Computing

How Google hides free copies of public domain books while directing people to pay-for reprints

Google has been allowed to scan hundreds of thousands of out-of-copyright books from libraries around the world and supposedly this is a wonderful free resource for all of us. But, over the last year or two, I’ve found it increasingly difficult to find the free versions while Google Books presents reprints to buy. Here’s an How Google hides free copies of public domain books while directing people to pay-for reprints

Manchester Libraries get free wi-fi

The temporary city centre library (which is at Elliot House, 151 Deansgate) has introduced free wi-fi on all three floors. Customers who have a library card get two hours of free use per day and up to four gigabytes of data transfer (two gigs of downloads and two gigs of uploads). Laptop charging points are Manchester Libraries get free wi-fi

Enhancing the Windows file dialog

If you’re opening files from one location and then saving them somewhere else on your drive, Windows makes you browse to the new destination each time. It’s annoying and can end up being a huge waste of time if you have lots of files to work on. Luckily there are several utilities that can enhance Enhancing the Windows file dialog