Some days are filled with exciting tech news, other days are so quiet you can hear a pin drop. That is what is happening today. But I always can find good information and some useful tips to make your computing more productive and useful. I hope you find today’s stories to be helpful. - JRC
New Western Digital Drives Store Up To 6TB of Content
Content creators and Mac fans have been targeted with Western Digital's new My Book Studio Edition II hard drives. With storage up to 6TB, the Western Digital drives are compatible with Apple's Time Machine and can be reformatted for Windows PCs. The My Book Studio Edition II line offers dual drives and a five-year limited warranty.
How E-Books Are Coming Full Circle Thanks to Tablets
As tablet sales, led primarily by Apple’s iPad, gain momentum, it seems everyone wants in on the market. Not only are traditional computing and smartphone companies launching or announcing new slates, but e-reader makers look ready to do the same. The Barnes & Noble Nook Color, built to run on Google’s Android platform, will reportedly gain an app store next month, while Amazon just launched its own app store for Android devices earlier this week; possibly in advance of launching its own tablet. Standalone e-book readers have their benefits, but the shift to reading on multipurpose tablets is on.
Top 10 Clever Uses for Spare Thumb Drives
Chances are you've accumulated a few spare thumb drives over the years, choosing new ones thanks to better form factors and increased capacities. But what do you do with the old ones that are just lying around? Here are our top 10 clever, fun, and practical uses for your spare thumb drives.
Wikipedia Beautifier makes the encyclopedia more readable, removes clutter
Wikipedia Beautifier is an extension for Google Chrome that removes all the clutter from Wikipedia and lets you focus on the most important aspect of the online encyclopedia: its content. Wikipedia Beautifier has been inspired by Readability, and aims to provide the same amount of article-centered beauty, while also keeping the familiar navigation menus within reach.
Free Cleanup Utility SlimComputer Removes Unneeded Apps
This program from Slimware Utilities (maker of SlimDrivers) looks through your system for toolbars, trialware, and other unneeded programs and files, shows you what it finds, and will delete them for you if you want them gone.
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