4. Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 - Microsoft's second-generation operating system for multimedia-optimized computers. It's a "classy, attractive way to manage your digital photos, music files, TV and radio favorites, and more."
3. Activewords - The $50 ActiveWords Plus is an interface that reacts when you type words on the keyboard. ActiveWords is "an exemplary power tool for quickly performing repetitive tasks, launching favorite programs or Web pages, and applying the idea behind Word's AutoComplete to customize and optimize your whole computing environment."
2. OpenOffice.org 1.1 - OpenOffice is a free, open-source, Microsoft-file-compatible word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing suite. Interchanges for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as PDF export and a macro recorder, are also included.
1. Microsoft Office 2003 - "It's somewhat anticlimactic or obvious, but it'd be foolish to deny that the new editions of Gates & Co.'s ultra-dominant software suite are the most significant of the year. *** ...Outlook 2003's reorganized reading layout and built-in spam blocker, as well as the Small Business Edition's impressive (but unshareable or single-user) contact manager, are a real help to end users...."
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A few points are clear from this article. Google is the king of search, and cementing its position. And Microsoft still rules the world of operating systems and basic office applications — although the open-source hordes are nipping at its heels.
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Article comments
1 - TDavid
I tried to give away to a few friends a copy of the new, sealed full version of Word 2003 that I received from a recent Microsoft beta test and nobody wanted it LOL. The Google Toolbar and Deskbar are cool, as is the Alexa toolbar. Most folks can improve their Alexa ranking for their blog by simply installing and running that.
2 - Tom Johnson
I thought Alexa was bundled with some nasty ol' spyware, which is why no one uses it? Maybe it's been removed, but their reputation sure took a hit once that news came out a couple years back.
3 - TDavid
The only "spyware" they have, to my knowledge anyway, is that they transmit the URL you are visiting to their servers to update their stats. They fully disclose this in their EULA.
If you have information about them doing otherwise, please share it.
Otherwise, I'd say download it, give it a try, visit your blog at least once per day (I'm assuming you do anyway) and watch what happens to your ranking in their engine over the course of 30 days.
4 - M
What about Mac OS X 10.3 Panther?