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 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10409186-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge Microsoft's new OS gives you more options for viewing and manipulating windows and screen elements, and also ribbon-izes Paint and WordPad. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10409186-68.html Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10407441-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge They're far from your most energy-hungry appliance, but limiting the amount of power your PC consumes saves more than money. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10407441-68.html Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10404891-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge When making online purchases, it pays to know who you're dealing with, what you're getting, and when you're getting it, but beware of unwanted offers and unexpected charges. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10404891-68.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10402239-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge The newest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers all protect against phishing and malware attacks, and most also let you browse anonymously, though they implement these features in very different ways. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10402239-68.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10399337-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge No browser is unbreachable, but the security add-ons available for Mozilla's Firefox browser certainly put the odds in your favor. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10399337-68.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10396097-68.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Workers'Edge When documents fail to print or print incorrectly, the solution could be in Word, in Windows, or in a printer-driver update. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10396097-68.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST Dennis O'Reilly 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