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Ed Bott is an award-winning technology writer with more than two decades' experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications. He's served as editor of the U.S. edition of PC Computing and managing editor of PC World; both publications had monthly paid circulation in excess of 1 million during his tenure. He is the author of more than 25 books on Microsoft Windows and Office, including the recently released Windows 7 Inside Out.

About The Ed Bott Report

Get outspoken insights and expert advice on the products and companies that define today's tech landscape, from a source who knows these technologies inside and out.

  • How much online privacy do you really have? Less than you think

    By Ed Bott | February 12, 2012, 4:40pm PST

    How much privacy do you have on the web? An independent group called PrivacyChoice has undertaken the formidable effort of assigning a numeric score to popular websites, measuring their published...

  • Windows 8 Consumer Preview due February 29: why it's not called beta

    By Ed Bott | February 8, 2012, 10:06am PST

    The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be available for download on February 29. Why isn’t it called a beta? Blame Google. And Apple. And Microsoft. Especially Microsoft.

  • Did Google withhold malware protection details from partners?

    By Ed Bott | February 6, 2012, 6:59pm PST

    Google’s Safe Browsing API is a core security feature of Chrome that Google shares with Firefox and Safari. Now, a security research firm that specializes in measuring the effectiveness of...

  • Apple's lawyers clean up the sloppy iBooks Author EULA

    By Ed Bott | February 3, 2012, 12:53pm PST

    Today, Apple released version 1.0.1 of its iBooks Author program. There’s no new code, only a new license agreement. The sloppy language in the original license agreement is cleaned up, but...

  • Microsoft, Apple, and Google: where does the money come from?

    By Ed Bott | February 2, 2012, 6:47pm PST

    After reading last month’s SEC filings, I was inspired to make some pie charts. Microsoft’s a software company. Apple’s a hardware company. What business is Google in? If you...

  • What are your plans for the Windows 8 beta? (poll)

    By Ed Bott | February 1, 2012, 10:31am PST

    Over the past few months, Windows 8 has been publicly demoed and discussed in detail more than any other software program I can remember. Has all that information made you more eager to try...

  • Legal legend David Boies won't get another crack at Microsoft

    By Ed Bott | January 31, 2012, 3:04pm PST

    Barnes & Noble thought it had a strong defense against allegations that its Nook e-reader infringes on Microsoft patents. It even hired a legendary antitrust lawyer to lead that part of the...

  • Symantec says it's safe to use pcAnywhere again

    By Ed Bott | January 31, 2012, 5:53am PST

    Last week Symantec told some 50,000 pcAnywhere users to stop using the software until it could fix a critical security flaw. Those patches are now available, and the company is offering free...

  • Looking ahead to Windows 8: five big questions for Microsoft

    By Ed Bott | January 30, 2012, 5:13pm PST

    The beta release of Windows 8 is just a few weeks away. It should be nearly feature-complete, and expectations will be high. So what’s keeping managers in Redmond awake at night? Here are my...

  • What does the Office 15 schedule say about Windows 8?

    By Ed Bott | January 30, 2012, 10:21am PST

    In recent years, Windows and Office have moved on parallel development tracks. Today’s announcement of an Office beta “later this summer” offers some useful hints about the...

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