15+ free Windows apps to help you tackle Thanksgiving tech support
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The holiday season has always been a time for gathering -- but in recent years, it's also been a time when family and friends come bearing gifts of computer troubles. Their computer friends -- people like the Download Squad team and you, our readers -- get asked to do everything from installing RAM upgrades to the annual computer tune-up. We're happy to oblige, of course, because there's a decent chance someone will pay us in beer or baked goods. Cash is welcome too, but never seems to be offered quite as readily.
To make your holiday tech duties a bit easier, I've put together a list of some of my favorite troubleshooting apps for Windows.
Where download links for the files aren't on the application's main page, I've included a link to the appropriate download page. I've provided a handful of FileHippo links as well -- they're an excellent mirror site and they don't surround download links in advertisements or "recommendations."
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As expected, Apple unveiled the iPad 2 today at a press event in San Francisco. The new tablet is actually called the iPad 2 in order to keep things simple, and Steve Jobs was able to present the device to the waiting world despite officially being on medical leave from the company. I’m guessing he didn’t trust anyone else to reveal the latest addition to his burgeoning family.
Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad 2, and it’s fair to say that while it’s better than the original, it represents a 1.5 update more than anything truly groundbreaking.
The iPad 2 is 33 percent thinner (8.8mm) and 15 percent lighter (1.3 pounds) than the original, both of which are reportedly noticeable. The iPad 2 features Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor, which makes using it faster and smoother. The iPad 2 also boasts two cameras, one front, one back, allowing for FaceTime and HD video capture. And all this delivered with the same (up to) 10-hour battery life.
Which is all well and good, clearly. However, it’s not enough for me personally. After another whole year of working on its tablet hardware I thought Apple would deliver more than this. Which suggests, to me at least, that the iPad 3 is going to be the true successor to the original iPad, and less than a year away from release.
Let me make it clear what I’m saying here: When considered on its own merits the iPad 2 is a magnificent product and one hell of an achievement. It’s also the best mainstream media tablet money can buy right now. But it has to be considered next to the original iPad, and as a product that Apple has been working on for at least 12 months. And on that score it’s a disappointment.
If you already own an iPad then I wouldn’t recommend upgrading unless you have plenty of disposable income and a need to always own what’s new and shiny. However, for those who haven’t yet bought an iPad and don’t/can’t wait for the iPad 3, the iPad 2 is a sound investment.
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