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5 Cool Hacks for Your Entertainment Gadgets
Add external storage to your TiVo, beef up your Xbox 360, rip DVDs to your media player, play your iTunes purchases on any device, and use your standard cable remote to skip commercials.

Quadruple Your Fun (and Productivity) With a Four-Monitor System
Think dual-display systems are the bee's knees? This quad-head setup will blow your mind.

12 Unnecessary Vista Features You Can Disable Right Now
Vista, thy name is bloat!

Time-Management Tips for Mobile Professionals
The late Randy Pausch offered valuable lessons for managing our most precious commodity.

Easy Solutions for Common E-Mail Headaches
Archive important messages for safekeeping, add an image to your mail signature, and clear out corrupted messages. Lincoln Spector answers your e-mail questions.

20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life
A few new habits can make the difference between staying on task, finding what you need, and getting things done--or having a tech meltdown.

Give Your Chats a Personal Touch With Free Videoconferencing
Chat is cheap. Videoconferencing, on the other hand, gives your online conversations a more personal feeling.

When Is Vista not Vista? When It's Mojave!
Microsoft resorts to subterfuge to get people to try Windows Vista, as Steve Bass recently found. Plus, tips for Outlook and Windows passwords.

When to Worry About Security Holes--and When Not To
Annoyed by all the computerese that litters security stories? Here's your guide.

Smart Fixes for Your Printing, E-Mail, and Audio Hassles
Save on costly printer ink, handle leftover Registry junk, and defeat a common Outlook annoyance. Plus: two cool volume-control tools.

12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control
Turn a Wi-Fi thief's world upside down. Send an e-mail that self-destructs. And ensure that your boss thinks you're always hard at work. These tweaks and tools let you gain the upper hand.

Assurz Folds--Are Customers Stuck?
A company offering a "satisfaction guarantee" for major online retailers is going bankrupt; Steve Bass has details on what to do.

Essential Gear for the Business Traveler, Part 1
Traveling lightly is a must these days, but Jim Martin found two gadgets worthy of a spot in the carry-on.

Clever iPhone Tricks
Did you know you can dictate e-mail messages to your iPhone? That's just one of the tricks up our sleeves.

Make Banks Compete for Your Deposits
In MoneyAisle's real-time auctions, banks bid up rates on certificates of deposit and savings accounts.

Step-by-Step: 5 Laptop Upgrades You Can Do Yourself
Your notebook may be old, but that doesn't mean its days are numbered. We'll show you how to breathe new life into your portable by opening the hood and upgrading some basic components.

How to Build a Blog With WordPress
Tired of toying with the puny tools that cookie-cutter blog services provide? Follow the steps in this easy guide to install a WordPress blog on your own domain and personalize your Web presence.

How to Buy a Motherboard
Whether you're building a new PC or overhauling an old one, a new motherboard is the place to start. Here's our advice for choosing the right one.

Packing Tips for Painless Trips
New airline baggage fees require new packing strategies for gear-toting travelers. Here are three ways to travel light.

Stream Your Music Collection Over the Net
Listen to your favorite tunes anywhere, anytime, by putting your entire music library online. It's easy, and we show you how.

More Quick Fixes for Common Windows Annoyances
Dump the Insert key, rearrange drive letters, restore your Safely Remove Hardware icon, and get a free tool for easy Registry editing.

How to Build a Superfast, Superquiet PC, Part 1
The older I get, the less tolerance I have for noisy PCs. So my new desktop computer had to be quiet, not just fast. Oh, and I needed it to be affordable, too.

Workhorse Laptops
No matter what your needs are, you can find your perfect portable right here.

Summer Travel Tips
How to find the best gas prices, airports, and hotels for your vacation getaway--with your gadgets.

26 Tricks to Help You Tame Google Calendar
Google's free online calendar makes it easy to track your schedule from anywhere, but many of its best features lurk beneath the surface. Here's how to handle Gcal like a pro.

Desktop Linux Face-Off: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9
New versions of two of the world's biggest Linux distributions have hit the street. How do they match up?

Create Idiot-Proof Backups With Windows' Built-In Tools


SmartyPig: Savings Site With Strings Attached
SmartyPig automates transfers to a savings account to help you fund a big-ticket goal--and it might help you encourage pals to chip in.

Simple Upgrades, Complex Helpers
Make your mouse mighty, tweak Windows massively, and crush cosmic creepy-crawlies.

Laptop Buying Tips, Part 1
There are plenty of business decisions more difficult to make than choosing which laptop to buy. At the moment, I can't think of what they are, so I'll have to get back to you.

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