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Since 1998, I've operated Flowers Fast, an online florist service. It's kind of like FTD or 1-800-Flowers, only with better prices and friendlier service. :-) 
Often when you buy a new computer, it comes with a trial version of some commercial antivirus software. When that free trial expires, you have to upgrade to a paid version, or start looking for a free antivirus alternative. But a common mistake is to install that freebie without removing the old one. 
Bus drivers and truckers are now banned from texting while driving. But are Facebook and Twittering still okay behind the wheel? And if you got hit with early termination fees by AT&T or Cingular, you might get a slice of an $18 million pie. Are you eligible? 
Flash drives are an increasingly popular form of portable storage. Some people predict that flash drives will replace hard drives in time, just as optical disks replaced floppy disks. But are flash drives as safe as other mass storage media for long-term archiving of irreplaceable data? 
The overriding imperative of computing is "go faster, get smaller". If Moore's Law continues to be an accurate predictor, then in a decade or so, we should see transistors the size of individual atoms. That's when quantum computing will explode. 
The Windows taskbar - that narrow strip of icons at the bottom of your screen - is a nuisance to some and a fertile world of productivity for others. Learn the non-obvious secrets of the taskbar, you'll be glad you did. 
Apple recently announced the iPad, a new gadget that falls into a category known as the tablet or slate device. With a 9.7 inch touch-screen display, it's too big to fit in your pocket, and yet it's not really a netbook either. 
