In Pictures: Your new PC needs these 22 free programs
More than a mere blank slate, a new PC is a fresh opportunity—a collection of components that, with the right software installed, could accomplish anything from balancing your household budget to helping to cure cancer. Yes, stocking your PC is an intensely personal task. Even still, some programs are so helpful, so handy, so useful across the board that we heartily recommend them to everybody. These are the programs you want to install on a new PC first.
In Pictures: Microsoft's most monumental hits, misses, and moments of 2013
They say you don't move forward by standing still. In a frenzied grasp for relevance in the mobile age, Microsoft spent 2013 shaking things up at a cellular level.
IN PICTURES: CommVault gathers industry big guns for Melbourne Cup party
Information management software vendor, CommVault, hosted its annual Melbourne Cup networking event on November 6 at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Sydney's Circular Quay. The event drew more than 200 attendees, including CommVault visiting global COO, Al Bunte.
IN PICTURES: Solutions on display at vForum (35 photos)
The Sydney leg of VMware's vForum took place on October 21 and 22 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre. It hosted an array of vendors and solutions specialists which both demonstrated their products' capabilities, and guided attendees through real-life applications.