THE BUZZ WORD

Word processors are at the top of any “must have” list, and there are plenty to be had for free. A cursory web search on the key words “word… Read more

THE DATABASE

After having a word processor, the most important program you can have is a database. There’s one called Blist that is a blast. It is free online… Read more

GETTING INTO TECH SUPPORT

There isn’t a tech support person in the world who knows how to solve all the problems that come up in Windows. But somebody,… Read more

INTERNUTS

SpaceTime.com has a free program that shows you pictures instead of text descriptions when you search on any topic. Normally, a browser search… Read more

BOOKS

  There’s a lot more to the social networking site Facebook than meets the eye and it’s all here in “Facebook, the Missing Manual,” by… Read more

VIDEO THE EASY WAY

We finally broke down and bought the world’s best-selling video camera: the Flip. It costs $150 for the regular version, but we went wild and… Read more

QUICK TO DISK

We looked at Samsung’s new “TruDirect” external hard drive, a natural for people who like to quickly burn videos and movies to DVD. One hour… Read more

TV OR NOT TV, THAT IS THE QUESTION

Adobe has just introduced a free player for watching TV shows available on the web. Go to Adobe.com/go/mp to download the software. Once you… Read more

SIMULATE THIS!

         Wow your friends, impress you boss, be a tech support hero.   We can’t possibly provide… Read more

IPOD FACE-OFF

  MiShare  quickly solves the sometimes balky task of transferring tunes from one iPod to another. It connects them head to head, so to… Read more