Your Next E-Book Reader: Color & Video, Nearly Unbreakable

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Your Next E-Book Reader: Color and Video--and Nearly Unbreakable Next-generation e-book readers will be able to handle types of content that todays models just cant. Look for the first ones later this year. News iPad Pre-Orders: For Idiots Only Apple started taking early orders yesterday for its tablet, even though no one's really sure what they're buying. A Brief History of Pi In honor of Pi Day (March 14), we bring you a brief history of everyone's favorite irrational constant. Apple Now Taking iPad Pre-Orders: Five Things To Consider Apple is now taking pre-orders for the iPad; before forking over your money consider these five things. How-To How Not to Shut Down Your Laptop, and Other Tips Here's how to avoid mucking up Windows, why you should use Hibernate and not Sleep, and info on a Web service that could save your life. Top Free Troubleshooting Tools for Windows These seven handy tools help you diagnose and cure a wide range of Windows ills, and they're all free for the downloading Banish Seven Bad Tech Habits Seven ways to improve your computing life by changing the way you use your computer. Downloads Most Popular Firefox Add-Ons Firefox aficionados love the browser's customizability. Mozilla.org offers add-ons for everything from search help to under-the-hood scripting. Everybody needs better privacy and security, of course. And once your Firefox is just the way you want it, you may need to manage tabs and even back up all these useful extras. All in all, these ten popular Firefox add-ons may add up to exactly what you want from a browser. Barcode Generator & Overprinter Do you have to print out bar codes for your small business? This program offers a simple way to create them: Just run Barcode Generator & Overprinter ($50), input your bar-code data, and select the kind of bar code you need to print. Bullzip PDF Printer Occasionally a freebie surprises me with a feature or two I wasn't expecting. In Bullzip PDF Printer's case it was the ability to password-protect PDF files and even watermark them. Both features--as well as the basic PDF printing--worked perfectly. Top Selling Acer Laptops Power and control never looked so good. See the stylish and efficient laptops from Acer. Print Without a PC See the world's first Web-connected home printer with web apps. Learn more and watch the demo. 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UN55B8000 55" LED TV Price: $2139.00 Avg User Rating 9 User Reviews UN55B8500 55" LED TV Price: $2875.00 Avg User Rating User Reviews Browse more Best Prices on Plasma & LCD TVs, Camcorders, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, Best Prices on Projectors, Digital Video Recorders, MP3 Players Top News on PCWorld.com SXSW Apps: Tungle.me, Huddlehub and Phonebooth I've been cruising the exhibit hall looking for cool apps (and free beer), and found a little of both. Top Reviews on PCWorld.com 8 Weird but Cool Android Apps Some fun ways to play with your new smartphone. Universal Jukebox: A Rising Star Among Music Players Music player Universal Jukebox handles wave files other programs won't. Rizone Security Restore Rolls Your Security Settings Back to Defaults Get your PC's security settings back to basics with freebie Rizone Security Restore. GridMove Neatens Up Your Desktop--Even Across Multiple Monitors Arrange windows into a neat, customizable grid with GridMove. Downloads: Editor's Collection Most Popular Firefox Add-OnsFirefox aficionados love the browser's customizability. Mozilla.org offers add-ons for everything from search help to under-the-hood scripting. Everybody needs better privacy and security, of course. And once your Firefox is just the way you want it, you may need to manage tabs and even back up all these useful extras. All in all, these ten popular Firefox add-ons may add up to exactly what you want from a browser. McAfee SiteAdvisor for Firefox   65563 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Antivirus & Security This Firefox browser plug-in alerts you to risky Web search results. Google Toolbar   169343 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Ad Blockers Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the Web. Greasemonkey   9788 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Browsers & Clients Fine-tune Firefox with this extension, which lets you add in more scripts for tinkering and tweaking. See (3) more Most Popular Firefox Add-Ons » Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • Sponsored Downloads deset Pocket Video Maker--Palm EditionSave $5.00! Converts movies from DVD or hard disk into movies that can be watched on Palm PDAs. Take your Palm with you on the train, on the plane or on the bus, and watch your favorite movies on the go. BackgammonThe game has been played throughout the world for thousands of years. Purple's version of Backgammon enables you to play this most popular of board games to a high standard, anywhere, any time. Backgammon is the ultimate race game, where the element of luck allows even a novice to win the odd game against a world champion, so give it a go!

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