On Computers

A reader wrote to say he bets Google gives us a lot of money to write about them. From time to time we get other notes of this type, so we thought we might as well come clean.

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MEDICAL TOURISM, REJECTA, AND BAD BONDS

Posted on August 27th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach

Interesting websites on these topics: Finding cheaper health care abroad, publishing a scientific paper online, getting info from bail bondsmen.

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THE DROP BOX

Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach

We’re on a never-ending quest for the perfect way to share large files, keep your home and work computers synced, and do it all for free. We think we found the solution at an Internet service called Dropbox.

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GETTING AHEAD

Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach

Eighty percent of all job offers come from people who know you, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So you need to network, as they say. A new job site helps you do that.

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