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A reader asks: "Every once in a while, I need to receive a fax, but I don't have my own fax machine. It's embarassing to tell business contacts that my fax number is the local Kinko's, and it's a hassle to drive there and retrieve my faxes. Is there any way to get a free fax number for inbound faxes?" 
Is Google pulling the plug on over a BILLION searchers? Can you name an app that costs $59 on iPhone, but comes bundled for free on the Droid? And which e-book reader (that you probably never heard of) was voted Best of CES 2010? 
Some viruses deliberately cripple your system to make it unbootable. And sometimes, efforts to root out a virus mess up your hard drive's boot sector. The only solution is to boot up with software repair tools from a source other than your hard drive. 
It's the age of e-commerce. Millions of people spend billions of dollars online every day. And the usual method of payment is a credit card. But some people hesitate to provide their credit card numbers to e-commerce sites for various reasons. 
Flat-screen TVs have come down in price in recent years, but they still aren't exactly cheap. If you have a decent-sized flat-panel computer monitor, you can watch TV on the monitor by adding a bit of specialized hardware called a tuner that costs less than $100. 
Windows 7 is slicker and glitzier than any previous version of Windows. But some people don't want slick; they want raw speed. Dazzling visual effects and an abundance of fancy features come at a performance cost. By tweaking certain settings and eliminating some marginally useful system services, you can turbocharge your Windows 7 machine. 
USB ports are handy, carefree devices when they work properly. They allow you to quickly attach a camera, printer, flash drive and many other devices to your computer. But sometimes you run into a snag - you plug your gadget into a USB port, and nothing happens. Problems with USB ports can be difficult to diagnose. 
