Words, words, words, as Annie Hathaway used to say when Bill Shakespeare was having one of those days. What’s a body to do?
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One of the most popular free apps in the Windows 8 app store is “AllRecipes,” which is kind of a flashback, since recipe programs were among the first to be installed on personal computers back in the stone age. But recipes are still fun and so are the following apps: AudioBooks 8 has thousands of free audio books. We browsed through the stacks, so to speak, and were enchanted by “The Enchanted Typewriter,” a Victorian Era series of stories by John Kendrick Bangs Crayola Barbie and Crayola Hot Wheels are $3 coloring books for the iPad with animations, music and sound effects. Both apps work with the Crayola iMarker from Griffin Technology, a $30 stylus that looks and feels [...]
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We heard from a reader who was really annoyed with himself for spending $40 to get Windows 8 instead of just buying lottery tickets. In frustration, he said, he “almost trashed a very capable Dell laptop.” Then he found a fix. It’s called “Classic Shell” and it’s free.
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In a little less than a year, there will be no more updates for Windows XP users. Microsoft is ending all support around this time next year, despite nearly half of all users still using XP.
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“Pokki,” a free program for Windows 8, brings back the familiar start menu and lets you find your favorite programs faster.
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Finding free apps in the Windows 8 store isn’t obvious. Here’s what you do.
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A reader told us he’s getting a Mac but wishes he could keep the Windows version
of “Quicken” because the Mac version is, as he put it, “a real dog.” (He’s a man of few
words.)
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Watch where your fingers are walking or they might fall into a hole so deep it ends in a help center on the other side of the world.
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If it annoys you to type a password every time Windows starts or wakes up from a nap, try this:
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“Easy Windows 8,” by Mark Edward Soper, $25, is by far the best and easiest of the Windows 8 books we’ve seen. It’s from QuePublishing.com and has screen shots on every page to help step you though.
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