EREADER UPDATE

A cheaper eBook reader comes with 100 free books.

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FREE TEMPLATES FOR THE MAC

Organize your beer collection, keep track of your scuba dives, and do any kind of database with these templates for the Mac.

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KINDLE FOR WINDOWS

Now you don’t have to buy a Kindle to get some of its advantages. A free “Kindle app” lets you read over 360,000 books on your Windows laptop or desktop. There are extra features for Windows 7 users.  They can  touch the screen to choose books, or zoom in and out of text with a pinch of the fingers. In a later version of the Kindle app, Windows 7 users will be able to turn pages with a finger swipe. Even with Windows XP or Vista, you can choose from 10 font sizes, view your notes, add bookmarks, etc. Kindle books are typically $10, though there are thousands available for free as well. To get the new Kindle app, which comes out next […]

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THE GODZILLA OF PDF EDITORS

Adobe invented the PDF, so understandably the granddaddy of PDF editors is Adobe Acrobat. But at $300, it does a whole lot more than most people need or want. Recently we found something cheaper. It’s “PDFZilla,” the Godzilla of PDF converters. We got it for $30 from pdfzilla.com.

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INSTANT NETWORK

You can create a simple home or office network easily with D-Link’s new DGS-2208 box.

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THE UTILITY FILE

For $20 a year you can have access to more than 140 free downloads from a program library maintained by PC Magazine at tinyurl.com/dhdzv (scroll to the bottom of the page to subscribe to the Utility Library).

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GETTING SNIPPY

eSnips, is a free, a special Web site is created to hold your uploads. This can be private or public. If it’s public, you can upload almost anything, and it is available to browsers.

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