Testing Souped-Up Search Functions
Two sites called SpaceTime and Searchme turn search into a different, much more visually stimulating experience.
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Social-Networking Software Becomes Neighborly
We tested Meebo, Adium and Digsby, free instant-messaging programs that work by being a one-stop shop for online communication. All three are straightforward and work without much effort or instruction.
Kinoma Touches Up Clunky Windows Mobile
Kinoma Play is one application that is desperately needed by Windows Mobile users, and it just might remind them that there’s a better way to navigate media and media-related Web services without needing to buy a new mobile device.
HTC Can’t Disguise Windows Mobile Flaws
It’s exciting to think about iPhone competitors giving better software a real try. But HTC’s Touch Diamond doesn’t hide the outdated Windows Mobile well enough or often enough for a user to want to buy a whole new device.
Helping Your Data Decamp to a Mac
With the holidays fast approaching, plenty of shoppers are heading toward their local Apple stores with plans to buy a new home computer. Amid all this excitement, it’s worth taking time to consider how to transfer content from the old Windows PC to a shiny new Mac.
Skipping Your Computer’s Warm-Up Time
The time it takes to boot up a computer can be a source of frustration — especially if you’re in a rush and just want to log on, get information and move on with your day. If televisions took as long as PCs take to start working, we’d miss game-winning touchdowns.
A BlackBerry That’s Easy on Your Thumbs
In two weeks, the latest version of the BlackBerry, the Curve 8900, arrives. This device doesn’t have a sleek touch screen or completely overhauled operating system, nor is it meant to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone. But it has a physical keyboard and still manages to look stylish — and that’s no small feat.
A Desktop That Begs to Be Organized
BumpTop, a program that displays items in a way that makes programs and files easy to see and open, turns your digital desktop into a three-dimensional environment.
Second Chances: T-Mobile Tries Again
A review of T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google, the second “Google phone” to be released.
Windows 7 Upgrade Made Easy
If you’re considering moving your old PC to Windows 7, a $15 program will do the heavy lifting for you.
Palm Pixi Needs a Dusting of Speed
Palm offers the Pre’s webOS operating system in a tinier package: the Pixi.
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