Recently, I wrote an article about making text easier to read by increasing the size of text on the screen. Earlier today, I was reminded by our eldest, Emily, of the text-to-speech function (She wanted to use my computer to play with her new discovery). She’d learned how to do this on a Mac, so
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Quibid and Swoopo.com are two relatively new “auction” sites. They claim to offer new items such as iPods, Macbooks, PS3, and other high-ticket popular purchases at bargain-basement prices through an auction-like process. Here’s how it works – Every time you bid on an item, the price goes up (usually by 5 cents) and the auction
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A S A P Mac & PC Services503 255-2419 As happens often these days, I received an official-looking email today. This one is a helpful warning – or at least appears to be Subject: Watch for errors on Social Security statement Then it helpfully offers to let me check my Social Security statement for errors.
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Ever need to lookup directions to someone’s home? If you use a Mac, you can do it with one click. If you open up someone’s contact card in AddressBook, click on the “work” or “home” label next to the address. Then choose “Map this Address” in the menu that pops up. That’s it! It will
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