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Your five-step programme to total recovery
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 09/10/2013
» One of the greatest improvements in internet browsers came when Google introduced its sleek Chrome software, and ingeniously made the address bar into what it called the omnibox.
SCI-FI fantasies take on real dimensions with 3D printers
B Magazine, Wanda Sloan, Published on 30/06/2013
» Just before a premature baby died in their care because his airway collapsed after birth, doctors in the US state of Michigan made a tiny plastic airway splint, inserted it and saved his life.
Virtual disaster relief
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 23/01/2013
» Over the years, the world's only officially court-designated abusive monopoly has contributed some very nice, free software, and HelpBridge is the latest example.
Windows upgrade at half the price
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 09/01/2013
» Windows is in another of its periodic phases of development, where most old software won't work with the new-look Windows 8, so it is worthwhile considering an upgrade.
Don't make PDFs, print them
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 26/09/2012
» It's my very strong opinion that every PC owner and user _ Windows, Mac, Linux, whatever _ should have a virtual PDF converter installed and ready to use, just in case. (And if you have an excellent one, stop reading; come back next week.)
Clocking share activity
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/09/2012
» There are two kinds of people in the world ... and the other kind simply can't do without stock-market reports.
Put a little light on the subject
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 14/02/2012
» There's a US keyboard being pitched mostly in TV adverts of a large-character device that glows in the dark, so when the sun goes down you can continue working and still see your keyboard.
Music app worthy of note
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 24/01/2012
» Midi Sheet Music is not going to take the computing world by storm, but this excellent music utility does reveal something about the direction technology is headed.
A few words about a lot of things
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 06/12/2011
» Busy, busy, busy. Isn't technology great? I don't know if I spend more time getting it, or save more time using it. Here is some stuff that intrigued me lately.
The need to defrag
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 15/11/2011
» There are plenty of experts, real and imagined, who argue against defragging. They claim that hard drives these days are so fast, so dependable, so resilient that a minute spent defragging is a minute less you have to live life.