mainstream.
Gadgetwise Blog: Tip of the Week: Changing Outlook’s Navigation Pane
You are not stuck with Microsoft Outlook’s default version of the Navigation Pane. If you like to put the buttons in your own preferred order, you can customize it.
Gadgetwise Blog: CameraBag Desktop App is Free—For Now
CameraBag, the popular iPhone camera filter program (and Hipstamatic alternative), is offering a free public beta of CameraBag Desktop 2.0.
Gadgetwise Blog: Tip of the Week: Using Google by Voice
While it is not quite as helpful as Apple’s Siri personal assistant, Google has a voice-activated feature in its software that lets you search the Web by speaking search terms out loud.
Software to Rate How Drastically Photos Are Retouched
A proposed software tool is intended to address concerns about the prevalence of highly idealized and digitally edited images in advertising and fashion magazines.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Installing Software on Linux
Where to find Linux applications.
