4 posts and columns on OpenOffice

Little Laptops With Linux Have Compatibility Issues

in Personal Technology on May 27, 2009 at 6:06 pm PT

The companies behind Linux netbooks have made great strides in improving user interfaces, but until they can achieve similar breakthroughs in how the machines work with other devices, Windows netbooks are still a better deal.

Microsoft: We're Taking Software Off the Desktop and Moving It to … Circuit City

in News on July 2, 2008 at 1:45 pm PT

Microsoft is moving desktop computing to the cloud, but if you want to come along, you’ve got to change planes at Circuit City.

Microsoft: We’re Taking Software Off the Desktop and Moving It to … Circuit City

in News on July 2, 2008 at 1:45 pm PT

Microsoft is moving desktop computing to the cloud, but if you want to come along, you’ve got to change planes at Circuit City.

Asus Offers Travelers Small, Mobile Eee PC, but It’s Too Cramped

in Personal Technology on January 17, 2008 at 11:59 pm PT

A tiny new computer called the Eee PC is better than competing products in certain respects, such as text entry and price. But it still has too many compromises to pry most travelers away from their larger laptops.