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Check out Dell's new laptop, claimed to be the world's thinnest and lightest. But what is wireless charging? Apple's App Store celebrates it's first birthday and 2 billion downloads. What's the crappiest app of all? And Meg Whitman wants to replace Arnold as "The Governator" of California. Will she auction off the entire state on eBay? 
You open your Web browser and there's another toolbar you didn't install. Often such annoying programs are sneaked into your computer with other programs that you actually did mean to download. The annoyances "piggyback" a ride onto what you want and are installed along with the desired program. 
So you were working on that big presentation for the boss, when suddenly the power went out and your computer shut down. And when you restarted the computer and ran your software it said "Cannot open file; file corrupt" or some equally sickening thing. Now what? The good news is that data is incredibly durable and seldom unrecoverable. 
Office Web Apps is Microsoft's answer to Google Docs and other online office apps. Even if you don't have MS Office installed on your computer, "soon" you will be able to create, edit, save, and share Office documents with other people - all in your web browser. 
If you feel your computer is sluggish, one reason could be an overabundance of Windows startup programs. When you start up Windows, it loads a bunch of programs into memory and runs them in the background where you don't notice them, normally. Some are necessary, some are needless, and some are malicious. 
So you want to try Linux as a free alternative to Windows, but you feel like you're in a Greek diner with too many choices on the menu? It's true, there are dozens of Linux packages available, for every kind of computer user. 
