On Computers

A cute comic book from the folks at Google Chrome is an online book about the web. The opening page introduces these topics: “What’s a cookie?” “How do I protect myself on the web?” “What happens if a truck runs over my laptop?” The comic book heavily promotes “cloud computing:” having your data, email and apps stored online. That way, if something happens to your computer, you haven’t lost anything important. We think the first few pages of this 61-page book are too techy for anyone but a budding programmer, and aren’t explained that well, but if you flip past anything that bores you, you get good tips. Here’s one: Go to www.whatbrowser.org to explore alternatives to Internet Explorer and […]

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Now you can give a Kindle book to someone who doesn’t have a Kindle e-reader. Kindle books can be read on the iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, Blackberry and Android phone.There are over 750,000 digital books available at Amazon. We’re more likely to use the new gift service, however, for friends who do have Kindles. Before, if you wanted to give a fellow Kindle owner a digital book, you’d be stuck with sending a gift certificate. Now you can click on a Kindle edition and select “Give as a Gift.” Notifications of Kindle book gifts are delivered instantly by e-mail. For more information, go to www.amazon.com/givekindlebooks.

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