We can’t ever seem to find our paper calendar, so it’s simpler to have one on the computer screen. We’ve tried several, but this new Google calendar is the best.
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Logitech’s new G15 keyboard for Windows is designed for game players, but it seems useful for a lot more than that. Anyone would love to have one of these.
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Want a quick and easy way to get rid of the temporary files that clutter up every Windows computer?
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GreenBorder puts a virtual barrier around your Windows PC so the bad guys can’t get in. Every time you surf the Web or shop online. (Note: Greenborder was purchased by Google and is now part of its Chrome browser, a competitor to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer).
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An alert reader wrote to mention that the “Zone Alarm ForceField,” we wrote about recently looks and acts like the “GreenBorder,” we wrote about a few years ago. Both programs create a protective shield when you browse the web.
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Computers that understand human speech are a staple of science fiction movies and TV shows, but in the real world they can’t understand a word you say.
Dragon Naturally Speaking (www.nuance.com) has been burning a path through this fog for many years now, and each version gets a little better. The latest one is version 9.
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A tour of Philadelphia’s historic spots narrated on your cell phone, plus walking tours of Boston, New York, etc.
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No, this is not about a Hollywood divorce or the movie starring John Travolta. It’s about a program from Alien Skin. (As if that explained anything.)
One day you take a small picture, and later on you like it so much you wish it was a big picture. This sounds like a job for Blow Up. It’s a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, or the much cheaper Photoshop Elements 3 or 4.
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“101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius” by Brad Graham and Kathy McGowan; $25 from Tab Electronics (www.mhprofessional.com)
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Everybody says they could write a book, and quite a few people do. Sometimes one of those books turns out to be a lulu. That’s a book from Lulu.com, we mean.
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