“My MacBook, Mountain Lion Edition, 3rd Edition,” by John Ray, $25 from QuePublishing.com. This book has everything you need to make the switch from Windows to Mac,
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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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Here’s how we get hung-up: You have an important email message to send. So you go to your email program and are just about to send it, when … you see all these enticing messages waiting for your attention. Twenty minutes later, you think to yourself: “Just what was that message I had to send?”
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Network Your Computers and Devices,“ $18 at Amazon.com, is the latest in Microsoft’s excellent “Step by Step” series. The book covers networking computers with different operating systems, including linking Windows and Macs, and has good instruction for both business and home users.
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Should guys carry their iPad in a “man purse?” Probably not, but we don’t want to wear our iPad either. Instead, we bought the $39 case that everybody says is a must, because it folds up to make a little stand. But it gets dirty easily and dust tends to collect in the corners of the screen. Too much dust can damage the machine. It’s a pain to take in and out of the case. This problem might be solved if you use screen protectors. We tried the $35 iPad sleeve from Colcasac.com. We really like the way it looks. The makers say it’s partly meant to disguise the fact that you’re carrying an iPad. (There was a news story […]
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Vreebit.com is a new social networking site that attempts to combine aspects of Facebook, LinkedIn, and other sites. Besides the usual photo sharing and job seeking, Vreebit members can conduct polls and create petitions directed to legislative and business leaders. SafariToolbars.com lets Mac users have access to Google news, calendars, documents, language translations, stock prices, etc. You must have the Safari web browser. Ban.org indentifies charities that claim to safely dispose of electronic waste when in reality they ship it to another country and just dump it.
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