TechByter Worldwide 2018-02-25: LibreOffice Challenges Microsoft Office. Short Circuits. Spare Parts.

The open-source LibreOffice suite exceeds Microsoft's office suite in some regards and falls short in others. There are good reasons to choose LibreOffice and good reasons not to, so we'll consider some of each. In Short Circuits: There's no shortage of people who would very much like to obtain your tax refund, whether you're due a refund or not. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to foil their attempts. More computers are now running Windows 10 than Windows 7 worldwide. In the US, Windows 10 has been ahead of Windows 7 for a year and finally moved past 50% adoption rate in January. In Spare Parts (only on the website): The IRS and the Free File Alliance are once again providing free on-line tax filing resources for those with basic tax situations. • Intel has released a new update for some of its CPUs to fix a security flaw. The new code is for only a subset of chips and you'll need to wait for the computer manufacturer to provide it. • The next generation of consumers seems to prefer on-line talking robots to websites or trips to stores.