PopCap is giving away a hidden object game and coins for their social games. We’ve shortened the address to tinyurl.com/PopCapFreebies.
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Getting a new computer can be a hassle if you’ve got lots of programs left behind on your old one. You would think that using a drive image program to copy everything from the old drive to DVD or other storage medium would work just fine. Surprise! It works fine, all right, but only to restore your old computer back to a point when everything was working well. It won’t copy the programs of the old computer onto the new one. What about using one of those transfer programs? You know, the ones that advertise they can move everything from your old computer over to the new one. Well, they can move a lot of stuff over, but in our […]
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When Marcin Jakubowski’s tractor broke down, the physics-trained PhD in fusion energy didn’t go out and buy a new one, he built one. Then he decided to put together simple plans for 50 machines any group might need.
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The Flashback Trojan attacked Mac users recently. We read that it was the first serious attack on Mac users in 28 years, but actually Flashback Trojan was the son of last year’s DevilRobber and its 18 brothers. A free program from Avast.com is a good fix.
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Recently, PC Magazine did a round-up of “The Best Free Software of 2012.” After trying several of these, Joy’s computer wouldn’t start. We finally had to abandon their “Best” list. The take-home lesson: Beware of freebies unless they’re from companies you’ve heard of or have been recommended by those you trust.
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Adding more RAM (random access memory) to a computer always speeds things up. Of course you have to pay for that extra memory, though these days it’s not much. A move that’s free is done regularly by people who manage systems for most companies, it’s called defragging.
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We’re big fans of Google Picasa, the free photo editing and organizing program, but there are a lot of other free programs out there, and a reader recently pointed us to a great one.
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Android phones, here’s a link to PC Magazine’s list of the best free Android apps. Go to tinyurl.com/2bestfreeandroid.
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TheCopia.com/mystery site offers a free mystery download, “God Save the Mark,” by Donald Westlake. An amusing tale.
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Otr.net. The initials stand for Old Time Radio and the site has links to hundreds of old radio programs, like Jack Benny, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Green Hornet, Baby Snooks, Sam Spade, etc. It also has radio dramas like “The Count of Monte Cristo.” These are all free. They used to charge but not any more. Works with Windows and Mac.
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