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A couple of months ago Download Squad highlighted the program FontEXPRO: Are you constantly struggling to remember the difference between Arial, Times New Roman and Palatino Linotype? Sure, you could just keep changing fonts from the drop-down menus in your word processor, or you could use FontEXPRO to preview all the fonts stored on your …
From CNet News: For years, Microsoft has maintained that the PC is the center of the digital home and office. But Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Tuesday that it’s time for the company to acknowledge a new reality. “Over the past 10 years, the PC era has given way to an era in which …
A couple of months ago Kim Komando mentioned a program called GreenPrint which helps you eliminate those pages with 2 lines on the bottom which waste paper: Our patent-pending print preview, GreenView, displays all pages and highlights wasteful pages in red. With a click you can: print only what you want, remove images or text, …
Windows Vista has all sorts of new applets that help you manage your computer. A while ago the Windows Secrets newsletter explained how you could do some of this in Windows XP. One of these utilities was XP Syspad: XP SysPad is a Windows system monitoring utility that allows easy access to Windows system information …
From CNN: Yahoo Inc.’s first-quarter performance sets the scene for a bitter battle over Microsoft Corp.’s takeover bid. By delivering earnings and revenue Tuesday that surpassed analysts’ estimates, Yahoo added credence to its board’s contention that the Sunnyvale-based company is poised for a dramatic turnaround that justifies a higher sales price than Microsoft’s initial bid …
From MSNBC: A playmate named Sam, a talking dog named Buddy and an Israeli street leading to a Toys”R”Us store all have starring roles in a new generation of virtual reality games designed to teach basic safety and social skills to children diagnosed with autism. For school-aged children with autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger’s syndrome, …