Posted on May 31st, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
For the next 7 hours, the Amazon Appstore for Android is giving away “Plants Vs. Zombies,” a popular game from Popcap.com to celebrate its launch on that platform.
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Posted on May 31st, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
BitTorrent.com became notorious over the years as the place to go to for downloading massive files quickly.
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Posted on May 29th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
“QR” is an industry designation for “Quick Response.” It was created many years ago by Toyota.
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Posted on May 28th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
We stupidly questioned the quota limitations on downloading electronic books at libraries and quickly heard from every librarian in the known universe.
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Posted on May 27th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Go to facebook.com/mcafee and click the “like” button. Then go to the “McAfee 4 Free” section. This is all-around protection against viruses, spyware and other online threats. McAfee is offering it to Facebook’s 500 million users
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Posted on May 26th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
What about a new one called “Web of Trust,” or “WOT” from mywot.com? When you do a search, it puts a red dot next to the listing for any so-called dangerous site. Great, we thought before we experienced it. Though this service has been praised by the largest computer magazines and web sites and even got a recommendation from the New York Times, we found serious problems.
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Posted on May 25th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Degunking Windows 7,” by Joli Ballew; $25 from McGraw-Hill, mhprofessional.com.
Joli Ballew has written 37 books on high tech subjects and knows her stuff. What she has put together here is what she calls her “12-Step Program
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Posted on May 25th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Bambuser.com started out with streaming videos from citizen journalists in Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt. In the recent Egyptian turmoil, they were moving 10,000 video streams a day. Now it includes items from all over the world.
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Posted on May 24th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
MyGengo.com offers what they think are better translation services than what you get from a computer just translating literally. For five cents a word, you get a native speaker. For 12 cents a word, you get professional translation suitable for publication. For 17 cents a word, you get that plus proofreading.
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Posted on May 23rd, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
InternMatch.com has lists of fantastic internships for students, as well as sample resumes, interview tips and career advice. We saw lots of jobs for writers.
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