Learning and Living in the Online World

New Adult Reading program built upon the 1,000 most popular words.

Emailing, texting and social networking may be second nature forms of communication for many of us, but it seems like every day we are encountering more and more stories about people getting into real trouble due to embarrassing emails or online postings. What about this medium makes us write and post things that we would likely not say to an individual face to face?

North Carolina residents may be able to file their federal and state taxes for free.

To try and help families with low to moderate incomes on their tax returns, the IRS has joined with TurboTax to provide free e-filing services for federal taxes of qualifying families.

Windows 7 and Vista have a really cool feature for customizing your desktop called gadgets. Gadgets are programs that stay open and running on your desktop so you can see information such as weather or news headlines at a glance. In addition to convenience, they also offer a great way to personalize your computer.