NEW GOOGLE CALENDAR

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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A CLICK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

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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DUMP THE TEMPS

Want a quick and easy way to get rid of the temporary files that clutter up every Windows computer?

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GREEN BORDERS

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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GREEN BORDER, CHROME BORDER

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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TALKING TO YOUR COMPUTER

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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INTERNUTS: WALKING THE WALK, HEARING THE TALK

A tour of Philadelphia’s historic spots narrated on your cell phone, plus walking tours of Boston, New York, etc.

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BLOW UP

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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BOOKS: “101 SPYGADGETS FOR THE EVIL GENIUS”

“101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius” by Brad Graham and Kathy McGowan; $25 from Tab Electronics (www.mhprofessional.com)

FEELING BOOKISH

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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