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Get a load of this one, PC fans: Computer World reports that more than ever before enterprises are turning to Macs. Yankee Group research firm recently conducted a survey of more than 700 senior IT administrators, and found that nearly 80% of ... businesses have Macs in-house, almost doubling the percentage from users surveyed two years ago. Laura Didio from Yankee Group Research Inc. conducted the survey. Didio reports that a number of the businesses surveyed said they had 50 or 100 or even several thousand Macs deployed. Two years ago, 47% of those polled said they had Apple Inc. hardware in ... (view more)

Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the developer and are absent from any guarantee or warranty. You are encouraged to ... review the Shell Extension Software Policy for more details. Stick Stick is a Windows application that assigns tabs to utilities like folder explorers, web browsers and notepads. These tabs attach to the sides of your screen (called ScreenTabs). ScreenTabs are highly customizable tab-shaped windows that lets you access commonly used utilities ... (view more)

If you are anything like me, you use the same MS Office programs over and over again, so why not save some time, keystrokes, and energy by having those programs open automatically when you turn on your computer? Follow the steps below to learn how ... to work this particular magic: In Microsoft Windows XP: On the Start menu, click on All Programs | Microsoft Office. In the list of available Office programs, right-click the icon of the program or programs you want to start automatically. Click Copy in the shortcut menu. In the All Programs list, right-click the Startup folder and click Explore on ... (view more)

Not so long ago (April, in fact), Microsoft revealed it would be extending its support of the Windows XP operating system to ultra low-cost PCs (ULCPCs) for a year after the release of the next Windows (currently named Windows 7). Last week, ... Microsoft followed up that announcement with news it would be extending the same support to Nettops, or very, very cheap desktops. Microsoft's announcement at Computex marks another potential black eye for Windows Vista. It could, and perhaps should lead many analysts to speculate that Microsoft is growing increasingly prepared to quietly skip its latest ... (view more)

Microsoft recently released another whack of updates to its software, and many will want to take notice. Of the ten listed vulnerabilities within this June offering are three deemed "critical", another three considered "important" and one ... "moderate". The patch released Tuesday includes three major fixes, including: A vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack that could allow a hacker to make a remote code execution A Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer Like the Bluetooth issue, there's also a fix that patches holes in DirectX which could allow someone to make a remote code execution A ... (view more)

Goosh Goosh is the unofficial Google shell. This Google-interface behaves similar to a Unix-shell in that you type commands and the results are shown on the Goosh pag. Goosh is, not surprisingly, powered by Google . http://goosh.org/ Windows ... Inspection Tool Set It slices! It dices! The Windows Inspection Tool Set (WiTS) chops up Windows multiple ways providing you with cross-linked, filtered views into a Windows system. View operating system information, processes, services, users, network interfaces and connections, file shares, printers and more. Get notified of system resource status, new ... (view more)

Desk Drive Desk Drive solves a really annoying problem. You pop a USB thumb drive or DVD into your computer and then have to open Window's Explorer and find the mapped drive or folder. Desk Drive adds a desktop icon pointing to the drive ... automatically. Remove the media and the shortcut goes away. Brilliantly simple and effective. http://blueonionsoftware.com/deskdrive.aspx 15 Essential Windows Explorer Addons Group of recommended Explorer enhancements from bizzntech.com that can make life on the Internet a whole lot easier. http://www.bizzntech.com/ (view more)

Windows Speech Recognition Macros Windows Speech Recognition Macros extend the speech recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. Users can create powerful macros that are triggered by voice command to interact with applications. ... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fad62198-220c-4717-b044-829ae4f7c125&displaylang=en Techlogica Ie Customizer Allows you to personalize and customize Internet Explorer 6.0. This software allows you to enhance the browser's function by giving the user access to over 75 hidden features in an easy-to-use interface. http://www.techlogica.us/ (view more)

Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft and current MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional), has reportedly published a tool designed to detect and fix PCs that may be susceptible to "endless reboots" if they ... are updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have yet to issue a fix or a patch for the endless reboots that, as previously reported by our own Brandon Dimmel, primarily affects HP machines running Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors. Johansson posted a link to the tool (a small, 16K Visual Basic Script file ... (view more)

Advanced Run Advanced Run is a tool that allows you to run any program, run any command line command, open, edit and print documents with any user account without logging off and logging on every time you need to switch users. Use Advanced Run ... because it is simple, it is flexible, and it is free. http://www.ilyns.com/ Diver Windows Manager Test the reaction of programs to different messages states. This manager let you change the state of windows without code changing. Also change the usual view of the desktop and windows to make working processes more comfortable. http://www.deskex.com/ (view more)