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Article | 21/05/2013 In Pictures: 8 new features in Chrome (desktop or mobile)

Here are several significant features that have been added recently to the various versions of Chrome

Article | 14/05/2013 In Pictures: Windows Blue - a sneak peek

An update to Windows 8 is in the works, codenamed Windows Blue.

Article | 30/04/2013 In Pictures: 12 extensions that make Opera sing

Here are a dozen extensions that improve the Opera user experience.

Article | 16/04/2013 In Pictures: 8 ways Microsoft could improve Windows 8

Here is our wish list of things we’d love to see in an update or service pack for Windows 8.

Article | 19/03/2013 In Pictures: 9 cheap Nexus 7 alternatives

Everyone from HP to Polaroid to Alcatel takes aim at Google's 7-inch tablet

Article | 12/03/2013 In Pictures: 5 cool tools in Windows 8

Windows 8 has gotten a lot of flak, primarily because of its radical Start menu UI. But this new OS has several great things about it, which include t...

Article | 26/02/2013 In Pictures: 5 tricks to restore the Windows 8 Start menu

As everybody knows, the Start button is not included in Windows 8, and Microsoft has vowed not to put it back. If you’d rather not be forced to use th...

Article | 19/02/2013 In Pictures: Firefox for Windows 8

Firefox for Windows 8

Article | 29/01/2013 In Pictures: 13 useful add-ons for Microsoft Excel and Word 2013

For some reason, Microsoft has taken to calling the mini-programs that you can install into their Office applications “apps”. Functionally, though, mo...

Article | 15/01/2013 In Pictures: 9 essential Internet Explorer 10 add-ons

Internet Explorer 10 add-ons

Article | 18/12/2012 In Pictures: Mozilla previews app store in time for the holidays

Firefox Marketplace hopes to compete with Google Chrome Web Store

Article | 12/12/2012 In Pictures: 10 things to know about Firefox 17

A brief look at what’s new in Mozilla’s latest browser.

Article | 20/11/2012 In Pictures: 8 cool features in Adobe Acrobat XI

The new, 11th version of Acrobat sports a number of new wrinkles

Article | 9/11/2012 In Pictures: Top 10 gadgets of 2012

Here are 10 that made a significant impact in the industry this year, listed in the order of their releases

Article | 6/11/2012 In Pictures: 7 things we love/hate about Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows RT

Here’s how Office 2013 for Windows RT stacks up against the traditional Microsoft Office for x86/x64-based systems that we know and love.