The Window 7 release date is almost here. Reviews say it’s pretty to look at and runs great. If you would like to see for yourself, watch our video. Leave a comment, and let us know what you think of Windows 7. You can also pre-order it from SoftwareMedia.com.

According to Internet security software company Symantec (and I’m interested to know exactly how they studied this), cyber crime now generates more revenue than drug trafficking. In light of this, Symantec’s newly released Norton Internet Security 2010 is a welcome sight, and improves over the 2009 edition in a number of ways. Although never failing [...]

Windows 7 is being met with largely positive performance reviews — and after the PC profanity that was Windows Vista, it had better be. The bloated Windows Vista, laden with clunky features and poor compatibility, was universally decried, and many users retreated back into the much more solid edifice of Windows XP. With its rapidly [...]

As was the case with Google Chrome in the browser war, Google Wave is coming late to the social networking game.  But if true to form, Google’s tardiness will only make for a grander entrance.  Even so, it will be an impressive feat if their latest project can become a serious competitor to Facebook and Myspace. But [...]

The newest versions of QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier, the world’s most popular accounting software, are set to be released Oct 7 for the PC, with QuickBooks for Mac soon to follow on Oct 19. Last year Intuit awed the software world with an all-new QuickBooks. With a dramatic cosmetic overhaul and a quiver-full of added [...]

It’s strange to think about, but computers are a matter of everyday life and death. In the past thirty years, our entire world has developed a digital alter-ego that has steadily integrated and assimilated our lifestyles, our culture, and our planet. A worldwide, or even US-wide, computer failure would result in the end of life [...]

For this video tutorial, I show you how I created an animated GIF in PhotoShop CS4. The GIF animation is of the twitter bird, who flaps around around a bit and then shows a little banner that asks you to follow him. In the video below, I walk you through the whole process, from importing [...]

I just wanted to post the first contest submission here, to get all our creative juices flowing. The author is Jordan Konkel of Boston, and the photo is entitled, This Way to the Cafeteria Sir. It is a composite of two pictures, with himself as the subject in the picture, then photoshopped into a picture [...]

Easter eggs are amusing features or displays in an application, left behind by the developers for users to find. They are sometimes as simple as a funny message, or as elaborate as an entire flight simulator game, such as could be played way back in Excel ’97. Here are some of my favorite recent Easter [...]

A friend of mine said to me recently that IE is the worst thing to happen to us since the Great Depression. “Really?” I asked. “Unemployment? Homelessness? Starvation?” “Well, in terms of the computer world, yes.” He answered. Google has apparently heard his cry, and answered with Google Chrome Frame, a new plug-in for IE [...]