On Computers

One reason so many people like a laptop is its portability. But desktops don’t have to be the big boxes called towers.

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We’re still waiting for the official Microsoft version of Office for iPad and Android tablets. Meanwhile, there’s a free app that lets you use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It’s called “OnLive Desktop” from desktop.onlive.com.

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FlightCar.com is where to go for a new and different business we never would have thought of. They rent cars that people leave in airport parking lots. So far they’re just doing San Francisco Airport, but more to come. The owner of the car gets free parking and a tank of gas for being part of the action. We’re going toSan Franciscoin a couple months, so we’ll try it out. Prices are cheap.

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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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The dirty little secret of tech journalists is we’re hard pressed for time. When we got our first Macbook Air last fall, we were full of praise. Now we have second, third and fourth thoughts.

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WritersAlmanac.PublicRadio.org brings you a poem a day. Host Garrison Keillor talks about a writer who was born that day.

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BillGekas.com — A father posed his young daughter in settings that closely resembled those of famous Flemish paintings and then photographed the scenes. The results are striking and look very much like the originals by Vermeer and Van Eyck. Some have titles, such as “Girl Without an Earring,” making a whimsical play on the artist’s original title.Click”Gallery” to see these.

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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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Kaspersky, the anti-virus company, has some tips for avoiding identity theft at tax time:

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We recently wrote about the new free Avast Anti-Virus. Their launch date was delayed, but now it’s out and available at Avast.com. We have used this program and like it.

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