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Iconic computer game ‘Civilization’ joins Facebook
NEW YORK — Long before “FarmVille” there was “Civilization,” the iconic computer game in which players build a civilized world over thousands of years. Now, the game’s designer, Sid Meier, is bring...
Jul 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Skype failure might be company’s fault
By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service QWe have been using the Skype Internet voice and video calling service for more than six months without any problems, but now we can’t connec...
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Parental control software can get around privacy feature
By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service Question: I am the father of a teenage son. Recently I heard him and a friend discussing the Internet and the advantages of “InPrivate” brows...
Jul 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press A Pew Internet and American Life Project study found that 12 percent of US households have an e-reader, such as the Amazon Kindle. The number is three times larger than a year ago.
Study: 12 percent of US households own e-reader
NEW YORK — A study finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books, such as Amazon’s Kindle. That’s three times the number of households that owned an e-re...
Jul 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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How to get full websites on an Android phone
By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service QWhen using my HTC Inspire Android cell phone to surf the Net, I am usually redirected to a website’s mobile page. I have fast 4G service, an...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Silence less golden in movies with talking, texts
BY CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It seems like such a quaint notion: Folks would go to the movie theater, buy their tickets at the box office, then sit down, shut up and pay a...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Barb and Bruce Vasbinder read a book to their granddaughters, Caitlin, 4, and Lindsay, 20 months, through Skype from their home in Kent, Ohio, on Saturday, May 28.
Technology keeps us close
By Kim Hone-McMahan McClatchy-Tribune News Service AKRON, Ohio — Baby boomers grew up in a time of outlandish predictions. They were promised that during their lifetime that they would witnes...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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How one little letter makes you secure
By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service QIf a Web address does not have the “s’’ after the http, is it a secure site? The place where I live prints our rent invoices with a Web addr...
Jun 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Twitter automates link shrinking to cut characters
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is offering to automatically shrink your links so they fit within the service’s 140-character limit. Link-shortening services such as bit.ly convert long Web links into a h...
Jun 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Slow pictures not worth 1,000 words
Q I use a dial-up Internet connection because for me it’s good enough and it’s cheap. But you have to solve some problems. I’ve found that the new Google Images search page offers a basic version ...
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