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Share Photos Easily With Anyone, Anywhere
Powerful photo networking services let you share shots to anyone, from anywhere, even while you're still on vacation. You can even push photos to your grandma's printer. -
The Audiophile's Guide to Streaming Music
Don't sacrifice sound quality in the name of convenience. With a lossless codec and a few easy tricks, you can push phenomenal audio to every room in your house.
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Customize Microsoft Excel for Power Use These five essential Excel configuration tweaks will help you get to your files faster, improve menu navigation, and enhance your formatting options.
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Send Large Files Right From Outlook Need to send an attachment that's too large for e-mail? No problem: Just use YouSendIt's Outlook plug-in.
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How Do I Turn Off Power-Saving Modes' Password Protection? Hans Spring has told Windows not to ask for a password when he boots. But it still demands one to come out of Stand By and Hibernate modes.
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Hack Vista Settings with Ultimate Windows Tweaker Who needs the Registry when this free utility lets you tweak the daylights out of Vista?
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Buy, Lease--or Move to Cloud Computing? When it comes to selecting new hardware and software for your business, you can buy, lease, or opt for cloud computing. We'll show you which options will save you money, and which could cost you big.
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How to Prevent Identity Theft It's 2008. Do you know who has your Social Security number?
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How to Buy a Flat-Screen HDTV Before you drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on the wrong flat-panel HDTV, read our comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to know. Our advice might just help you save some money.
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Quick Tip: Use the Tab Key When Filling Out Web Forms See that tab key on your keyboard? Use it the next time you've got a form to fill.
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Can Two Security Suites Co-Exist? Bob Carne wants to use Trend Micro Internet Security as added spyware protection, along with Norton 360. They don't play well together.
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Launch Apps in a Flash with Launchy This fabulous freebie lets you run programs, load Web favorites, and even find files with just a few keystrokes.
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Browsing Tips and Tools From Hassle-Free PC PC World blogger Rick Broida shows you how to back up your bookmarks and filter out unwanted Web sites--plus two terrific Firefox add-ons.
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Customize Microsoft Word 2007 for Maximum Efficiency Tired of correcting Microsoft Word's erratic behavior? With a few judicious tweaks, you can defeat Word's annoying defaults and get more out of this Office app.
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Three Quick Ways to Improve Laptop Battery Life When you're on the go, there's no such thing as too much juice. Here's how to keep your laptop running longer, with minimal effort.
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What's the Best, Easy Web Design Tool? Christopherm needs to maintain a web site. He asked the Answer Line Forum for easy-to-use software recommendations.
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Winterizing Your Camera Follow these tips to keep your digital camera in top shape this winter.
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Make Set-It-and-Forget-It Online Backups Take the headache, hassle, and doubt out of making your backups with a Web-based backup like Mozy.com.
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Create a Shutdown Shortcut James Strong wants a shortcut on his desktop that will shutdown his computer. I tell him how to make one.
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Turn Outlook Into Interactive Desktop Wallpaper Access your contacts, calendar, e-mail and more without ever leaving your desktop.
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Use Encryption to Safeguard Your Data Encrypting your hard disk to protect your data doesn’t have to be a daunting task, thanks to a large number of practical tools.
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Seven Lessons That SMBs Can Learn from Big IT Just because you don't have a large enterprise doesn't mean you can't run your IT operation like the big guys.
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