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Live Science has the best list yet of the negatives of the new iPad.  I’ve always felt that the iPad is a bit over-hyped, and this list shows why.  The negatives of the iPad (no multi-tasking, awkward to carry, screen glare, no SD Card reader or USB reader) seem to me to make the iPad impractical and little more than a  fad.

• Live Science:  13 Glaring iPad Shortcomings

As time goes on, your computer can become cluttered, causing it to slow down.  I ran into this problem with my laptop this weekend, and figured it was  time for a good system cleanup.  Doing a cleanup of Windows helps to remove old files, clean up the system registry (which is essentially a database of all your windows and application settings), and remove applications already in use.  People who have utilities such as Norton SystemWorks have this functionality, but there are plenty of free alternatives on the web.

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