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• The 5 Best Business Technologies of a Lousy Decade The '00s weren't pretty, but they brought us broad adoption of major business technologies we can't imagine living without.
• One-Click Holidays: Free Web Apps Make It Easy Whether you're planning a big holiday meal, buying gifts or sending out greeting cards, help is just a click away.
• Microsoft Makes Big Azure Announcements at PDC 2009 Analysis: Microsoft ups the cloud ante. Now will that dog hunt?
• Microsoft Office 2010: An Intriguing Beta The revised productivity suite brings interface tweaks, modest but useful desktop innovations, and integration with minimalist Web apps.
• Increase Your Gmail and Picasa Storage for as Little as $5 Google's having a fire sale! Well, make that a storage sale. Now's your chance to get loads of extra space on the cheap.
• HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer The idea of accessing Web apps from your printer is intriguing, but the execution on this model shows that HP still has some work to do.
• Migrate to Windows 7--Slowly, Part 4: Installing Your Apps A killer service automates the process of downloading and installing popular software--and it's free!
• Serif WebPlus X4 Serif WebPlus X4 combines drag-and-drop simplicity with highly customizable options to deliver tools that even nontechies can use to create sophisticated, interactive Web sites.
• Shoeboxed: Making Business Life Less Tedious There are two tasks in business that are really tedious: Tracking your receipts for expenses and capturing business card data.
• Google Wave: Ingenious — But Is It Useful? Google Wave is the kind of tool that you want to use, but one that you may not be able to figure out how to fit into your work life.
• Google Trike Goes Where Cars Can't The pedal-powered tricycle allows Google to photograph and catalog popular landmarks that are accessible only by foot.
• Ride the Wave! Hands-On With Google Wave Preview Google's new communication platform is visually slick, but clearly still a work in progress.
• Show Off Your High-Resolution Photos Online Easily upload many-megapixel photos to Closr and let viewers zoom deep for detailed views.
• Get a free, disposable phone number from inumbr If you need to publish a phone number online, don't use your real one. This terrific service generates temporary numbers that protect your privacy.
• Let Google Make Your Leisure Time More Productive New Google tools let you use face recognition to tag photos in Picasa, quickly browse news in Fast Flip, and keep track of your favorite sports teams in Google Calendar.
• Skeptical Shopper: Punishing Consumers for Paper Billing Service companies charge customers extra for not switching to paperless billing, under the guise of going green.
• Turn Yourself Into a Simpsons Character It's free, it's fun, it's the Simpsonize Me site. Just upload a snapshot of your face to create a Facebook-ready Simpsons makeover.
• Hands On with HP’s DreamScreen HP's slick tablet-like DreamScreen device will wow you with its beauty, but let you down with its limited functions.
• Send Large Files via Yahoo Mail Can't get by with Yahoo's 25MB attachment limit? Have no fear: a newly added Drop.io application effectively raises the limit to 100MB.
• Open Old Microsoft Publisher Files in Other Programs Free Web service Zamzar can turn Publisher files into Word documents, PDFs, HTML pages, and loads of other formats.
• Favorite Startups from TechCrunch50 Conference I went in search of tech startup companies with products that are not only technically cool, but also fit an immediate consumer need. I found a few. . .
• Accelerated 3D Graphics In Your Browser! Imagine playing fully fledged 3D accelerated games on any platform, without installing anything, directly from your Web browser.
• 19 Free Web Services That Keep Saving You Money You can find lots of freebies on the Web, but these offerings provide useful services--at no cost--that you would otherwise have to pay for every time.
• Master Your Own Internet Domain Here is what you need to know to set up Web and e-mail hosting accounts for your own domain.
• Take Your Work Into the Cloud With a Web OS Web-based computers let you work on your files from any device without having to carry anything with you.