On Computers

We use a splitter to share one cable connection between two TVs. A new Gefen device lets you connect as many as 100 displays to one Ethernet cable. Who could possibly need a hundred displays? Think airport terminal. How about public school?

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In a recent column, we wondered why people buy 3D TVs when there’s hardly any programming for them. But a reader told us they have better pictures.

We looked into that a

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Popsci.com has an article on what to do with the miles of junk floating in the Pacific. It’s called, “Plastic-Eating Drone Could Swallow Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” An electric boat would tow a net to scoop the debris. We haven’t gotten to the part yet, where something comes along to scoop up the nets.

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Global.maker.good.is is offering five entrepreneurs the chance to go to Los Angeles and expand their ideas for making the world a better place. Go to the site to get the rules. It’s part of the “Global Neighborhood Challenge” sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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“WeVideo” is a free app for making video and photo slideshows. It works on some Android phones and tablets, as well as iPhones, iPads, and the iPod Touch.

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Can’t sleep and feel like browsing with the computer? Boom, that bright screen will wake you up – and hurt your eyes. We finally learned to type to a different dimmer.

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In a little less than a year, there will be no more updates for Windows XP users. Microsoft is ending all support around this time next year, despite nearly half of all users still using XP.

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If you surf the web with Google Chrome, you may notice that typing the first few letters of a website you’ve recently visited brings up the rest. Now Mozilla’s Firefox does the same thing. They call it the “Awesome Bar.”

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According to Leichtman Research Group, seventy-five percent of U.S. households now have high definition TV, compared with only 23 percent in 2008. More than half of households have more than one such TV. Six percent of households have 3D TV, but 59 percent of those households have never bothered to watch any three dimensional content. (What the heck, they just wanted the latest stuff.)

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You can store a lot of documents on Google Drive, but recently a new site called CometDocs has some extra features. As is always our preferred state of affairs, it’s free. CometDocs lets you convert a file into 50 formats, such as HTML, PDF, Word and AutoCAD, and send large files by email. It did an excellent job on our test PDF document, converting it to a Microsoft Word file without error. The service asks for your email address so it can email the converted file, but no credit card is required.

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