http://news.cnet.com/8300-13880_3-68.html en-us Workers' Edge - a productivity blog from Dennis O'Reilly 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10391255-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Most people upgrading a Vista or XP PC to Windows 7 will find the process relatively painless, but if your upgrade hits a snag, you've got options. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10391255-68.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10387997-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Free add-ons let you prevent potentially dangerous ads from appearing in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10387997-68.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10382737-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge The best PDF software for you may not be the free program from the company that's synonymous with PDFs. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10382737-68.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10378605-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Just because you're not forking over any money doesn't mean you're not paying a price for that freeware. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10378605-68.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10375611-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Free add-ons for Outlook and Thunderbird let you save all or selected e-mail attachments to a folder on your PC, and Yahoo Mail lets you download attachments in bulk—something you can't do in Gmail and Hotmail. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10375611-68.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10372596-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Free remote-access and video-chat services let you keep in touch with the office without risking—or spreading—infection. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10372596-68.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10369192-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge It's faster to restore a known-good disc image of your PC than to reinstall Windows, so plan ahead by using a free disk-backup utility. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10369192-68.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10365995-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge The beta version of RoboForm's online password and forms-data manager lets you access your logons from any browser. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10365995-68.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10363036-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge If you want to keep abreast of what's going on in the world of technology, you could do much worse than to follow these tech-journalism giants. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10363036-68.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10361363-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Free utilities make it easy to start Windows without having to select an account name or enter a password. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10361363-68.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:00:00 PDT Dennis O'Reilly