On Computers

Half the U.S. is hoping their town will be chosen as one of those that Google will provide with a 100-tijmes faster optical cable service to the Internet

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Boy,  is this a common question. If you are used to Windows computers, you probably want to stay with Windows. If you do a lot of video or photo editing, get a computer with a “Dual Core” processor, and avoid the “Atom”  processor found on netbooks, which really slows things down. It’s nice to have three gigabytes of memory (RAM.) This will make your computer run fast, as long as you keep it free of viruses and spyware. (We do that with Avast anti-virus and “Anti-Malware” from Malware Bytes.) But it’s probably not necessary if you use the computer only for email, word processing, financial records and photo storage. We have had excellent results with HP, which owns Compaq. We […]

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IPlayMusic.com offers video lessons that let you see the chords and lyrics on your PC or Mac screen while your favorite iTunes song is playing.

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Facial animation from FacePro.net is $5 per second of finished animation. The results are like “Avatar.”

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Everyone has heard of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, but did you know about WikiQuotes, Wikiversity, WikiBooks, WikiCommons, WikiNews and Wiktionary? You can find these and more at WikiMedia.org.

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“Vooks” are online books combined with videos.

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“Opera Unite” is an easy way to share large files, photos, and videos.

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A new NPR app for the iPad, and a new NPR channel comes to the Litl Webbook.

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A new free application called “TigerText” will let you set a time limit on how long your text message lasts on the iPhone.

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Conductors have much lower rates of heart disease, because of all that furious arm waving they do. Conductorcise.com shows you how to do it.

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